Alberta Advantage
Alberta Advantage provides left-wing analysis and commentary on local and provincial politics.
- Update frequency
- every 32 days
- Episodes
- 21
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2022
Alberta Advantage - Episode January 10, 2022
The first faculty strike in Alberta's history has begun, with members of the Concordia University of Edmonton Faculty Association braving frigid temperatures and taking to the picket line on January …
Thu 27 Jan 2022
Alberta Advantage - Episode November 8, 2021
ORPHANED: Alberta’s Oil and Gas Wells
What happens when a symbol of prosperity becomes one of decay? There are thousands of idle oil and gas wells stranded throughout the Canadian west, orphaned by …
What happens when a symbol of prosperity becomes one of decay? There are thousands of idle oil and gas wells stranded throughout the Canadian west, orphaned by …
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Alberta Advantage - Podcast December 14, 2020
The morning of October 26th, workers at health-care sites across the province of Alberta walked off the job. What happened, and how has the broader labour movement responded? Join Team Advantage as w…
Sat 09 Jan 2021
Alberta Advantage - Podcast November 9, 2020
At the opening ceremony for Calgary’s southwest ring road, seth cardinal dodginghorse interrupted the proceedings —in the presence of Jason Kenney, Ric McIver, Tsuu’tina Chief Roy Whitney, and Mayor …
Sat 09 Jan 2021
Alberta Advantage - Podcast October 12, 2020
During the Second World War, Canada shifted to full employment, remaking its economy, retooling factories, and transforming the workforce to mobilize against an existential threat. What would it look…
Sat 09 Jan 2021
Alberta Advantage - Episode July 13, 2020
What if we started taxing the accumulated wealth of billionaires? Alex Hemingway, Economist and Public Finance Policy Analyst at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, joins Team Advantage to d…
Sun 19 Jul 2020
Alberta Advantage - Episode May 11, 2020
Faced with escalating death tolls, some reactionary figures are pushing hard to pin the blame for COVID-19 on China instead of their own ineptitude. Davide Mastracci joins Team Advantage to examine h…
Thu 14 May 2020
Alberta Advantage - Episode April 13, 2020
Are front-line workers equipped with what they need to prevent the spread of COVID-19— and if not, how are they organizing to ensure the health and safety of their workplaces? Roland Schmidt, preside…
Thu 14 May 2020
Alberta Advantage - Episode March 9, 2020
Once upon a time, Alberta’s cable channels and airwaves were considered a public good, worthy of a non-commercial educational broadcaster: Access Television. Team Advantage explores the history, ambi…
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Alberta Advantage - Podcast September 9, 2019
Isn’t it weird that when Pierre Elliott Trudeau proposed a National Energy Policy in the 1980s, the spectre of nationalization was a horror to the oilpatch— but today, we find this same oilpatch wrap…
Wed 11 Sep 2019
Alberta Advantage - Episode August 12, 2019
Writer James Davidge and artist Nick Johnson join Team Advantage to discuss their graphic novel, 1st Legion of Utopia, an “epic tale of killers, queers, and the birth of Canadian socialism.” The stor…
Thu 22 Aug 2019
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