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CKUT's Sales God

Meet Louise Burns, the sales and administrative coordinator of McGill's campus community radio station, CKUT, from 1991-2023. Job description includes: fighting top gun event promoters, making ads for reggae DJs and being a badass. Tune in to hear us talk free speech, the occasional importance of passivity, elitism in activism, and more.

The Professional Witness

Meet Howard, Solin Hall’s housing attendant for the past 20-or-so years. Job description includes: cleaning student barf, dealing with roomie conflict, chatting with Vlad (trusted colleague) in the main office and being generally awesome. Tune into this episode to hear Howard speak about Grimes, homemade ketchup, and a near-death experience.

Viva La Resistance!

In this episode, Sasha meets with two floor fellows heading the Floor Fellows strike for better wages (and general treatment). Tune in to hear the behind the scenes story of how McGill treats its workers, and what people there are doing about it. Here is a link to the petition mentioned in the podcast. [https://afpcquebec.com/en/mcgill-university-members-voted-for-a-strike-now-need-your-support/]

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Meet Sasha and Gabriel, two students looking to make connections with the workers of McGill University. Follow along as they discover McGill’s ugly truths, cherished memories, and everything in between from the very people who have been working there the longest. Welcome to Conversations In Corridors.