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Tanille Johnston is a social worker, city councilor, and candidate running to be the next leader of the federal NDP. A member of the We Wai Kai First Nation, she has led an impactful career in Indigenous health and social work before joining the NDP leadership race with a broad policy platform focused on equity, affordable housing, accessible healthcare and childcare, climate action, and stronger Indigenous representation in decision-making.
On this episode of Activists Make History, host Peggy Nash talks to Johnston about her roots in student organizing and ambitions for Canada’s NDP.
Activists Make History with Peggy Nash is a new podcast series from Perspectives Journal that finds the political underdogs and asks how they got started, against the odds, to fight for progressive change. This series has been made possible with the generous support of Unifor.
