President of CUPW Local 812 Rick Harris discusses the postal strike through a Prince George lens. Wages, labor issues, withheld disability payments, and expanded services like rural banking, wellness check-ins, and securing a better future for postal workers are top of mind. Photo Credit - Ian Gregg
UNBC’s Assistant Professor of Global International Studies, Dr. Luna K C secured a $50,000 MINDS grant to develop a women’s cyber self-defense toolkit. Online harassment has affected women in Prince George locally and across the country. The research and accompanying toolkit will help build awareness of the very real problems that arise from this form of harassment, and lay out practical methods of confronting the issue. Photo Credit - Dr. Luna K C
The City of Prince George advised the Ginter’s Green Forever community group to corral their wishes for the Ginter’s area to achieve park status through the municipality’s Official Community Plan survey and associated email, ocp@princegeorge.ca Photo Credit - Ian Gregg
The annual IWAU series of events brings Edmontonian scientist, environmental, consultant and government policy writer turned author, Premee Mohamed, to Prince George with material inspired in-part by events that both our communities experienced: wildfire, ash falling from the sky, displacement, & drought. What interests her in these beyond direct experience, both as a writer and a person affected by climate change at a similar latitude to our own, is recognizing patterns in these events and what causes them.
After working on Alberta government policy Mohamed feels that altering these patterns depends on Provincial and/or Federal participation. In exploring her genre of Eco Fiction, she reminds us that a changing world full of cascading consequences isn’t all-bad. An emerging topic of research is in the area of positive knock-on effects. The result of a climate-influenced change that spins out unexpected benefits. More can be explored in her fiction, or during the IWAU gathering on UNBC campus November 19th.
Story also available on frequencynews.ca, 88.7 FM in Prince George—Lheidli T’enneh, and cfur.ca/listen-live Mon-Fri 7:30am & 5pm PST
CFUR Radio Society’s journalist, Ian Gregg is funded by the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) through the Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC).
Louis Riel Day occurs each year on November 16th. It marks the untimely death of Louis Riel at the hands of the Canadian Government, but celebrates his legacy and Metis heritage at large. This year in Prince George the day seems to have gained more attention than is typically evident and enjoys collaboration from multiple organizations. Photo Credit - Ian Gregg
The biggest show on UNBC campus the evening of November 5th proved to be the US Election. Although it was taking place in a far-away place, the issues felt close at hand as the crowd expressed fear, anxiety, and indifference to the actions of our powerful southern neighbors. Photo Credit - Ian Gregg
Elections near and far coupled with growing Healthcare concerns, underlied attendance at an annual reproductive rights demonstration organized by the Northern Women’s Centre at UNBC and encouraged by the ongoing IWAU conference. The gathering was witnessed by downtown commuters as CFURadio sampled some attendees.
A common concern identified that healthcare services have become even more stressed and that stress is affecting everyone, including those seeking reproductive care. This increased the usual unease about access to abortion and other services.
A close BC election, and the return of the Republican party in the US election raised anxiety in the group, as the pivotal Roe v. Wade legislation was overturned in their prior term, removing federal abortion protections. Regarding that, in attendance was UNBC’s Dr. Indrani Margolin, who stated, “Women live, often, with a sense of fear and concern for their safety, so just knowing that’s happening across the border, it just raises that concern.”
