Épisodes

  • Canadian Student Movements

    Canadian Student Movements
    Apr 15 2026
    On episode 6 Dr. Roberta Lexier speaks with Mount Royal University professor, Muhannad Ayyash, author of Lordship and Liberation in Palestine-Israel: The Promise of Decolonial Sovereignties, about the importance of the Palestinian Exception to on-campus repression and to the Canada in Decline series author, Nora Loreto, about neoliberalism and its effects.

    Show Notes:
    • Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620
    • Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social
    • Muhannad Ayyash, Lordship and Liberation in Palestine-Israel: The Promise of Decolonial Sovereignties - https://cup.columbia.edu/book/lordship-and-liberation-in-palestine-israel/9780231220804/
    Nora Loreto, Canada in Decline series - https://noraloreto.ca/writing/books/
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    28 min
  • Swift Repression

    Swift Repression
    Apr 3 2026
    On episode 5 Dr. Roberta Lexier examines the repression of pro-Palestinian encampments at University of Calgary and University of Alberta in a conversation with independent, Edmonton-based journalist, Jeremy Appel, and at McGill University with local activist and journalist, Jack Solar.

    Show Notes:
    • Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620
    • Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social
    • Palestinian Youth Movement - https://www.palestinianyouthmovement.com/
    • Palestine Solidarity Movement - https://www.instagram.com/palsolidaritycad/?hl=en
    • CJPME - https://www.cjpme.org/
    Watermelon Foundation for Justice - https://watermelon-foundation.com/
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    26 min
  • The Neoliberal University

    The Neoliberal University
    Mar 19 2026
    On episode 4 Dr. Roberta Lexier unpacks the 2012 Maple Spring with Concordia faculty member and participant Dr. Anna Kruzynski and discusses fossil fuel divestment movements with McMaster alumna Adeola Egbeyemi.

    Show Notes:
    • Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620
    • Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social
    • 350.org
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    25 min
  • The End of History

    The End of History
    Mar 3 2026
    On episode 3 Dr. Roberta Lexier talks to anti-apartheid activist, Zainab Amadahy, about her experiences at the University of Toronto in the 1980s and former Canadian Federation of Students leader (and later politician), Joel Harden, about efforts to resist tuition fee hikes in the late-1990s.

    Show Notes:
    • Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620
    Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social
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    25 min
  • The “Radical” Sixties

    The “Radical” Sixties
    Feb 20 2026
    On episode 2 Dr. Roberta Lexier explores the history of Vietnam War protests in Canada with Dr. Jessica Squires, author of Building Sanctuary: The Movement to Support Vietnam War Resisters in Canada, and the May 1970 Abortion Caravan with participant (later union leader and politician), Judy Darcy.

    Show Notes:
    • Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620
    • Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social
    • Jessica Squires, Building Sanctuary: The Movement to Support Vietnam War Resisters in Canada, 1965-73 - https://www.ubcpress.ca/building-sanctuary
    • Judy Darcy, Leading From The Heart: The Battles of a Feminist, Union Leader and Politician - https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771624534?srsltid=AfmBOopBhs0E8ufoEp7_5AW73vC-2YVbz7vQWYp1qb7WA6qEZUMTWzQC
    • Migrant Rights Network - https://migrantrights.ca/
    • Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada - https://www.arcc-cdac.ca/
    • Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights - https://www.actioncanadashr.org/
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    29 min
  • Canadian Student Movements: An Introduction

    Canadian Student Movements: An Introduction
    Jan 26 2026
    On episode 1 Dr. Roberta Lexier introduces the pro-Palestinian encampments in an interview with University of Alberta faculty member, Dr. Michael Litwack, and considers the long history of student movements with Dr. Pieter Dhondt, co-editor of the book Student Revolt, City, and Society in Europe: From the Middle Ages to the Present.

    Show Notes:
    • Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620
    • Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social
    • Pieter Dhondt & Elizabethanne Boran, Student Revolt, City, and Society in Europe: From the Middle Ages to the Present - https://www.routledge.com/Student-Revolt-City-and-Society-in-Europe-From-the-Middle-Ages-to-the-Present/Dhondt-Boran/p/book/9780367667702
    • Palestine Solidarity Movement - https://www.instagram.com/palsolidaritycad/?hl=en
    • Labour 4 Palestine Canada - https://www.labourforpalestine.com/
    • Independent Jewish Voices - https://www.ijvcanada.org/
    • Faculty for Palestine - https://faculty4palestine.ca/
    • Watermelon Foundation for Justice - https://watermelon-foundation.com/
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    40 min