Welcome to the latest edition of GroundWire: November 9- November 20.

THE HEADLINES:

In Montreal, migrant justice advocates are celebrating a significant victory this week in the case of Abdelkader Belaouni (Aaron Lakoff: CKUT)

From Vancouver, perspectives on the disruption of the Victoria torch relay and where the resistance movement is headed (VanRad Collective)

In Toronto, students have had enough of living below the poverty line. The Student Day of Action on Nov.5 saw crowds demanding lower tuition fees, as recession job losses target youth, part-time and racialized workers (Omme Salma Rahemtullah: CHRY in Toronto)

THE FEATURES:

A recent Queen's University report indicates medical students want more training to help them treat people with intellectual disabilities. Indeed, 93 per cent feel training in intellectual disabilities should be improved. VoicePrint spoke with Dr. Philip Burge who is the author of the report.

November 20, 2009 marks 20 years since the U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ontario youth in and from foster care got together to talk about the Convention's goals around education and if those goals are a reality in Ontario (Jacky Harrison: CHRY in Toronto, audio from the Network Community Group and the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth).

A new report, A Flawed Compass, suggests the Correctional Service of Canada is trampling on the constitutional rights of prisoners. Authors Michael Jackson and Graham Stewart, as well as former inmates and activists, warn Canada is headed down the road to more rights abuses (Dee Le Comte: CKUT in Montreal)

This episode was anchored by Melissa Beckford and Ian Gormly, and produced by Alissa Tutay and Jacky Tuinstra Harrison. Music by Steel. Interested in submitting your own stories? Get in touch by emailing groundwireprod@gmail.com.

Welcome to the latest edition of GroundWire: October 26 - November 9.

THE HEADLINES:

Jane Kirby of CKDU speaks with pro-choice advocate Sarah Woolf about the recent shutdown of the event "Echoes of the Holocaust" at McGill, which compares abortion to genocide.

Drug addictions can have a significant effect on children. Jay Peachy of CJSF spoke with one artist in Vancouver who decided to take a bold view on the topic.

Activists for accessibility and disability awareness say many dentists are wary of treating the disabled. For Handilink and for GroundWire, Cameron Wells speaks with Ali Sigal, who wants to change that.

THE STATION REPORT:

Jacky Tuinstra Harrison of CHRY descends on Kingston, Ontario, to document the Ontario Regional Conference of the NCRA.

THE FEATURES:

80 years after women gained the right to run for office, Canada is still far away from gender equity in government. Erica Butler of CKDU looks at one initative across the country that is fighting this inequality.

The VanRad Collective presents voices in opposition to the Alberta Tar Sands including Mike Mercredi of Fort Chipewyan and Mike Hudema of GreenPeace, in a special feature for GroundWire.

Gretchen King and Saja Marouf of CKUT collect interviews while attending the 10th anniversary celebration of the legalization of midwifery in Quebec.

This episode was anchored by Melissa Albiani and Matt Rawle, and produced by Melissa Albiani, with editorial support and coordination by David Parker, Jacky Tuinstra Harrison and Courtney Kirkby.

Interested in submitting your own stories? Get in touch by emailing groundwireprod@gmail.com.

Welcome to this edition of GroundWire. October 11-26.

The headlines and Features:

Quebec universities risk autonomy loss | Jacob Serebrin, Montreal Bureau Chief of CUP (Canadian University Press) Breastfeeding Challenge and Challenges | Jacky Harrison, with additional audio by Frieda Werden (CJSF) Right To Know Week | Nina Halliday-Thompson and Mark Weiler, CJSF

Trouble with the Ontario Disability Plan. Nancy Vender Plaats of ODSP Action Coalition, interviewed by Marjorie Nicolauou. Adapted from Voiceprint's Contact program (executive producer, Paul Daniel)

All-Woman Pharmacy's Trans Challenge | by Gleyse de França (CJSF)

Community Radio Report Gabriola Radio Plans for NCRC and Maybe a Frequency | Kelly Price.

Music(excerpted): "It's Your Money", written, produced and performed by Patrick Hickey of Waxed Productions in South Africa for the 2008 release of the International Budget Partnership's Open Budget Survey, which measures how transparent and accountable government budgets are in 85 countries around the world.

Notes

Series Coordinator: Jacky Harrison, CHRY & Groundwire

Edition Coordinator: Jennifer Moreau, CJSF

Edition Editor: Frieda Werden, CJSF

Co-anchors: Gleyse de Franca, Frieda Werden, CJSF

Welcome to the September 25th edition of GroundWire: Community Radio News from across Canada

This edition was produced by volunteers in the studios of CJLY in Nelson, BC.

The HEADLINES:

Omme Salma Rahemtullah (CHRY Toronto) speaks with Stephen Moses, a striking employee and the Bargaining Unit Chairperson of Canadian Auto Workers 1000, about the Zellers/HBC strike in Scarborough, Ontario

Catherine Fisher (CJLY Nelson) talks with Alexis Allen, President of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union about the September 22 strike vote by Nova Scotia Community College employees.

This edition includes two STATION REPORTS:

Vivian Park (CJSF Burnaby) asks NCRA Vice President External Stephanie Kepman a few questions about the CRTC's upcoming Campus and Community Radio Policy Review.

The 2010 National Campus and Community Radio Conference will be held on Gabriola Island, BC. Kelly Price (CKGI Gabriola) chats with Gabriola Radio Society Board Member Kathy Ramsay about how the conference is shaping up. She also speaks with GRS Board President Ken Zakreski about Rogers Media's application to the CRTC for the last available frequency in the region.

The FEATURES:

The Vanrad Collective talk with Paulina Walton, who, along with other residents of the Golden Crown Hotel, has recently been served an eviction notice. Kim Kerr, executive director of the Downtown Eastside Residents Association suggests this eviction has much to do with the upcoming 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Amber Hieb (CHLY Nanaimo) speaks with Paul Manly, a Nanaimo-based independent filmmaker about the SPP,and North American intergration. Manly's new film is 'You, Me and The Spp: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule'.

The MUSIC:

The September 25th Edition of Groundwire features music by Kathleen Yearwood, The Sinuses, Rabnett 5, and Tamara.

For more information e-mail groundwireprod@gmail.com. For story ideas: groundwirepitch@ncra.ca

Welcome to this edition of GroundWire: Community Radio News from across Canada.

Headlines include:

-Pedal for the Planet on the way to Ottawa | Kesten Broughton

-Remembering Darcy Allan Sheppard, colleagues mourn Toronto bike courier | Jacky Tuinstra Harrison CHRY

Features:

- OHIP for International Students: Why the UHIP plan won't do| Christopher Currier CFRC

- Author Rod Michalko discusses his book, "The Difference That Disability Makes" | Catherine MacDonald and Paul Daniel VoicePrint

- First Nations resistance to platinum mine in Big Lake | Courtney Kirkby CKUT

Host(s): Kavita B & Scott Stevens Music by The Gertrudes and P.S I Love You.

Welcome to a Special Labour Day Edition of GroundWire, where we bring you a series of features on workers' rights in Canada.

But first the headlines: Hosted by Gianna Lauren (CKDU Halifax)

-Environmentalists oppose Hanlan Creek development as it threatens Guelph's old growth forest and protected species: Libby Drew (CFRC Kingston)

-Camp Out discusses LBGTQ Activism in the Maritimes: David Parker (CKDU Halifax)

In Campus and Community Radio Station News: Bill C-61 Update: As parliament resumes, consider writing your MP on the Digital Copyright fight: Charlotte Bourne (CJSF Burnaby)

Labour-Focused Features for Labour Day -Labour History takes Comic Form: Megan Turcato (CJSF Burnaby)

-CUPW supports union drive for Dynamax Couriers: Aaron Chubb and Alex Calderaro(CJSR Edmonton)

-Drop Fees campaign has anti-poverty message for student workers: Candace Mooers CHRY Toronto)

-Conservatives' Expansion of Canada's Temporary Worker Program means restrictions for refugees and fewer rights for racialized workers: Omme Rahemtullah (CHRY Toronto)

-"Scrap the Live in Caregiver Program" Voices of the Filipino Community in Canada: Produced by Candace Mooers and Ashkon Hobooti (CHRY Toronto)

This Edition of GroundWire hosted by Gianna Lauren, produced by David Parker at CKDU Halifax.

A compilation of GroundWire's research and reporting on issues that affect workers in Canada and abroad.

This is a compilation of Groundwire's research and reporting on stories of migration and newcomer issues in Canada.

With coverage of: Bringing Home Abousfian Abdelrazik: By Chris Albinati and Andrea Macnevin (CKUT Montreal) Immigration Raids in Southern Ontario:By Omme Salma Rahemtullah (CHRY Toronto) Life of a Live in Caregiver: By Adam Bemma (CKUT Montreal) The Sheikh Family Separation: By Chris Albinati (CKUT Montreal) Former KGB Officer Loses battle to stay in Canada: By Jennifer Moreau (CJSF Burnaby)

In this week's Edition of GroundWire:

Hosts Steve and Zoe from CJSR in Edmonton deliver community radio news, with contributions from campus-community stations and volunteers across Canada.

Headlines include: -The one year commemoration of Fredy Villenueva's death at the hands of Montreal police| Aaron Lakoff CKUT

-The case against Carleton Professor Hassan Diab| Omme Rahemtullah CHRY

-International action against performing artists in Israel| Tariq Jeeroburkhan CKUT

Features: -IWW organizing against Starbucks in Quebec| Aaron Chubb CJSR

-GroundWire update: Raids in the Palestinian village of Bil'in| Chris Albinati CKUT

-Legal aid for sex workers in Alberta| CJSR

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