Toronto’s Vegetarian Food Fair: The Largest Veggie Festival in North America
From Sept 8 – Sept 10, an estimated 15,000 people will pass through the expansive grounds at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre for the 22nd Annual Vegetarian Food Fair. Over 100 exhibitors will share their knowledge and products with vegetarians and the veg-curious. Those interested in health, animal advocacy, and environmental issues will also enjoy a host of...
Yoga & Veganism/The Roots of Animal Voices
We’re joined by special guest co-host and co-founder of Animal Voices, Ted Grand. We’ll hear about the origins of this very radio show that’s been on the air for over 10 years and what it was like paving the way for this forum of animal advocacy discussion. Ted is also co-founder and co-director of Moksha Yoga...
Vegan Women & Anemia, Food Sensitivities, And The 4 Top Nutrition Tips
As representatives of veganism, if we let our health deteriorate because we’re not taking proper care of ourselves, we fail ourselves, the vegan movement, and the animals we’re trying to save. Vesanto Melina, MS, Registered Dietitian, co-author of Becoming Vegan and several other well-known books, will join us to highlight what we need to know to...
Vivisection in Brazil & Militancy in the Animal Movements
First, director Denise Gonçalves will talk about the new film Não Matarás, which addresses animal experimentation in Brazil (includes subtitles in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese). The film, created by the Instituto Nina Rosa, offers an important snapshot of animal activism in Brazil, and a devastating picture of animal cruelty within research labs and universities. Gonçalves...
Animals in the Crossfire
What happens to animals during times of war? How do animal organizations mobilize in high risk areas? How does war compound existing problems for animals, and also create new ones? We are joined by representatives from two animal organizations, one from Lebanon and one from Israel, to learn more about how animals are tangled up...
Why Birds Sing
In his truly exuberant and awe-inspiring book, Why Birds Sing: A Journey into the Mystery of Bird Song, David Rothenberg engages in a fascinating discussion of music, science, and poetry. As a musician and philosopher, Rothenberg is not satisfied with the standard explanation that birds only sing “to attract mates, to prove their genetic fitness with...
Animal Geographies
What might geography offer to animal studies, and the so-called “animal question”? What is animal geography exactly, and how does this approach challenge, and also build upon, conventional geography? How can an analysis of spatial dynamics potentially contribute to a deeper, more humble understanding of animals? To answer these and other questions, we caught up...
The Primate Freedom Project
It’s hard to believe that primate experimentation still happens today, especially when vivisectors and critics alike agree that there are many similarities between people and non-human primates. Given the evidence, why do these experiments continue? Part of the answer might be that vivisectors, and all those who profit from animal experimentation, have opacity on their...
Stories of Veg*n Inspiration
On this Animal Voices, we share some stories from folks who have gone veg. The show features a collection of diverse tales about what brought people to vegetarianism or veganism. From sudden epiphanies, to gradual transitions, tune in to hear what originally motivated others to make the change. (Soon, we’ll put together a different show...
Helping Troubled Teens with Veganism: The Link Between Food and Behaviour
Heart disease, stroke, diabetes, certain cancers — we’ve all heard how eating meat and dairy can affect our physical health. But what about our mental health? Especially in developing children, can veganism be the answer to perceived behavioural disorders and even low grades in school? One of the only people to have studied this topic, Antonia...
The Way We Eat: Jim Mason Interview
We connect with Jim Mason, co-author of the book The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter. Written with the controversial philosopher, Peter Singer, this new text gives readers an updated version of their previous ground-breaking book Animal Factories, which investigated North American factory farming in the early 1990s. Yet, The Way We Eat does more than provide...
Uniting for Animals in Mexico
Please join us for a conversation with Gerardo Tristan Alvarado, an Indian (Nahuatl = Aztec) descendent and Mexican citizen. He’ll talk with us about the new National Coalition for the Welfare of Animals, which is composed of thirteen animal rights groups across Mexico. According to Alvarado, “We want to create, review and change the laws...
