- Breaking down the Theriault trial and Dafonte Miller's call for justice
Monday, June 29th 2020
Wendy Gillis, Toronto Star’s crime reporter, breaks down the details of the Theriault trial verdict with Adrian Cheung. And they discuss how this case is playing into larger questions of community trust in policing and what justice looks like in Canada’s judicial system.
- A lawyer breaks down the "extreme intoxication" defence
Friday, June 26th 2020
Some say the "extreme intoxication” defence sends the wrong message on sexual assault, and takes society back to a time when judges found ways to excuse violence against women. In today’s episode, Saba Eitizaz talks to criminal lawyer and social justice advocate Caryma Sa’d for her legal opinion the debate – and finds out what all of this could actually mean in a court room.
- “Yellow Peril”: How the pandemic is fuelling anti-Chinese racism
Thursday, June 25th 2020
Three Canadian journalists discuss anti-Chinese racism. The Toronto Star’s digital producer, Evy Kwong, audio engineer/producer, Sean Pattendon, and host/producer, Adrian Cheung, are in conversation about their experiences as Chinese-Canadians during the pandemic. Then, an interview with Justin Kong, executive director of the Chinese Canadian National Council on how the organization is collecting data on racial incidents and the work that is being done within Asian-Canadian communities to dispel the ‘model minority myth.’
- Are TikTokers and K-pop fans practising politics, or pranktivism?
Wednesday, June 24th 2020
This Matters is joined by Travis M. Andrews, an internet culture reporter at the Washington Post, to discuss Kpop stans' and TikTok teens' efforts to flex their online muscle and embrace a new kind of political activism.
- “Out of office” forever: A tech giant and a local newspaper discuss working from home
Tuesday, June 23rd 2020
Paul Burns is the managing director of Twitter Canada and he discusses why his company is letting employees choose if they want to come back to an office. We are also joined by Kennedy Gordon, managing editor of the Peterborough Examiner, which has announced it is leaving its office spaces and becoming a completely virtual newsroom.
