Don’t Call Me Resilient

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Host Vinita Srivastava dives into conversations with experts and real people to make sense of the news, from an anti-racist perspective. From The Conversation Canada.

SEASON 8 TRAILER

Don't Call Me Resilient Season 8 Teaser

You may have noticed, Don’t Call Me Resilient hasn’t been in your feed lately. That’s because we’ve been busy behind the scenes working on a different format for the podcast.

1 min
SEP 12

FLASHBACK: How to spark change within our public schools

Even before COVID-19, education experts were sounding the alarm about the future of racialized children in our schools. And the COVID-19 pandemic has only underscored – even deepened – the divide. Carl James, professor of education at York University and Kulsoom Anwer, a high school teacher who works out of one of Toronto's most marginalized neighborhoods, Jane and Finch, join us to discuss the injustices and inequalities in the education system – and the way forward. This episode is part of our Summer Flashback: it originally aired in February 2021. This flashback was recommended by Vinita Srivastava, the Host + Producer and Senior Editor of The Conversation Canada.

29 min
AUG 29

FLASHBACK: The dangers of hair relaxers

In this reflective and personal episode, Professor Cheryl Thompson of Toronto Metropolitan University and author of “Beauty in a Box” untangles the complicated history of hair relaxers for Black women - and the health risks now linked to them. This episode is part of our Summer Flashback: it originally aired in October 2023. It was recommended by DCMR Associate Producer, Dannielle Piper. Listen to the episode to hear why.

30 min
AUG 15

FLASHBACK: Why isn't anyone talking about who gets long COVID?

Long COVID, which impacts one in every five people who've had the virus, and especially Black and Latinx women, has been called a mass-disabling event. Join us for this episode of Don't Call Me Resilient as we speak with Margot Gage Witvliet who has insights into long COVID both as an epidemiologist and a patient. This episode is part of our Summer Flashback: it originally aired in November 2022. It was recommended by DCMR Consulting Producer, Jennifer Moroz. Listen to the episode to find out why.

27 min
AUG 1 · BONUS

FLASHBACK: Colonialists used starvation as a tool of oppression

Vinita speaks to two famine scholars about the use of starvation as a tool in the colonizer's playbook through two historic examples - the decimation of Indigenous populations in the Plains, North America and the 1943 famine in Bengal, India. This episode is part of our Summer Flashback: it originally aired in March 2024. This flashback was recommended by Vinita Srivastava, the Host + Producer and Senior Editor of The Conversation Canada.

31 min
JUL 18 · BONUS

FLASHBACK: Palestine was never a land without people

Modern settlers to Palestine viewed the desert as something they needed to “make bloom.” But the land was already blooming, thanks to Palestinian agricultural systems that have long been overlooked by colonial powers. This episode is part of our Summer Flashback: it originally aired in November 2023. It was recommended by DCMR Associate Producer, Ateqah Khaki. Listen to the episode to find out why.

41 min
JUL 4 · BONUS

FLASHBACK: Shattering the myth of Canada 'the good' -- How we treat migrant workers who put food on our tables

Documentary filmmaker and OCAD University associate professor Min Sook Lee exposes how migrant workers have been treated in Canada, especially during COVID-19. In the conversation, Lee shatters any remaining myths about “Canada the Good.” Just how do Canadians treat the workers who put food on our tables? Lee has been documenting the voices of migrant farm workers in Canada for two decades. This episode originally aired in February 2021 and is part of our Summer Flashback series. This flashback was recommended by Scott White, the CEO and Editor in Chief of The Conversation Canada. Listen to the episode to hear why this episode resonated for him.

36 min
JUN 20 · BONUS

FLASHBACK: Indigenous land defenders on why they fight invasive development despite facing armed forces

Two Indigenous Land defenders from two different nations as well as generations, join us to explain why they work to protect the Land against invasive development and why their work is necessary for everyone’s survival. Ellen Gabriel, a human rights activist and artist well known for her role during the 1990 Oka crisis, and Anne Spice, a professor at TMU, discuss the importance and urgency of defending land. This episode is part of our Summer Flashback: it originally aired in March 2021. This flashback was recommended by Vinita Srivastava, the Host + Producer and Senior Editor of The Conversation Canada.

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Vinita Srivastava

Host

4.7

out of 5

13 Ratings

Excited about this podcast!!!

02/05/2021

AGillings

Such an exceptional addition to the conversation around race! Though these conversations are never ending and so seemingly insurmountable, I am happy to know that there is a space with people who choose to tackle these important issues with such rigor and care; with people who ask all the questions that we all need to ponder when we have our own conversations - whether it be with our friends, our communities, our politicians. Thank you Vinita for the much-needed conversation. I am excited to hear more.

Host Vinita Srivastava dives into conversations with experts and real people to make sense of the news, from an anti-racist perspective. From The Conversation Canada.

Channel

The Conversation
Creator

The Conversation, Vinita Srivastava, Dannielle Piper, Krish Dineshkumar, Jennifer Moroz, Rehmatullah Sheikh, Kikachi Memeh, Ateqah Khaki, Scott White
Years Active

2021 - 2024
Episodes

84
Rating

Clean