The NHL likes to call Willie O’Ree the Jackie Robinson of hockey. And no one can deny how significant it was when he became the first Black player on the ice in an NHL game in 1958. But what the league doesn’t like to talk about is what happened next.
June 7, 2023
The unravelling of “Buy Black Birchtown”
How a plan to create a BIPOC retreat in Nova Scotia went off the rails
February 27, 2023
By CANADALAND
How a “scarcity mindset” leads to infighting between marginalized groups
"We never get jealous of the people who get all the air space," explains Emilie Nicolas. "We get jealous of the person who gets a crumb a...
January 9, 2023
By CANADALAND
CANADALAND
#848 Black Celebs vs “Jewish Media”
Kanye West, Dave Chappelle and Kyrie Irving have breathed new life into the antisemitic trope that Jews control the media. Is Jew-hatred from Black cultural icons more dangerous than the usual bigotry? And why is it so difficult for Jewish and Black communities to hear each other when it comes to racism? Emilie Nicolas joins Jesse to lay out a framework for better conversations.
January 9, 2023
Black Square Bandits
In the media, Black men are victims, perpetrators, entertainers, athletes — but rarely the authors of our own stories, in life or in death
February 9, 2022
By Mohamed Ali
OPPO
#67 Everybody Else Is Abolishing The Police, So Why Can’t We?
As calls to defund continue to grow, why not imagine what Canada would look like without police? Robyn Maynard joins us to unpack the idea.
June 30, 2020
Adrian Harewood On Three Decades Of Fighting Systemic Racism In Media
The CBC anchor refuses to have his humanity debated
June 25, 2020
By CANADALAND
Short Cuts
#267 Consequence Culture
Can you really be “cancelled” if you still have a platform? A look at Margaret Wente, Wendy Mesley, and the Mulroneys. And was the Nova Scotia shooter an RCMP informant?
June 25, 2020
Short Cuts
#266 The Reckoning
Journalists across Canada are speaking out about their experiences with racism in the newsroom. And as Wendy Mesley is suspended from hosting duties, it’s time to reevaluate the language used in news meetings.
June 17, 2020
Wendy Mesley Suspended From Hosting Duties After Using “Word That Should Never Be Used”
"I hurt people and for that I am very sorry. I am also deeply ashamed."