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.