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Precarity in higher learning: Neoliberalism and contract faculty contract negotiations at WLU

dan kellar — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 14:51:20 +0000

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As the contract faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) negotiate a new contract, many within the union have recognized their struggle as another moment in the widescale resistance to neoliberal ideologies. With WLU and other universities operating with a capitalist business model, the schools are furthering their reliance on contract faculty. While teaching more classes than their full-time counterparts, contract faculty are paid considerably less than full-time faculty, receive no benefits, and are not paid for the research they must undertake to produce quality work in this competitive "publish or perish" atmosphere.

David Keith on climate change mitigation and the chemtrail conspiracy

dan kellar — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 20:03:33 +0000

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An interview with David Keith, an award winning professor of Applied physics at Harvard University where he is leading an interdisciplinary research team who is researching global-scale geoengineering strategies to mitigate climate change, primarily stratospheric albedo modification. Keith is also a Professor of Public Policy in the Harvard Kennedy School.

We start with discussing Keith's research, which aims to reduce global temperatures through increasing the albedo of the stratosphere -- reflecting more solar radiation back into space. Along with the risks and benefits his team is investigating, Keith also points out that none of this research has left the lab setting.

Honduras, Canada's free trade, and assassinating the opposition

dan kellar — Sat, 14 May 2016 14:58:13 +0000

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This episode is an Interview with Raul Burbano of Common Frontiers on the group's role in researching and exposing Canada's ongoing role in supporting the post-coup governments in Honduras, including the horrific situation faced by Indigenous people and others opposed to the government's environmental, economic, and social policies.

Waterloo's people's injunction against the NEB

dan kellar — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 20:42:26 +0000

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In January 2016, as the National Energy Board restarted its hearings into Kinder Morgan's controversial TransMountain Pipeline project in B.C., demonstrations and protests took place across the land, including protest theatre in Winnipeg, equipment blockades in Vancouver, and several public demos like the one held in uptown Waterloo. The demands were consistent: new rules for the NEB which respect Indigenous rights and treaty agreements, and which take climate change considerations into account in the decision making process.

The Waterloo event on January 24 was organised by Divest Waterloo and the newly formed Chippewas Solidarity.

The Waterloo demo opened with a local Indigenous women's drum group sharing songs including the Water song.

Sing Hey! Love, struggle and community with Janice Jo Lee

dan kellar — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 06:18:42 +0000

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Kitchener-based artist Janice Jo Lee joins AW@L Radio in studio for a discussion on her new album "Sing Hey" and the cross-Canada tour she is embarking on. Janice also shares her thoughts on building artistic communities and fostering healthy music scenes and we discuss some of the themes in her new album which cover a breadth of interconnected social justice issues.

We also play several tracks from "Sing Hey":

Criminalization and harassment of LGBTQ prisoners in Kitchener's federal prison

dan kellar — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 15:50:37 +0000

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LSPIRG's 'I Am Not A Costume' campaign against cultural appropriation

dan kellar — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:58:52 +0000

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Chippewas of the Thames First Nation fight Line 9 pipeline project

dan kellar — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:26:24 +0000

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Prior to the Waterloo premier of the documentary This Changes Everything, a #NoLine9 demonstration was held in the uptown square which called on the Canadian government, the national energy board, and the Enbridge pipeline company to stop moving forward with the line 9 pipeline project until the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation has their demand for proper consultation met.

Enbridge and NEB push to open Line 9 ahead of Indigenous legal challenge

dan kellar — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 05:26:01 +0000

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Ahead of the June 16 court date for the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, we read an article from Rachel Avery and Dan Kellar discussing the federal appeal, constitutional responsibilities, third-party consultation, as well as the ongoing risks associated with the Line 9 pipeline reversal project.

The piece features an interview with Myeengun Henry, of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation and an active participant in the court case against the Line 9 pipeline decision.

KW Solidarity Network takes on Revel Development over reno-viction compensation

dan kellar — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 03:23:03 +0000

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The edited intervew was first aired on the April 2, 2015 edition of The Daily GRRR!

Presented here is an interview with Holli-Lynne of the KW Solidarity Network, a group that is targeting Kitchener-based housing rental and development company, Revel Developments after the company refused to pay agreed-upon fees associated with the reno-viction from her apartment. Revel Development, formerly The Madison Group, tried to intimidate Holli-Lynne and other tenants in her building into moving out in a campaign that included turning the water, power, and heat off in the middle of last year's brutal winter.

Accessing information to demilitarize McGill

dan kellar — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 23:08:08 +0000

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The edited intervew was first aired on the March 26, 2015 edition of The Daily GRRR!

Documentary director Amar Wala on 'The Secret Trial 5,' Bill C-51, and the stigma of terror suspicion

dan kellar — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 05:52:02 +0000

Interview w/ director of The Secret Trial 5

This audio was first aired on the March 17, 2015 extended edition of The Daily GRRR! and will be the feature on the 19th.

This is an interview with Amar Wala, the director and producer of the award-winning documentary The Secret Trial 5, a film which takes a critical look at Canada's "security certificate" regime.

The documentary revolves around four of the five men wrongly targeted by the Canadian state, imprisoned for a combined 30 years without charge and without being allowed to see the evidence which led them to be suspected for ties to terrorism.

"It's A Matter of Social Justice": An Alliance Against Poverty in Waterloo Region

dan kellar — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 05:59:11 +0000

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As part of the 13th annual homelessness radio marathon in Canada (17th annual in North America), the CKMS newsroom hosted a discussion with Martin, Brayden, and Oz from KW based Alliance Against Poverty, a grassroots community organization.

The discussion covers social housing and predatory landlords, emergency shelters and downloading of services onto community organizations, accessibility of healthy food, stagnant social assistance payments, and more.

The 2015 homelessness marathon was hosted by CFRC in Kingston and we would again like to thank the organizers for a great job!

No love for Marineland: Sweeping changes proposed for Ontario's captive marine mammal industry

dan kellar — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:29:53 +0000

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This audio was first aired on the January 30, 2015 edition of The Daily GRRR!

Today's feature is an interview an interview with Dylan Powell of Marineland Animal Defense on the recent announcement by the Ontario government to change rules governing the captive marine mammal industry in the province. Check out http://marinelandanimaldefense.com/ for more on the struggle to shut down marineland and on social media check out marineland animal defence at @marinelandAD

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Fighting The Tar Sands Pipeline Through Burnaby Mountain

dan kellar — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 17:47:40 +0000

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This audio was first aired on the December 5th, 2014 edition of The Daily GRRR!

Today's feature is an interview with Earyn Wheatley (@earyn604), who has been involved in the resistance to Kinder Morgan's proposed Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline at #BurnabyMountain. Earyn gives a timeline of events, centres Indigenous resistance, and connects the many reasons people oppose the project. They also speak about the next steps in the opposition to the pipeline.