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An inside look at Jenn Thornhill Verma’s and Leila Beaudoin’s Indy series about fish and the sea.

A growing number of people are joining the annual May Day (aka International Workers’ Day) event in St. John’s. And that tells us something important about Newfoundland & Labrador’s labour movement, says journalist and author Rhea Rollmann. In Episode 8 of berrygrounds, we speak with Rollmann about what changes are happening in Newfoundland and Labrador’s labour movement. Rollmann, who also has a background in labour organizing and queer and trans activism, also shares some insight into her forthcoming book, “A Queer History of Newfoundland”.

The Liberals’ new pay equity legislation isn’t sitting well with advocates. It’s missing critical details and doesn’t apply to most women and non-binary workers in NL. We speak with Telegram reporter Juanita Mercer and NL Federation of Labour President Jessica McCormick.

Vianne Timmons may be gone, but the controversy around her claims of Indigeneity have brought two key issues to the fore: race-shifting and the crisis in governance at Memorial University.

Memorial University President Vianne Timmons says she has always been clear that she has Mi’kmaw ancestry, or heritage, and that she’s not Mi’kmaw. But in a settler colonial society like Canada’s, claiming Indigenous ancestry in professional biographies or on resumes is anything but clear, says Cree journalist Michelle Cyca.

Learning of his Mi’kmaw ancestry came as a surprise to Justin Brake, who always considered himself a Newfoundlander. What might it mean, he asks, to ethically explore the question of his identity?