Sexual harassment in the restaurant industry

Examineradio 150: Carrie Dawson on academic freedom

March 17, 2018 By Terra Tailleur 1 Comment

Dalhousie prof Carrie Dawson explains academic freedom and why you should care about it. Plus, we talk about sexual harassment in the restaurant industry and why the EMCAs pulled a nomination for Indigenous Artist of the Year. (Direct download) (RSS feed) (Subscribe via iTunes)

The untold story of sexual harassment in the restaurant industry

Morning File, Thursday, March 15, 2018

March 15, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News 1. Sutton Place Yesterday morning, the gossip mill (meaning my email) was buzzing with news that a hotel operator for the Nova Centre hotel will be announced today — Sutton Place, I was told, a chain with five hotels out west, will brand the hotel. Alas, I was busy, and Roger Taylor at the […]

A person in Indigenous ceremonial dress and a boy dance on the red sand of a beach on the Minas Basin.

Episode 46 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Bretten Hannam has been working on Wildhood, in one way or another, for the past decade, pausing to make multiple short films and their debut feature, North Mountain (2015), an experience that took years itself to recover from. Wildhood is the story of a Two-Spirit Mi’kmaq teen who sets off to find the mother he thought was dead, a gorgeously rendered, gentle journey of self-discovery. In 2020 it became the first feature film to shoot in Nova Scotia in a post-COVID world. Brett stopped in on their way to the film’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival to chat challenges, considerations of community, and opening FIN tonight.

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In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

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