Migrant Matters

Migrant Matters

Migrant Matters navigates through the interconnected issues that limit the freedom of people to move across borders (of all kinds) and stay wherever they choose. We bring into focus the individual faces and unique stories of migrant workers, "non-status" people, and racialized working-class immigrants, who are often left out of mainstream media. Airs monthly.
Migrant Matters
Migrant Matters

Michael Parenti: Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies

November 13, 2015
| Progressive author and scholar Michael Parenti discusses his most recent book, "Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies" and the ongoing global struggle against austerity.
Length: 33:32 minutes (76.78 MB)
Migrant Matters
Migrant Matters

How to find out the best election candidate

October 18, 2015
| This interview helps educate people on analyzing election candidates, so that they can find the best candidate for them.
Length: 52:55 minutes (121.16 MB)
Migrant Matters
Migrant Matters

How can there be an 'all-candidates' debate when candidates from minor parties are excluded?

September 25, 2015
| Is the fair election process a product of removing the voice of certain candidates? Is the democratic ruling achieved by sacrificing the democratic rights of marginalized candidates?
Length: 47:56 minutes (65.85 MB)
Migrant Matters
Migrant Matters

Uncovering the myths of communism!

September 20, 2015
| This highly informative interview addresses the common concerns about communism that exists in the community.
Length: 37:27 minutes (85.73 MB)
Migrant Matters
Migrant Matters

Interview with Dr. Michael Stevenson on Refugee Health

September 19, 2015
| Can we trust the offer of the Harper Government to support refugees? Please listen to this audio to learn how the Harper Government is supposedly aidinging the existing refugees.
Length: 28:43 minutes (65.76 MB)
Migrant Matters
Migrant Matters

Interview at GCHC on the health services to marginalized populations

September 19, 2015
| The Guelph Community Health Centre receives funds to provide medical services to refugees. However, 20-30 refugee claimants are going to Kitchner, Ontario to access those services.
Length: 19:50 minutes (45.44 MB)
Migrant Matters
Migrant Matters

Interview with Dr. Michael Stevenson on Refugee Health

September 18, 2015
| Can we trust the offer of the Harper Government to support refugees? Please listen to this audio to learn how the Harper Government is supposedly aidinging the existing refugees.
Length: 28:43 minutes (65.76 MB)
Migrant Matters
Migrant Matters

Power to the PINAYs: On the work of Montreal-based Filipino women’s organization Pinay

August 30, 2014
| Tapping into the current status of Canada's Live-in Caregiver Program and the work of Montreal-based organization PINAY, which is led by Filipinas, including women working as migrant workers.
Length: 37:36 minutes (34.43 MB)
Migrant Matters
Migrant Matters

Criminalization of Indigenous peoples and reproductive justice

July 1, 2014
| Krysta Williams talks about the deliberate overcriminalization process in which the state intervenes in the lives of Indigenous peoples in colonial Canada, touching on reproductive justice issues.
Length: 23:23 minutes (32.13 MB)
Migrant Matters
Migrant Matters

Canadian campaign to reverse the deportation order on Jose Figueroa

May 1, 2014
| Jose Figueroa is a Canadian-Salvadorean currently fighting a deportation order in Langly, B.C. Jose joins an annual Guelph panel on May Day via Skype, to speak about his We Are Jose campaign.
Length: 38:15 minutes (87.58 MB)