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The Conversation Lab

Vancouver Co-op Radio

The Conversation Lab is a monthly radio program at CFRO FM in Vancouver. It airs on the last Saturday every month at 9am and its available on community and campus radio stations across Canada as well as on your favorite podcasting platform.My focus is on giving community groups, non-profit organizations, and changemakers a voice to talk about those things that are most important to them. Learning how to build bridges into different communities seems critical as we explore the uneven development of

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47:43

Stuart Poyntz & Joanna Ashworth - The Radical...

The Conversation Lab ·

2023/04/28

If there was ever a time we needed some radical democracy its now!In this episode of The Conversation Lab, Stuart Poyntz and Joanna Ashworth talk about the CERi-Participedia Summer School and how they have brought together leading experts, researchers, graduate students, community leaders, activists and change makers to talk about what it means to radically re-imagine, research and practice democracy in our communities and in every day life.

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Barry Rooke - The National Campus and Community Radio...

The Conversation Lab ·

2023/04/14

Barry Rooke is the Executive Director of the National Campus and Community Radio Association. He works with 126 radio stations across Canada. In this episode of The Conversation Lab we talk about the differences between campus, community, and commercial radio statiions, the regulatory and financial landscape, changing technologies (including AI), the impact of consolidation in the private sector and why campus and community radio stations - wheather over the air or onlne, are more important than

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65:10

David Hocking & Jeff Fitzpatrick - Bowen Island &...

The Conversation Lab ·

2023/02/26

Jeff Fitzpatrick describes the opportunities and the challenges that a new regional park presents for visitors from mainland communities to Bowen Island. As a long time resident of Bowen David Hocking helps us understand more about the history of nature and conservation in the small village and community of Bowen Island; the threats from logging and development, and the several failed attempts that have carved the path along the way to the Cape Roger Curtis Park that Metro hopes to develop on the

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The Victoria Forum

The Conversation Lab ·

2023/01/13

This is a conversation from the Victoria Forum. A collaboration between the Senate of Canada and the University of Victoria. I was asked to moderate this plenary session, "Bridging Environmental Divides: Shifting our relationship with the natural world from extractive to regenerative." This conversation analyzes our quest to shift our relationship with the natural world from extractive to regenerative by bridging environmental divides and exploring the many conversational ecosystems that come along

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Ann Mortifee

The Conversation Lab ·

2023/01/07

This is an interview with Ann Mortifee shortly after the introduction her 6th musical,The Mysteries. After many years its a wonderful catch-up about her work and life and what inspires her.

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48:33

Bob Turner - A Bowen Island Perspective

The Conversation Lab ·

2023/01/06

Bowen Island is one of the many (21) municipalities that make up Metro Vancouver. A short bus and ferry ride away former mayor Bob Turner talks about the municipal election,the politics of a small island, the Howe Sound Biosphere and more importantly how local communities provide hope.

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51:21

Jan Fook - Critical Reflection

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/12/10

Dr. Janis Fook talks about her career, her books, essays, and gives us some ideas of how we can use critical reflection to change our conversations. We talk about her analysis of power, notions of discourse, language, identity, and difference.

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40:24

Chief-Robert Joseph & David Paterson.

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/12/03

Chief Robert Joseph & David Patterson talk about Reconciliation and why it matters.

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The Conversation Lab - Trailer

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/11/27

This is a short story/trailer for the conversation lab podcast.

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44:22

Tero Mustonen - The Snow Change Cooperative

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/11/27

Dr. Tero Mustonen, is a passionate defender of a traditional worldview and cosmology of his people, as a Finn and head of the village of Selkie in North Karelia, Finland. This is an earlier conversation about the Snow-change cooperative in an interesting backdrop of our current landscape.

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29:13

Gregory Ould - The Blanket BC Society

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/11/11

Gregory Ould and his son Ben are the co-founders of the Blanket BC Society - an award winning non-profit organization that collects and distributes blankets and warm clothing to shelter programs, families in need, emergency services, and indigenous communities. In this eposode we talk about the heart warming history of Blanket BC and how it got started, some of the issues that keep the team up at night, and how we can help support thier latest fund raising drive.

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31:50

Jeff Fitzpatrick - Metro Vancouver Regional Parks

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/10/19

Jeff Fitzpatrick talks about the importance of regional parks and how they support healthy communities. He also discusses the many complex issues of developing one with a focus on Metro's latest at Cape Roger Curtis on Bowen Island.

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32:54

Dave Doroghy - Show Me The Honey

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/07/08

A fun conversation with the author about broadcasting, the Olympics, business and bees.

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39:19

Sara Harris

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/07/01

Sara Harris is a Canadian scientist, and professor in the department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, and the associate dean academic in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia. We talk about our climate and how we educate as well as discuss it.

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28:56

Jen Lyle - The Alzheimers Society of British Columbia

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/05/27

Jen Lyle is the CEO of the Alzheimer's Society of B.C. We talk about dementia, why its more than a health care issue, and how each of us can help the 76,000 Canadians that are diagnosed with it annually.

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45:47

Tom Lavin - Doing it right on the wrong side of town....

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/05/08

Tom Lavin is a Chicago-born musician, record producer and founding member of The Powder Blues Band. As they get ready to play a fund raiser for Co-op Radio May 15th, Tom talks about life on the road, his family, books, business and love of music!

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40:11

David Ng - Love Intersections

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/04/23

David Ng is a PhD student at The Social Justice Institute at UBC. He is a queer, feminist, media artist, and co-founder of Love Intersections, a media arts organization of queer artists of colour. We talk about his current research and artistic practices that grapple with queer, racialized, and diasporic identity, and how intersectional identities can be expressed through media arts.

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39:20

Mr Jane & Finch with "Gaddy" Conteh George & Elise...

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/04/01

This conversation is about OYA Media's first production about Mr Jane and Finch, Winston Larose. A short documentary about a long standing community activist who ran for city Councilor in Toronto. A wonderful man, disturbing politics and racism.

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19:19

Jason W. Moore - Anthropocene or Capitalocene?

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/03/14

Jason W. Moore is an environmental historian and historical geographer at Binghamton University. He is a professor of sociology and author of a number of foundational books and essays on environmental history, capitalism an social theory. This conversation was recorded in 2017 and it seems even more relevant today.

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38:45

James Hoggan - I'm Right And You're an Idiot!

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/03/14

The most pressing environmental problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public square, where a smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda and polarization stifles discussion and debate, creating resistance to change and thwarting our ability to solve our collective problems. James Hoggan talks about his book and what he has learned from a career in public relations and activism. Note: This conversation was recorded in 2017.

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