Here's a two-part video I stumbled across on YouTube about the “Making the Links” program for U of S medical students which takes them to First Nations communities in northern Saskatchewan, rural villages in Mozambique and to the SWITCH (Student Wellness Initiative Toward Community Health) clinic that Ryan Meili co-founded in Saskatoon's inner-city. The “Making […]
I don't know how many of these videos Ryan has up his sleeve but the first on Aboriginal Issues and now this one on Agriculture make me excited to see the rest – they're very professionally done and give a great insight into his way of thinking. The strategy of creating these videos reminds me […]
Found this on Ryan's Facebook page where he labeled it “My Favourite Endorsement Yet…From a U of S Student”Dear Ryan Meili, I was in attendance at the U of S leadership forum. Of all the candidates, I thought you were the most compelling. However, and I mean this with no disrespect, how do you expect […]
When I first started following the NDP leadership race, I observed that there were many similarities between Ryan Meili and Barack Obama (and by extension, I saw Dwain Lingenfelter as playing the Hillary Clinton role – inevitable front-runner with name recognition and deep party ties being challenged by young upstart community organizer.) One of the […]
This is a video montage I made about the Ryan Meili campaign, set to “Canadian Skye” by Spirit of the West…
Accidental Jurist has an excellent analysis of the campaigns so far of each candidate in the provincial NDP leadership race – how they got into the race, what they've done so far, the strategies they'll need to be successful now that the membership deadline has passed and the campaign's entered its final phase. Lingenfelter – […]
The NDP has released the names of everyone who has donated over $250 to one of the leadership candidates so far and I have to say, even as a Ryan Meili supporter, I was surprised to see that, when you look at the donations from individuals, Ryan has raised nearly as much as Lingenfelter – […]
David Forbes, a sitting MLA, endorsed Ryan Meili today adding to the momentum that the campaign is building heading into the final weeks of the campaign. Buried near the end of the story is the fact that the local CTV affiliate took the opportunity at the press conference to ask a question about Ryan being […]
For an interesting counterpoint to Meili's position on the possibility of a nuclear reaction for Saskatchewan (see below), read Dr. Jim Harding's excellent essay on Dwain Lingenfelter's position, “Trapped by History“. (Edit: Accidental Deliberations has more on this subject as well.)—NEWS RELEASEMarch 31, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENuclear Power: Not a Viable SolutionRyan Meili calls of NDP […]
When I first started looking into the NDP leadership race, I went to the now obligatory Facebook fan pages of each of the four leadership candidates. I was a bit shocked to see that Dwain Lingenfelter had almost twice the number of supporters that Ryan Meili had – even though Meili was the much younger […]
