Activists Make History: A New Era for the NDP with Tanille Johnston

About this episode

Tanille Johnston discusses her journey in student organizing and her candidacy for the NDP leadership.

The NDP leadership hopeful reflects on her roots in student organizing to usher in a new era for progressive organizing in the federal NDP. SUBSCRIBE to the Perspectives Journal Podcast and Activists Make History for previous and upcoming interviews with the 2026 NDP leadership race candidates. 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 Indigeno...

People in this episode

Guest: Tanille Johnston

Topics covered

• politics
• Indigenous leadership
• progressive organizing
• NDP leadership
• social democracy

Keywords

• NDP
• Tanille Johnston
• leadership race
• Indigenous
• progressive organizing
• social worker
• city councilor

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NDP, We Wai Kai First Nation, Broadbent Institute

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