The Peace Valley Folk Fest is back for year 4!
Festival founders and coordinators Ben and Cait, called in to CFUR Radio to partake in an interview to help spread the word about their festival that is happening on July 5th-7th in Hudson’s Hope, BC. Interview by Genevieve Tucker. Tickets available now: https://www.peacevalleyfolkfest.com/
Social Work Week provides an opportunity to recognize the role of our community as a significant service hub in the Province of BC. Marly Whitmer of BCASW touches on the significance of this.
Photo - Ian Gregg: A statue of Bridget Moran, a prominent Prince George social worker who helped establish the profession in the community.
This year, the conversations surrounding IWD continue into Social Work Week. Featured in this program are Dr. Indrani Margolin of UNBC’s School of Social Work; Professor Emeritus Dr. Dawn Hemingway; Northern Women’s Centre Executive Director; and Masters student Tanvi Guhagarkar.
Image provided by Northern FIRE (Feminist Institute for Research and Evaluation) & Northern Women's Centre
Yesterday, March 7th, Dr. Indrani Margolin of UNBC’s school of Social Work, joined colleague and Professor Emeritus Dr. Dawn Hemingway, alongside the Northern Women’s Centre Executive Director and Masters student Tanvi Guhagarkar in CFURadio’s studios for an International Women’s Day panel.
We touch on challenges facing women & people in Prince George, BC’s North, and ultimately everywhere. Our guests share how they persevere, inside and outside of their work with FIRE (Feminist Institute for Research and Evaluation), to address these challenges. A few items, of many mentioned, keep these leaders pursuing equity in our region: the shared knowledge of significant milestones achieved along the way such as the accomplishments of the abortion caravan, mutual support, and the awareness that there is still a long way to go.
Take a moment to be inspired by these leaders in our community.
IWD also precedes Social Work Week, which includes our Mayor announcing a proclamation in front of the downtown Intersect building, inclusion centred events on March 19th, 6pm, in UNBC’s Senate Chambers, and March 28th, 2pm, at St. Michael’s Church.
The Exploration Place features a travelling exhibit which demonstrates some of the harrowing experiences, and causal factors, of global migration.
Photo Credit - UNHCR/Jimmy Jeong: A Syrian boy plays with a Canadian boy during an outing to a park, Kelowna, British Columbia, March 24, 2016. The Syrian family came to Canada through private sponsorship.
We are happy to welcome Sara Jones to the CFUR team as our new Fresh Sheet host! Sara will share the freshest tunes you'll hear all week and share upcoming events in our community. Tune in on Tuesday’s at 12pm and catch the re-broadcasted episode on Saturday’s at 10am.
We would like to thank Karen Mohr for all her incredible episodes on The Fresh Sheet for the past few years. She has started a new show called ‘Point Up’ that airs every Sunday morning at 9am, and re-broadcasts on Wednesday’s at 4pm.
‘Point Up’ aims to exemplify Canadian artists by showcasing, not just the latest or greatest releases but rather a sampler of the unique and varied endeavours within their body of work
This graphic was made by A.I purely out of curiosity… what a weird world we live in
In honour of International Women’s Day, CFUR has some special, Women-centred programming planned. Tune in all day on March 8th!
