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  • Getting Better at Conflict: Writer, performer, cultural worker and speaker Kai Cheng Thom discusses love, community, and harm

    Getting Better at Conflict: Writer, performer, cultural worker and speaker Kai Cheng Thom discusses love, community, and harm
    Apr 13 2023
    Kai Cheng Thom revisits the themes from her talk "When Things Fall Apart: Conflict, Crisis and Collective Healing in Activist Moments" in a conversation led by Lindsey Nkem and Patchworks podcast co-host Rodney Stehr live at Green College. She asks how can we do conflict in a better way - and how can we avoid the tempting rush towards solutions or punishment when facing a conflict where so much is at stake?
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    1 h
  • Observe, Consider, and Record: Cree author and lawyer Michelle Good talks about her book Five Little Indians

    Observe, Consider, and Record: Cree author and lawyer Michelle Good talks about her book Five Little Indians
    Feb 3 2023
    • Michelle Good's J.V. Clyne lectures.
    • Michelle Good's website.
    • Where to order Five Little Indians.
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    41 min
  • Rethinking Disaffection: Dr. Xine Yao talks about the potential for resistance and transgression in unfeeling and what that means for how we approach texts

    Rethinking Disaffection: Dr. Xine Yao talks about the potential for resistance and transgression in unfeeling and what that means for how we approach texts
    Oct 24 2022

    Check out PHDivas here: https://phdivaspodcast.wordpress.com

    Purchase "Disaffected: The Cultural Politics of Unfeeling in Nineteenth Century America" using discount code E21YAO to get 30% off here: https://www.dukeupress.edu/disaffected
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    59 min
  • A Lifetime Advocate: Patsy George discusses her childhood in Kerala, coming to Canada and becoming a lifelong community organizer

    A Lifetime Advocate: Patsy George discusses her childhood in Kerala, coming to Canada and becoming a lifelong community organizer
    Feb 2 2022
    Originally born during the Second World War in the Southern Indian state of Kerala, Patsy George has spent most of her life doing social work in Vancouver, but she is far more than just a social worker. At various times throughout her career, Patsy has represented Canada to the United Nations, was Director of Multiculturalism BC and BC's Immigrant Settlement Services, she was President of Vancouver's United Nations branch, Vice-President of the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women, helped found the Steven Lewis Foundation, Vancouver's Society of Immigrant Women and Pacific Immigrant resources Society, was an honorary witness to the truth and reconciliation Commission, and served on the Federal Refugee Appeal Board. Patsy has received honorary doctorates from UBC and the University of the Fraser Valley, as well as the Order of British Columbia, the Order of Canada and several Queen's Jubilee medals among many other awards for her community work. In this episode, Patsy talks about her childhood in Kerala, her experiences of racism in the United States, and her career as a social work in in Canada, including what it means to her to do work not in the community, but with the community.
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    48 min
  • Through the Lens of Fashion: Fashion curator Jason Cyrus discusses curation, colonization, and cotton

    Through the Lens of Fashion: Fashion curator Jason Cyrus discusses curation, colonization, and cotton
    Dec 13 2021
    • "History is Rarely Black or White" is on at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre between November 27, 2021 to March 20, 2022. 
    • Online Exhibition link
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    42 min
  • Japanese Canadian Incarceration: Mary Kitagawa, Survivor and Social Justice Advocate, Discusses Canada’s Horrible Legacy

    Japanese Canadian Incarceration: Mary Kitagawa, Survivor and Social Justice Advocate, Discusses Canada’s Horrible Legacy
    Nov 9 2021
    • Find out more on the Landscapes of Injustice here: https://www.landscapesofinjustice.com/
    • Find out more on the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre here: https://centre.nikkeiplace.org/
    • Learn about the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program
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    39 min
  • Empire, Colonialism and the Law: Renisa Mawani talks about her work as a historical legal scholar focusing on oceanic law and colonial encounters

    Empire, Colonialism and the Law: Renisa Mawani talks about her work as a historical legal scholar focusing on oceanic law and colonial encounters
    Sep 7 2021

    *At the 46 minute mark in this episode, there is a mention of the discovery of unmarked graves at sites of former residential schools in Canada. At the time of this recording, only two discoveries had been reported in the media and therefore they are the only discoveries mentioned, however, since then, there have been more discoveries of unmarked graves of children at former residential schools across Canada. 
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    52 min
  • An Ocean of Stories: Kalani Reyes talks about the Deep Pacific Podcast

    An Ocean of Stories: Kalani Reyes talks about the Deep Pacific Podcast
    Aug 1 2021

    Listen to Deep Pacific!

    • Temiti's (Samoa/Tahiti) and Carol Ann's (Pohnpei) full pieces from episode 1 of Deep Pacific: "What is my Pacific Islander Identity?"
    • Lisiatē's (Tonga) full piece from episode 6 of Deep Pacific: "What are our Pasifika Values?"

    Visit us on our Patchworks website!

     

    Other Podcasts from the Pacific:

    • The Mo'unga Project
    • Native Stories
    • Queer Coco
    • Fanachu! Podcast

    Work from the council:

    • Måsi 

     

     
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    1 h et 33 min