On this week’s collected, connected conversations, our three-part pile of political pontifications concludes its campaign—as does our Summer 2024 Series as a whole—with a comparison of activism versus access: in the pursuit of mainstream political influence, is it better to be in the room or out on the streets?
Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance):
• Brock Pitawanakwat, associate professor of Indigenous Studies at York University
• Ken Williams, playwright and associate professor with the University of Alberta department of drama
• Michael Redhead Champagne, a Winnipeg-based community leader, helper, author, and public speaker
• Lisa Monchalin, criminology lecturer at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in B.C.
• Trina Roache, assistant professor of journalism at the University of King’s College
• Brett Forester, Ottawa-based reporter with CBC Indigenous
// CREDITS: Creative Commons music this episode includes ‘Expanding Cycle’ and ‘Up + Up (reprise/arise)’ by Correspondence (CC BY); 'rye' by Tea K Pea (CC BY); 'Deep Dive' by James Hammond.
On this week’s collected, connected conversations (the seventh in our eight-part summer series): the push and pull of performative politics, where we address the question of just how far Indigenous individuals can advance Indigenous interests in a settler-centric system.
Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance):
• Brock Pitawanakwat, associate professor of Indigenous Studies at York University
• Ken Williams, playwright and associate professor with the University of Alberta’s Department of Drama
• Nick Martin, senior editor with National Geographic
• Candis Callison, associate professor in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia
• Kim TallBear, professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Society
// CREDITS: Creative Commons music this episode includes ‘Expanding Cycle’ and ‘Up + Up (reprise/arise)’ by Correspondence (CC BY); 'my bloody beating heart' by kitchenromance (CC BY); 'Up & At Em' by James Hammond; 'Level 2' by HoliznaCC0 (CC0).
On this week’s collected, connected conversations (the sixth in our summer series): a political perusal of the prerogatives of power. The first in our three-part look back at the allure and limits of mainstream political participation, we begin with a Trudeau triple-header, a Liberal dose of discussions about the only federal leader this podcast has ever known.
Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance):
• Brock Pitawanakwat, associate professor of Indigenous Studies at York University
• Ken Williams, playwright and associate professor with the University of Alberta’s Department of Drama
• Candis Callison, associate professor in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia
• Kim TallBear, professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Native Studies, and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Society
// CREDITS: Creative Commons music this episode includes ‘Expanding Cycle’ and ‘Up + Up (reprise/arise)’ by Correspondence (CC BY); 'Harp Miniature' by Vladan Kuzmanović (CC BY SA); 'Last Dance' by Jahzzar (CC BY SA).