Latest Cohre Podcast Episodes
Are Our Librairies Under Attack?
Humans, On Rights - April 29, 2024 02:00 - 41 minutesOn this episode of Humans, on Rights, we talk to Kirsten Wurmann, the Program Director for the Manitoba Library Association about how libraries are feeling pressure to remove certain books from the library and because of that libraries should not be neutral spaces. Libraries need to be ...
Rich Thomas - A Champion for Diversity
Humans, On Rights - April 18, 2024 15:41 - 40 minutesAs 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...
Dr. Martha Paynter: Pharmacare for Contraception
Humans, On Rights - April 04, 2024 05:00 - 46 minutes“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 a...
Levi Foy: Sunshine House is like “The Museum of Love”
Humans, On Rights - March 21, 2024 05:00 - 47 minutesSunshine 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 ...
Chef Rob on Food: Entertain Educate Engage
Humans, On Rights - February 22, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutesDuring 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 t...
Ribbon Skirts: From Controversy to Celebration
Humans, On Rights - January 11, 2024 06:30 - 33 minutesLaura 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 persona...
How Holidays Shape and Define Culture
Humans, On Rights - December 28, 2023 10:43 - 44 minutesEver 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. ...
Rehman Abdulrehma: How Holidays Shape and Define Culture
Humans, On Rights - December 28, 2023 10:43 - 44 minutesEver 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. ...
If Airlines Can Move Horses safely, Why Can’t They do the Same for My Wheelchair?
Humans, On Rights - December 14, 2023 06:00 - 39 minutesPeter 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 ...
From Heroin Addict to Community Advocate
Humans, On Rights - November 23, 2023 06:00 - 38 minutesJacob 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, h...
Sherry Gott: Children’s Rights and the Manitoba Advocate
Humans, On Rights - November 09, 2023 06:00 - 42 minutesEvery 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...
Bre Calma: What is a pronoun? Why does it matter? And what to do if you make a mistake?
Humans, On Rights - October 26, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutesIn 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-...
Kemlin Nembhard: Period Poverty. Why it Should Be everybody’s business
Humans, On Rights - October 12, 2023 12:58 - 47 minutesFact: 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 f...
How a Textile Artist Used a Challenge in her Life to Pay it Forward
Humans, On Rights - September 14, 2023 12:17 - 41 minutesClaire 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...
“When I was at the residential school I was taught that God was a punishing God. And I was punished a lot.”
Humans, On Rights - August 24, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutesIt 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 ...
Hennes Doltze: Why Do Men Buy Sex?
Humans, On Rights - July 20, 2023 05:30 - 44 minutesHuman 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 c...
“I see hope every day. I wouldn’t be doing this work if I didn’t have hope.”
Humans, On Rights - June 29, 2023 14:31 - 38 minutesNiigaanwewidam 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 magaz...
Don’t
Humans, On Rights - June 08, 2023 05:01 - 41 minutesSimple 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...
Celebrating 50 years of Identity, Advocacy and Community
Humans, On Rights - June 01, 2023 05:30 - 28 minutesSally 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 th...
Melissa Stone: Taking action to Make Homes for the Unsheltered Humans.
Humans, On Rights - April 27, 2023 05:30 - 42 minutesMelissa 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 ...
Diwa Marcelino: Community Organizer with Migrante Manitoba
Humans, On Rights - April 13, 2023 05:00 - 42 minutesMillions 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...
Rebecca Chartrand: Language Lessons start at Home, Listen and Learn from your Elders
Humans, On Rights - March 30, 2023 14:47 - 55 minutes“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 b...
Devon Clunis believes the City of Winnipeg is THE example of how to do community well.
Humans, On Rights - March 16, 2023 14:02 - 48 minutesDevon 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 ...
“Love the Skin You’re In!”
Humans, On Rights - March 02, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes"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....
Darcy Ataman: Using the Power of Music and its ability to restitch the SouL
Humans, On Rights - February 23, 2023 05:00 - 53 minutesAs 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 H...
Black Resistance: Remember, Recognize and Educate
Humans, On Rights - February 15, 2023 19:18 - 20 minutesFebruary 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 achi...
"If people can learn to hate …they can be taught to love.” (Nelson Mandela)
Humans, On Rights - January 26, 2023 06:00 - 40 minutesLearning. 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...
Yvonne Peters: Sight impaired, Braille Advocate , Human Rights Lawyer
Humans, On Rights - January 05, 2023 06:00 - 52 minutes"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 eq...
International Universal Health Is A Human Right: Up close and personal with an International Student from Nigeria
Humans, On Rights - December 15, 2022 06:30 - 40 minutesAdvocate. 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 S...
Alex Lytwyn: Accessibility Matters, Can I Come In?
Humans, On Rights - December 08, 2022 18:34 - 53 minutesNOTE: 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...
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