Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
Broadbent Institute
55 episodes
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What was the place of feminism in early Canadian social democracy? This episode looks at one of the first feminist social democrats in Canadian history: Francis Marion Beynon. Her work as journalist in Winnipeg in the early 1900s was critical for pointing out how exploitation wasn’t just about workers and bosses — it was also about the way that women were being treated by their husbands at home. -- Social Democrats of the North: Canadian Visions for Justice & Equality from Confedera...
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What was the place of feminism in early Canadian social democracy? This episode looks at one of the first feminist social democrats in Canadian history: Francis Marion Beynon. Her work as journalist in Winnipeg in the early 1900s was critical for pointing out how exploitation wasn’t just about workers and bosses — it was also about the way that women were being treated by their husbands at home. -- Social Democrats of the North: Canadian Visions for Justice & Equality from Confedera...
Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
28 minutes
2 months ago
Carney and the Calgary School with Mack Penner
In the the Summer 2025 issue of Perspectives Journal, University of Calgary post doc and Parkland Institute board member Mack Penner wrote ‘Carney and the Calgary School: or, Passive Revolution and Canada’s Social State in the Neoliberal Era,’ tracing the origins of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s economic thinking to the Calgary School. The Calgary School is described as an informal grouping of conservative academics that played an active and significant role in Canadian politics during the 199...
Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
What was the place of feminism in early Canadian social democracy? This episode looks at one of the first feminist social democrats in Canadian history: Francis Marion Beynon. Her work as journalist in Winnipeg in the early 1900s was critical for pointing out how exploitation wasn’t just about workers and bosses — it was also about the way that women were being treated by their husbands at home. -- Social Democrats of the North: Canadian Visions for Justice & Equality from Confedera...
