Chad Wells and Chris Carter interviewed about Canada Court Watch

On February 16, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Chad Wells and Chris Carter, both of Canada Court Watch, about court justice, the Children's Aid Society, and the benefits of self-representation before the courts.

Resource web sites:

• Canada Court Watch
• Fix CAS
• Foster Care Council of Canada

David French on patents and public policy

On February 9, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed patent lawyer and expert David French on patents and society.

Just because you can does not mean you should... get a patent. The patent system may not be of net benefit to society... The majority of patents are vanity patents, some are for marketing use, and a few are gold mines for the patent holder. Demand on a product with unique supplier raises prices far beyond competitive prices.

SAC Director and La Rotonde Editor in Chief on campus developments, administrative misbehaviours

On February 2, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed University of Ottawa student union staff Director of the Student Appeal Centre Mireille Gervais and La Rotonde Editor in Chief Anais Elboujdaini on University of Ottawa campus developments regarding some of the university administration's various misbehaviours.

Main topics were:

• Three medical doctors dismissed by the Faculty of Medicine
• President Allan Rock refusing to meet with student media, questionable behaviour

Readings and thoughts about Malcolm X

On January 26, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt "interviewed" Malcolm X via the man's autobiography, and other topics in an hour of solo radio.

Malcolm X early on developed two explicit commitments that largely defined his public life:

(1) While in jail he decided to commit himself to telling the white man to the white man's face what the white man is really like.

(2) Out of jail while recruiting for the temple he started telling his black brothers that for too long the black man was paralyzed by fear of the white man and to urge them to find the greater dignity and humanity to defend themselves.

Atiya Hussain and Shelley Welchner on home schooling, with Mireille Gervais

On January 19, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM The Train's Mireille Gervais interviewed Ottawa-based home schooling parents Atiya Hussain and Shelley Welchner about the home schooling movement and about their families' experiences with home schooling and re-integration into state schooling.

Key resources are:

Home Based Learning Network

The Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents

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