Birth justice is an intersectional movement. We need housing for all, abolition, decolonization, land defence, harm reduction, and more! In this final episode, Simone and Tahia discuss birth as the belly button of community work and invite ever

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Autonomous Birth Work Mini Series: Episode 2 - Health Autonomy for All

Sep 22nd, 2022 37m 21s

The Nesting Doula Collective was hosted by Kwakiutl First Nation to train 20 Indigenous birth workers who are trying to bring birthing back to their territories. Years of settler-colonialism displaced pregnant and labouring people to birth with

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The Autonomous Birthwork Mini Series: Episode 1 - The Power of Autonomy

Sep 14th, 2022 44m 40s

Birthworkers Tahia Ahmed and Simone Blais from the Nesting Doula Collective discuss the importance of organizing outside “the system”. They unpack birth justice and how the collective came to be. As well as the need for mutual-aid and accountab

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The Autonomous Birthwork Mini Series: Intro Episode

Sep 7th, 2022 2m 7s

This 3-part mini-series is brought to you by Tahia Ahmed + Simone Blais and will be airing weekly on Thursdays between September 14 - 28, 2022.Mini-series Breakdown:Episode 1 - The Power of AutonomyEpisode 2 - Health Autonomy for AllEpisod

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Special Episode: On the "All My Relations" Gathering (In Partnership with the Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada)

Mar 17th, 2021 1h 6m

As the Circle prepares to host its biannual All My Relations Gathering virtually later this spring, we are pleased to share with you a series of conversations that took place at and after All My Relations 2019. The episode opens with reflection

02/05 On Movement(s), Breath, and Decolonizing Wellness Spaces

Nov 10th, 2020 43m 50s

Season 2 of CKX Questions continues with a conversation with Renelyn Quinicot — sharing reflections on movement(s), breath, and decolonizing wellness spaces.Please visit questions.ckx.org/02-05 for full show notes for this episode.

02/04 On Mutual Aid, Grassroots Organizing and Community Care (Guest: Iman)

Oct 26th, 2020 45m 29s

Season 2 of CKX Questions continues with a conversation with Iman — sharing reflections on mutual aid, grassroots organizing and community care . What does mutual aid organizing look like in the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic?Please visit qu

02/03 On Decent Work, Health and Migrant Justice (Guest: Robyn Beckett)

Aug 13th, 2020 52m 2s

Season 2 of CKX Questions continues with a conversation with Robyn Beckett - a public health professional involved in organizing with the Decent Work and Health Network, Fight for $15 & Fairness and Climate Justice Toronto. Please visit quest

02/02 On Compassion, Creativity and Change (Guest: Michele Kumi Baer)

Jun 24th, 2020 53m 18s

Season 2 of CKX Questions continues with a conversation with social justice practitioner Michele Kumi Baer — sharing her reflections on the importance of accountability in social change work, confronting the nonprofit industrial complex and the

02/01 On Compassion, Creativity and Change (Guest: Rup Sidhu)

May 6th, 2020 26m 58s

Season 2 of CKX Questions kicks off with a conversation with interdisciplinary artist and facilitator Rup Sidu — sharing his reflections on compassion, creativity and change in uncertain times. For more information about Rup and his work, pleas

01/07 A Look Back

Nov 29th, 2019 18m 59s

In this final episode for Season 1 of CKX Questions we turn the microphone back upon CKX, and look on the year that was and what it means to be exploring the question “how do we embody the just futures we strive for?” through the work and throu

01/06 Decolonizing Wealth

Nov 14th, 2019 27m 20s

In this episode of CKX Questions we sit down for a conversation with Edgar Villanueva - member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Chair of the Board of Directors of Native Americans in Philanthropy, Vice President of Programs and Advocacy a

01/05 National Narratives, The Power of Coalitions and Frameworks for Change

Aug 13th, 2019 51m 38s

In this episode of CKX Questions we sit down for a conversation with Maya Menezes - Senior Manager at The Leap (where she is the co-host of the Change Everything podcast), an organizer with No One Is Illegal Toronto and an organizer of PowerShi

01/04 Leading with Love (Part 2 of 2)

Jul 22nd, 2019 23m 37s

In this episode of CKX Questions we continue our conversation with Alexa Conradi. Alexa's book "Les angles morts: Perspectives sur le Québec actuel" has recently been translated into English by Catherine Brown ("Fear, Love, and Liberation in Co

01/03 Leading with Love (Part 1 of 2)

Jul 12th, 2019 24m 43s

In this episode of CKX Questions we sit down with author and feminist activist Alexa Conradi, whose book "Les angles morts: Perspectives sur le Québec actuel" has recently been translated into English by Catherine Brown ("Fear, Love, and Libera

01/02 Building Decolonial Solidarity (Part 2 of 2)

Jun 4th, 2019 31m 52s

Welcome back to CKX Questions, Season 1. In this episode, we present the second half of our conversation with Aslam Bulbulia on "Building Decolonial Solidarity."Learn more about Aslam's work here: https://about.me/abulbulia

01/01 Building Decolonial Solidarity (Part 1 of 2)

May 30th, 2019 8m 41s

Welcome to the first episode of CKX Questions, Season 1. In this episode, we present the first half of our conversation with Aslam Bulbulia on "Building Decolonial Solidarity."Learn more about Aslam's work here: https://about.me/abulbulia

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What is CKX?

Feb 15th, 2019 2m 13s

Community Knowledge Exchange (CKX) is a social change agency committed to leading with love, decolonizing our practices and recentering from the margins. In this promo episode, learn more about our approach and our programming for the year ahea