Small Conversations for a Better World Podcast
Small Conversations for a Better World Podcast with hosts Gillian McCormick and Susannah Steers brings you interviews with experts, thought-leaders and influencers to answer the question "what is health?" More than the absence of disease, health is influenced by our connections and communities and a whole host of factors not always easily understood. Listen in to gain new insights into how to be healthy individuals, families and communities.
Episodes
50 episodes
Conversations About Decolonization, Episode 10 / w Red Stone Snake Woman
Susannah and Gillian get back to their roots with an in-depth conversation with Traditional Knowledge Keeper Red Stone Snake Woman, Jenny Sawanohk. Jenny does not shy away from telling it like it is about Truth and Reconciliation, decolonizatio...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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1:21:38
Conversations About Decolonization, Episode 9 / Urban Indigeneity, Social Movements & Art
In this episode we talk about the final three modules of the Indigenous Canada course including Indigenous in the City, Social Movements and Indigenous Art. Wet’suwet’en:
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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55:50
Conversations About Decolonization, Episode 8 / Indigenous Women
This conversation delves into the lives of Indigenous Girls, Women and Genderful People whose community status, societal roles and responsibilities have been irrevocably changed due to the heteronormative, patriarchal, and misogynist influence ...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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30:57
Conversations About Decolonization, Episode 7/ Sovereign Lands
In this episode of our ongoing journey to learn more about the Indigenous experience of life in Canada, we explore what Indigenous relationship to the land really means. It's a whole lot more than finding a dot on a map! We're referencing Modul...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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42:34
Conversations About Decolonization: Episode 6 / Red Power
By the 1970's and 80's, whether settler Canada understood it or not, the reality was that generations of Indigenous people had attended and/or been scarred by the residential school system. Traditional gender roles and ways of life ...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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35:14
Conversations About Decolonization: Episode 5 / The Modern Indian
This weeks episode centers around the events that bring the Indigenous people from the late 1800's into the modern time. The focus includes economic enterprises that the Indigenous people could engage in, the movement from the reservation to th...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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27:56
Conversations Aboout Decolonization: Episode 4 / Residential Schools
The story of Indian Residential Schools is one of the darkest chapters in Canadian History. Join us as we talk through the reality of Residential School: it's impacts on the children, parents, survivors and communities. This will give the...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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37:42
Conversations About Decolonization, Episode 3 / Legal Traditions
Come with us as we delve into Week 4 of the Indigenous Canada Course all about Legal Traditions. We will cover how Colonial ideas of law are different than Indigenous legal traditions, and how settlers utilized Colonial law to disrupt Indigenou...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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28:05
Conversations About Decolonization, Episode 2 / Treaties
Susannah and Gillian cover week 3 of the Indigenous Canada course. This module covers the history of the treaty process in Canada from the Peace and Friendship Treaties all the way through the Modern Treaties. It is shown that the two sovereign...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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28:05
Conversations About Decolonization, Episode 1 / Indigenous Worldview & The Fur Trade
We're diving into learning about Indigenous History and Culture in Canada with the Indigenous Canada course, developed by the University of Alberta, Faculty of Native Studies. This week we cover a summary of what we learned in Weeks 1 and 2 of ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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42:48
Season 5 Teaser: Conversations About Decolonization
Season 5 of the Small Conversations for a Better World Podcast is coming up in January 2022! This season, we're doing something a little different. We're dedicating this entire season to conversations about decolonization. And we want you...
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Season 5
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18:03
Strength Training and The Menstrual Cycle w/ Amy Bowe
These days, there is more and more evidence to suggest that strength training is beneficial for women of all ages. For a lot of women, that has meant going to the gym and training in exactly the same way a man does. But what if the variab...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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54:41
Housing the Homeless w Sandra Vasquez
With all the election campaigning in Canada in recent weeks, we've heard a lot about affordable housing. What does that really mean for some of the more vulnerable people in our community? In this week's episode, we get down to the nitty-...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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1:07:38
The State of Menopause w/ Dr. Dedeshya Holowenko - Part 2
Joins us for Part 2 of this eye-opening conversation with Dr. Dedeshya Holowenko about menopause. In this episode we discuss the Women's Health Initiative in the early 2000's and how it derailed the treatment of menopaus...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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40:31
The State of Menopause w/ Dr. Dedeshya Holowenko - Part 1
Menopause. Traditionally, menopause has been something we don't really talk about. It has been something that women have had to deal with quietly and often on their own. Today - we're going to TALK about it! Join us for an eye-opening c...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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42:22
Health for Seniors in BC w/ Isobel Mackenzie
Seniors in British Columbia face a range of challenges, from healthcare to housing, finances and personal supports. The Covid19 pandemic exposed many of the ways that we need to think and act differently to better support our seniors in t...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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1:03:20
Big Data w/ Dr. Maya Gislason
Data is, by definition, the facts, statistics and information we gather for research and analysis. In our digital age, data is being produced, analyzed and used in volumes and ways that are difficult to imagine. Among other things, data is the ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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51:08
A Conversation About Trauma w/ Tyler Milley, Part 2
Trigger Warning:In this episode, we discuss mature themes, including issues of violence, indigenous traumas and more. Please consider whether this conversation is appropriate for you and/or others in your environs before pressing...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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32:32
A Conversation About Trauma w/ Tyler Milley, Part 1
Trigger Warning: In this episode, we discuss mature themes, including issues of violence, indigenous traumas and more. Please consider whether this conversation is appropriate for you and/or others in your environs before pressin...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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44:54
Lost Immunity / w Daniel Kalla
Lost Immunity is the latest explosive thriller from international bestselling author and physician Daniel Kalla. In a story with some uncomfortable parallels to the Covid19 pandemic, an experimental vaccine is deployed to battle a lethal outbre...
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Season 4
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Episode 0
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55:24
Food Security: A Social Justice Issue w/ Dr. Tammara Soma
When was the last time you thought about the food you eat - beyond "what's for dinner?" In this our final episode of Season 3, we have a HUGE conversation about food systems and food security with Dr. Tammara Soma, Assistant Profess...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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52:24
Inside Search and Rescue w/ Dave Steers
Do you love to play outside? How much do you know about the skilled volunteers who jump into action to help when things go south for us in the wilderness? Part outdoor adventurers, part community-minded volunteers, Search and Rescue members off...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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56:24
Kangaroo Care w/ Alix Woldring & Sarah Coutts
A conversation about the readiness of British Columbia NICU's to employ a model of care imported from Columbia called Kangaroo Care with the project coordinator and an Independent Consultant working for Perinatal Services. ...
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1:00:06
Concussion & Optometry w/ Dr. Coralee Mueller
Concussion is a confusing, somewhat misunderstood diagnosis that impacts many individuals every day. We have an in-depth conversation about Concussion, to discuss what it is, what happens to individuals who have one and what kinds of things hel...
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1:01:40
Homeless Youth & Bootcamps for Change w/ Katie Heggtveit
Homelessness is a pervasive and growing problem in Canada. It is both a cause and a consequence of many serious problems around a person's health and wellbeing. When homelessness strikes for our youth, those problems can be amplified expo...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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55:25