Tune in Sunday November 3rd at 4pm for the first episode of Twelve Canadians, a new series by Dave Kattenburg.
The series features half-hour audio docs and accompanying stories about Canadians who are building a better world from the inside out. Sundays episode features Winnipeg’s Social Enterprise Center which raises skills, creates jobs, and builds community.
CKUW has been awarded a grant under the Resonating Reconciliation project of the NCRA. Chris Reed and Stacey Lee Wozny are working on a documentary examining government agencies and their responsibility in assisting with reconciliation for Indian Residential School survivors. Once complete, the documentary will be aired on CKUW and on other NCRA stations across Canada.
You can find out more about the NCRA and Resonating Reconciliation here: ncra.ca/resonating
Our news department is led by news director Michael Welch and assistant Jordan Poitras, a team that recently won a national award at the NCRA Community Radio Awards. Our feature news program ‘People of Interest’ can be heard Monday through Wednesday at 8am. Other local programs on CKUW cover a wide range of topics including:
The news department blog can be found here: ckuwnews.ca
The UWSA Freestyle Festival runs Sep 30 – Oct 5th. Many great events on campus including breakdance battles, films, basketball tourney and NYC graf artist Cey Adams,
Freestyle Radio is on the air every day from noon to 1pm.
Interested in taking a shot at radio stardom?
We are now taking sign ups for our Culture Days event. This is your chance to be a DJ on CKUW’s airwaves or just drop by to see how our station works (no sign up necessary!)
For more details or to sign up for an on-air spot go to ckuw.ca/diydj
Room 4CM11, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3B 2E9
Office: (204) 786-9782, Studio: (204) 774 6877, Fax: (204) 783-7080, E: ckuw@uwinnipeg.ca
