Appointed: A Canadian Senator Bringing Margins to the Centre

On this episode of Appointed, Kim is joined by the Honourable Iain Rankin, Member of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia and former Premier of Nova Scotia, for a timely conversation on poverty, dign…

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with Senator Pat Duncan, Canadian Senator and former premier of Yukon. Kim and Senator Duncan are longtime friends and have an amazing conversation about the …

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with Dr. Jiaying Zhao, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Behavioral Sustainability and Sauder Distinguished Scholar at the University of British C…

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with Dan Huang-Taylor, executive director of Food Banks BC, a provincial association working to end hunger in British Colombia. Kim and Dan discuss the inters…

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with activist and artist Jessie Golem about her portrait series, Humans of Basic Income, and her work on guaranteed livable basic income. Humans of Basic Inco…

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with economist Benoit Robidoux about the 2023 guaranteed basic income (GBI) proposal for residents in Prince Edward Island. Mr. Robidoux was a key member of t…

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with the Honourable Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard. Senator Bernard has decades of leadership and innovation as a social worker, educator, researcher, community act…

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with her friend and colleague, Senator Bernadette Clement, about the intersection of poverty and racism in Canada. Senator Clement speaks from her experience …

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with criminal defence lawyer Theresa Donkor about guaranteed livable basic income, the mass incarceration of Black, Indigenous and BIPOC Canadians, and Ms Don…

 On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with the Honourable Harry Laforme about the importance of ensuring independence, authority and resources in order to ensure the new commission can effectivel…

On this episode of Appointed, Senator Pate speaks with The Honourable Marion Buller, Chancellor of the University of Victoria and former Chief Commissioner of the National Inquiry into Missing and Mu…

On this episode of Appointed, Senator Kim Pate speaks with Ottawa City Councillors, Theresa Kavanagh and Marty Carr. This fabulous duo successfully presented a motion on July 10, 2024, supporting a G…

BICYN’s most recent op-ed in The Hill Times (not mentioned in the podcast - but super relevant to the podcast!) is about the Canada Disability Benefit and why we still need a guaranteed basic income.…

For more information:

 President Cassidy Caron: https://www.metisnation.ca/presidents... 

Métis National Council: https://www.metisnation.ca/ 

The various Accords and Sub-Accords between the MNC & Canad…

Resources

• Click here to check out Kim’s Senate Webpage
• Click here to access publications of Professor Debra Parkes
• Click here to access research by Dr. Jane Sprott
• Click here to read research by Professo…

Reports and Papers

• Click here to access Injustices and Miscarriages of Justice Experienced by 12 Indigenous Women. 
• Click here to read Carly Peddle, Emma Ronsley & Debra Parkes, Toward Abolishing the M…

Click here for more information about Professor Bednar and her public policy research.

Click here to access the Perspectives document on Guaranteed Livable Income by Team Pate.

Click here to check out …

Click here to access to Bill C-5.

Click here to read more on Bill C-22

Click here to check out Dr. Sheehy’s book Defending Battered Women on Trial.

Click here to read Justice Arbour’s Inquiry into certa…

Click here to access more information about MPP Wynne's political career.

For more information on Guaranteed Livable Income:

Click here to access the Perspectives document on Guaranteed Livable Income …