Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
The Perspectives Journal Podcast complements the journal and opinions content of Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy, to bring out left-wing ideas and strategy in a new and ever-evolving format. The podcast features interviews with policy experts, to dig deeper into the progressive angles of the issues affecting working-class, ordinary Canadians.
Hosted by editor-in-chief, Clement Nocos, the Perspectives Journal Podcast aims to bring forward timely analysis on issues from the multiple crises of the economy, cost-of-living and the environment, to the labour movement, as well as the state of Canadian democracy. The wide reaching breadth of this show aims to help inform policymakers and the public about approaches to today’s pressing problems that are rooted in Ed Broadbent’s Principles for Canadian Social Democracy.
Perspectives Journal also produces and features shows hosted by the Broadbent Institute’s friends and affiliates, providing a progressive platform for limited and irregular conversations that are still necessary to enliven Canada’s political discourse. The Perspectives Journal Podcast is a proud members of the Harbinger Media Network, Canada’s progressive podcast community.
Activists Make History
Activists Make History with Peggy Nash is a new podcast series from Perspectives Journal that finds the political underdogs and asks how they got started, against the odds, to fight for progressive change. Policymakers, activists and experts from underrepresented communities and backgrounds, that are typically pushed to the margins of Canadian political life, are front and centre in conversation with Peggy Nash, who has been a union activist, a feminist advocate, and a Member of Parliament in Canada’s House of Commons for nearly a decade.
Reflecting on these experiences as a political outsider, and in conversation with other like-minded outsiders that take our struggles into the halls of power, Activists Make History aims to show how we can win a better world through elected office. Activists Make History is only made possible by the generous contribution of Unifor.
Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
Public Education at the Tipping Point
Hear from frontline educators at the 2025 Progress Summit on what’s driving the crisis and how we can defend democracy by fighting for strong, inclusive, and well-funded schools.
Canada’s public education system is in crisis mode. From chronic underfunding and privatization to attacks on teachers and burnout—these aren’t isolated issues. Across the globe, right-wing movements are attacking public education, banning books, rewriting history and pitting parents, teachers, and students against each other. That same rhetoric is taking hold here in Canada, as we saw in the 2025 federal election.
In this episode of the Perspectives Journal podcast, we bring you a live recording from the Broadbent Institute’s 2025 Progress Summit, a conversation on Public Education at the Tipping Point. Moderated by Heidi Yetman, President of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, the panel shows how the erosion of public education threatens democratic values—and what teachers from across Canada and the world are doing to stop it.
Panelists include:
- Heidi Yetman – President, Canadian Teachers’ Federation (Moderator)
- Haldis Holst – Deputy Secretary General, Education International
- Carol Sarich – President, Canadian Association of Principals
- Ken Montgomery – Chair, Ontario Association of Deans of Education
Listen to this urgent discussion from the 2025 Progress Summit to learn what’s causing the current crisis, why it matters for Canadian democracy, and how we can organize for public education that’s well-funded, equitable, and inclusive.
Notes:
- Why the Program Cuts at York University Are Bad for Democracy by Honor Brabazon, Perspectives Journal Mar. 14, 2025
- 2025 Progress Summit: Daring to Take on Today’s Crises (highlights)
- Why Ontario Schools Are in Crisis Under Doug Ford ‘Sources’ podcast episode, PressProgress Feb. 21, 2025
