For the third year in a row, the Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival is showcasing Indigenous filmmakers, artists, authors and others. At the same time underlining the new media reality that high tech digital media possibilities are accessible to most… »
Wojtek Gwiazda
Wojtek Gwiazda is a veteran award-winning broadcast and print journalist. As one of RCI’s senior host-producers he focused mainly on news and current affairs programming. He has hosted a variety of programmes, including MASALA CANADA, the Indo-Canadian Report, Canada in the World, North Country, and The Music Shop (a Canadian rock music show). Before joining RCI, he worked extensively for Canada’s national public broadcaster CBC radio, as well as for publications such as The Montreal Gazette, Cinema Canada Magazine, and Canadian Business Magazine. He produced a program on the history of Quebec song for Canada’s national French radio service Radio-Canada, and was an on-air music columnist at the service. He retired from RCI in July, 2015 and can be reached at wojtekgwiazdamtl@gmail.com or on Twitter at @WojtekGwiazda
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Key Aboriginal land claim case starts before Supreme Court of Canada
Members of an Indigenous First Nation in Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia (B.C.) were at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa Thursday (November 7), to hear a case that is expected to have far-reaching effects on aboriginal… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Canada in Top 20 nations on Financial Secrecy Index
On the Financial Secrecy Index, Canada is the 17th most secretive country in the world according to the London-based coalition of researchers and activists the Tax Justice Network. The index was released Thursday (November 7) and shows a number of… »
City of Montreal police unveil new armoured vehicle
City of Montreal police unveiled a new armoured vehicle to journalists Wednesday (November 6) that will be used by police in situations where police face “ballistic projectiles”. The commander of the Montreal force’s Tactical Intervention Group (Groupe tactique d’intervention –… »
Canada’s retired unionists continue to fight with focus on pension protection
They may be retired, but former union members are still joining forces and fighting, and their goal is to protect pensions and health care by coordinating their actions through the Congress of Union Retirees of Canada (CURC). Last month the… »
Canada’s Senate suspends three senators
After weeks of debates, and despite calls for due process, three senators were suspended by Canada’s upper chamber, the Senate, Tuesday night (November 5) in a series of motions backed by the ruling Conservative Party which has a majority in… »
Lynn Coady’s short stories win $50K Giller fiction prize
“Hellgoing“, a short story collection by Lynn Coady, has won Canada’s prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize, the largest cash award for literature in the country. “I can’t express how honoured I am to play even the smallest part in such an inspiring event,”… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada’s Asia Challenge: Creating competence in next generation
Canada has little information on how it’s doing in preparing its next generation for an Asia-centred world, and it’s behind other countries such Australia, New Zealand, the US and Germany in promoting Asia competence, according to a study released Monday (November… »
Canadian prison inmates upset over cut in wages
Sudden cuts to already small wages of Canadian prison inmates has caused work stoppages, petitions, and calls for corrections authorities to reconsider the impact of the cuts. Inmate wages were set in 1981. Since then they were raised 10 cents.… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Environment Commissioner: Wide gap between government commitments and results
Canada’s interim Environment Commissioner Neil Maxwell says there’s a “wide gap between the government’s commitments and the results achieved” and “despite significant efforts over the years and progress in some areas, there is still much to be done to meet… »
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