Podcast for Inquiry S04E02: Gaia Vince identifies the four horsemen of the Anthropocene

Gaia Vince (@wanderinggaia) is an award-winning science writer and author. She is particularly interested in the interaction between human systems and Earth’s planetary systems. Her research has taken her around the world. Gaia’s latest book is Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World. We are already at 1.6 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures, with significantly more to come. The four horsemen of the anthropocene - fire, heat, drought, and flood - will lead human migration on an unprecedented scale. Gaia describes what we must do, individually and collectively, to prepare. 

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Podcast for Inquiry S04E01: Canada has not reconciled with its Indigenous peoples, say Maureen Bulbrook and Christina Ninham

Maureen Bulbrook and Christina Ninham are Indigenous lawyers who know from direct experience that Canada has never stopped discriminating against its First Nations people, from the Doctrine of Discovery at the time of contact to current day (with Prime Minister Harper arguing that residential school records should be destroyed even as he apologized for Canada’s treatment of Indigenous peoples and Prime Minister Trudeau failing to deliver on his promise of clean drinking water in all Indigenous communities). Canada passed a law in November 2024 banning forced sterilization because of the ongoing commonplace practice of doing so to primarily Indigenous women. 

For reliable information about First Nations people, visit:

• Canadian government websites
• First Nations community websites 
• APTN  
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations
• Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women final report 

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