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Title: Interview with Fatah Awil
Description: In this interview conducted for the course HISD25 in the winter of 2021, Fatah Awil, Program Coordinator with the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, discusses his personal journey with social activism while also touching on the work he does for his community. Fatah's activism began in his time as an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto Scarborough as a member of the Muslim Student Association and continues with his work with the Urban Alliance which focuses on education and research to tackle racism in society. The environment Fatah grew up in affected his desire to effect change.
Subject: Activism, Diversity, Race and ethnicity, Anti-racism

Title: Interview with Craig Heron
Description: In an interview conducted for the winter 2021 course offering of HISD25, Dr. Craig Heron, noted Canadian social historian of labour and cultural history, public intellectual, and professor emeritus, discusses his work as an activist and historian. Through his introduction into activism and the New Left as a student, then as a Professor at York University continuing his activism and fighting for workers' rights, and finally his time as an activist outside of the University, establishing various organizations, that give voice to and shine a light on the lives of working peoples.
Subject: Activism, Student experience, Diversity, Faculty experience

Title: Interview with Martha Friendly
Description: In an interview conducted for the winter 2021 course offering of HISD25, Martha Friendly, Executive Director and founder of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, discusses her work, experience and perspectives as a policy researcher on the ever-changing relationship between childcare, government and politics and the role of research as a form of advocacy.
Subject: Activism, Women, Parenthood, Feminism

Title: Interview with Kathy Grant
Description: In this interview conducted for the course WSTD10 in the winter of 2021, Kathy Grant, an historian of Black Canadians, talks about her academic background, her interest in history, and stories of black immigration and activism in Toronto, including stories about Donald Moore and Gloria Walcott.
Subject: Activism, Black peoples, Immigration, Racism

Title: Interview with Nesha Haniff
Description: In this interview conducted for the course WSTD10 in the winter of 2021, Nesha Haniff, author of "Blaze a Fire," a book about the contributions of Caribbean women, talks about her book and her experiences in publication. She moved to Canada from Guyana, and then later to the United States where she completed her higher education, including her PhD.
Subject: Activism, Women, Race and ethnicity

Title: Interview with Deb Parent
Description: In an interview conducted for the winter 2021 course offering of WSTD10, Deb Parent, a self-defence instructor and activist, talks about her life journey and experiences as a lesbian, as well as her experiences in activism. Deb talks about her participation in protests and marches, such as the picketing protests as part of the organization, Gays of Ottawa, as well as the challenges in fighting for gay rights as a woman. Additionally, she also mentions other forms of intersectionality and the differences that may be experienced by gay women of colour.
Subject: Activism, Woman, Gender and sexuality, Feminism

Title: Interview with Carolyn Ferns
Description: In an interview conducted for the winter of 2021 course offering of WSTD10, Carolyn Ferns, Policy and Government Relations Coordinator and Board of Director to Child Care Now, shares her journey towards advocating for childcare. She also talks about her role, as well as the work carried out by the Child Care Now organization. The challenges of childcare in times of the COVID-19 pandemic and government fundings in childcare were also discussed.
Subject: Activism, Parenthood, Education, Poverty

Title: Interview with confidential participant 002
Description: A McMaster student of psychology and social work discusses the importance of mental health awareness and the difference between mental health and mental illness. The participant discusses different tools for building mental health awareness, including online resources, workshops, lived experience and conversations with peers. They also speak about cultural stigma and taboo surrounding mental illness and how mental health education continues to be taught from a colonial perspective.
Subject: Activism, Anti-colonialism, Mental health, Social work

Title: Interview with Lauri Sue Robertson
Subject: Accessibility, Activism, Community, Disabilities, Diversity, Leadership

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