Top 10 Episodes on Climate Change to Get You Informed for the Canadian Federal Election
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planetinfocusThis is the top 10 podcast episodes that the Planet in Focus team recommends to get informed about climate change to get you ready for the upcoming Canadian Federal Election. Learn about climate action, the climate emergency, and environmental racism, and how these issues affect Canada and the world. See the bigger picture at Planet in Focus' film festival on October 15-20, 2019. Explore the films and events at: https://planetinfocus.org/2019-program For more information about Planet in Focus, visit: https://planetinfocus.org/
It's our first shout out to a living youth leader! Meet Anishnabe-kwe Autumn Peltier. Greatly influenced by her great aunt Josephine Mandamin, Autumn has been using her voice to advocate for water rig...Show More
Some 900 people live in Grassy Narrows and health official say 90 per cent have signs of mercury poisoning, which include vision and hearing impairment, tremors, and decreased cognitive function. T...Show More
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A vital episode that ALL Canadians need to listen to. Sadly, these stories are unknown to many Canadians. The subject matter sheds light on Environmental racism facing Indigenous people in Canada. As ...Show More
Millions of climate strikers all across the world took to the street on Sept 20th. And there’s another strike scheduled on Sept 27th, as well. Today on Front Burner, we talk to Naomi Klein, author of ...Show More
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Canadian author Naomi Klein discusses her new book On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal, Greta Thunberg, and the Green New Deal in the midst of the climate emergency and the 2019 Canadian Fe...Show More
If you guessed this is where you'd find Canada's lowest unemployment numbers, and growing concerns that a lack of workers would hold back a booming economy, come collect your prize. Unfortunately, wit...Show More
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Shining light on the Yukon, a Territory that doesn’t get nearly enough attention from Canada’s major parties. Understand the crisis facing Canada’s lowest unemployment numbers and what it means for Yu...Show More
Garbage dumps. Industrial plants. Factories that use toxic chemicals. Nobody wants them in their neighbourhood. But they have to go somewhere. And historically, there's been a very clear pattern to wh...Show More
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This year’s 2019 Planet in Focus festival program features films such as "Mossville", "Cooked: Survival by Zip Code" and "Scene From a Dry City" that shed light on environmental racism. It is importan...Show More
What better way to recognize a climate emergency than by approving the Trans Mountain Pipeline? Why did the Raptors’ president get carded after his team won? And what's with U.S. media suddenly paying...Show More
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The current climate emergency is a recurring theme, and for good reason. A must listen to episode that covers Indigenous media coverage in Canada, or lack of it. And why it’s important to stay informe...Show More
Is the press protecting the liberal party? And the debate about climate change somehow continues and Elections Canada suggested we might not be allowed to have it. Former crown prosecutor and National...Show More
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It’s that time again, the Canadian Federal Election is on October 21st 2019. Now more than ever climate change is on the front lines, so why is it still up for debate in Canada?
Canoe-borne bandits strike an underwater town. A new generation of wealthy lobstermen is minted. An island disappears. And hellfire engulfs a highway jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power d...Show More
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Highlighting the climate change catastrophe currently facing Canada. Listen to real stories from Canadian perspectives all around the country who are facing the effects of climate change first hand. U...Show More
Canada's national paper seems shy about printing news on the national climate march. Also, another blackface scandal - at Global News. Plus, a discussion on if numbers flatten Indigenous folks' storie...Show More
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After PIF attended the Global Climate Strike in Toronto on September 27th it felt appropriate to mention the media coverage in the city following the march. With an estimate of 50 000 people taking to...Show More
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This year’s Planet in Focus 2019 Rob Stewart Youth Eco-Hero award will go to Autumn Peltier. Autumn Peltier is Anishinaabe-kwe and a member of the Wikwemikong First Nation and an internationally recog...Show More