The Alberta WorkerIn the 12th episode—and season finale—of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Vanesa Ortiz, a teacher and labour activist. During the interview, Vanesa talks about growing up in Mexico, coming from a family of workers, and advocating on behalf of migrant farm workers in Alberta. Follow Vanesa: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vannesa_OrtizFacebook: https://facebook.com/vanesa.ortiz.566Instagram: https://instagram.com/vanesaortizyyc/ Follow […]
In the 11th episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Fatima Saleh, a stay-at-home parent. During the interview, Fatima talks about growing up as a child of Palestinian refugees, being a hijabi worker after 11 September 2001, and parenting two children with autism. Follow Fatima: Twitter: https://twitter.com/fatimasal82 Follow The Alberta Worker: […]
In the 10th episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Ashlynn Chand, a labour journalist. During the interview, Ashlynn talks about being a first generation Canadian, breaking into journalism, and how she went undercover for an article on Amazon’s labour practices. Ashlynn’s Ricochet article on Amazon’s labour practices:https://ricochet.media/en/3846/how-amazon-beat-the-union-in-alberta Follow Ashlynn: Twitter: […]
In the 9th episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Karla Margarita, an Athabasca University psychology student. During the interview, Karla talks about being a first generation Canadian, working in marketing, and what it was like to be a stay-at-home parent during the pandemic. Follow Karla: Twitter: https://twitter.com/criavolver Follow The Alberta […]
In the 8th episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Des Bissonnette, an activist located in Lloydminster. During the interview, Des talks about their Métis background, working in retail, and why retail workers should be unionized. Follow Des: Twitter: https://twitter.com/deebizzo
In the 7th episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Reio Lance, who plans to run as an independent in the next federal election. During the interview, Reio talks about his Indigenous background, working in retail, and being a graduate student. Follow Reio: Twitter: https://twitter.com/QueerNativeYYC
In the 6th episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Meghan Prevost, a communications advisor with the University of Calgary. During the interview, Meghan talks about growing up in Ottawa, going to university in Australia, and settling into Calgary. Follow Meghan: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nut_meggy
In the fifth episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Michelle Robinson, the host of the Native Calgarian Podcast. She was also the first First Nations person to run for a seat on Calgary City Council During the interview, Michelle talks about growing up in the Sylvan Lake, the values her […]
In the fourth episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Dominic Shaw, one of the first people to rappel down the Calgary Tower in a wheelchair during the Easter Seals Drop. During the interview, Dominic talks about growing up in the Yukon, leaving home and moving to Toronto as a teenager, […]
In the third episode of the Alberta Worker Podcast’s first season, Kim Siever interviews Sandra Azocar, one of the vice presidents of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. During the interview, Sandra talks about growing up in Chile, her dad being imprisoned and tortured for belonging to a union, fleeing as a refugee to Canada […]