Justice Vs.
What are your rights, anyway? Justice Vs. is a podcast that explores the ever-changing landscape of civil liberties in Canada. Host Maria Rio will interview activists, lawyers, organizers, and those most impacted by rights violations across the country. Through these conversations, we seek to understand what our rights are in Canada — to protest, to security, to equality — and what their limitations are and how our systems fail the most vulnerable. Learn more about the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) through visiting their website at: https://ccla.org/
Podcasting since 2020 • 6 episodes
Justice Vs.
Latest Episodes
Justice Vs. Surveillance: Protecting Privacy in Smart Cities
In March of 2017, Sidewalk Labs, a sister company of Google, was chosen by Waterfront Toronto to develop Toronto’s Port Lands. Waterfront Toronto is an organization administering projects along Toronto’s Waterfront; it is made up of a partnersh...
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Justice Vs. Bail: Canada's Broken Criminal Justice System
Over half of inmates held in Canada’s provincial and territorial prisons have not been determined guilty. In this episode of Justice Vs. we look at the use of bail in Canada's criminal justice system and how it perpetuates criminal identity ...
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Justice Vs. Solitary Confinement: Torture in Canadian Prisons
Warning to listeners: this episode contains descriptions of physical and psychological abuse, self harm, and suicide. The United Nations has declared solitary confinement to be a form of torture, so why do Canadian prisons still employ the prac...
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Justice Vs. The G20: The Legacy that Shapes Protests Today
Protests at the G20 and G8 Summits in Toronto went onto become the largest in Toronto's recent history, scaling at over 10,000 protestors. Ten years later, we ask: what is the legacy of the G20 protests and how do they shape protest today? To f...
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Justice Vs. Exclusion: Fighting for LGBTQ2S+ Representation and Inclusivity in the Classroom
In this episode of Justice Vs., we take a look into the classroom and speak with organizer Becky McFarlane to describe the fight for LGBTQ2S+ inclusion and why queer visibility is so critical for youth. Later, we speak with Kyle McGiverin...
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