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Occupy Vancouver: The Vets Who Took Hotel Vancouver | Feb 16 2017 | Braden Alexander | The Vancouver housing crisis is not a recent development. Carrie Swiggum's documentary looks into the situation for returning WWII veterans and their occupation of the Hotel Vancouver.

Faking it: Donald Trump's deep ties with the racist, sexist world of professional wrestling | Feb 16 2017 | Vibhor Garg | U.S. President Donald Trump has a long, complex and mutually profitable relationship with the WWE and its billionaire owners, Linda and Vince McMahon.

Fabienne Colas on racism, diversity and inclusion | Feb 15 2017 | Face2Face | Fabienne and Face2Face host David Peck talk about the Toronto Black Film Festival, racism, diversity, inclusion and making a difference in the world.

Next-gen augmented reality will target human sensorium | Feb 15 2017 | Wayne MacPhail | When most of us think of augmented reality, thanks to Google, we think of dorky glasses. But what about the other senses? What if they were augmented and all those augmentations worked in concert?

A conversation on 'Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America' | Feb 15 2017 | Redeye Collective | A new book by Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber examines the increasing presence of Canadian mining companies in Latin America and the environmental and human rights abuses that occur as a result.

Buying bargains for change: An interview with Bargain Jody | Feb 11 2017 | Kelly Okamura | In this Valentine message to buyers, Kelly Okamura talks with Jody Steinhauer about bargain buying over the years; how to make purchases that add value and help people with real needs.

In times of despair, utopias are preferable to dystopias | Feb 10 2017 | Rick Salutin | Dystopias are warnings, utopias are yearnings. They keep chugging ahead into the future, unlike dystopias, which are meant to forewarn but can as easily depress and demobilize.

Winter fishing on ice of Assynoibain & Red River

Songs Upon the Rivers | Feb 9 2017 | Braden Alexander | The histories of Indigenous communities and European explorers contain stories that have been lost in history. A new book presented by Sébastien Malette seeks out the forgotten stories.

'They're People Not Terrorists' photo campaign challenges prejudices behind U.S. travel ban | Feb 9 2017 | June Chua | Toronto photographer Adam Zivo is launching a new project to counter hate and prejudice in the wake of the U.S. travel ban that targets people from seven Muslim-majority countries.

The social media fight against Trump is a modern battle of the presses | Feb 8 2017 | Wayne MacPhail | The most powerful battalions battling against Trump's frightening presidency -- fuelled by the hard work of the press -- are fighting it out on social media.

Adam Sneyd on Cotton, Globalization and Clothing Poverty.

Adam Sneyd on 'Cotton,' globalization, commodities and clothing poverty | Feb 8 2017 | Face2Face | Adam talks about his book Cotton, its empire, commodities and politics, "clothing poverty" and anti-globalization and why we need to be concerned about how the world works.

Dress like a woman in a Red Chick Year | Feb 6 2017 | Kelly Okamura | Kelly Okamura responds to the new White House dress code for female staff, explores the hashtag #dresslikeawoman, and gives style advice for the astrological yin year of the Chinese Fire Chicken.

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