Host Dinah Jansen brings you community submitted recipes to help you stretch your food reserves, save a little money, and avoid extra trips to the grocery store during isolation. In this episode, we feature recipes involving lentils including some lentil soups, curry, chili and more! Brought to you by amazing Kingston community members in the Caremongering YGK/Kingston Facebook page! Featuring music as well from amazing Kingston musicians including Jon McLurg, Anthea Fever, Chris Murphy & Friends, John Rose, and Spencer & Oscar Evans!

For four days in October 1932, during the height of the Great Depression, prisoners at Kingston Penitentiary revolted, protesting conditions in the prison until the guards and militia regained control. The shock of this event led to public calls for prison reform, changes within the prison system, and eventually the 1938 Royal Commission on the Penal System of Canada. The history of the riot, however, has usually been told using only government reports and newspapers, or relegated to a small part in the biographies of famous individuals. Using previously untapped archival materials – including interviews, letters and manifestos – this talk will focus on what the prisoners themselves thought about their incarceration and the causes of the riot. By exploring the complaints, criticisms, fears, hopes, dreams, and frustrations of the imprisoned, the talk will restore their demands and goals to a central place in understanding this watershed event in Canadian history.

This lecture given by Cameron Willis occurred on November 21, 2019 at 12 noon at City Hall in Kingston, Ontario as part of the Heritage Resource Centre Lecture Series

Want to dig deeper into the domestic issues at the forefront of Canadian election politics right now? Check out this podcast of the Oct. 2nd Roundtable from the 2019 Canadian Federal Election Series presented by the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University.

The domestic issues and their expert panelists are:
Environment: Kyla Tienhaara (Environmental Studies, Queen’s)
Official Languages: Stephanie Chouinard (Political Studies, Queen’s/Political Science, RMC)
Indigenous Issues: Elisha Corbett (Political Studies, Queen’s)
Health: Jenna Healey (History, Queen’s)

Moderated by Christian Leuprecht (Political Studies, Queen’s/Political Science, RMC)

Thank you to Chris Cornish and the School of Policy Studies for furnishing the audio recording of this roundtable. Be sure to visit the Policy Talks page for details on upcoming talks and roundtables!