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Author (aut): Freeman, Lindsey, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-09-22
Author (aut): Farzan, Faranak , Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-09-24
Author (aut): Del Bianco, Elvy, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-10-06
Author (aut): Richards, Vanessa, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella
Date created: 2020-08-18
Author (aut): Sacco, Joe , Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella
Date created: 2020-08-27
Author (aut): Farha, Leilani, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-09-17
Author (aut): Farzan, Faranak , Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-09-24
Author (aut): Tl'aḵwasik̓a̱n, Khelsilem, Author (aut): Flett, Julie, Author (aut): Reimer, Andrea, Author (aut): George, Charlene, Author (aut): Johal, Am
Date created: 2019-04-26
Video recording talk and panel discussion of The Human Right to Housing and the Vancouver Situation.
Author (aut): Kothari, Miloon, Author (aut): Young, Margot, Author (aut): Swanson, Jean, Author (aut): Hern, Matt, Author (aut): Seigl, sχ?emt?na:t, St’agid Jaad, Audrey, Author (aut): Johal, Am
Date created: 2017-06-05
Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author (aut): Hern, Matt, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Coulthard, Glen , Author (aut): Bates, Lisa , Author (aut): Al-Zobaidi, Sobhi , Author (aut): Anthony, Josiane
Date created: 2016-10-27
Author (aut): Marks, Laura, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Smith, Paige, Author (aut): Roach, Melissa, Author (aut): Feng, Kathy, Author (aut): Pinillos, Fiorella, Author (aut): SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Date created: 2020-10-20
On Episode 35 of Below the Radar, Am Johal interviews Tiffany Muller Myrdahl
Author (aut): Muller Myrdahl, Tiffany, Author (aut): Johal, Am
Date created: 2019-12-17
Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Muller Myrdahl, Tiffany, Author (aut): Stoudt, Brett
Date created: 2020-06-16
Am Johal is joined by Ethọ́s Lab founder Anthonia Ogundele on this episode of Below the Radar. Anthonia shares about her career in emergency management and sustainability and the origins of Ethos Lab. Anthonia also discusses the inequalities of the education system with respect to STEAM and innovation programs, and the importance of centering the Black experience when creating spaces for youth.Ethos Lab is a non-profit social enterprise that is developing an online collaborative platform and creative co-working spaces for youth ages 13-18 that foster the exploration of culture and STEAM.Resources— Ethos Lab— Solid State— Building Atlanthos: Shifting from Consumers to Creators – Black Youth in the Fourth Place— 'The Cheeky Proletariat' Is for the People
Author (aut): Anthonia Ogundele, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Kathy Feng, Author (aut): Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2021-04-06
SFU Mathematics professor Caroline Colijn joins host Am Johal to talk about the role of data modelling in the response to COVID-19. Caroline holds the Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics for Infection, Evolution and Public Health, and works at the intersection of mathematics and public health, with a particular focus on the spread and evolution of infectious diseases.She has been working alongside colleagues since the beginning of the pandemic, using data to mathematically model the trajectory of COVID-19 and to inform public policy. In this interview, she gives a brief overview of how we've arrived at this point in the pandemic here in BC. They discuss the potential benefits of prioritizing high-contact workers in the rollout of vaccines, variants of concern in BC, and what data tells us about COVID-19 spread in the weeks and months to come.
Author (aut): Caroline Colijn, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Kathy Feng, Author (aut): Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2021-04-20
Barbara Steenbergen from the International Union of Tenants, European Union office, joins Am Johal on this episode of Below the Radar. Together they discuss the role of the tenant unions in Europe as well as their advances in housing policies and protecting tenant rights. Barbara talks about the European housing context, and how tenant social movements in Europe led to the establishment of tenant unions. She discusses successful progressive housing policies in Berlin, Vienna, and the Scandinavian model for public housing, as well as some of the progress being made in countries that have an extremely high home ownership rate, like Spain and Portugal. Resources:— International Union of Tenants — Berlin's Tenants Association (Berliner Mieterverein)— UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing— International Social Housing Festival - Helsinki June 2022
Author (aut): Barbara Steenbergen, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Kathy Feng, Author (aut): Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2021-04-13
Longtime community organizer and social entrepreneur Al Etmanski talks to Am Johal about where the movement for disability justice is headed — with lived experience leading the way. Al speaks to the urgent need for a basic income for people with disabilities, and how to build up a grassroots political movement to advance social change.Al Etmanski is also the host of an upcoming series of Below the Radar, called The Power of Disability. The series will highlight six incredible changemakers with disabilities who are also powerful advocates in the disability community. Al and Am discuss the origins of the series and the importance of shining a light on the often overlooked contributions of people with disabilities.Resources:— Al Etmanski's website: https://aletmanski.com/— The Power of Disability: 10 Lessons for Surviving, Thriving, and Changing the World by Al Etmanski: https://aletmanski.com/books/#powerofdisability— The Power of Disability Digest: https://aletmanski.com/disability-digest/
Author (aut): Al Etmanski, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Kathy Feng, Author (aut): Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2021-04-15
Lifelong activist and wheelchair user Judy Heumann joins Al Etmanski for this instalment of The Power of Disability. Judy is a powerful advocate in the disability movement both in the US and globally. She and Al talk about her long history of fighting for the rights of disabled people, a part of which is featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. Judy shares stories about significant organizing moments and camaraderie in liberation movements, speaking to the importance for the voices of disabled people to come forward. They also discuss Judy's appearance on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, creating a thriving disability culture, and the changing nature of allyship."It's important to work collaboratively with people, to try to have big dreams, to recognize they may not happen overnight, and to be able to change." - Judy HeumannRead the full transcript of this episode: https://www.sfu.ca/sfuwoodwards/community-engagement/Below-the-Radar/transcripts/judy-heumann/ABOUT THE SERIESThe Power of Disability is a series of Below the Radar. Host Al Etmanski brings us enlightening conversations, featuring guests with disabilities who have been influential in arts, activism, science, and more. This series is a continuation of the work Al has shared in the book, The Power of Disability: 10 Lessons for Surviving, Thriving, and Changing the World, which reveals that people with disabilities are the invisible force that has shaped history.
Author (aut): Judy Heumann, Author (aut): Al Etmanski, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos
Date created: 2021-04-29
Rabia Khedr, an activist, consultant, former Human Rights Commissioner and motivational speaker who 'wears many hijabs,' joins Al Etmanski for this Power of Disability conversation. They discuss Rabia's advocacy and policy work within the disability community and the Muslim community; bringing a disability benefit, or basic income, to Canada; as well as the vital importance of having people disabled folks driving systems change.Rabia speaks to the significance of having what she calls a 'hyphenated identity' and how disability is just one facet of people's varied and intersecting experiences and identities. She shares with Al how she is working with the Canadian Association of Muslims with Disabilities to connect people to Disability Justice principles through spirituality and culture. She also sheds light on what she means when she says, "Being blind, I see things differently.""The range of disabilities, of lived experience, needs to be reflected in the journey — at the table, making the decisions, leading the work." - Rabia KhedrRead the full transcript of this episode: https://www.sfu.ca/sfuwoodwards/community-engagement/Below-the-Radar/transcripts/rabia-khedr/
Author (aut): Rabia Khedr, Author (aut): Al Etmanski, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-05-13
Rabia Khedr, an activist, consultant, former Human Rights Commissioner and motivational speaker who 'wears many hijabs,' joins Al Etmanski for this Power of Disability conversation. They discuss Rabia's advocacy and policy work within the disability community and the Muslim community; bringing a disability benefit, or basic income, to Canada; as well as the vital importance of having people disabled folks driving systems change.Rabia speaks to the significance of having what she calls a 'hyphenated identity' and how disability is just one facet of people's varied and intersecting experiences and identities. She shares with Al how she is working with the Canadian Association of Muslims with Disabilities to connect people to Disability Justice principles through spirituality and culture. She also sheds light on what she means when she says, "Being blind, I see things differently.""The range of disabilities, of lived experience, needs to be reflected in the journey — at the table, making the decisions, leading the work." - Rabia KhedrRead the full transcript of this episode: https://www.sfu.ca/sfuwoodwards/community-engagement/Below-the-Radar/transcripts/rabia-khedr/
Author (aut): Rabia Khedr, Author (aut): Al Etmanski, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-05-13