Small Conversations for a Better World Podcast

By: Gillian McCormick Susannah Steers
  • Summary

  • 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.
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Episodes
  • Conversations About Decolonization, Episode 10 / w Red Stone Snake Woman
    May 13 2022

    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, decolonization, land back and the 8th Fire Prophesy.

    https://www.redstonesnakewoman.ca/

    https://fncaringsociety.com/7-free-ways-make-difference

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvol_Looking_Horse
    Search for him on Youtube!

    Remember Me: A National Day of Remembrance, Sept. 30, 2022
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vzLFjbC8Lk

    www.RememberMeSeptember30.org

    Trick or Treaty Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAGHDrSRd4k

    Find the Indigenous Canada Course:
    Indigenous Canada via Coursera.org
    Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

    Discover Small Conversations on Social Media
    Instagram
    Facebook
    Twitter

    Find Susannah Steers at www.movingspirit.ca and on social media @themovingspirit.

    Find Gillian McCormick at https://physiogillian.com/ and on social media @physiogillian.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Conversations About Decolonization, Episode 9 / Urban Indigeneity, Social Movements & Art
    Apr 29 2022

    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:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Canadian_pipeline_and_railway_protests

    @hesquiaht Carol Anne Hilton, MBA
    @helen_knott Helen Knott
    @KimTallBear Kim TallBear
    @DecolonizeWealth
    @Qchasinghorse Quannah Chasinghorse
    @_IllumiNatives IllumiNative

    National Association of Friendship Centres https://nafc.ca/?lang=en

    Neechi Commons https://neechi.ca/

    First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) https://www.fnha.ca/
    First Nations Health Council (FNHC)
    https://fnhc.ca/
    First Nations Health Directors Association (FNDA)
    https://fnhda.ca/

    Nadia Myre - http://www.nadiamyre.net/

    “Indian Act” - https://150ans150oeuvres.uqam.ca/en/artwork/1876-indian-act-by-nadia-myre/#description

    Christy Belcourt - http://www.christibelcourt.com/Artist/aboutstatement.html
    “Walking with our Sisters” -
    http://walkingwithoursisters.ca/about/
    Rebecca Bellmore -
    https://www.rebeccabelmore.com/
    “Trace” -
    https://www.rebeccabelmore.com/trace/
    Brian Jungen
    https://art21.org/artist/brian-jungen
    Duane Linklater
    https://duanelinklater.com/

    “Modest Livelihood”
    https://www.banffcentre.ca/modest-livelihood#:~:text=Shot%20by%20a%20professional%20camera,three%20families%20as%20they%20hunt

    Indian Group of Seven: https://www.native-art-in-canada.com/indiangroupofseven.html
    Bill Reid
    https://www.billreidgallery.ca/pages/about-bill-reid

    The Frog Radio - @thefrogradio (IG)

    The 1491s - Indigenous Improv Group
    https://www.youtube.com/user/the1491s

    Do your own search for more Indigenous Creators.

    Find the Indigenous Canada Course:
    Indigenous Canada via Coursera.org
    Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

    Discover Small Conversations on Social Media
    Instagram
    Facebook
    Twitter

    Find Susannah Steers at www.movingspirit.ca and on social media @themovingspirit.

    Find Gillian McCormick at https://physiogillian.com/ and on social media @physiogillian.

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    56 mins
  • Conversations About Decolonization, Episode 8 / Indigenous Women
    Apr 15 2022

    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 of colonial settler culture.

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Genderful

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/afdhelaziz/2020/10/09/how-supercool-queer-owned-boy-smells-celebrates-a-genderful-lifestyle/?sh=142323df6794

    Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - March 2 2021 by Caroline Criado Perez

    The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male Female Roles Author(s): Emily Martin https://web.stanford.edu/~eckert/PDF/Martin1991.pdf

    “Reclaiming Power and Place” Final Report
    https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/

    Metis Perspectives on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and LGBTQ2S+ People. https://metiswomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/LFMO-MMIWG-Report.pdf

    Find the Indigenous Canada Course:
    Indigenous Canada via Coursera.org
    Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

    Discover Small Conversations on Social Media
    Instagram
    Facebook
    Twitter

    Find Susannah Steers at www.movingspirit.ca and on social media @themovingspirit.

    Find Gillian McCormick at https://physiogillian.com/ and on social media @physiogillian.

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    31 mins

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