Here are the videos taken during the North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress 2016 at University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Videos are only for the sessions, papers, and plenaries that were videotaped by Ric Lim for informational and documenting purposes as part of the documentary on Mincome: Manitoba’s Great Experiment (Also check out “The Story of Ron” video under the media page. Audio is an excerpt from the NABIG 2016 congress day 1 speech of Dr. John Rook).
Please note that these are rough cut and have pretty much been left as is to keep as much information in tact as possible. This means there were some shots where the camera was ON but have visible shakes and movement when it was being moved or adjusted. The videos have not been quality checked or reviewed at this time.
Most of the sessions that were videotaped are complete except for a couple session/plenary with few missing parts when the camera went OFF.
Day 1 On Videos
Panel One – Creating a social movement: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
- Jamie Swift – “Making the case in Kingston and beyond”
- Pamela Cornell – BIG: Making the case on street
- Roberta Hamilton – Making a feminist case
- Q & A
Paper Session One – Reforming Welfare State Policies and Programs
- Josh Brandon, Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, “Basic Income and EIA: sidestepping the “welfare wall” (with missing parts)
- Dario Cidro, Manitoba Basic Income Network, “Overcoming Homelessness in Winnipeg through Basic Income: Promise, Contradictions, and Potential”
- Dr. John Rook, Director of Programs and Strategic Initiatives, The Mustard Seed, “Thinking about Thinking: How Receiving Income Can Impact an Individual’s Outlook”
- Q & A
Day 2 On Videos
Panel Two (A) – Racialized Poverty and the Promise of the Basic Income Guarantee
- Michel Kerr, Colour of Poverty Campaign
- Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University
Paper Session Two – Basic Income Experimentation and the Economic Context
- David Calnitsky, Ph.D Candidate, Dept of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison – “When Poverty Disappears: Work, Social Stigma, and Violence in the Manitoba Mincome Experiment”
- Karl Widerquist, SFS-Qatar, Georgetown University – “Possibilites and Pitfalls for a Basic Income Pilot Project”
- John Mills – “Where Capitalism Fails and How Basic Income Will Help”
- Q & A
Paper Session Three – Philosophical Issues
- William David Clegg – “Trading Dysfunction for Freedom”
- Karl Widerquist, SFS-Qatar, Georgetown University – continued on this A.M.’s talk on Pitfalls of Pilot Projects
- Ashley Engel, First Unitarian Society in Newton – “The Radical Egalitarian Case for Basic Income: The Importance of Time Inequities and Cognitive Burdens”
- Q&A
Third Plenary Presentation
- Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University
Topic: The Racialization of Poverty: Canadian Perspective
Fourth Plenary Presentation
- Jurgen De Wispelaere, University of Tampere (Finland)
Topic: The Politics of Piloting A Basic Income: Reflections on the Finnish Experiment
Day 3 On Videos
Paper Session Four (B) – Effects of Basic Income
- Carter Vance, Algoma University – “Child Welfare Reform: The Possibilities of Basic Income”
- Maria Wong, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter – “Women for Freedom and Economic Security”
- Clayton Tucker – “Universal Social Security: How to Restart the American Dream”
- Q&A
Paper Session Five (B) – Economics of Basic Income
- Tristan Roberts, Basic Income Action, Basic Income Project – “Digital Currencies as a Method for Equality”
- Wolfang Price, Council for a 21st Century Progressive Economy – “BIG in the Age of Robots”
- Mark Lo Scerbo and Dario Cidro, Manitoba Basic Income Network – “Crowdfunding through BasicIncomeWinnipeg.com: Status and Implications for the Basic Income Movement”
- Q&A
- Ryan Meili, Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan
Topic: The Upstream Approach: Making the Health Case for Basic Income
(with special introductory musical performance by Brandy Moore)
Panel Three (B) – Violence Against Women and Guaranteed Livable Income
- Maria Wong, Vancouver Rape Relief
- Jacquie Lewis, Vancouver Rape Relief
- Jaclyn Chang & Sarah Mah, Asian Women’s COalition (Vancouver & Montreal)
- Angela Lavallee, Mama Wi Chi Itata (Winnipeg)
- Evelyn Forget, University of Manitoba
Paper Session Six (B) – Basic Income Schemes and Disasters
- Harvey Stevens and Wayne Simpson, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba – “The Design and Financing of A National GAI for Canada. A Refundable Tax Credit Financed by the Elimination of Non-Refundable Tax Credits”
- Tracy Smith-Carrier, King’s University College at Western University; Steven Green, King’s University College
- Jurgen De Wispelaere, University of Tampere (Finland) and Lindsay Stirton, University of Sussex (UK) – “Implementing Universal Basic Income: Lessons from A Policy Fiasco Analysis”
- Q & A
Day 4 On Videos
Seventh Plenary Presentation
Paper Session Seven – Implementation of Basic Income
North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) Congress 2016 