GroundWire | December 21, 2015

Dec 22, 2015

GroundWire | December 21, 2015

This episode of GroundWire was produced by volunteers at Kootenay Co-op Radio, CJLY on Sinixt traditional territory in Nelson BC

Headlines

December 17 marked the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers | Carly Forbes, GroundWire

The Friends of Hazelmere Campbell Valley oppose new light industrial development on the Little Campbell River | Redeye Collective, Co-op Radio CFRO

 

Features

Grassroots organizers, family members and Indigenous leadership speak about the announcement of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women | Gunargie O'Sullivan, Co-op Radio CFRO

Panel discussion to mark the 26th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre | Off the Hour, CKUT

Community members protest arbitrary status checks and racial profiling in Toronto | Carly Forbes, GroundWire

 

Community Radio Report

Healing Hands is a radio documentary produced with the support of AMARC’s Global Fund, marking this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence | Francella Fiallos, CKCU

 

Music in this episode by Vancouver musician and composer Neelamjit Dhillon, from his album Komagata Maru.

We would like to thank all contributors as well as Carly Forbes, Catherine Fisher,  Omme Salma-Rahemtullah, Francella Fiallos, Gunargie O’Sullivan, Mat Wilush, CKUT’s Off the Hour, and The Redeye News Collective