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Inside Calgary's new climate strategy In July, Calgary city council is slated to vote on a new climate strategy. But will this one be any different than past plans that have been passed—and then ignored? This episode features interviews with Christine Laing of the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good and Tony Snow of the Calgary Climate Hub.
Inside Calgary's new climate strategy In July, Calgary city council is slated to vote on a new climate strategy. But will this one be any different than past plans that have been passed—and then ignored? This episode features interviews with Christine Laing of the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good and Tony Snow of the Calgary Climate Hub.
Renowned Blackfoot scholar Dr. Leroy Little Bear speaks to Calgary city council on April 27 on the differences between Western and Blackfoot understandings of reality—and how they intersect with climate change.
Leroy Little Bear on Blackfoot metaphysics and climate change Renowned Blackfoot scholar Dr. Leroy Little Bear speaks to Calgary city council on April 27 on the differences between Western and Blackfoot understandings of reality—and how they intersect with climate change.
Who's policing the Calgary police? Jeremy Klaszus speaks with Councillor Courtney Walcott, who sits on the Calgary Police Commission. Why has the thin blue line patch become such a flashpoint—and what's really beneath the controversy?
Taking on Racism in the Classroom Jeremy Klaszus speaks with Iman Bukhari and Michelle Casten Magbanua about a gap they saw in Alberta classrooms—and how they mobilized to fill it. Iman Bukhari is founder and CEO of the Canadian Cultural Mosaic Foundation. Michelle Casten Magbanua is a teacher.
The Gifts And Challenges Of The Suburbs Jeremy Klaszus visits Mahogany in the city's deep southeast for a conversation with Councillor Evan Spencer. They discuss the idea of “abundant community,” how to build connections in new neighbourhoods, and the realities versus the myths of the suburbs.
How Alberta's Political Culture Is (And Isn't) Changing Jeremy Klaszus speaks with Jared Wesley, a University of Alberta political scientist who leads the Common Ground project. They discuss political polarization, what an Albertan looks like, the rise of white nationalism, and that tricky question of what to do when your family or friends are sympathetic to political views you find abhorrent.
Today marks four years of Sprawlcast. We observe the occasion by revisiting our first—and possibly best—episode, a deep dive on NIMBYism. What do we miss when we apply that label too hastily? We peel away the NIMBY label and go underground to see what lies beneath.
Jeremy Klaszus speaks with David Goa, a religious scholar who lives in Edmonton's Old Strathcona neighbourhood, about the need for difference and conviviality—rather than homogeneity—in communities.
Cultivating Neighbourliness in East Village Jeremy Klaszus sits down with Lisa Murphy Lamb, director of Loft 112, to explore how she has welcomed—and been welcomed by—her neighbours in East Village.
What Can We Learn From Vancouver's Commercial Drive? On Commercial Drive, people from all walks of life rub shoulders with one another on lively sidewalks. Jeremy Klaszus speaks with longtime community member Zakir Suleman to find out more about what makes this many-layered neighbourhood work.
Calgarians Rejected Fearful Populism. Now What? A conversation with three of Calgary's new city councillors: Jasmine Mian (Ward 3), Courtney Walcott (Ward 8) and Kourtney Penner (Ward 11).
The Jason Kenney we need right now.
The Albertans who are fleeing the province. Affected by the UCP government, many are choosing to leave.
Here we go again: Calgary developers push for more. New communities undermine city's growth and climate plans.
Here we go again: Calgary developers push for more. New communities undermine city’s growth and climate plans.
The Jason Kenney we need right now.
The Albertans who are fleeing the province. Affected by the UCP government, many are choosing to leave.
Cheryl Foggo has been writing about racism and Black life in Alberta for more than 30 years—as an award-winning author, playwright and filmmaker. Her first book was just republished this year in a 30th anniversary edition. It’s called Pourin’ Down Rain: A Black Woman Claims Her Place in the Canadian West. And her latest project is the upcoming John Ware Reclaimed, a myth-busting documentary about the Black Alberta cowboy.
Green Line At The Crossroads. A crucial moment — yet again.
Sprawlcast - May 2020 Racial Disparity And The Cargill Outbreak
Sprawlcast - April 2020 The Shandro Fiasco. Alberta’s health minister takes on doctors — and his critics
Plan It Calgary, 10 Years Later In 2009, city council approved Plan It—a long-range blueprint to shift growth into established neighbourhoods and introduce more transportation choice. But a decade later, we're falling short on key targets and moving backwards on transit.
Steve Allan and the push for Calgary's arena deal
The Sprawl is investigating how Calgary's city council prioritized an NHL arena over the Green Line, assisting the UCP in jeopardizing the biggest public transit project in Calgary's history.
The realities of supervised consumption sites. As Alberta's UCP government reviews supervised consumption sites, we look at what these places mean for the people who live in and around them.
Ep 19: Green Line Revisited (Part II) The Green Line drama continues. Two years after city council approved the Green Line alignment, Councillor Jyoti Gondek wants to revisit it. Meanwhile Councillor Evan Woolley is calling for a pause on the project. We take a closer look at what was originally decided and why—and how new changes could affect the project, for better and worse.
Ep 18: Green Line Revisited (Part 1) City admin no longer wants to build a tunnel under the Bow River for the Green Line. Meanwhile, a group of wealthy, well-connected businessmen are trying to halt the project. We take a closer look at what's going on.
Ep 16: The Segregated City Calgary has become the most income-unequal city in Canada, with Calgarians increasingly being sorted into different parts of the city by income. We take a closer look at what's changed since the 1970s, when most neighbourhoods were middle-income—and take a tour of the 3 distinct cities that have emerged within the larger city of Calgary.
Where is Calgary headed next—and what do we have going for us right now? A conversation between Sprawlcast host Jeremy Klaszus, author Shaun Hunter ("Calgary Through the Eyes of Writers"), urban planner Francisco Alaniz Uribe (assistant professor and co-director of The Urban Lab at the U of C's Faculty of Environmental Design) and Ward 3 Councillor Jyoti Gondek. This episode was recorded at the new Central Library on February 2, 2019.
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