"Alright, Now What?" is a podcast from the Canadian Women’s Foundation. On the first Friday of every month, CKUT will air one new episode and two episodes from the archives where the CWF's experts and partners put an intersectional feminist lens on one topic or story we’ve all been hearing about … the issues and stories that just seem to keep resurfacing and make you wonder, “What’s this about?”, “Why is this still happening?”, and “How is it possible we haven’t fixed this yet?” They explore the systemic roots of these things and the strategies for change that will move us closer to the goal of gender justice.

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February 3, 2023: Ending Sexual Violence on Campus, Girls, Rape Culture, and Colonialism, Climate Justice

The Canadian Women’s Foundation, in partnership with CKUT, is pleased to join you once a month to share episodes of our podcast, Alright, Now What?, where experts and our partners put an intersectional feminist lens on one topic or story we’ve all been hearing about … the issues and stories that just seem to keep resurfacing and make you wonder, “What’s this about?”, “Why is this still happening?”, and “How is it possible we haven’t fixed this yet?” We explore the systemic roots of these things and the strategies for change that will move us closer to the goal of gender justice.

Today’s episode: Ending Sexual Violence on Campus with Ziyana Kotadia and Karen Campbell

Content note: this episode addresses sexual violence.

During the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, we spoke with 2 guests about ending sexual violence on campus. Our first guest : Ziyana Kotadia, an advocate and writer in her final year of an Honours Specialization in Global Gender Studies and a Minor in Feminist, Queer and Critical Race Theory from Western University and Huron University College. She’s Chair of the Safe Campus Coalition and a contributor to the Our Campus, Our Safety Action Plan, a call for action from students all over Canada. Our second guest, Karen Campbell, Director of Community Initiatives & Policy at the Canadian Women’s Foundation. She speaks on new research we did in collaboration with the McGill University iMPACTS initiative, documented in a report entitled: Social Media and Mobilizing Change for Community Impacts. It explores the connection between students, social media, and sexual assault on university and college campuses.

Two thirds of people in Canada know a woman who has experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, but only 1 in 5 feel very confident in their ability to support someone experiencing abuse. If someone in your life used the Signal for Help or told you they were experiencing abuse, would you know how to help?  

The Canadian Women’s Foundation has launched the Signal for Help Responder online mini course to help you learn how to support a friend, family member, or colleague who is experiencing abuse …  

Join the community of 40,000 Signal for Help Responders across Canada and help shift the culture of stigma around gender-based violence to one of support. Visit: http://learn.signalforhelpresponder.ca

Here are 2 short episodes from our vaults – the first on Girls, Rape Culture, and Colonialism and the second on Climate Justice:

Content note: this episode addresses sexual violence

We’ve all been exposed to rape culture, but girls and non-binary youth experience it differently depending on who they are. How are we going push for an end to sexual violence for all young people, of all identities and backgrounds? Our guest Dr. Mythili Rajiva is associate professor at the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, University of Ottawa, which is on unceded and unsurrendered Alqonquin territory. Her areas of academic research include intersectionality, feminist media studies, trauma, racialization, sexual violence, girlhood, South Asian diaspora and identity

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We’re in climate crisis – and marginalized women, girls, and gender-diverse people bear the brunt. Young feminists are strong voices for the intertwined goal of climate justice and gender justice. We can’t have one without the other. Our guest Sydney Piggott (she/her) is a social impact leader and advocate for gender equity, climate action, and social justice on a global scale.

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