Accessibilize me, Baby!

[audio http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/audio/ckut_news/accessibilize_montreal_report_mixdown_1.mp3] CKUT brings to you audio from a workshop held at McGill university by Accessibilize Montreal. The workshop, called Accessibilize me, Baby, looked at  what accessibility is, intersections of ableism and other forms of social marginalization such as racism, classism and chauvinism, and why we are fighting for a more accessible Montreal.

Bonnie Brayton interview about Ashley Smith

[audio http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/audio/ckut_news/bonnie_interview.mp3] CKUT brings to you an interview with Bonnie Brayton of the Disabled Women’s Network of Canada on the issue of Ashley Smith. Ashley Smith was a woman with a mental illness who died in prison in 2007.

Jerome Di Giovanni from La Table denounces Bill 60

[audio http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/audio/ckut_news/final_la_table_interview-jerome_di_giovanni_oth.mp3] With more and more community organizations coming out against the Quebec Charter of Values over section 10, which enables its restrictions to apply to any group receiving government funding, CKUT’s Anna Marchese sat down with Jerome Di Giovanni from La Table (de Regroupements Provinciaux D’Organismes Communautaires et Bénévoles) to discuss their recent press statement […]

Hamilton declared a Sanctuary City

[audio http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/audio/ckut_news/hamilton_sanctuary_city_-_interview_with_maria.mp3] Last year, Toronto was declared a sanctuary city, meaning that the city’s services were accessible to all its residents regardless of immigration status. Hamilton’s municipality followed in its footsteps in a historic vote. This is a clear symbolic gesture, but there still is a long way to go. CKUT’s Amelie Phillipson spoke to Maria […]

Jules Boykoff interview: “Celebration capitalism and the Olympic Games”

[audio http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/audio/ckut_news/live_interview_with_jules_boykoff.mp3] As the 22nd Winter Olympic Games continue through until this weekend in Sochi, Russia, CKUT brings to you a critical perspective on how the Olympics impact the Environment, media coverage, public funding, and queer liberation. Jules Boykoff is a former Olympian athlete and current associate professor at Pacific University in Oregon, and the author […]

Silence in Canada: The Right to Public Information

[audio http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/audio/ckut_news/ati_panel_at_concordia.mp3] CKUT brings to you excerpts from a  panel discussion held at Concordia university on the topic of the Access to Information Act in Canada, entitled Silence in Canada: The Right to Public Information. You’ll hear from Emily McCarthy – the Assistant Federal Information Commissioner.

Protest against McGill’s Petrocultures conference

On Friday, February 7th, McGill students briefly occupied the Faculty Association building in an attempt to disrupt the Petrocultures conference at the university. PETROCULTRES brought together oil industry representatives and environmental NGOs – as well as radical activists from both sides of the oil debate – to discuss the role of oil and energy in shaping […]