This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna first speaks with YMCA Peace Medal recipient Heather Haynes. Then, it’s a conversation with Rabbi Erin Polansky about the opening of L’dor Vador: From Generation to Generation, the Holocaust Museum and Education Centre.
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This week on Citizen K host Karim Mosna first speaks with two recipients of the City of Kingston’s 2022 Accessibility Awards, followed by a conversation with Chief Curator of The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Alicia Boutilier.
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`This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna first shares a local perspective from the homelessness forum at the INVISTA Centre. Then, it’s coverage of Bill 23 with Queen’s University environmental sciences master’s student Mary Anne Schoenhardt and Cataraqui Conservation General Manager Katrina Furlanetto sharing environmental concerns about the bill.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks with pianist, composer and vocalist Michael Kaeshammer who is performing at The Grand Theatre this Friday night. Then, he speaks with Queens University music collective QWave founder Adam Ben David.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna first covers Kingston Cohousing, then he interviews Queens University computer science student Nicolas Brasset who has recently started an odd jobs phone service.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks with playwright, composer and performer Haley Sarfeld about Half Past Lunchtime which was part of this year’s Shortwave Theatre Festival. Then Karim covers The Kingston Symphony’s upcoming show, Score: The Art of Video Game Music coming up this Saturday at The Isabel Bader Centre For The […]
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks first with Wendy Huot, Owner and Operator of The Screening Room to learn more about the process of how the independent movie theatre acquires films. Then, it’s coverage of the human chain that was formed on Saturday in support of the people of Iran.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks with Callie Hill from Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na about a mentor-apprentice program for learning the Mohawk language. Then, it’s a conversation about what it means to run free with National Race Director of The Secret 3K Tarra Williamson, and finally he shares coverage of a new exhibit […]
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks with incumbent Mayor Bryan Paterson, then covers local automotive marketplace startup Vendde and finally engages in a conversation with Kingstonian street luger Nick Kamink.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna visits the encampment just outside the Integrated Care Hub and interviews a resident about their fears and concerns. Then, it’s coverage of CFRC’s centennial including conversations with Community Radio Fund of Canada Executive Director Alex Freedman, along with two CFRC volunteers who received achievement awards for over […]
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna chats with Dr. Maxwell Hartt about how demographic shifts are affecting communities. Then, Karim shares interviews from the sacred fire at City Park, and coverage of the Youth Imagine The Future Festival.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks with Voltari President Tim Markou about the installation of Canada’s first EV marine supercharger in Kingston. Then Karim covers the global climate strike rally, and finally a conversation with Kingston WritersFest Artistic Director Aara Macauley.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna covers Flix Bus’ expansion into Kingston. Then he speaks with internationally renowned muralist Peru Dyer Jalea who is creating Kingston: A Moment In The City, followed by an interview with Schulich Leader Scholarship recipient Vivian Hughes.
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This week on Citizen K, Karim Mosna speaks with Métis site specific artist Tracey-Mae Chambers about her #hopeandhealingcanada installation at St. Lawrence College. Then, he covers United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington’s 2022 campaign goal.
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This week on Citizen K, Karim Mosna speaks with Joshua Awoulsi from the Queen’s University International Centre about how ‘Welcome Week’ eases the transition for international students. Then, Karim speaks with documentary film director Robbie Hart about the new film IceBreaker playing at The Screening Room this Friday night.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks with Ovarian Cancer Walk organizers, and Queens PhD students Jacob Kment and Farzaneh Afzali. Then, a moving conversation with Vahid Saadati who is behind “The Welcome Mat.”
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna covers the “Neur Run” a fundraiser in support of Centre for Neuroscience studies students at Queen’s University, then he speaks with Queens’ Health Sciences student Ervis Musa, a recipient of the Sharon Johnston Youth Award from the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks with Korey Pash, PHD candidate in Political Studies at Queen’s for perspectives on the devastating flooding in Kentucky, then he speaks with poet, artist and St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church member Judith Popiel about a fundraiser this Saturday in support of new Ukrainian families […]
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna covers two inaugural Queens’ camps bringing youth from across the province to campus for hands-on learning experiences in engineering. The camps include: Black Youth in STEM and Queen’s Summer Engineering Academy for Girls.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna first speaks with Xinyu Sun (PhD candidate, Biology) to learn how heatwaves are affecting lakes, then Mosna interviews Queen’s Professor of Medicine, Dr. Stephen Vanner to learn about a new discovery of a gut bacterial ‘super-producer’ of histamine that causes pain flare-ups for some patients with irritable […]
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This week on Citizen K with host Karim Mosna, we provide coverage of the upcoming City of Kingston report on Patry’s Davis Tannery proposal coming out on Friday. In this coverage, Mosna chats with Kathleen O’Hara No ClearCuts Kingston co-founder, and Tatyana Zaremba, environmental specialist with the Patry development team.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna first shares his interview with Umicore CEO Mathias Miedreich, with us to chat about the first electric vehicle battery materials plant of its kind in North America coming to Loyalist Township. Following this is a conversation with Claire Notman from the Museum of Health Care about the […]
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This week on Citizen K host Karim Mosna covers first, Summer Orientation at Queen’s, followed by an interview with Turtles Kingston Director Tara Bauer, and finally a conversation with Sistema Kingston Director Karma Tomm about how a very generous donation from Bader Philanthropies will fund Sistema for the next several years.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna covers the launch of the first commercially available electric boat in Canada, then information on free art classes through the Marine Museum of The Great Lakes and the Queen’s Gaels Women’s Rugby team will be facing two U.S. National teams later this month.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna covers first, Eco-Adventure Camp, followed by a conversation with CBC host and BuzzFeed writer Elamin Abdelmahmoud, and finally stories from newcomer youth.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna covers first, Queen’s PHD student collaboration with Ottawa based ABLE2 to recruit and retain volunteers, followed by coverage of National Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebrations including the grand opening of Tipi Moza’s new transitional housing unit, and finally coverage of the Newcomer Youth event this Saturday at Kingston […]
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This week on Citizen K, in the first segment, host Karim Mosna looks at a project where students from the Smith School of Business Executive Master’s of Business Administration (EMBA) program give back to the local community by building bicycles in a YMCA partnership. Mosna also provides details on a food pilot project from local […]
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This week on Citizen K, Karim Mosna sits down with CBC Radio’s Shelagh Rogers to look back on her start in broadcasting here at CFRC, and her thoughts on campus and community radio today. Karim also explores a new exhibit at The Tett Centre celebrating education in Nigeria, and he speaks with Islamic Society of […]
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On this week’s Citizen K, Karim Mosna chats with each of the local candidates about the key issues they hope to tackle right away. Then he chats with Dajana Turkovic, an analyst working on the Workforce Development and In-Migration Strategy to learn more about current challenges in recruiting and retaining workers.
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In this episode of Citizen K, Ontario Nurses’ Association President Cathryn Hoy responds to local candidates’ comments on healthcare, and provides context on Bill 124. We also spoke with Wendy Vuyk from Kingston Community Health Centres about the Kingston Speaks Inclusion Project, which surveys local residents about their interactions with police in areas including equity, inclusivity […]
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In this pilot episode, host Karim Mosna first explores the special City of Kingston Council meeting on May 12th 2022 regarding the Belle Park encampment and Council’s decision to ‘pause’ eviction of homeless individuals residing in the space. In the next segment, Lisa Kerr, Assistant Professor of Criminal Law at Queen’s University shares insights on […]
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