Five Canadian authors are now on the shortlist for the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The names were announced at a press conference Tuesday morning (October 8) in Toronto. The award recognizes excellence in Canadian fiction – long format or short… »
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
Canada’s PM not only boycotting Commonwealth summit, reconsidering funding
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced that not only is he boycotting the Commonwealth summit in November over human rights issues in Sri Lanka, but he is also reconsidering Canada’s funding contribution to the Commonwealth. At a press briefing… »
Politics Today – September 29, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focuses on the criticism by 18 former Canadian diplomats, cabinet ministers, and foreign affairs experts of the Canadian government’s attitude towards the United Nations. He also deals with Canada’s delaying of… »
Why do some workers support weakened labour rights?
Why, if Canadians are concerned by income inequality, are some ready to support policies that actually weaken labour rights? That’s one of the questions York University labour and employment professor David Doorey asks in an article he wrote on his… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada not ready to sign UN Arms Trade Treaty
This week the Canadian government said it was not ready to sign the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty even though 112 countries have signed the agreement, including the United States this past Wednesday (September 25). A spokesman for Canada’s Foreign… »
Childhood dream of scoring soundtracks now reality for composer Anuj Rastogi
Toronto composer and music producer Anuj Rastogi always wanted to compose a movie soundtrack, and remembers as a child in sixth grade putting together music for a school play. Since then he’s released music CDs of his own, produced the… »
Canada’s population now at 35 million, says Statistics Canada
On July 1, 2013, Canada’s population was at 35,158,300, according to the government data agency Statistics Canada. That was an increase of 1.2% over the estimate of 2012. And, except for the period between 1986 and 1990, the population growth rate has… »
She entered half-marathon, ends up winning full marathon by mistake
Last Sunday (September 22), Meredith Fitzmaurice planned to run the half-marathon at the Run for Heroes in Amherstburg in the Canadian province of Ontario. She hoped to do it as a test run, because she wanted to get a qualifying… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
First Nations study to look at state of Indigenous food, nutrition, safety
To document some of the challenges facing Indigenous people in Canada, First Nations are collecting data for a Canada-wide study of Indigenous nutrition and traditional food and the impact of affordability and environmental contamination of food. The “First Nations Food,… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian teenager wins at Google science fair with battery-free flashlight
A Canadian teenager’s desire to help a friend in the Philippines read at night resulted in a one of the top prizes at the Google Science Fair in California. “I’m in shock, I’m in shock,” said Ann Makosinski, who invented… »
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