Unapologetically Canadian Podcast
1) Endings and Beginnings
The ending of one year the beginning of another provides us a great time to reflect and strategize for the coming year. In 2024, I learned that it takes many people to ensure access to healthy food, ...Show More
2) The Great Cycle Challenge Canada Fundraiser
We are now in the second week of the Great Cycle Challenge in Canada. I thought this would be a good time to meet Ian Parker, who directs fundraising for the Sick Kids Foundation. We spoke about insp...Show More
3) Get Out of a Rut With Christine Sauer
Christine Sauer is a neuroplasticist turned coach who helps women struggling with depression and other mental health issues thrive.
4) Reid Allaway and Tourne-sol's elec-truck project
I spoke to project head Reid Allaway about organic vegetable and seed farm cooperative Tourne-sol's operations, protecting farmland as a commons and how they went about getting a fully electric truck.
5) Getting history right with Irene Moore Davis
This is my interview with Irene Moore Davis, a woman who descends from Black pioneers settlers who lived in Southwestern Ontario in the nineteenth century. She speaks, teaches and writes about Black h...Show More
6) 2022 Let's Go!
Okay 2022, we're ready for you. I hope. With COVID still on and so many government restrictions underway, how can we creatively lead sustainable lives while thriving? My word of the year: courage. The...Show More
7) Writing up the ancestors with Janice Hamilton
It was a joy to speak with journalist and genealogist Janice Hamilton about her ancestors, her recent book "Reinventing Themselves," and surprises she's discovered while researching and writing her fa...Show More
8) Creating diversity via permaculture with Stefan Sobkowiak
Stefan Sobkowiak spent twenty years turning a traditional commercial apple farm into an extraordinary oasis of permaculture diversity. He's deeply grateful for that abundance, which defines Canada for...Show More
9) How Lloyd Whitesell challenges norms
Lloyd Whitesell challenges norms just by being himself. His academic career began with co-creating the field of queer musicology. He's now among the leaders working to make space for diverse populatio...Show More
10) Motivating Youth with Bineta Ba
When I interviewed Bineta Ba, she was the executive director of Toujours Ensemble, a Canadian non profit association that helps youth succeed at school. As of next month, she'll be leading an internat...Show More