Biased and Based Journalism

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02/24/23 • 74 min

Producer and Journalism Student, Santiago Helou Quintero dishes on what went down at Toronto City Hall during a February 2023 protest over John Tory's budget. It opens up a larger discussion on what the role of media should be, and the inherent bias that exists in all publications. Activist journalists are becoming more visible, but that hasn't been without consequence.

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LIVESTREAM: Fighting Legislated Poverty - A Panel

Canada has left disabled people behind. Provincial support programs do anything but. The result is Legislated Poverty. Disabled advocates from across Ontario join this panel discussion on the ways in which people are fighting back.

Included in the discussion is a critique of Bill C22, a debate on tactics and an exploration of a way forward. Panels include: Rabia Khedr, Disability Without Poverty; Isabella Gamk, Toronto Mayoral candidate and activist, Kemal Ahmed, ONDP Disability Co-Chair and Accessibility Expert, and Christine Calvert, disabled activist and caregiver.

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A Community Union: ACORN Canada

An interview with Alejandra Ruiz Vargas, National Representative and East York Chapter Leader, for ACORN Canada. Alejandra is a also a front line housing worker, longtime advocate and former political candidate.

She shares just how Acorn grows it membership and determines its priorities. Acorn is membership based, and almost entirely funded by those members. We explore the impact of their approach and the values that drive their work.

Alejandra shares some of the victories ACORN has experienced, recently and historically - and reminds us of the importance of celebrating gains we make.