Indigenous leaders and changemakers, Sara Wolfe, Jace Meyer and Paul Lacerte join host Elisa Birnbaum for a History of Social Change Conversation: Looking back, looking forward. With the backdrop the anniversary of National Indigenous Peoples Day, we examine Canada’s...
In our History of Social Change Conversation: Looking back, looking forward, esteemed panelists – Jean Augustine, Rosemary Sadlier and Rebecca Darwent – discuss social activist Viola Desmond and her impact on Canadians and the country we call home. We then explore...
Former senior policy advisor and principal secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Tom Axworthy shares the story of the Charter of Rights – why it impassioned Trudeau so deeply, the fight to achieve consensus and ratification and the compromises along the...
Having dedicated his career to defending the accused and upholding human rights, Clayton Ruby talks about the Charter of Rights and it how it has impacted his practice of constitutional and criminal law and civil rights....
CEO of the Chantier de l’economie sociale (Task Force on the Social Economy) and a long-time activist in the nonprofit sector, Nancy Neamtan defines the “Social Economy” and explains its unique and longstanding history in Quebec....
Chairman of Renewal Funds, Canada’s largest social venture capital fund and board chair of learning centre Hollyhock, Joel Solomon shares his life story, one that led him from Tennessee to B.C. and a dedication to investing in social change....
