Team Advantage joins forces with Team Unmaking Saskatchewan to dig into just what is wrong with our provincial wings of the New Democratic Party. The liberal outsider in Nenshi and the establishment backed pragmatist in Beck both seem allergic to doing politics. Are left populism and robust social democratic policy impossible here, or is there another path these parties could take.

Resources:

• From Left to Right: Saskatchewan's Political and Economic Transformation by Dale Eisler

• Who is the NDP for? by Haseena Manek

• "My quality of life has been compromised": U of S study finds STC closure has had a devastating impact on Saskatchewan people by Sara Birrell

• Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences by Anton Jäger

Related Episodes:

• Vote No! Calgary's Olympic Bid, Which Is Class War

• The Fall of Saskatchewan: The Sask Party Under Brad Wall

In Alberta as elsewhere reactionary backlash is targeting trans people, particularly trans children. Team Advantage examines the framing of this backlash and explores how it may be rooted in the cultural construction of childhood and education. We also review the history of trans identity, working towards a better framing and ways to stand in solidarity with trans children

CONTENT WARNING - Discussions of childhood sexual abuse and suicide. Timestamp: 22:30- ~28:30. Also flagged in the audio so you can skip to avoid.

• Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson,

• How To Bring Your Kids Up Gay by Eve Sedgewick

• Kinderkommunismus by KD Griffiths and JJ Gleeson

• Ethics in the Light of Childhood by John Wall

• Solidarity with Children - An Essay Against Adult Supremacy by Madeline Lane-McKinley

• Wrong Again: The political evolution of "parental rights" CCPA Our Schools / Our Selves - Summer / Fall 2025

• The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century by Kathryn Bond Stockton

In 2024 university campuses across Canada saw encampments and other protest actions. In a new book and podcast series Dr. Roberta Lexier places these actions within the broader history of student activism in Canada since the 1960s. In this discussion we ask her how student activism differes between Québec and the rest of Canada, how radical praxis can be maintained in a rapidly turning over student population, how student activism intersects with off-campus politics and when and why the state responds with violent force.

Follow Dr. Lexier at @robertalexier.bsky.social and check out her work here:

• Book - Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today
• Podcast - Student Power: A Canadian Student Movement History Podcast