social justice Podcasts

Closure of ambulatory care programs a year ago at Joseph Brant Hospital reflects current provincial health care policy. Closures might also be seen as a strategy to drive up hospital funding needs (following this shift of patients to acute care)
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Hugh McKenzie of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives feels Ontarians voted for someone to nurture society, but got a premier who can patch up only a few small parts of it. John Clarke of OCAP feels the budget is a tribute to abusive employers and working conditions.
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Evictions on the Increase at time of Toronto's Homeless Census Dan McIntyre, Prgramme Co-ordinator for FMTA SOCAN: 1. WilliamWarner-StepItUpAndGo-ClassicBluesVol2 2. SonnyTerryAndBrownieMcGhee-ChainGangSpecial-BleeckerAndTheBlues
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Sara Anderson hunger-struck for two and a half weeks to draw attention to her wait since the early 1990's for Ontario Disability Support, the withdrawal of recipients' Special Diet Benefits, the 5% increase in benefits well below the poverty line over twelve years, and more
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Summary: Non-profit housing in Ontario has a future comparable to that in other provinces, delimited not only by time required to implement construction, but by parties that do not see beneficiaries of housing policy in a position to influence elections
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Addiction Worker / Activist Jennifer Chambers Comments on inappropriate resarch and use of prescription drugs.
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Addiction Worker / Activist Jennifer Chambers Comments on inappropriate resarch and use of prescription drugs. Note 80kbps stereo - 128kbps version coming later
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The City Summit Alliance has made 11 recommendations which are discussed in principle, to separate fixed incomes from both the Province and from their present stigma
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For thirty years Dr. Henry has been asking - is disrespect a crime? Explore the theme of the show on disRespect's launch also at http://www.ckln.fm Sunday June 4 at 11:30am
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Minister for Veterans Affairs Greg Thompson was in opposition when the Veterans Charter of benefits was rammed through, anticipating the Liberal defeat. Now he's inherited the controversial measures to change benefits for outgoing Canadian Forces veterans, and defends them here. Retired Captain Sean Bruyea, who has since testified in front of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs regarding the creation of a VAC Ombudsman June 13, gives his and other veterans' interpretation of the changes to Veterans' Benefits.
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Research at University of Utah Shows that heart disease in men is produced by controlling relationships, in women by more openly disrespectful ones
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Author, speaker and broadcaster Sheridan Voysey explores life, faith and culture from a Christian perspective with his various line up of guests. Authors, musicians and people impacting their world.
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How autism can be isolating, and one option for the government to consider in budgetting for treatment
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Ontario has changed its funding model so that breast cancer survivors mut pay up front for prostheses often costing up to $800
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While Newspapers have tied income qualification shortcomings to homelessness, Sara Shartal indicts the whole disability support system for moral reprehensibility
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Poor Peoples' Lawyer Sara Shartal explores how what the Ombudsman has called "morally reprehensible" administration of Ontario's ODSP applications adds up to hundreds of millions picked from the pockets of the poor and vulnerable
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Apologies to listeners for the technically corrupted download posted a month ago. Here is the original and complete explanation of how ODSP support withdrawal is accomplished regarding special diet
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John Clarke takes us on OCAP''s march against increased police spending and its impact upon underfunded minority communities
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Provoke's mission is to engage you in a reflection of important contemporary issues from the perspective of your own faith as an illustration of how the principles of compassion and justice can be lived out in everyday life. We take our name from the Latin, "provocare" - to call forth. And that's just what we hope to do. We want to call forth from you a profound and personal response. To inspire you not only to thought and reflection, but to action.
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Addressing social and political issues that affect the transgender, transsexual and gender variant communities.
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The 3rd degree is a progressive sydney radio show bringing you the latest news, current affairs and more around climate change, environemtn and social justice. Thursdays 9-9.30am 2SER 107.3FM. To listen live, podcasts and more visit: climateradio.blogspot.com
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Have you ever felt that you had more to offer the world than you were currently expressing and manifesting?
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The Global Report - Radio Edition Extra is an unabridged weekly program consisting of all stories recorded for the week. (A 29 minute radio station formatted program is also available for on-air rebroadcast.) Both programs feature well-documented, solid news stories from every region of the world, covering issues such as social and economic justice, foreign affairs, health, the environment, women, media, labor, LGBT, and the economy. Our stories are pulled from TheGlobalReport.org website and made radio-friendly by our devoted team of volunteers. We guarantee you missed many (probably most!) of these stories on your favorite mainstream media. Diverse voices and passionate progressivism at no extra charge! We invite like-minded media and organizations to rebroadcast this program, asking only that they contact us in advance as to when and where the rebroadcast takes place for online promotion. Contact: dmf@theglobalreport.org. Please visit theglobalreportradioedition.wordpress.com for complete program listings, and thank you for listening to independent media!
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The Global Report - Radio Edition is a 29 minute, radio station formatted, weekly, under-reported news program. (The Global Report - Radio Edition Extra is our unabridged program consisting of all stories recorded for the week.) Both programs feature well-documented, solid news stories from every region of the world, covering issues such as social and economic justice, foreign affairs, health, the environment, women, media, labor, LGBT, and the economy. Our stories are pulled from TheGlobalReport.org website and made radio-friendly by our devoted team of volunteers. We guarantee you missed many (probably most!) of these stories on your favorite mainstream media. Diverse voices and passionate progressivism at no extra charge! We invite like-minded media and organizations to rebroadcast this program, asking only that they contact us in advance as to when and where the rebroadcast takes place for online promotion. Contact: dmf@theglobalreport.org. Please visit theglobalreportradioedition.wordpress.com for complete program listings, and thank you for listening to independent media!
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