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A social issues podcast from the National Film Board of Canada featuring documentaries, interviews, and public conversations.
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Owner of this Channel: CitizenShiftWebsite: http://citizen.nfb.ca/blogs/podcasts
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Available Episodes (85)
This is the first in a two-part series. Lili Eskinazi and Roberto Nieto spent a month in Mexico recently, exploring the links between agricultural workers there and the food we eat
A look beyond the numbers of the financial crisis at the human impact in an industrial Canadian town.
How indigenous Colombian activists harness communication technology to protect and strengthen their communities.
Amidst Canada's whirlwind of infrastructure development, Adam Bemma brings us a cautionary tale from Montreal of construction without consultation, and the growing frustration of residents...
Maggie Hughes investigates growing concerns over the impact of the tar sands beyond Alberta's borders.
How colonial history and modern interference pushes an Algonquin community to blockade a major highway in order to defend its rights.
Dana Salter explores the hows and whys of cyberbullying, and what people are doing about it.
Denise Hastings and Michelle Drew sat down with filmmaker Astra Taylor to explore growing up unschooled, and debunking some of the myths of homeschooling along the way.
Teacher, historian and author Howard Zinn speaks to not only what the election of Barack Obama, as America's first Black president, means for the country, but also the major work still...
For Media Democracy Day 2008, Anna Leventhal reflects on how we view independent media of the past, and build upon it for the future.
Maggie Hughes looks at the impact of funding cuts on grandparents raising their own grandchildren.
Part three of a three-part podcast, The Story of Lata, looking at how nga Taumako, the people of a remote part of Solomon Islands, strive to sustain their ancestral practices in canoe-building...
Part two of a three-part podcast, The Story of Lata, looking at how nga Taumako, the people of a remote part of Solomon Islands, strive to sustain their ancestral practices in canoe-building...
Part I of a three-part podcast, The Story of Lata, looking at how nga Taumako, the people of a remote part of Solomon Islands, strive to sustain their ancestral practices in canoe-building...
A 22-minute audio documentary on the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, and topics featured at the event - from current struggles on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory to building movements in solidarity...
A 15-minute audio documentary examining the perils of the booming biofuel industry, including land displacement, human rights violations, and wilderness destruction. Featuring interviews...
Part two of a two-part podcast that explores the critical theory of Israeli architect and philosopher Eyal Weizman to understand how architecture and urban planning are strategic elements...
Part one of a two-part podcast that explores the critical theory of Israeli architect and philosopher Eyal Weizman to understand how architecture and urban planning are strategic elements...
A 10 minute video podcast, featuring Cree activist Clayton Thomas-Mueller talking about the impact of the Alberta Tar Sands project on First Nations communities and the work of the
An hour-long audio-documentary on the special needs provisions in social assistance legislation in Ontario and Nova Scotia and anti-poverty organizations working to dismantle barriers...
Part three of a timely three-part audio-podcast examining Canada's security certificate legislation, secret trials, and Guantanamo North. It features three prominent voices on the topic:...
Part two of a timely three-part audio-podcast examining Canada's security certificate legislation, secret trials, and Guantanamo North. It features three prominent voices on the topic:...
Part one of a timely three-part audio-podcast examining Canada's security certificate legislation, secret trials, and Guantanamo North. It features three prominent voices on the topic:...
A multimedia investigation of the Cerrejon mine in Colombia, where families have been displaced to make way for mining operations by international corporations to produce coal for use...
Speakers Kanahus Pellkey and Dustin Johnson, with the Native Youth Movement (NYM) Warriors Society, discuss ongoing resistance to the 2010 Olympics and the land grab underway in British...
In this, the second of a two-part podcast, Darren Ell -a Canadian photographer- interviews Roger Annis of the Canada Haiti Action Network. Roger is one of Canada’s most dedicated and...
In this, the first of a two-part podcast, Darren Ell -a Canadian photographer- interviews Roger Annis of the Canada Haiti Action Network. Roger is one of Canada’s most dedicated and...
Maude Barlow is currently wending her way across Canada, talking about her new book, Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water.
Yves Engler is co-author of the groundbreaking book Canada in Haiti: The War on the Poor Majority. It is the first and only in-depth analysis of Canada's participation in the 2004 coup...
Darren Ell interviews the director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti, Brian Concannon, about the political situation and specifically the crimes of UN forces (MINUSTAH)...
Sometimes a garden is not just a garden. Sometimes it is the meeting point for a whole community and the things that grow in the garden can tell us a lot about the people that live
We've been using a wiki to simplify communication and organization for a while now, and every now and then we're asked why - and how - we do it. To answer these questions we threw together...
Severn Cullis-Suzuki, daughter of David Suzuki, is taking the lead with a new generation of environmentalists. In this podcast, Mark Leiren-Young interviews her about her new book,
Part II: This documentary follows a group of students aged 10 to 13 as they create their own rhymes, record their first tracks, and sharpen their literacy skills.
This documentary follows a group of students aged 10 to 13 as they create their own rhymes, record their first tracks, and sharpen their literacy skills.
Celebrating 50 podcasts - here's a short animated video for CITIZENShift from Montreal flash-animation guru, Olivier Groulx.
Darren Ell interviews Dr John Carroll about the health problems in the impoverished region in Haiti known as Cite Soleil.
This week, we bring you Surfing the Waste - a music video about a group of musical dumpster-divers directed by Tomoe Yoshihara, Sanora Lombardi, and Paul Aflalo. Watch the full movie...
A Promise is a Promise is a moving film about Sheremet and Musa, two boys from war-torn Kosovo who, with the help of one Canadian soldier, made their way to Canada.
This week, we talk to Jim Milles who is a podcaster and law librarian at the University of New York at Buffalo. Jim and the UB Law Faculty use podcasting as a means to discuss legal...
Following up on part one of our interview, Hugh McGuire talks about the Atwater Digital Literacy Project, which provides communities in Montreal with media access and training.
Hugh McGuire talks about Librivox, the online free audiobook community that he founded. The Librivox community is now among the most prolific producers of audiobooks in the world.
Hamilton radio journalist, Maggie Hughes, gives an overview of the Aboriginal land dispute in Caledonia. Speaking to residents and protestors first-hand Hughes investigates the roots...
The third piece brings our attention to Indigenous languages, and education both as a tool of oppression and resistance. We wrap up the series with a brief exploration of resistance...
The second installment looks at the issue of racism as a product of colonization, and within the context of the current era of neocolonialism in Canada, discuses assimilation and residential...
This first of three episodes examines the origins of European colonialism, its growth in Canada, and the importance of treaties winding up with a look at why the absence of the truth...
Tara Narwani's award-winning audio doc follows the water cycle from the Columbia Icefields through the river into her tap, into the waste treatment plant and back to the river again....
A conversation with Maude Barlow about the threats posed by an international trade in water.
A podcast public service announcement about CITIZENShift's cross-Canada World Water Day events. We're coming to a theatre near you...
In this on-demand world, is AM/FM's reign on the dial about to roll off the end of the tuner? An audio piece by Russ Cooper.
Graham French explores Communauto, a community auto sharing initiative in Montreal in this great 15 minute audio documentary.
Boston-based musician and activist, David Rovics, talks about using music as a tool for social change.
Gadget is an outreach worker for Homeless Nation, which is an online social network initiative where people from across Canada congregate to discuss homelessness and other issues. For...
Teprine Baldo interviews audio producer Stephanie Guyer-Stevens about the challenges faced by media makers in covering issues of sex trafficking.
Part 2/2 of Kawthoolei: the captivating audio documentary about Karen refugees living on the Thai-Burmese border. Produced by Outer Voices. Learn more at http://www.outervoices.org
Outer Voices presents this captivating audio documentary about Karen refugees living on the Thai-Burmese border. To learn more about the Karen experience and what you can do to help...
Olabimpe Olatubosun discusses the state of violence against women in Nigeria. Olatubosun is a gender activist and researcher in the Department of Political Science at the University...
When parents die of AIDS, grandmothers often inherit the responsibility of taking care of the children. Jann McConnell and Nina Minday discuss the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign...
OWL (Older Women Live) is a community radio collective that empowers older women by giving them a voice in media and demystifying technology. This piece by Karen Loeb is an overview...
Rob Maguire explores the resurgence of print media in an increasingly digital media landscape. He visits the press rooms of two independent print publications to find out why they
Rose Marie Whalley explores non-violent resistance in the Middle East today. Paul Pierce is helping to encourage young Israelis to opt for conscientious objection rather than serve
Marcus Bornfreund, co-director of Creative Commons Canada, talks about copyright issues in the digital age. This a photo-enhanced podcast, best-viewed in iTunes or similar.
Doug Kaye (ITConversations.com) reads the first chapter of Free Culture: How Big Media uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity, by Lawrence Lessig. Find...
Zambian music. This week, CITIZENShift launches the Umoyo (Zambian for "life") dossier which follows a group of Canadian and Zambian girls as they share different worlds and find common...
This week Ben Kenney discusses the Global Warming tipping point, Al Gore vs. Ralph Klein, Wal-Mart going "green", and the future of solar power as we focus on the best of The Watt
Stuttering! This week's podcast includes clips from the film, Unspeakable, and an interview with John Paskievich about the ways in which our perception of stuttering needs to shift
Music and Politics: Rishi Hargovan interviews musicians and fans at the Hillside Community Festival just north of Guelph, Ontario, about the role music has to play in contemporary
Josue Maya is currently a violence prevention worker at FYI. As an active community youth leader, Josue uses spoken word poetry to engage and inspire his peers.
Lebanese civilians, Palestinian refugees, and volunteer workers' react to recent events in the Middle East in this report from Stefan Christoff and the Montreal indy media collective,...
This video podcast follows some of the last living Head Tax payers as they attend a ceremony following Prime Minister Stephen Harper's official apology in the House of Commons.
Listen to a presentation given by Sonali Kolhatkar of Afghan Women's Mission & radio host of Uprising Radio at KPFK Pacific Radio in LA. This presentation was given in Montreal, April...
Another special presentation of the Homeless Nation podcast. Poet, Bud Osbourn, describes the values he's developed while living on the road. To learn more, visit: homelessnation.org....
A special presentation of the Homeless Nation podcast. This episode features Haybail Mike Mckerracher, a Vancouver singer-songwriter whose music reflects his life on the street. To
Tivon Thompson, a twelve-year-old high school student interviews educators and social workers in Little Burgundy, Montreal, on ways to improve relations between the Montreal police
Part 4/4: Montreal photographer Darren Ell interviews Mahmoud Jaballah, an Egyptian-born Canadian refugee who is being held without charge on secret evidence in the Milhaven Federal...
Katie Fredosso's fascinating documentary about two brothers, Kevin and James, who are coping with the gradual loss of their hearing.
Halifax journalist, Janet McLeod, visits Boularderie Island in Cape Breton to find out how strip mining is affecting the local population. The community has formed a coalition, Citizens...
Darren Ell interviews Hassan Almrei, who has been held without charge in an Toronto prison for the last four years. Almrei is being held under, so-called, "security certificate" legislation...
Outer Voices is a multi-media project dedicated to listening to, learning from, and sharing with others the seldom-heard voices of grassroots women activists from throughout the Pacific...
Outer Voices is a multi-media project dedicated to listening to, learning from, and sharing with others the seldom-heard voices of grassroots women activists from throughout the Pacific...
Outer Voices is a multi-media project dedicated to listening to, learning from, and sharing with others the seldom-heard voices of grassroots women activists from throughout the Pacific...
Darren Ell interviews Sophie Harkat, the wife of Mohamed Harkat, who has been held without charge in an Ottawa prison for the last four years. Sophie has been campaigning tirelessly...
Darren Ell interviews Mohamed Harkat, who is being held without charge in an Ottawa prison for the last four years. He is being indefinitely detained under threat of deportation under...
Cracks in the Mosaic - A Question of Human rights
War Resisters Speak in Montreal
