Montreal must ban street checks: researchers, civil society groups

Funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, CKUT’s Local Journalism Initiative will publish local news stories from reporter Jules Bugiel. 

It’s been a year and a half since a police-commissioned report called for a moratorium on street checks.

The practice allows police to stop and ask citizens to identify themselves without needing reasonable grounds to suspect them of a crime.

As the report is finally being heard at City Hall, a coalition of civil society groups are calling on the SPVM to put its recommendations into practice.

CKUT spoke to representatives of the Ligue des Droits et Libertés and the Quebec Association of Lawyers for the Defense, two of the groups supporting the ban.

WE DID IT !!!

It is with happy hearts and wags of our tail that we can say we were successful this year on the SSMU Referendum!

Thank you to all of you that voted YES, spread the good word, and/or helped out with the YES Committee. We appreciate this more than you know and are excited for the opportunities this brings us.

We love being your campus-community radio station and foresee ourselves doing that for a long long time, so thank you for extending our life span. Our community is our heartbeat and we really felt the love from you guys.

Pioneer Grooves Podcast

Dedicated to the memory of Knolly Modeste, Pioneer Grooves features a diverse array of musicians who left their birthplace in search of a better life, bringing with them a rich tapestry of musical genres.

From the legendary Steelpan players of Expo ’67 to the vibrant singers of Reggae, Dancehall, R&B, and Gospel, these pioneers share their reflections on what it meant to seed an art form in a new home.

“Much of Black history remains rooted in oral tradition. Inspired by this, Exponian Knolly Modeste and I began to dream of properly documenting the contributions of these panmen to the Canadian musical landscape. Thus, “Pioneer Grooves” was born from our aspirations. What started as a singular vision has now expanded to encompass a diverse array of genres of Black music from the Americas and the Caribbean.” – Pat Dillon-Moore

This initiative is made possible by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

FROM THE FLOOR WITH ALISSA: New Illustrated Concert Series on the Music Blog

Artist Alissa Z has begun a series of illustrated concert reviews on the CKUT Music Blog. The first post in the series is up, check it out!

Black Education In Quebec

Black Education in Quebec is a compelling 9-part podcast series produced by the LaSalle Multicultural Resource Centre, aimed at enriching the Quebec educational landscape.

Hosted by journalists Phil Carpenter and Pat Dillon-Moore, and executive produced by Gloria Ann Cozier and Dr. Lerona Dana Lewis, this series delves into the Quebec school system through the candid stories of mostly retired Black teachers.

This podcast highlights the unique and pivotal contributions of Black teachers to the Quebec education system and beyond. It explores the vital importance of Black teachers’ representation and the profound impact their work has had on the lives of not only Black students but all Quebec students.

Inspired by the 2023 LMRC-led research project, “Changing Black Youth Futures,” which examined the experiences of Black students in Quebec schools, the research  showed  exclusionary practices that have affected the academic success and trajectories of Black Anglophone and Francophone youth. The two-year study revealed that Black students in Quebec are often placed into special groups, subjected to racially hostile environments, and faced with biased practices.

RadioTET and La Voz de los Migrantes

Two new CKUT shows – RadioTET and La Voz de los Migrantes – have been instrumental in empowering temporary foreign workers and migrants with precarious status, especially in the current challenging anti immigrant environment.

We’re really proud of them and the great work they have been doing on and off the air.

Radio LVM: La Voz de los Migrantes 
A radio magazine dedicated to newcomers, asylum seekers, and people in precarious status of Spanish-speaking origin, especially the approximately 60,000 people of Mexican descent that may be residing in Montreal and around Quebec, and the 30,000 residing across Canada.

Radio TET: La Voz de los Trabajadores Extranjeros Temporales en Canadá
A radio magazine dedicated to Temporary Foreign Workers of Latino origin (60,000 Mexican, Guatemalan, etc.), working with the Program of Temporary Foreign Workers in the food industry, and another 50,000 who may be working with private employment agencies at home as caregivers, clerks, etc.

CKUT's Featured Archives

We’ve been broadcasting 24/7 for decades so for new ears it can be a little hard sometimes to know where to dive in. With hundreds of volunteers in the mix at any given time, even here at the station it can be tricky to know what is going on at times.

So – we’ve been trying to use our Featured Archives zone as a way to highlight great programming. It’s by no means an exhaustive list but it’s a good place to start if you’re trying to listen to some recent CKUT archives.

Thanks to our new website (WFMU heads might find it feels familiar) hosts are able to post playlists for their programming and help shine some light on the artists and figures hitting the air.

We’re hoping to turn this into a sort of “This Week at CKUT” update… stay tuned.

Time Capsule: The Subterranean Jungle

From the crypt…

Subterranean Jungle was a radio show that aired on CRFM/CKUT from 1985 to 1999 and was hosted by Flipped Out Phil.

We recently acquired some never-before-listened-to-in-a-long-time cassette tape recordings (pulled direct from the late ’80s FM airwaves by a young listener) and have posted them in our time capsule, along with a piece of writing from Donald Côté, who made the recordings.

Take a listen and a read back in time for a taste of this influential radio program and what it meant to an anonymous listener out there soaking in the air waves.

UNIDENTIFIED TRACKS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF COLLEGE RADIO

Show For Children host Spookyrat has been on a quest to discover new music from old CKUT broadcasts that his dad recorded off the air in the 90s.

Problem is, the obscurity on these tracks is a force to be reckoned with.

Spooky has made some significant progress over the past couple years tracking down a lot of stuff but these have proved to be elusive.

Do you recognize the artists of any of these tracks? Please let us know.