Kim Baird talks about her role as the elected Chief of the Tsawwassen First Nation and how she negotiated and implemented British Columbia’s first urban modern treaty in 2009, a victory that led to various accolades including Member of the Order of Canada and the...
Aboriginal activist Tanya Kappo talks about her activist roots, her involvement with Idle No More, the legacy of residential schools and how she’s working to carve an empowered future for herself and her children....
Dr. Martin, founding member of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, as well as a family practitioner and healthcare administrator, discusses and dismisses the misconceptions people have of medicare, acknowledges its limitations and what is being done to overcome them,...
LISTEN: Roy Romanow, former premier of Saskatchewan and chair of the Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada talks about Tommy Douglas, his passion for medicare, and his frustration at not seeing all the recommendations from his Romanow Report...
LISTEN: Founding member of Greenpeace speaks about what inspired a ragtag group to form Greenpeace from a living room in Vancouver, their seminal trip to Amchitka Island, what they were hoping to accomplish and how much has changed since those early...
LISTEN: Long-time activist and educator of the Cooperative Movement, Harold Chapman talks about the movement’s origins in Saskatchewan, his efforts to help it grow and its importance in Canada in the past and still...
Defence lawyer Clayton Ruby is not one to shy away from a good fight. One of Canada’s most vocal proponents of freedom of speech & the press, his court battles get him in the news time and time again (even Mayor Ford was unable to escape his activism). For...
Dr. Danielle Martin – practicing physician, administrator at Women’s College Hospital and founding member of Canadian Doctors for Medicare – is one of Canada’s leading supporters of the one-tiered healthcare system. She even supported the...
LISTEN: Politician and activist Olivia Chow shares her immigration story and discusses the initiatives she pursued to help new Canadians ...
You could say that Tennessee-born Joel Solomon took the road less traveled – and many in BC and Canada are happy he did. Chairman of Renewal Funds – a (social) venture capital firm that invests in social change by supporting businesses at the forefront of...