Humans, On Rights
81 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago -Humans, On Rights is an intellectual and stimulating conversation with human rights grassroots influencers, community leaders, policymakers, advocates and educators about their passion to become human rights champions. Humans, On Rights host Stuart Murray, the Inaugural President & CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will explore with his guest the power of a positive outcome when you connect the three human rights dots - Education. Mobilization. Take Action.
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Rich Thomas - A Champion for Diversity
April 18, 2024 15:41 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBAs a young Black man growing up in Winnipeg Rich Thomas remembers his parents saying to him “you are living in a society where you are not the majority, and a s a young Black person, you are going to have to work twice as hard for half as much”. Those words had an enormous impact on his early years. And when we spoke on this episode of humans, on Rights Rich talked about how he took the words of his loving parents to heart. Rich Thomas shares his personal story of running his own b...
Dr. Martha Paynter: Pharmacare for Contraception
April 04, 2024 05:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB“We absolutely should have publicly funded prevention of pregnancy and not just publicly funded abortion.” On this episode oh Humans, on Rights we talk with Dr. Martha Paynter, Dalhousie School of Nursing scholar, researcher, writer, nurse, activist and board chair of Wellness Within about why she wrote her book Abortion to Abolition: Reproductive Health and Justice in Canada. Dr. Paynter believes that the history of abortion decriminalization and critical advocacy efforts to impro...
Levi Foy: Sunshine House is like “The Museum of Love”
March 21, 2024 05:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBSunshine House is a community drop-in and resource centre focusing on harm reduction and social inclusion. The team at Sunshine House, led by Executive Director Levi Foy, provide programming that fulfills people’s social, community, and recreational needs. Participants can come as they are and are not expected to be “clean” or sober.Sunshine House has an abundance of programming – Brunch, 2S/Trans ID Peer Support, Street Feet, Gizhiwenimin, Like That and a first of its kind, very in...
Chef Rob on Food: Entertain Educate Engage
February 22, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBDuring the celebration of Black History Month, Chef Rob Thomas talks about how he plans to create a special dinner to celebrate how Black culture has influenced the food we eat. To further promote and celebrate Black History Month Chef Rob is doing a livestream on Thursday February 22 to demonstrate one of his signature dishes. In addition to the livestream, the chef is preparing a special menu for a Winnipeg Jets hockey game as the Jets celebrate Black History Month. Go Jets Go!Acc...
Ribbon Skirts: From Controversy to Celebration
January 11, 2024 06:30 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBLaura Brandon is a band member of Waywayseecappo First Nation, she has three adult children and is a grandmother. Laura Brandon wants to know that when it comes to discussing the ribbon skirt, she speaks only for herself. The good news is that Laura Brandon generously shares her personal views on the history, the importance, the celebration, and the learning that comes from the making and the wearing of the Ribbon Skirt. When 10 year old Isabelle Kulak drew international attention ...
Rehman Abdulrehma: How Holidays Shape and Define Culture
December 28, 2023 10:43 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBEver wonder why we celebrate holidays and what they mean to our culture? Holidays serve as a reflection of a society’s shared values, historical milestones, and unique tradition. Holidays offer key insights into cultural identities, showcasing and celebrating how diverse the world is. But are we, in Winnipeg, in Manitoba reflecting just how diverse and therefore inclusive our holidays are? Dr. Rehman Abdulreham thinks we need to add a number of more dates to the holiday calendar. ...
How Holidays Shape and Define Culture
December 28, 2023 10:43 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBEver wonder why we celebrate holidays and what they mean to our culture? Holidays serve as a reflection of a society’s shared values, historical milestones, and unique tradition. Holidays offer key insights into cultural identities, showcasing and celebrating how diverse the world is. But are we, in Winnipeg, in Manitoba reflecting just how diverse and therefore inclusive our holidays are? Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman thinks we need to add a number of more dates to the holiday calendar....
If Airlines Can Move Horses safely, Why Can’t They do the Same for My Wheelchair?
December 14, 2023 06:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBPeter Tonge show notes:If airlines can move horses safely by air…why can’t they do the same for my wheelchair?My guest Peter Tonge wants answers. And why not? Airline travel can be stressful for anyone, and particularly for a person with a disability. A disabled traveller has the usual concerns, such as scheduling and connections, but also the additional concern about the safety of their mobility equipment.According to Tonge, worldwide, airlines have a poor record for safely transpo...
From Heroin Addict to Community Advocate
November 23, 2023 06:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBJacob Kaufman was born in Vancouver. His mom, who he tells us he loved very much, was also addicted to “pretty well everything.” Because of his mom’s addictions, Jacob was shipped from foster home to foster home where he was beaten ad had exorcisms performed on him. When Jacob was 14, he ran away from his foster home and began a life on the street with a new family, the street community family. Jacob spent time on the street working as an exploited youth. At age 19, Jacob decided h...
Sherry Gott: Children’s Rights and the Manitoba Advocate
November 09, 2023 06:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBEvery child and youth in Manitoba has inherent rights. These rights are enshrined in the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In Manitoba in 1985, Judge Kimelman released the Kimelman report based on the “Sixties Scoop”. In 1993 the Office of the Child Advocate opens in Manitoba. In this Humans on Rights podcast, we talk with the Manitoba Advocate, Sherry Gott, about how important it is to have the role of an Advocate for children to track issues identifie...
Bre Calma: What is a pronoun? Why does it matter? And what to do if you make a mistake?
October 26, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBIn the English language, our most commonly used pronouns (he/she) specifically refer to person’s gender. For queer, gender non-conforming, non-binary, ad transgender people, these pronouns may not fit, can create discomfort, and cause stress and anxiety. Bre Calma (they/them) is a non-binary queer. They have an extensive education background, and they were most insightful when they thoughtfully captured why pronouns matter in a gender debate. Bre lays out how pronouns play a crucia...
Kemlin Nembhard: Period Poverty. Why it Should Be everybody’s business
October 12, 2023 12:58 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBFact: A study done in 2022 concluded that 1 in 4 Canadian women are forced to choose between buying meals and period products. On this episode of Humans, on Rights, the Executive Director of the Women’s Health Clinic, Kemlin Nembhard (she, her) shares her views on the challenges women face when it comes to purchasing period products. Kemlin’s experience growing up in Winnipeg as a child of Jamaican immigrants in a predominately white school system shaped her identity as an activist ...
How a Textile Artist Used a Challenge in her Life to Pay it Forward
September 14, 2023 12:17 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBClaire Sparling has always felt a need to learn how things are put together. Throughout her life, she has followed this instinct by developing skills in everything relating to textiles. From a very young age, Claire has been sewing, knitting, spinning and weaving, never missing a chance to add new skills to her repertoire.But it’s not just the sewing, knitting, spinning and weaving that keeps Claire busy. In addition to designing and creating costumes for professional actors, both i...
“When I was at the residential school I was taught that God was a punishing God. And I was punished a lot.”
August 24, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBIt has taken Lorraine Daniels, a second generation Indigenous Residential School survivor, over 60 years to accept her Ojibway culture. As a student at the Indigenous Residential School, we were taught that God was a punishing God, and she and other children were forever being punished and not loved. She recounts that Indigenous children were not allowed to converse with other family members, such as a brother or sister, or talk during meals and that pulling their hair and getting t...
Hennes Doltze: Why Do Men Buy Sex?
July 20, 2023 05:30 - 44 minutes - 41 MBHuman trafficking is a grave violation of human rights and one of the most heinous crimes committed against individuals, particularly women and children. It is a modern form of slavery, involving the recruitment, transportation, harboring, or receipt of people through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of sexual exploitation.In this episode of Humans, on Rights our guest, Hennes Doltze talks about the work that he and his team are doing to engage man and boys to prevent sexua...
“I see hope every day. I wouldn’t be doing this work if I didn’t have hope.”
June 29, 2023 14:31 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBNiigaanwewidam James Sinclair is an Anishinaabe writer, editor, and activist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. And his credentials are very, very impressive when you consider Sinclair is also a public speaker and media commentator who was recently named to the “Power List” by Maclean’s magazine as one of the most influential individuals in Canada. He has helped organized Idle No More Winnipeg events and he frequently speaks on Indigenous issues on CTV, CBC and APTN. In 2018, he won Canad...
Don’t
June 08, 2023 05:01 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBSimple and to the point. It was the statement put out by the University of Brandon when Brandon School Division trustees heard from a local delegation’s call to remove 2SLGBTQ+ and sexual education resources from the school libraries. Our Humans, on Rights podcast guest, Ellen Bees is a middle school teacher and is a member of People for Public Education who believe that public education should be universally accessible, be publicly funded and free for families, provide equal opport...
Celebrating 50 years of Identity, Advocacy and Community
June 01, 2023 05:30 - 28 minutes - 26 MBSally is a proud member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and so eloquently reminds us that “we all have a voice, find your voice, and use it. Your silence won’t protect you.‘’ And Jordan, who is a trans woman clearly articulates that “a lot of people don’t like people who are different from themselves. We need to have honest communication, there needs to be honest communication between both sides to understand each other” The Rainbow Resource Centre in partnership has launched an exhibit c...
Melissa Stone: Taking action to Make Homes for the Unsheltered Humans.
April 27, 2023 05:30 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBMelissa Stone woks at Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata and is the coordinator for Astum Api Niikinaak and Amoo wig amig. Astum Api Niikinaak means “come sit at our home”. This project which offers affordable housing for people facing key barriers such as being unsheltered and addictions, alongside a communal lodge with culturally sensitive support services is the result of organizations End Homelessness Winnipeg, the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre, Eagle Urban Transition Centre and Thund...
Diwa Marcelino: Community Organizer with Migrante Manitoba
April 13, 2023 05:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBMillions of people are forced to leave their home country to find work. Each individual journey is filled with hope to rebuild and have a better life, but once they settle in their new home, the hardship doesn’t always stop there. Migrant workers face a much higher risk of vulnerability to exploitation in the workplace in large part because of their limited access to information and support networks, networks not just in social networks within governance framework, but networks that...
Rebecca Chartrand: Language Lessons start at Home, Listen and Learn from your Elders
March 30, 2023 14:47 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MB“The way to preserve a language is to start the lessons at home. And listen to your elders.” Elder Mary Houle When it comes to giving voice to language, Rebecca Chartrand, the President & CEO of Indigenous Strategies has a voice. A very strong voice. Rebecca whose leadership style is based on Indigenous ways of teaching and learning, which orient towards holistic perspectives and contributions strives to ensure” we are all paddling the same canoe towards a common goal.” Rebecca sh...
Devon Clunis believes the City of Winnipeg is THE example of how to do community well.
March 16, 2023 14:02 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBDevon Clunis solidified his place in history in 2012 when he became the first Black chief of police in Canadian history. Clunis immigrated from Jamaica with his family in 1975 at age 11 and he began his career in law enforcement with the Winnipeg Police Service in 1987. Clunis occupied several roles and moved up in ranks from patrol to community relations and then chaplain to the superintendent. He served as chief of the Winnipeg Police from 2012 to 2016. Before 2012, Winnipeg was w...
“Love the Skin You’re In!”
March 02, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MB"Where are you from?” I would be asked. “Oh, I’m from here” would be my response. Simple enough, right? Nope. During Black History Month, Winnipeg’s Rhonda Thompson-Wilson says cultural organizations play an important role in helping preserve connections and the uniqueness of cultures. Manitobans celebrate the diversity and commonalities of the community during Black History Month in February. On this episode of Humans, on Rights Rhonda Thompson-Wilson talks about the importance of...
Darcy Ataman: Using the Power of Music and its ability to restitch the SouL
February 23, 2023 05:00 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBAs the Founder and CEO of Make Music Matter, Darcy Ataman, M.S.C., O.M. has dedicated his life’s work to bringing an alternate form of music therapy to survivors of sexual violence, conflict and trauma. Working in partnership with Nobel Laureate, Dr. Denis Mukwege, Darcy developed the Healing in Harmony program where patients become artists to begin the healing process by writing, recording and professionally producing songs about their emotions and experiences simultaneously engagi...
Black Resistance: Remember, Recognize and Educate
February 15, 2023 19:18 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBFebruary is when the proud Black History Manitoba organization invites the whole community to come together to Remember, Recognize and Educate. To quote the BHM President Nadia Thompson, “February is the month in which we bear witness to the progress, richness, and diversity of the achievements and contributions of Black people in Canada and around the world.” And with that in mind, the Humans, on Rights podcast went to the Manitoba Museum to capture the Black innovators, entrepren...
"If people can learn to hate …they can be taught to love.” (Nelson Mandela)
January 26, 2023 06:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBLearning. Teaching. Education is a human right. When exploring education as a human right in this episode of Humans on Rights, Mitchell DeFehr, education coordinator for MARL, discusses the importance of human rights learning when we reference the “other”. He shares his views about how systems developed by those of privilege are systems that oppress the “other”. And he explains how to use education as a human right from an “inside out” approach as well as an “outside in” approach t...
Yvonne Peters: Sight impaired, Braille Advocate , Human Rights Lawyer
January 05, 2023 06:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB"I wanted to be more than just a screamer!" - Yvonne Peters. To acknowledge World Braille Day, Humans, on Rights spoke with Yvonne Peters. Yvonne practiced as a human rights lawyer in Winnipeg for over 30 years. During this time she served as legal counsel and advisor on a number of equality test cases involving disability rights and women’s rights. Her work also included serving as a legislative consultant on the implementation of regulated midwifery in Manitoba and acting as proj...
International Universal Health Is A Human Right: Up close and personal with an International Student from Nigeria
December 15, 2022 06:30 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBAdvocate. Community Engagement. Community Organizer. Judith Oviosun came from Nigeria to study medicine at the University of Manitoba. Along the educational pathway which Judith found herself recognized by being placed on the prestigious Dean’s list, she saw areas where International Students’ voices were not being heard. She quickly discovered that to create change, you had to more than just talk about it. You needed to find a seat at the policy decision making table.During her ti...
Alex Lytwyn: Accessibility Matters, Can I Come In?
December 08, 2022 18:34 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBNOTE: During my conversation with Alex Lytwyn, I mentioned that he had one brother. In fact Alex has two brothers. Alex Lytwyn is an astonishing person. Alex has Cerebral Palsy and is in a power chair. Listening to Alex is not easy. First it is not easy because Cerebral Palsy, the most common lifelong physical disability, has affected Alex’s speech. He works work really hard to get his words out. You have to listen. And secondly, it is not easy to listen to Alex because when he sha...
Through the Eyes of a Child Refugee: We Are Where We Come From
November 24, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBWorld Children’s Day is celebrated on the 20th November to commemorate the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. To acknowledge World Children’s Day, Dorota Blumczynska shares her personal story as witnessed through the eyes of a refugee child. Since secretly fleeing Poland as a child, Dorota’s life has centered on survival. Surviving displacement, migration, poverty, the loss of a parent, becoming an orphan, a ward of the child welfare system, and violence. Because Dorota wears h...
Clifford Weekes: Anti-Racism Team Lead, Seven Oakes School Division
November 10, 2022 06:30 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MB“I would rather be a little nobody than an evil somebody” – Abraham Lincoln School violence and bullying including cyberbullying is widespread and affects a significant number of children and adolescents. On this episode of Humans, on Rights Clifford Weekes, anti-racism team lead for the Seven Oakes school Division shares his personal experiences on how, at a young age, he was bullied at school. He explains that when he was called the “whitest black guy we know” everyone laughed, a...
A “How To” guide on passing a better city onto the next generations
October 27, 2022 05:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBBrent Bellamy is a Winnipeg architect and public advocate who shares his vision on how to create a sustainable city based on building and human focussed design. He writes passionately about this subject, challenging the conventional perception of architectural and urban form. His thoughtful and provoking columns, always anticipated, have appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press since 2010. He explores the connection between design and economic growth, environmental sustainability, civic ...
Al Wiebe: I Was a Hidden Homeless Person
October 13, 2022 05:30 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBAl Wiebe went from earning $120k a year and driving a new Mercedes to living for 26 months in a 40-year-old wrecked Mercedes in the back lane behind an auto wrecker. After losing his $120k a year job, Al Wiebe was rocked by the trauma of job loss and suffered from unchecked clinical depression. Al attempted suicide numerous times. On one of his suicide attempts, Al plunged into the Assiniboine River, only to be rescued and finding help from a Doctor at St. Boniface Hospital. Today A...
Glenn Michalchuk: The absence of war is NOT the definition of Peace!
September 22, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBThe Chair of the Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Glenn Michalchuk is convinced that the War in Ukraine could have been averted but was not. In this episode Glenn explains his strong belief that this war in not based on anything of substance but more on political fanaticism. And that Canada has played a roll, wrongly in his view, of advancing that political fanaticism. Active in the peace and anti-war movement since 1980, Glenn has used his involvement with the union movement as a natural ...
Stacey Bradley: Literacy is a Right not a Privilege
September 08, 2022 05:01 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBLifelong learning champion Stacey Bradley was asked to “just come to one meeting”. She did and that is how she became the President of the Manitoba Reading Association. September 8th is International Literacy Day and on this episode, Stacey talks about the incredible appetite young children have when they start to learn to read, but she also talks about the challenges of losing interest in reading as children get older. In her words, sometimes “we start to lose them as they get to m...
Laurelle Harris: Canada and Enslaved Persons. A very troubled legacy.
August 25, 2022 14:17 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBIf I asked you what country comes to mind when you hear the words, Jim Crow. The Ku Klux Klan. Enslaved persons, I bet you a US dollar that you would say ’the United States of America.” While you are not completely wrong, you may be surprised to learn how my guest Laurelle Harris educates the listener on how those terms of racism are also very much a history of the place we call home – Canada. Laurelle shares that one of Canada’s most prestigious universities is named after a well-k...
Kyla Bernardo: A Conversation about Mental Health through a BIPOC lens
July 21, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBRacism is a mental health issue because racism causes trauma. Every day, the BIPOC Community are exposed to far more trauma than those whose lives have not been devalued. On this episode of Humans, on Rights, Kyla Bernardo, M.Ed, CCC, CGE, CGP addresses the challenges that the BIPOC Community has getting help when faced with mental health issues. Through her deep knowledge of mental health and front-line work Kyla, who operates Purposeful Counselling, shares her family’s personal st...
Michael Redhead Champagne - The Human Love Letter.
June 30, 2022 05:30 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBIninew Public Speaker. Author. Host. Community Organizer. Advocate for Children, Youth & Families. Michael Redhead Champagne inspires every time he speaks to an audience or brings his pen to the page. His storytelling connects communities across North America and around the world. Michael’s commitment to action and solutions comes from his experiences growing up in Winnipeg’s North End, his identity as a member of Shamattawa First Nation and his connection to the child welfare syst...
Whoever. Wherever. Whenever. Everyone has the right to seek safety.
June 23, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBThe UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) states that we are approaching over 100 million displaced peoples world-wide. In this episode of Humans on Rights, the Executive Director of IRCOM (Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba) Shereen Denetto shares her passion of about working with and supporting newcomers to Winnipeg. She has seen first-hand the incredible talents and knowledge these newcomers bring when they arrive in our community. Located in the heart of inner-city Win...
Food: Security and Insecurity with Dr. Natalie Riediger
June 09, 2022 06:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBFrom working in a four generations family owned and operated grocery store in the inner city of Winnipeg to receiving 2020 Terry G. Falconer memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Research Award, Dr. Natalie Riediger has been either working in or researching about food security. Natalie walks us through the Four Pillars that describe food security: availability, access, utilization, and stability. In her capacity as assistant professor of food and human nutritional sciences in th...
Nicole Chabot, B.A., G.S.C.: Workplace Safety and Health
May 19, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBWhat do Heavy Construction and being a mother have in common? What about stone crushing and breaking a glass ceiling…what do they have in common? To answer those questions and more, I spoke with Nicole Chabot, the Vice President of L. Chabot Enterprises Ltd. In her own words, Nicole said “I am a woman, I have an Indigenous background. I am a wife, and I am a mother. And I am very proud to work in the heavy construction industry.” As the Chair of the Manitoba Heavy Construction Assoc...
Shannon Sampert, BA, MA, PhD: Is Journalism Under Siege?
May 05, 2022 05:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBShannon Sampert is a political analyst and media specialist who serves as a bridge between th academy and the community. As a former journalist, she explores the intersections of media, politics, and gender. Sampert is a sought-after media commentator during Canadian elections and for her expertise in areas such as political communications and sexism. She cut her teeth in media at the tender age of 15 while working for a radio station in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. From there she got into ...
Karen Lazareck: Never Doubt A Mother
April 14, 2022 05:30 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBThose were the words Karyn Lazareck said to the medical profession when they had doubts about her intuition of her son Adam’s autism. On this episode of Humans, on Rights, Karyn talks about how she and her husband Mel raised three amazing boys who are now all men. And how one of the boys Adam led her to mobilize a community to create a place where anyone with a disability could find a safe and respectful place in that community. By using her leadership skills and love of her autisti...
Karyn Lazareck: Never Doubt A Mother
April 14, 2022 05:30 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBThose were the words Karyn Lazareck said to the medical profession when they had doubts about her intuition of her son Jordan’s autism. On this episode of Humans, on Rights, Karyn talks about how she and her husband Mel raised three amazing boys who are now all men. And how one of the boys, Jordan led her to mobilize a community to create a place where anyone with a disability could find a safe and respectful place in that community. By using her leadership skills and love of her au...
Jamie Goulet: Clan Mothers Healing Village
March 24, 2022 21:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBThis week, we welcome Clan Mother Jamie Goulet to the Humans on Rights podcast. Jamie is a co-founder of Clan Mothers Healing Village, a beautiful lodge whose mission is to help women and girls with an array of different issues, from environmental issues to human trafficking and sex slavery and so much more. As they expanded, they took on the name Clan Mothers Healing Village and Knowledge Centre to honour the mission of carrying on knowledge of elders and the stories of those who p...
Dr. Myrle Ballard: How Policy Impacts Our Traditional Lands
March 10, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBWater…we use water form everything from cooking to bathing. There is hardly anything we can do without water. We live in a culture where take perhaps certain things like water for granted. Water…it’s a good thing right? But what happens from a mental and physical perspective when a human made flood forces people, families, entire communities off their land. In this episode Dr.Myrle Ballard talks about how, as a young girl growing up on Lake St Martin First Nation, she witnessed, th...
Valerie Williams: Black History, Diversity and Inclusion
February 24, 2022 21:47 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBIt has been said that a continued engagement with history is vital because it helps give context for the present. Black History Manitoba (@bhmwinnipeg #BlackHistoryManitoba) and Black History Month (#BlackHistoryMonth) is an opportunity to celebrate Black History going beyond stories of racism and slavery to spotlight Black achievement. On this episode, Ms. Valerie Williams, the Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Rady Faculty of Health Science talks about what it was...
Ogo Okwumabua: Entrepreneur, Designer and Founder of Zueike Apparel.
February 12, 2022 18:18 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBOgo Okwumabua is a Winnipeg-based entrepreneur and co-owner of Zueike, an athleisure clothing company that designs and manufactures premium athletic apparel for all lifestyles. The meaning of Zueike is "to relax, to become more calm and happy, to slow down and unwind". The brand/company is built around community; the team at Zueike believe that we are all one people and one village. Every person can make a difference in their own way and the team hopes to slowly make an impact local...
Dr. Jeremy Maron
January 27, 2022 06:30 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBJeremy Maron was in Grade 8 when he went to a screening of the film Schindler’s List. It was a very emotional experience that was made that much more powerful when Holocaust survivor Philip Weiss shared his personal story as a Holocaust survivor. Today Dr. Jeremy Maron is a curator of Holocaust and genocide content at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (@CMHR_News) and he shares the remarkable story of how a seemingly ordinary blue leather wallet that was purchased in 1940 at a ma...
Ashley Nemeth: Totally Blind, Entrepreneur,Mother of Three, Wrestling Champion
January 13, 2022 06:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBAshley Nemeth is totally blind. She is a proud mother of three grown children, an entrepreneur, a manager of CNIB programs for Manitoba but it was during her high school years that Ashley discovered that despite her vision loss, she was very good at wrestling. So good in fact she became a provincial wrestling champion! Ashley Nemeth has worked at CNIB (www.cnib.ca) for 5 years. She has seen some technical advancements that have assisted people who are blind or partially sighted but ...