Canadian Voices
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Canadian Voices is a public affairs radio series produced by CJLY-FM (Kootenay Cooperative Radio), a volunteer-run non-profit community radio station in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
Through a series of one-hour audio programmes, Canadian Voices presents radio, internet, and media player listeners with the opportunity to hear talks by Canadian authors, academics, activists, artists, and thought-provoking citizens who explore ideas and events that characterize Canada. Topics range from human rights, climate change, and media analysis, to food security, art, education and spirituality.
In addition to traditional radio broadcast on campus and community radio stations across Canada, Canadian Voices also podcasts.
The format of Canadian Voices was inspired by Alternative Radio, an established role model of progressive audio programming produced in Boulder, Colorado.
[edit] Selection of Featured Speakers
- Stephen Lewis
- Jane Jacobs
- Irshad Manji
- Romeo Dallaire
- Maude Barlow
- Joy Kogawa
- David Suzuki
- John Ralston Saul
- Wade Davis
- Stephen Lewis
- Taiaiake Alfred
- Percy Schmeiser
- Naomi Klein
- Sheila Watt-Cloutier
- Taiaiake Alfred

