Rose Marie Whalley

Strip clubs: from seedy to "respectable"

CKUT News — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:12:16 +0000

Radical feminist Professor Sheila Jeffreys from University of Melbourne has studied the role of strip clubs in society today.

Sex workers on the Kenyan coast

CKUT News — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:32:02 +0000

The female sex workers on the Kenyan coast are looking for more than money in exchange for their services. Kenyan professor Rose Omondi describes the dynamics of these unequal relationships.

The plight of Newfoundland coastal communities

CKUT News — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:17:02 +0000

Professor Barbara Neis of Memorial University describes the catastrophic effects of the 1991 cod moratorium on the coastal communites of Newfoundland.

Apple workers in China

CKUT News — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:41:35 +0000

Poor working conditions in Apple products plant, China

Poor working conditions have plagued the electronics market for years. McGill professor Sandra Hyde, a sinologist (the study of China and things related to China), describes the working conditions in the Foxconn factory which produces Apple products and how we, as consumers might respond to the sad plight of the workers.

Civil Disobedience and the Elderly

CKUT News — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:29:55 +0000

Old people participate in opposition to Keystone

Montrealers Betty Freeman, 84, and Pat Wilson, 77, discuss their lives of political engagement in the fight for social justice. In October 2011, both women participated in a large civil disobedience action in Ottawa against the proposed construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Guatemala stove project-----

CKUT News — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:46:09 +0000

improving cooking methods in the Guatemalan Highlands

The Guatemalan Stove Project is a small charity based in Perth, Ontario. By raising small sums of money (around $250.), Canadians are able to work with local people in the Highlands in Guatemala to improve their cooking methods.