With an eye to power, Justin Brake and his guests will take a closer look at issues that matter to Newfoundland and Labrador. Featuring news reporting, one-on-one interviews and investigative journalism, berrygrounds will dig into stories in ways other media don’t.
That means critical examination of our deeply rooted beliefs and assumptions. It means exposing power structures that serve decision-makers, corporate interests, and other people of influence. And it means holding power to account.
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?
A billionaire-owned company with ties to Premier Furey is first out of the gate in the province's wind-to-hydrogen industry. But residents on the Port au Port Peninsula—many of them Indigenous—are pushing back, saying the proposed megaproject threatens their land, water and way of life.
On berrygrounds this week, Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei tells us why politicians—and all of us—should heed Martin Luther King’s warnings about supposed allies in the fight to end racism.
Former Provost and Vice President Academic Noreen Golfman gives us an inside look at how deeply entrenched is the idea that MUNL exists first and foremost to serve corporate interests and the economy.
Hosted by journalist Justin Brake, ‘berrygrounds’ will critically examine key issues facing Newfoundland and Labrador.
