A veteran of the nonprofit sector and the executive director of Social Innovation Generation (SiG) National, Tim Draimin talks about what inspired his commitment to the nonprofit sector, the origins of social innovation and its impact in...
We caught up with the firebrand at his Ontario Federation of Labour office in Toronto where he spoke about his passion for labour rights and the evolution he’s witnessed in the movement. He also shared the challenges he’s tackled in the past, those that...
Professor and playwright Patricia McDermott has been exploring the labour movement and its impact on women’s rights for 40 years. In this podcast she discusses the play she produced based on the famous Eaton’s strike of 1984 and the various challenges...
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,...
