Multilingual Montreal comic Sugar Sammy took home two prestigious Olivier comedy awards Sunday (May 12), including the Olivier de l’année for his show You’re Gonna Rire (laugh). The Olivier de l’année was voted on by the pubic during the gala award show… »
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
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Politics Today – May 12, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda talks about the contested results of a census survey from 2011, after the federal government lifted a requirement for Canadians to fill out the forms. First results from this survey were… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian satellite RADARSAT-1 stops working more than 17 years after its launch
Developed and operated by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), RADARSAT-1 was a sophisticated satellite equipped with a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instrument that could take images through clouds, and mapped crops, water, and the first complete mapping of Antarctica. Canada’s first earth observation… »
Canada supporting social media, broadcast of conference, aimed at Iran
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird reached out directly to Iranians as the first speaker at a two-day conference (May 10-11) beaming social media, video and audio to Iran and Iranians around the world. “I say to the Supreme Leader:… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Science Rendezvous brings science to people across Canada
Thousands of innovators, researchers, engineers, and scientists, from 80 universities and organizations will bring hands-on science to Canadians on Saturday (May 11) in the latest edition of Science Rendezvous. Started in 2008 in the city of Toronto the festival now has… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Canadian minister: Trade fight possible if EU taxes oil-sands crude
Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper is reporting that Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver “is raising the prospect of a trade fight with the European Union over its proposal to label oil-sands crude as dirty even as both sides try… »
Canada census survey results set off opposition party attacks
Normally census data results aren’t the stuff of debate, but on Wednesday (May 8), the first release of 2011 Canadian census survey data set off questions both in the House of Commons and in the media. The results of two… »
Statistics Canada: 1.4 million Aboriginal people, young, losing language
Canada’s government statistics agency Statistics Canada says 1,400,685 people reported an Aboriginal identity in 2011, which represents 4.3% of the total Canadian population.The new data was released Wednesday (May 8). Of the people reporting an Aboriginal identity in 2011, 851,560, or 60.8%, identified… »
Economy, Health, Politics, Society
Food Banks Canada: Hunger lives next door
The national charitable organization Food Banks Canada is asking Canadians to join the Hunger Awareness Week movement (May 6-10) to raise awareness of the extent of hunger in Canada. According to an Angus Reid Public Opinion survey, commissioned by Food Banks… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
North-South Institute holds international conference on governing Africa’s natural resources
This Thursday and Friday (May 9-10) Canada’s North South Institute is hosting an international forum titled Governing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development. The Institute, which focuses on international development around the world, has invited senior Canadian and African policymakers and… »
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