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This is the day I joined a team of World Vision staff on one of their vaccination programs. We went to Lurcuk Payam in T...
During the late night festivities on Granville street, a man wearing an American flag is approached by police and told...
Part four of a four-part series on the disparate voices affected by the Mumbai slum demolitions, in this episode we meet...
On Monday, February 15th 2010. A tent city was created at the 100 block of East Hastings Street in Vancouver. Intentio...
Sudan is holding elections. With Omar Al Bashir, an indicted war criminal assured of victory, how free, fair and represe...
This man has been nick named Olympic Jesus, after lighting his cigarette off the Olympic torch, and then getting tackl...
A historic mobilization in Vancouver against the 2010 Winter Olympics has pushed back hard against the International Ol...
Exposes a side to the Vancouver Olympics which has not been revealed before. This film shows how this three week event i...
Carol Martin, Reta Blind and Phillipa Ryan speak about the effects of government policy and the 2010 Olympic games on Do...
Arthur Manuel, spokesperson for Defenders of the Land, outlines indigenous struggle in regards to the 2010 Olympic games...
Witness the intersection of social media, social justice and the Olympic Games...
The third annual Poverty Olympic Torch arrived in vancouver today six days ahead of the opening of the winter games. The...
Everyone has an intriguing life story to tell. We have all experienced significant moments that alter the course of our ...
On June 27, 2009, Abousfian Abdelrazik returned to Canada after six years of forced exile in Sudan. This is his story....
'Life in the Open Prison' is a short documentary produced by 11 students from St-George's High School in Montreal, Quebe...
Live question and answer discussion after the premier screening of 'Life in the Open Prison' at St. Georges High School....
Trailer for the short documentary 'Life in the Open Prison'...
During a 7-week visit to Southern Sudan, I interviewed about a dozen Southern Sudanese men and women. This is Rose Achan...
This documentary is about Daughters of Violence of Kashmir....
Un animation qui utilise l'image d'une arbre comme symbol pour illustrer une nouvelle vision du Canada dans le monde. Ce...
An animation that uses a tree metaphor to illustrate a new vision for Canada's role in the world that resulted from the...
During the next Canadian federal election, Canadians have several important questions about Canada's role in the world. ...
Toronto youth share their ideas and visions for Canada's role in the world....
Toronto youth share their personal reasons for why they care about Canada’s role in the world and how it affects their...
Little Mountain is Vancouver's oldest housing project. Its tenants have been moved out and the city is planning on tea...
"Mr Mandela has spent 67 years making the world a better place. We're asking you for 67 minutes."This video documents th...
This video documents the situation in the starvation zone of Southern Sudan, in Africa....
This video was done to raise awareness of the medical needs in Southern Sudan....
W.E.E.P. (Women's Educational Empowerment Project) for Southern Sudan is a non-profit organization dedicated to the bett...
The Rwandan Genocide - 15 Years After: Survivors, Justice Memory...
A lecture by Henry Greenspan facilitated by Concordia University's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, the...
In 2006, students from a Calgary elementary school traveled to Africa to visit Litein Orphanage in Kenya and to try to m...
In this video not only does she address online etiquettes but Cyberlawyer Parry Aftab deals with cyberbullying head-on. ...
The impact of hurtful words...
The first well drilled in Ethiopia on April 11th....
What if you had to wait up to two years for your refugee status to be determined? For refugees coming to Canada, this is...
What if you had to wait up to two years for your refugee status to be determined? For refugees coming to Canada, this is...
Sara, a student from Kenitra, Morocco talks about what she would like to see changed in the world....
The project is a collaborative effort between the Canadian Council for Refugees, Mapping Memories, and Life Stories of C...
First Nations youth share their families experience with Residential Schools and how it still affects them today....
A trailer by filmmaker Magnus Isacsson for a proposed documentary film, contrasting the writings of Orwell and Huxley ...
Author Varda Burstyn speaks about the impact of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World in todays terms....
Author Varda Burstyn speaks about the impact of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World on the environment....
Author Varda Burstyn speaks about the impact of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World on contemporary society....
The issues of social inclusion of Nepalese women living in the remote mountains....
Author Varda Burstyn gives a brilliant and incisive talk about the Orwellian notion of "Double Think," and applies it to...
Author Varda Burstyn gives a brilliant and incisive talk about the Orwellian notion of "Double Think," and applies it to...
Brave New 1984 invites dialogue regarding contemporary issues such as militarism, globalization, consumption, social ine...
Dingiswayo is originally from Zimbabwe. Dingiswayo’s own interest in other African cultures has lead to him learning...
Coming from a background of traditional Mozambican song and dance, Xixel’s adaptation upon arrival in Cape Town also i...
Adamu hails from Angola, and with a voice like Papa Wemba, a guitar hand like Ali Farka Toure, heartfelt lyrics, and a ...
Sylvestre suggests that xenophobia is not at all unique to South Africa and that there are common issues shared in multi...
Xenophobic violence in South Africa in May 2008 scattered the country’s landscape with refugee camps and caused the ...
Witness the intersection of social media, social justice, and the Winter Olympic Games...
Did you know? 1 in 5 Iraqis have been uprooted by violence in their homeland. Many have fled to Syria where the situati...
Did you know? 1 in 5 Iraqis have been uprooted by violence in their homeland. Many have fled to Syria where the situati...
US War Resisters are welcome in Canada....
A video produced to raise awareness about Shministim, or conscientious objector, who say why they refuse to serve in an ...
Human Rights DocFest 2009 is the newest national platform for Canadians to engage in a discussion of human rights issues...
A groundbreaking teaching DVD, Bevel Up presents 3.5 hours of interactive menus to accompany the compelling 45-minute do...
Toxic Service The Gagetown Atrocity revials the truth about Canada's Government spraying of deadly toxic chemicals on CF...
Toxic Service The Gagetown Atrocity is a series of short videos designed to educate Canadians about our Governments pois...
Annabelle is a 12 year old girl living with AIDS in Uganda. Thanks to the anti-AIDS treatments that she is able to recei...
In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age,...
Vera Vertes, born in 1928, in Hungary, was the eldest of three sisters, raised in a well-to-do family. With the German i...
Reflect Circles: Realities of Change is a locally-produced documentary showing the lives of women involved in Reflect Ci...
Excerpts of CitizenShift's cross-Canada tour on Water. Local water activists from 5 Canadian cities speak to subject of ...
What impact does globalization and what we choose to buy have on the working people of the world?...
In this engaging piece, put together with footage taken from the 'Stop Racism in the Workplace' screening, panelists sha...
Meet Nui, a sex worker from Thailand who discusses her workers' rights at the Toronto AIDS conference 2006....
The Iraqi elections in January 2005 sparked lively debate in the media. Were they a farce or a genuine exercise in demo...
From Baghdad to Manchester is an intimate portrait of a Kurd artist in exile who, metaphorically, remains in his country...
Stuck on the Iraqi / Jordanian border, about a dozen men talk to filmmaker Baz Shamoun about their life before and after...
Zapatista leader Subcomandante Marcos is surrounded by 30,000 Mexican troops but still finds the time for interviews wit...
Author Varda Burstyn speaks about the impact of consumerism and the recent economic collapse, through the lens of Aldous...
Clips from an interview with Celina Harpe, an elder in the Cree community of Fort Mackay, about 40km downstream from Sun...
On the fourth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, Alive in Baghdad brings you an assortment of Arabs and Iraqis speaking a...
The Sahwa Councils or what are also known as "Sahwa Forces" had a strong impact and important role in bringing stability...
Nurse Norma McMurdo recollects working at Riverview Mental Hospital (Coquitlam British Columbia Canada) from 1949-1951. ...
Why has Bear River refused to sign the Marshall Agreement?...
The trailer for Diversidad, a film exploring food security and sustainable agricultural practices in today's world....
A Zapatista leader discusses his philosophy on life and death....
Just who are the Iraqi Police? How do they think? What are there positions on the war and the occupation? Alive in Baghd...
A family from Ontario talks with a Native-American clan to resolve territorial differences....
Members of a small logging community become angry when the Eagle Clan set up a road block....
Three years of fighting in Darfur have destroyed hundreds of villages, displaced 2.2 million and led to more than 400,00...
In 1991 Algonquins of Barrier Lake negotiated a groundbreaking agreement with Canada and Quebec giving their joint manag...
A right-wing radio host discusses his tactics to win the war on communism....
A filmmaker gets get up in an ambush between government forces and communist rebel forces....
The opening of Highway of Tears, a film about the women who have gone missing along a lonely B.C. highway....
A heroin addict and a community activist talk about drug addiction....
Part one of a four-part series on the disparate voices affected by the Mumbai slum demolitions, this episode introduces ...
Part two of a four-part series on the disparate voices affected by the Mumbai slum demolitions, this episode discusses w...
Part three of a four-part series on the disparate voices affected by the Mumbai slum demolitions, this episode explores ...
Avert is an international HIV/AIDS charity. This public service announcement includes information about the transmission...
Resist 2010: 8 Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympics, is a short, fast-paced documentary focusing on the negative i...
The 2010 Peoples Summit wrapped up today after two days of workshops and presentations, building up to the Vancouver Ant...
A documentary examining the history of housing in Vancouver and the impact of the 2010 Olympic Games on the city's homel...
A powerful film that exposes and elucidates the genocide raging in Darfur, Sudan....
Kumi Naidoo...
Zolani speaks out against xenophobia in South Africa...
What happens when a young guy joins a gang?...
The film Parents in Action for Education takes a look at a group of parents who are engaged in creating a new way of rel...
The rise of globalization has forced south african companies to hire labour brokers who take care of the workers. This...
The rise of globalization has forced south african companies to hire labour brokers who take care of the workers. This...
Human rights lawyer Brian Concannon Jr. discusses the crimes of UN forces in Haiti....
Serge Bouchereau recounts the pyschological scars left by the Duvalier dictatorships in Haiti....
The Water Warriors, a group of Highland Park residents, fight the privatization of their water plant....
Identity protection, open-software and defending democracy in the name of liberty are the topics at hand in this clip fr...
Sharon Hom (of Human Rights in China) wonders about the human rights implications of foreign corporations in China....
Our first completed 'Work for all' film! 'Une femme de tête' is a touching story that explores the barriers t...
Fo Niemi, Executive Director of the Center for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR) discusses the issue of racism i...
Paul de Silva, a leading advocate for diverse representation in film & television reflects on his work as a producer of...
Journalist Heather Mallick tries to explain why Canadian media are so poor at covering human rights stories....
Adil Charkaoui on the absolute nature of human rights and freedom for all people....
The people of Afghanistan are not being taken care of by those in power....
A film exposing racism in the policing industry. Maurice Chalom tells of the racism he experienced at work....
In this clip, a woman talks about her abusive relationship....
Food activists explain potential dangers of GE food & the threat to world food supplies....
A film about the betrayal of the 1979 Iranian revolution and the tenacity of the human spirit....
Threadbare recounts the stunning events when 25 ordinary men were were arrested in Toronto on suspicion of terrorism....
University of Guelph students-turned-filmmakers grapple with the use of the Guelph Correctional Facility for detaining i...
For seven years, Cooperativa Nuevo Horizonte has stood for an alternative form of resistance, turning its dreams into re...
How can we guarantee freedom from poverty in an era of shrinking social programs?...
Kay Rice and her kids discuss the stigma of being poor in a rich country...
A heroin addict leads a group of protesters into the Vancouver legislator to demand a safe injection site....
The benefits and pitfalls of being in a situation as a western, white documentary filmmaker....
Families of murdered women are often too afraid to accuse the killers, even when they know who they are....
John and Lacey talk about addictions, life on the street and trying to live off the street. This film was made in 6 day...
The police in Guatemala put the burden of evidence and investigation on the families of the murdered women....
An interview with three men who are accused of raping young girls....
An interview with Chuck D. of Public Enemy. He talks about education reform, individualism and consumerism, etc. Chuck...
A touching film about children's rights made by a 13 year old filmmaker. The film explores the issue of child exploitati...
- Agent Orange in Canada
- Bill C3: Security Certificate Special Advocate Model
- Call for Justice
- Christine McDowell - a web site project (audio only)
- Christine McDowell - introduction and inspiration (audio only)
- CKUT Interview with Percy Schmeiser
- Cracks in the Mosaic: Part 1 - by Khalid M'Seffar
- Cracks in the Mosaic: Part 2 - by Khalid M'Seffar
- Cracks in the Mosaic: Part 3 - by Khalid M'Seffar
- Cracks in the Mosaic: Part 4 - by Khalid M'Seffar
- Cracks in the Mosaic: Part 5 - by Khalid M'Seffar
- Cracks in the Mosaic: Part 6 - by Khalid M'Seffar
- CYD Copenhagen Podcast from the UN Climate Negotiations #10 15-12-2009
- CYD Copenhagen Podcast from the UN Climate Negotiations #11 16-12-2009
- CYD Copenhagen Podcast from the UN Climate Negotiations #12 17-12-2009
- CYD Copenhagen Podcast from the UN Climate Negotiations #13 18-12-2009
- CYD Copenhagen Podcast from the UN Climate Negotiations #6 11-12-2009
- CYD Copenhagen Podcast from the UN Climate Negotiations #7 12-12-2009
- CYD Copenhagen Podcast from the UN Climate Negotiations #8 13-12-2009
- CYD Copenhagen Podcast from the UN Climate Negotiations #9 14-12-2009
- Ep 70 - Architecture of the Occupation: Part 1
- Ep 71 - Architecture of the Occupation: Part 2
- Ep. 101 - Olympic Resistance
- Ep. 102 - Colombia beyond the walls, part 2
- Ep. 57 - Deconstructing the Haiti Coup: Part II
- Ep. 61 - Foreign Interference & attacks on Haitian Sovereignty, pt 1
- Ep. 62 - Foreign Interference & attacks on Haitian Sovereignty, pt 2
- Ep. 63 - No 2010 Olympics: Take Back Land or Die Trying
- Ep. 65 - PART I: Welcome to Guantanamo North...
- Ep. 66: PART II: Welcome to Guantanamo North...
- Ep. 67 - PART III: Welcome to Guantanamo North...
- Ep. 74a - The Story of Lata: Part I
- Ep. 74b - The Story of Lata: Part 2
- Ep. 74c - The Story of Lata: Part 3
- Ep. 80 - Taking the Road Back: From Wampum Belts to Highway Blockades
- Ep. 83 - Walking the Word of the People
- Ep. 85 - Pathways to your Plate, pt 1: Dignified Rage
- Ep. 86 - A School of Assassins
- Ep. 88 - Women Behind Bars
- Ep. 89 - Tie Your Shoe With a White Ribbon: walking the line between love and hate
- Ep. 92 - The Silenced Scream
- Ep. 93 - Colombia beyond the Wall, pt 1
- Ep. 94 - Compassion, Complicity and Conciliation
- Ep. 96 - Yves Engler on Canadian Foreign Policy
- Ep. 97 - Canada's National (In)security 2009
- Ep. 98 - Taking Toronto's Streets
- Ep. 99 - Losing Home to Wind and Water
- Fourteen Remembered - 14 Remembered (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Ann-Marie Edward (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Anne-Marie Lemay (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Annie Turcotte (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Barbara Daigneault (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Barbara Maria Klucznik (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Genèvieve Bergeron (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Hélène Colgan (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Maryse Laganière (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Maryse Leclaire (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Maud Haviernick (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Nathalie Croteau (audio only)
- Fourteen Remembered - Pour Sonia Pelletier (audio only)
- Gracia Jalea on the Experiences of Refugee Youth Working Group
- Interview with Charlene Mitchell by Amber Cortes
- Interview with Dan Eiffe (part 2), publisher of Sudan Mirror
- Interview with Dan Eiffe (part 3/3), publisher of Sudan Mirror
- Interview with Dan Eiffe, publisher of Sudan Mirror in Nairobi, Kenya (part 1 of 3)
- Life In an Open Prison
- Lisa Ndejuru introduces Michael Frisch
- Lisa Ndejuru, representing the Great Lakes of Africa working group
- Little Child -song about human trafficking
- Live-in Caregiver
- Masoud Raouf
- No 2010 Olympics: Take Back Land or Die Trying
- Playback Theatre and Haiti
- Ry Duong, Coordinator of the Cambodian Working Group
- Sahar on Payam-e-Zan (Women's Voice Magazine)
- Security Certificates and Secret Trials in Canada, Part 1 of 2
- Shahrzad Arshadi
- Slum Demolitions and Cutoff Dates
- Stories of Iranian Montrealers about Iran's post-election uprising
- The Impact of Demolitions on Education
- ULU Marxist Society - 100 years of International Women's Day
- Varda Burstyn: on Huxley
- Varda Burstyn: on Social Equality
- Varda Burstyn: on Social Equality
- XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto 2006
- Henry Greenspan on life story interviews
- Varda Burstyn: concluding remarks: the importance of a "critical culture"
- Varda Burstyn: more on 'Brave New World' vs. '1984
- Varda Burstyn: on Socialism and '1984'
- Varda Burstyn: Orwell, Huxley, & the environmental crisis today
- What is an interview? - by Dr. Henry Greenspan
- 'No apology' from Iraq shoe-thrower
- A Biography on Orwell & Huxley - Part Five: Huxley’s philosophical outlook & worldview
- A Biography on Orwell & Huxley - Part Two: George Orwell as a Character
- Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush in Baghdad
- Saddam's Doctor Rebutts Iraq's Story
- "The New Imperial Order Foretold" by Varda Burstyn
- 2010 Olympic Resistance: Solidarity and the Strengthening of Social Movements
- A Biography of Orwell & Huxley - Part One: Key Influences
- A Biography on Orwell & Huxley - Part Four: Orwell’s philosophical outlook & worldview
- A Biography on Orwell & Huxley - Part Three: Huxley as a Character
- A Hidden War: Paramilitary Violence in Mexico (featuring Nettie Wild)
- a local citizen response
- Accommodate This! Poster
- Back On The Map: A New Vision for Canada's Role in the World
- Brave New 1984 - web project description
- Brave New 1984: a word from the director, Magnus Isaccson
- Brave New 1984: Orwell, Huxley & the Environment - an essay by Varda Burstyn
- Brave New 1984: the Orwellian and "Huxley-ian" in contemporary times
- Call for Film Proposals
- Centennial Ashtonbee Students Raising Awareness
- Challenges Facing Sudan’s April 2010 National Elections
- Church takes ‘unprecedented’ step to sell stake in Vedanta
- Citizens SLAPPed
- Conflict Threats & Peace Assessment: Juba, Malakal, Aweil, Kadugli, Kauda & Abyei
- Corpus Delicti
- Danger Mine!
- Descriptions of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley
- Don't Forget Iraqi Refugees
- Escalating HIV/AIDS Cause of Consensual Sex
- Films open debate across the ocean
- Forced Migration Review: Sudan, prospectives for peace (Nov. 2005)
- Gender, Bullying, and Harassment: Strategies to End Sexism and Homophobia in Schools
- Gypsies: Trapped on the Fringes of Europe
- Harm Reduction, '50s Style
- Here and Now, Equality and democracy in Montreal public schools
- Illicit Sex Trade in Dhaka City
- Inter Pares offers soul-nourishing alternative to traditional gift-giving
- Interactive Map: Toronto Olympic Torch Protest
- International delegation at women's conference puts women's rights in global context
- Khartoum Government Undermining South Sudan Self-Determination Referendum?
- Local Peace Processes in Sudan: a baseline study
- Marianne's Park
- Narratives of Dignity
- Nettie Wild - POV Interview Part 1
- Nettie Wild - POV Interview Part 2
- Nettie Wild speaking to a revolutionary, named Arnel (AUDIO)
- OIL SANDS-PART 2: "Where I Come From Is Ground Zero"
- Ottawa's Fallen Star: Jennifer Teague
- Peeling Off Labels
- Perspective: Sudan – Land of Water and Thirst; War and Peace
- Planet of Slums
- Press Freedom Post-Conflict: A cause of instability or Foundation of Democratic Development? (April 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Psychologists and torture
- Response to Residential Truth: Unified Future
- Sarahfina's Africa: African Junction in Cape Town, South Africa (2004)
- Sarahfina's Africa: Ephat Mujuru's House in Harare, Zimbabwe (1999)
- Sexting can lead to death... The story of Jessica Logan
- Slavery, Segregation, Shocking Secrets: Canada’s Hidden History Revealed
- Social Dialogue Starters
- St. Stephen N.B. protest rally for Gagetown Agent Orange Public Inquiry.
- Street Kids in India
- Support for the BN 1984 project from some young filmmakers
- The Already Big Thing on the Internet: Spying on Users
- The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (a sumary booklet)
- The declaration for equality in education
- The Femicide List
- The Global Women's Memorial web site
- The London Memorial
- The Lori Drew Trial
- The ‘Shanghaification’ Of Mumbai
- Toronto AIDS Conference Speech
- Total Returns to South Sudan Post CPA to June 2008
- Two Million Southern Sudanese Returned Home Since 2005
- What is a Security Certificate or Bill C-3?
- What is the difference between a refugee and an IDP and what happens to them now that the war is over?
- Will designer brains divide humanity?
- Without charge, without trial, without hope
- Work for All - Press Release - pdf version
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