Sunday September 17, 2017

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Put him on trial or send him home: Michael Enright on the appalling treatment of Hassan Diab

Canada extradited Ottawa sociology professor Hassan Diab to France, where he has been held in jail without trial for three years. There is no evidence against him, and French magistrates have repeatedly called for his release. Yet the Canadian government has refused to exert pressure on France to either put Professor Diab on trial, or set him free. More Sep 15, 6:58 PM ET read comments

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  A scathing indictment of Canada's prisons, after 30 years working 'down inside'

  For more than three decades, Robert Clark worked in Canadian penitentiaries, at all levels of security. He interviewed hundreds of prisoners, his life was threatened many times, and his job took a personal toll. He says our institutions are brutal and corrupt, and our prison system does little to prevent recidivism. Clark's tell-all memoir is called: Down Inside: Thirty Years in Canada's Prison Service. More Sep 15, 6:59 PM ET read comments

  Listen 27:49
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  'Excommunicate me from the church of social justice': an activist's plea for change

  Frances Lee is a queer activist of colour, and a tireless campaigner for social justice. But these days Frances is fed up, and exhausted by the puritanical demands and strictures of fellow comrades. More Sep 15, 6:59 PM ET read comments

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  Landing pages, overlays and sticky bars — a bluffer's guide to "tech talk"

  There's no quicker way to sound "dumb" than to be clueless about technology, and its language. Ira Basen is our bluffer's guide to Valley Talk. Silicon Valley, that is. More Sep 15, 7:00 PM ET read comments

  Listen 19:49
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  There is no such thing as the 'white race' — or any other race, says historian

  At a time when conversations about race are reaching a fever pitch and believers in white supremacy feel support from the president of the United States. Nell Irvin Painter, author of The History of White People, argues that race doesn't exist. More Sep 15, 7:00 PM ET read comments

  Listen 33:12
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  What's causing Canada's housing crisis?

  In Toronto and Vancouver, urban sprawl, income inequality, globalization and poor planning have combined to create a crisis of affordability and availability. Michael's guests are Jon van Nostrand, Founding Principal of SvN Architects and Planners, Pamela Blais, a city planner and Principal of Metropole Consultants and Josh Gordon, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University. More Sep 15, 7:00 PM ET read comments

  Listen 37:58
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  Life inside a travelling school bus powered by vegetable oil

  With artists, engineers and musicians, the mother and son at the heart of The Soulfire Project have travelled 30,000 miles in a colourful, rickety bus, using vegetable oil for fuel. They're on a musical/artistic/environmental mission. Brittany Amodeo's documentary is called "The Magic School Bus." More Sep 15, 7:17 PM ET read comments

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