Media

Me in the media. Contact me at requests@albertaworker.ca or on Twitter for interviews.

Books I’ve written

• Siever, Kim. (2022). “There’s something about Mary”, In H. Welker (Ed.) Revising Eternity: 27 Latter-day Saint Men Reflect on Modern Relationships, University of Illinois Press, pp. 37–41.

News I wrote

• “Cheap Owners”, AlbertaViews, May 2023.
• “Trudeau Loves Oil Sands”, AlbertaViews, April 2023.
• “Corporate Advice”, AlbertaViews, September 2021.
• “Hatchet Man”, AlbertaViews, June 2021.
• “Poverty Problem”, AlbertaViews, March 2021.
• “Misplaced Burden”, AlbertaViews, December 2020.
• “Locals stepped in when the UCP took Lethbridge’s SCS away. But now police and the city are pressuring them to stop”, Progress Report, 19 November 2020.

News that quoted me

• Noakes, Taylor, “Canadian Health Care Is in Need of a Defibrillator”, Jacobin, 29 May 2023.
• Hopper, Tristin, “Canada is putting prisoners to death again (with MAID this time)”, National Post, 4 May 2023.
• Loreto, Nora. “Daily News – Mar. 31”, Sandy and Nora Talk Politics, 31 March 2023.
• Loreto, Nora. “Daily News – Jan. 25”, Sandy and Nora Talk Politics, 25 January 2023.
• Clarkson, Claire. “Despite years of questionable behaviour, Lethbridge Police Service is free to lapse for one more day”, Canada Today, 1 November 2022.
• Dyck, Eric. “A rainbow house beaming with Pride in the face of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes”, Maclean’s, 23 June 2022.
• Storrie, Jim. “EPS and UCP win big in Edmonton’s police funding deliberations. But what was the police chief hiding?”, Progress Report, 14 June 2022.
• Mornings with Sue and Andy. “Rainbow House in Lethbridge”, 770 CHQR, 9 June 2022.
• Hunt, Stephen. “Skittles steps up to help stock Lethbridge rainbow house in candy”, CTV News, 6 June 2022.
• Franklin, Michael. “‘See the rainbow’: Lethbridge homeowner goes the extra mile for Pride Fest”, CTV News, 2 June 2022.
• Goodyear, Sheena. “Lethbridge man’s rainbow house has become a symbol of joy and LGBTQ solidarity”, CBC Radio, 2 June 2022.
• Bay, Erik. “Colourful house in Lethbridge faces applause and questions for rainbow paint job”, Global News, 1 June 2022.
• Steward, Justin. “May Day rally marches in solidarity with workers”, Lethbridge Herald, 3 May 2022.
• Appel, Jeremy. “Alberta’s Jason Kenney wants to import American-style health care to Canada”, Jacobin, 21 February 2022.
• Heintz, Lauryn. “Sigurdson calls accusations of conflict of interest ‘absurd’”, The Western Wheel, 2 February 2022.
• Angus Reid Institute. “Inflation Anxiety: More Canadians say they’re worse off now financially than any time since 2010”, Angus Reid Institute, 21 January 2021.
• Canadaland. “The Best and Worst Tweets of 2021”, Canadaland, 30 December 2021.
• It’s Going Down. “Migrant Workers Take On Cargill”, It’s Going Down, 6 December 2021.
• Amato, Sean, “Notley facing waves of criticism over photo radar stance, including from Don Iveson”, CTV News, 2 Dec 2021.
• Urback, Robyn, “Despite years of dubious conduct, the Lethbridge Police Service is free to decay for another day”, The Globe and Mail, 25 November 2021.
• PV Staff, “As COVID cases mount, labour leads fight for Albertans’ lives”, People’s Voice, 14 October 2021.
• Coyler, Nicholas, “Getting to know Lethbridge’s federal underdog candidates”, Lethbridge Campus Media, 13 September 2021.
• Quinn, Micah. “Kim Siever running as Independent candidate”, BridgeCityNews, 27 August 2021.
• Kalinowski, Tim. “Independent candidate running to represent electorate”, Lethbridge Herald, 25 August 2021.
• Scantlebury, Jacquie. “CTV News Lethbridge at 5 for Friday, August 20, 2021”, CTV News, (6:13), 20 August 2021.
• Therien, Eloise. “Pride Month: How gay-straight alliances are helping Lethbridge youth”, Global Lethbridge, 21 June 2021
• Vogt, Terry. “Doctor shortage becoming health care crisis in southern Alberta”, CTV News, 15 June 2021.
• Climenhaga, David. “Kenney scores an own goal with tweet that “reads like a Beaverton headline’”, rabble.ca, 25 May 2021.
• Helgeson, Samantha. “Editorial: Kenney Country”, The Keep Times, 29 April 2021.
• Climenhaga, David. “Alberta reluctantly adopts stricter measures to counter upswing in coronavirus variants”, rabble.ca, 7 April 2021.
• Dahlman, Ryan. “Albertans’ faith continues to be tested as Faith is being tested”, Prairie Post, 7 April 2021.
• “Albertans For Ethical Drug Policy Call On Government To Re-Open Lethbridge SCS”, Alberta Native News, 18 January 2021. (This story was picked up by, Welland Tribune, Toronto Star and Yahoo Finance.)
• “Canadians are much less likely to be killed by police. Gun laws are a big reason why”, Wyoming Public Media, 17 January 2021. (A similar story ran on Boise State Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio, and KUNR.)
• Collins, Erin. “The World at Six with Susan Bonner”, CBC News, 23 December 2020, 18:00–20:53.
• Gunn, Connor. “Galt Gardens pop-up injection site moves location on 2nd night”, Lethbridge News Now, 26 September 2020.
• Storrie, Jim. “White supremacists attack anti-racist rally in Red Deer”, Progress Report, 22 September 2020.
• Opinko, David. “Clearing up inaccurate reports on opioid overdose deaths in Lethbridge”, Lethbridge News Now, 23 July 2020.
• Kinney, Duncan. “Powerful institutions keep trying to stop us from holding them to account”, Progress Report, 7 July 2020.
• Brimacombe, Jody. “Canada horrified after woman tells B.C. teens to go back to where they came from”, Fresh Daily, 29 June 2020.
• Lambert, Taylor. “The Truth Behind The UCP’s Anti-Protest Law”, The Sprawl, 20 June 2020.
• Donato, Al. “Filipino Front-Line Workers Risk Their Lives To Keep Canada Running”, Huffington Post, 21 May 2020.
• Turner, Kevin. “Trickle-down tutorial: disqualification, resignation, health care clinics, and timely donations”, The Crowsnest Journal, 7 May 2020.
• “Rural doctors hospital services”, Friends of Medicare, 20 April 2020.
• “Some people are upset over the sale of Crown land in southern Alberta”, Ryan Jespersen Show, 630 CHED, 3 April 2020.
• “Canadians are disgusted by Postmedia columnist and Jason Kenney’s dehumanization of safe injection site users”, North99, 23 January 2020.
• “SkipTheDishes offers to reschedule interview nixed after pay inquiry”, Canadian Press, 14 March 2017
• Krajewski, Paul. “Building a brighter future, one neighbourhood at a time”, Lethbridge Living, Jan–Feb 2016, 26–32.
• “Former Lethbridge mayor plans legal action against election website”, CJOC, 8 November 2013.
• Mabell, Dave. “‘Citizen journalism’ subject of SACPA”, Lethbridge Herald, 5 April 2013, A3.
• Schmidt, Scott. “A bad sign?; Some voters are not happy with the amount of signage that’s popping up around the city heading toward the Oct. 18 municipal election”, Sun Times, 6 October 2010
• “City council rejects bicycle, boarder bylaw”, Lethbridge Herald, 14 September 2010, A1.
• Helmer, Joanne. “Web master vies for political seat”, Lethbridge Herald, 21 August 2001, A3.

Blogs that linked to me

• Pretty, Alyssa. “Blog: How does Budget 2023 stack up for our health care?”, Friends of Medicare, 8 March 2023.
• Belanger, Yale. “Lethbridge, Alberta: A Leader In Indigenous Housing Funding?”, A Primer on Housing Issues in Southern Alberta, 6 March 2023.
• Mitchell-MacLean, Deirdre. “University of Lethbridge demonstrates balance with Widdowson visit”, Women of ABpoli, 3 February 2023.
• McGuinness, Elly. “Common OHS Risks, Challenges, and Compliance Regulations in Alberta, Canada”, SureHire Blog, 31 January 2023.
• Rose, Laure June. “Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 12: The Relation of Value to Prices”, A Vancouver Worker’s Blog, 3 October 2022.
• Eichberger, Anthony. “The ‘Equality Feels Like Oppression’ Fallacy”, Medium, 30 June 2022.
• Valverde, Erika. “27 Pretty Great Viral Tweets Of The Week That We Wanted To Share”, Ranker, 26 May 2022.
• Usher, Alex. “Funny Math in Alberta”, Higher Education Strategy Associates, 1 Dec 2021.
• Coulter, Brendan. “Journal Entry #3: Representing Your Home”, Brendan Coulter, 30 November 2021.
• Oliveros, Wendi. “Browns Nation News And Notes”, Browns Nation, 26 November 2021.
• Fingas, Greg. “Friday morning links”, Accidental Deliberations, 5 November 2021.
• Hallahan, Clinton (Ed.). “Here’s health unto the union, which is very strong they say”, Alberta Advantage, 4 November 2021.
• Nabert, Michael. “Who Could Watch Brexit Batter the UK and Be Envious?”, Michael Nabert, 13 October 2021.
• Ampe, Marcus. “After a virus pandemic an energy disease”, Marcus Ampe’s Space, 8 October 2021.
• Fingas, Greg. “Thursday morning links”, Accidental Deliberations, 7 October 2021.
• MacPherson, Jody. “Counting signs, dodging “pure bloods” and hoping not to get into an accident”, Jody MacPherson, 19 September 2021.
• Cournoyer, Dave. “Erin O’Toole comes to Alberta amid Fort McMurray revolt against Laila Goodridge”, daveberta.ca, 20 August 2021.
• Fornssler, Cathie. “Election Funnies and Follies #3”, Cathie from Canada, 19 August 2o21.
• Fornssler, Cathie. “Election Funnies and Follies #2”, Cathie from Canada, 18 August 2o21.
• Fingas, Greg. “Sunday afternoon links”, Accidental Deliberations, 15 August 2021.
• MacPherson, Jody. “Code red, an about face and caught red-handed”, Jody MacPherson, 15 August 2021.
• Fingas, Greg. “Sunday afternoon links”, Accidental Deliberations, 18 July 2021.
• Pretty, Alyssa, “What does the cabinet shuffle mean for Alberta’s health care?”, Friends of Medicare, 8 July 2021.
• Fingas, Greg. “Tuesdau morning links”, Accidental Deliberations, 15 June 2021.
• Fingas, Greg. “Sunday afternoon links”, Accidental Deliberations, 13 June 2021.
• Climenhaga, David. “A twitterer’s tale: Kenney scores an own goal with tweet that ‘reads like a Beaverton headline’”, Alberta Politics, 25 May 2021.
• MacPherson, Jody. “A do-over for downtown, emergency departments close but caucus meetings bust wide open”, Jody MacPherson, 16 May 2021.
• “Kenney undermined ability of Alberta’s biggest pensions to get the best deal for workers and retirees”, Alberta Federation of Labour, 7 May 2021.
• MacPherson, Jody. “Following in Ford’s footsteps, rejecting childcare support and defending “whiteness””, Jody MacPherson, 25 April 2021.
• Gordon, Richard. “Weekend Update for April 18th, 2021”, Albertastan.ca, 18 April 2021, (29:35).
• Climenhaga, David. “On a wing and a prayer, Alberta reluctantly adopts stricter measures to counter frightening upswing in coronavirus variants”, Alberta Politics, 7 April 2021.
• Gandhi, Sohail. “Alberta Doctors Should Reject the Tentative Agreement”, justanoldcountrydoctor, 19 March 2021.
• Climenhaga, David. “UCP explains away jason kenney’s lost $1.3-billion KXL gamble by lumping it into ‘historic’ infrastructure budget”, Alberta Politics, 10 March 2021.
• Nabert, Michael. “Alberta Canada’s Cycle of Abuse with Big Oil”, Michel Nabert, 25 February 2021.
• MacPherson, Jody. “Doing nothing helpful on jobs, economy or pipelines”, Jody MacPherson, 20 December 2020.
• Nikoleychuk, Angie. “The UCP and Alberta Women”, Angie Nikoleychuk, 14 October 2020.
• Ogbogu, Ubaka, Hardcastle, Lorian. “Alberta eroding independence of key health institutions”, Healthy Debate, 17 August 2020.
• Payne, Scott. “Is 2015 a blueprint for beating Jason Kenney?”, Scott Harold Payne, 15 August 2020.
• Eaton, Sarah. “Is the Hon. Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta Minister of Advanced Education involved with contract cheating?”, Learning, Teaching and Leadership, 15 August 2020.
• Lambert, Brett. “Fact Sheet — Child Benefits in Alberta and Canada”, Edmonton Social Planning Council”, 4 August 2020.
• Dubois, Roxanne. “What is a union and what is it not?”, Citizens’ Press, 9 July 2020.
• Littlewood, Case. “Are Protests Illegal in Alberta? Charter Issues with Bill 1”, Centre for Constitutional Studies, 26 June 2020.
• Fantin, Richard. “Phase 1 of operation ‘fuckwad UCP’ is complete”, Canadian Trends, 13 June 2020.
• Wikler, Maia. “5 Key Indigenous-led protests that could be illegal under Alberta’s draconian new Bill 1”, Raven, 11 June 2020.
• Koshan, Jennifer. “Protests Matter: A Charter Critique of Alberta’s Bill 1”. ABlawg, 9 June 2020.

Podcasts

https://embed.podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/june-1-a-no-win-situation/id151485559?i=1000564897407

“Kim Siever and our Covenant of Zion”, wHoly Human, 1 March 2022.

• “Kim Siever of Hot Pepper Communications”, Hans Island National Radio, 26 February 2015.

YouTube interviews

Instagram Live interviews

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Academic papers that cited me

• Littlewood, Case. “Are Protests Illegal in Alberta? Charter Issues with Bill 1”, Centre for Constitutional Studies, 26 June 2020.

Panel discussions & presentations

• “My journey becoming a radical left queer Mormon”, Thrive Week, Olds College, 26 January 2023.
• “Get the Word Out – Communication”, SOWK 397, University of Calgary, 12 March 2019.
• “Getting the Word Out”, SOWK 397, University of Calgary, 29 February 2016.

Contact me at requests@kimsiever.ca or on Twitter for interviews.

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