Podcast appearances and mentions of katie jensen

Today, we're talking to guest Katie Jensen, of Franklin, TN. She's first and foremost a mom and wife, but she's also a NASM certified personal trainer, nutrition coach, and travel planner. With everything she does, she loves empowering people to find happiness and confidence through healthy lifestyles that feel good.She's here today to help us wind up Human Amplified season 5 with ways to incorporate more fun, laughter, and play into your life. Spoiler alert: a lot of this involves how you prioritize, approach, and look at your relationships with other people. We talk about the importance of laughter and fun, changing what you can while accepting what you can't, the importance of knowing you're not alone, giving yourself permission to play, even when life is hard, how to create authentic bonds instead of trauma bonds, processing hard emotions while trying to remain positive, and staying motivated to keep moving forward. This episode is really about finding the silver linings, purposefully changing your attitude no matter what your situation is, and being resilient. Katie is not only great at this professionally, but she gets really honest with us about the realities of living with her daughter who was born with a traumatic brain injury and cerebral palsy, among other life-long diagnoses. Katie has five children all together.So the conversation today comes from the lens of how much Katie loves and dedicates herself to her family and the lessons she's learned from those experiences that translate into how she approaches happiness, joy, and having fun.I'm so excited for the perspective-changing tips you'll get from this episode — and hope that after you've listened, you can take life a little less seriously. Just what we need to end the season that has traversed the depths of identity and self realization.Thanks for listening all season. Thanks for listening today. And, we'll see you back in the podcast apps soon.Now, let's dive in.****Support this podcastRATE AND REVIEW THE SHOWApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/human-amplified/id1454166035Google Review: https://g.page/r/CYfJvrqcOtz2EB0/reviewFacebook Review: https://www.facebook.com/HumanAmplified/Be a guest on the show: https://humanamplified.com/be-our-guestShop my merch! https://humanamplified.com/shopSupport for this podcast comes from Bed of Nails:

Join us for a vibrant conversation with Katie Jensen, an inspiring force in homeschooling circles and a Charlotte Mason enthusiast. A former high school teacher, Katie has transitioned seamlessly into homeschooling, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge and experience. We delve into her journey from formal education to homeschooling, her insights from being a military family, and her passion for the Charlotte Mason educational approach. With Katie's insider tips on teaching writing to kids, you're going to want to have your notebook ready! Fascinated by the Charlotte Mason methodology? We discuss the philosophy's distinct emphasis on using living books, which spark children's curiosity through timeless stories and ideas. We talk about ways to blend diverse subjects into everyday lessons from folk songs, hymns, poetry, to even architecture. Katie also shares her unique perspective on short lessons and building attention spans, which are fundamental in homeschooling, particularly for younger learners.  Yet, our conversation doesn't end there. We also address the often underemphasized skill of writing, sharing approaches for teaching writing at varying age levels. We stress the significance of developing writing skills early on and the potential impact on future career opportunities. Wrapping up the episode, we send you off with a powerful message of encouragement for all homeschooling parents: trust in your abilities! Join us for this enriching conversation and get ready to breathe new life into your homeschooling journey with a Charlotte Mason flair. Charlotte Mason: A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning by Karen Andreola Home Education (The Home Education Series) by Charlotte Mason Philosophy of Education (The Home Education Series) by Charlotte Mason Parents and Children (The Home Education Series) by Charlotte Mason For the Children's Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay Teaching from Rest by Sarah Mackenzie *Please note that some of the links included in this article are Amazon affiliate links. CONNECT with US Join the Private Facebook Group  Connect and follow along with Janae's Journey on Instagram @janae.daniels Learn more about School to Homeschool  

Michael Balazo discusses his hilarious new stand-up album, Michael 1, Comedy 0, the year-in-review and 2023 highlights, co-hosting the Evil Men podcast, travelling back forth between Toronto and England and performing for different audiences, Burton Cummings and the fake Guess Who, seeing James Cameron's Titanic, Metallica, and Ramones, future plans, and much more.Supported by you on Patreon, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.Related episodes/links:Ep. #829: Robert SmigelEp. #691: The Kids in the HallEp. #594: Chris Locke and Seán CullenEp. #568: Michael BalazoEp. #531: Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini of Mouth Congress/Kids in the HallEp. #509: Owen Pallett, Zalika Reid-Benta, Michael Balazo, James Hartnett on Long NightEp. #386: Podcast Summit with Katie Jensen, James Hartnett, Michael Balazo, Michelle Parise, and Tyler Allen on Long Night Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a story about how one couple embarks on a journey of rediscovering their sexual chemistry after 15 years, employing mindfulness, cannabis, and flowstate. Listen as host, Certified Sex Therapist Michelle Fischler, interviews Ellevan and Winny Clarke, hosts of the Disciplined Stoners on how covid helped to reopen their door to sexual exploration.Show Notes:[00:00:17] Michelle introduces the topic of rediscovering sexual chemistry after 15 years using mindfulness and cannabis.[00:02:39] Ellevan talks about mindfulness, flow state, and his interests, including being a freestyler, comedian, singer, and cook.[00:08:26] Winny opens up about her recent transformation, breaking free from old patterns and becoming more confident and curious.[00:13:14] Michelle explains the concept of mindfulness and sensate focus therapy for deeper connections during sex.[00:18:14] Ellevan and Winny's journey with mindfulness and its impact on every aspect of their lives, including sex and eating.[00:22:30] COVID brought them closer and deepened their intimacy, leading to more open discussions about sex and their needs.[00:27:21] They discuss jealousy in their relationship and how they navigate it through open communication.[00:31:00] Winny shares her fantasy but also admits that she's not ready to put it into practice.[00:35:53] The episode ends with a discussion about the importance of embracing mindfulness and breaking societal taboos around sex and body image to create a healthier and more fulfilling intimate life[00:36:11] This show is produced by Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios. Winny Clarke is Netherlands born, Canadian raised, and resides in Toronto. She has been passionate about acting from a very young age, always involving herself in school and community theatre. In 2006, she attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles, where she studied for two years. Upon the program's completion, she moved to Vancouver, where she took to the stage in plays "Here on the Flight Path", "The Wedding Singer", and "Alice in Wonderland". In 2013, Clarke moved to Toronto with a dream of film and television. Since then, Clarke has appeared in 14 feature films, most notably being "Christmas By Chance" airing on Lifetime and the SuperChannel. Clarke is also a yoga teacher with over ten years of experience in the field, a dedicated meditation practitioner, and an animal lover and advocate. Disciplined Stoners is a space where Winny can explore and question her upbringing, decision making, and life's purposeEllevan is an internationally loved vocalist, producer and entertainer from Toronto, Canada. With over 10,000 hours in the field, Ellevan earned his stripes by setting a world record of recording, producing and shooting 365 songs and music videos, in 365 days in 2018. With the buzz of his world record, he then went on an international freestyle tour throughout Indonesia, Jamaica, and U.S.A, sharing his passion for music abroad. He's written for and collaborated with platinum status artists, Karl Wolf and Craig Smart. When he's not in the studio, you can find him on stage for the cannabis friendly series Disciplined Stoners Live, where he, along with a live band, creates songs on the spot via audience interaction and suggestion.Where to find DIsciplined Stoners:Disciplined Stoners: https://www.instagram.com/disciplinedstonersWinny Clarke: https://www.instagram.com/winnyclarkeEllevan: https://www.instagram.com/ellevanmusicSign up for Winny's Mailing List here: http://eepurl.com/gCIZg1Follow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XDoMv08pT9EfyBaCXNnaj?si=7a557f0e0bf14d4dFollow and Listen to Ellevan on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/0G1sZ8clT2oSvzQ3IL2ZRd?si=vJVw9FLyS6GtF453Ny21kQDisclaimer

Today, I had the incredible opportunity to speak with the remarkable Marlee Liss. Marlee is a somatic educator, award-winning speaker, author, restorative justice advocate and lesbian Jewish feminist. Marlee made history in the justice system when her sexual assault case became the 1st in North America to conclude with restorative justice through the courts. Since then, she has coached hundreds of women and non-binary folk in healing shame and transforming trauma. I had the privilege of talking with Marlee about her story, what somatic education is and the positive impact that somatic healing can have for survivors of sexual assault and healing shame. Get ready for a thought-provoking and empowering conversation!Show NotesIntro:[00:00:15] Michelle introduces Marlee Liss, restorative justice advocate, award winning speaker and somatic sex educator[00:00:39] Marlee explains restorative justice and its focus on repair and healing [00:01:19] Michelle discusses Marlee's groundbreaking case and its impact on her sense of self. [00:02:00] Marlee's experience with sexual trauma and questioning her sexuality [00:02:23] Michelle introduces somatic education and its connection to healing [00:03:15] Marlee shares the importance feeling connected with one's body for self-care [00:04:05] The significance of understanding our bodies' needs for healthy relationshipsStart of Interview[00:04:25] Michelle acknowledges Marlee's achievements and discusses restorative justice [00:05:00] Marlee explains restorative justice as an approach prioritizing repair and healing [00:06:06] Michelle asks about the somatic lens in relation to restorative justice [00:07:00] Marlee explores the body's wisdom and the shift from judgment to recognizing function [00:07:53] Marlee shares her journey as a dancer  [00:08:49] Exploring somatics as a means of processing trauma and healing [00:10:25] Michelle discusses the challenges survivors face in intimate relationships [00:11:39] Marlee reflects on her own experience with trauma, sexuality, and self-reflection [00:12:14] The importance of building a loving relationship with oneself [00:13:06] Marlee emphasizes the need to process trauma in a safe environment [00:14:05] Marlee's exploration of her relationship to sexuality and boundaries [00:15:04] Michelle highlights the societal conditioning and scripts around sexuality [00:16:18] Marlee emphasizes the importance of relational healing and communication [00:17:00] Michelle discusses the role of trauma-informed care in sexual relationships [00:18:23] Marlee shares her journey towards liberation and authentic identity [00:19:24] The significance of skillful care and trauma-informed interactions [00:20:08] Michelle emphasizes the importance of setting boundaries and having uncomfortable conversations[00:20:54] Marlee: Talks about the discomfort of setting boundaries in the short term and the consequences of not setting boundaries in the long term. [00:21:20] Michelle: Asks Marlee about the common reasons people seek somatic education. [00:22:21] Marlee: Discusses the unkind conditions of Western society that are unkind to the body, such as capitalist urgency culture, burnout, vicarious trauma, and pressure to heal quickly. [00:23:31] Marlee: Mentions the additional challenges of body shame, body image issues, disordered eating, and the impact of a culture of fat phobia and objectification. [00:24:24] Michelle: Asks Marlee how to approach helping someone with a history of sexual trauma and body discomfort. [00:24:49] Marlee: Emphasizes the collaborative and non-expert approach of somatic education, encouraging clients to tap into their body wisdom and recognizing the brilliance of the body's natural processes. [00:25:37] Marlee: Suggests asking guiding questions to bring someone into their body, such as noticing sensations and exploring the wisdom of certain body movements. [00:26:53] Michelle: Comments on the mindful aspect of the somatic approach and the importance of bringing awareness to the mind-body connection. [00:28:19] Marlee: Defines dissociation as numbing or checking out, and explains the freeze response as a self-protective mechanism that can be observed in animals as well. [00:31:14] Marlee: Defines glimmers as cues of safety and discusses their importance in the healing process. [00:32:31] Marlee: Provides strategies for self-regulation during a trauma response, such as dialoguing with the body, orienting oneself, and using breath and other sensory cues. [00:36:19] Marlee: Talks about her current projects, including a documentary and speaking engagements on topics like restorative justice, trauma-informed pleasure, and queer sex education. [00:37:43] Marlee: Shares her contact information, including her Instagram handle, website, and newsletter. [00:38:58] Marlee: Encourages listeners to reach out [00:39:22] Michelle: Asks Marlee for a helpful message for someone who has experienced sexual trauma. [00:40:26] Marlee: Expresses gratitude for the conversation and thanks the listeners.Where to find Marlee Liss:Marlee Liss's Website and InstagramDon't forget to subscribe to Marlee's newsletter on her website for free resource guides to restorative justice, queer empowerment, and healing after trauma.Institute for Somatic EducationThis show was produced by Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry StudiosShow ideas or questions? Email michelle@getsome.ca and follow me on Instagram @getsome_podcastDisclaimer

Zero gravity does what to erections?! We were fortunate to be joined by the crew of the Sex in Space podcast, which includes Dr. Jane Harrington, Toshiko Frederickson, and Tim Blower, all the way from New Zealand, to take us on an intergalactic sexual adventure through the cosmos and back. We begin with intergalactic astronaut adventures, followed by a descent to Earth to cover the snake clitoris, magical clownfish, kangaroos, aphrodisiacs, and condom tricks. So, if you're ready, let's dive into a fascinating discussion about sex that spans across countless dimensions.Show Notes:[00:00:23]  Has anyone had sex in space?[00:01:15] The majority of people still don't know that the clitoris is an organ. [00:00:58] On my sex fact quest, I came across Sex and Space, a group of fellow sex geeks from New Zealand who have made it their mission on earth to create a space for people to talk and learn about sex across all of its dimensions, even in outer space.[00:02:02] Dr. Jane Harrington, Toshiko Frederickson's, and Tim Blower from the Sex and Space Podcast tell us how they landed on this mission.[00:02:27] How a 16 year old boy answered the question “How do you know when sex is finished?” [00:03:10] The creative way that they came up with the name Sex in Space.00:04:45]  What we know about sex and space and what some of the concerns are.[00:10:30] It's harder to get on The Bachelor than it is to become an astronaut that gets picked to go to space. [00:11:36] Why it took so long to realize that snakes have a clitoris[00:13:58] A trick to making condoms more pleasurable[00:16:26] The importance of mixing humour into conversations about sex[00:16:26 Foods that can increase desire[00:18:02] What is the benefit of a Kangaroo having three vaginas?[00:20:54] You can find Sex in Space on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok @sexandspace.com. Or email: hello@sexandspace.com[00:21:00]This episode was produced by Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios

Have you ever found yourself curious about the unique experiences of being gay in today's world? Join us as we dive into the vibrant, nuanced realm of gay dating, sex, drugs, and masculinity with board-certified sexology educator and host of the Sex Ed With Tim Podcast, Tim Lagman. Known for his unapologetic authenticity as a 'chaotic homo', Tim is dedicated to advocating for LGBT sexual health, pleasure, and social activism. With his charismatic humor and enlightening insights, he'll guide us on an entertaining, laughter-filled journey through the intricacies of gay love and relationships. Get ready to step into a new world, challenge your perceptions, and perhaps discover something extraordinary. Our exploration starts here!Show notes:03:42 What is a Certified Sexology educator05:20 Straight identified men that see gay sex workers09:14 Gay men and body image11:34 Dating on Grindr13:49 Discrimination on Grindr14:34 Performance anxiety 16:40 Sex is more than having a hard penis18:45: Poppers21:24 Crystal meth22:38 HIV epidemic22:45 Unfairness in the healthcare system23:00 Party drugs and gay culture25:12 Harm reduction versus abstinence model26:22 PrEP  (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)32:24 Dating apps33:56 Having clear boundaries35:23 This show is produced by Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios. Show ideas or questions? Email michelle@getsome.ca and follow me on Instagram @getsome_podcastAbout Tim Lagman:Tim is a board certified sexology educator with the American Board of Sexology and a pleasure advocate based in Toronto, Canada. He began his sexual journey through escorting where he worked with a number of clients from different backgrounds and all walks of life ranging from couples, individuals, poly relationships, and everything in between. He then went to obtain his advanced diploma in Business Management and graduated with honours. Combining his knowledge of sex and business, he decided to combine the two fields to start his journey as a sex educator delivering workshops, speaking on panels, shows, and podcasts, and providing expert advice on sexual health publications. In his free time, Tim likes to volunteer and give back to the community through outreach in Toronto's LGBTQ+ scene providing sex education and harm reduction resources to the public. It is his mission in life to make sex fun and funny as he loves to make people laugh and believes in the curative powers of hilarity. Sex is already a sensitive and touchy subject. We might as well laugh at the fart noises!Find Tim Here:https://www.sexedwithtim.com/about-mehttps://www.instagram.com/sexedwithtimhttps://www.instagram.com/gayslutclownResources:This is a list of common party drugs as well as safer substance usage techniques and overdose prevention (http://torontovibe.com/)This one is specifically for crystal meth and finding addiction support (http://himynameistina.com/)This is an interactive platform to see how each party drug interacts with one another (https://combo.tripsit.me/)This is a risk calculator for HIV transmission (https://hivrisk.cdc.gov/risk-estimator-tool/#+mb|iai)Disclaimer

Whether you're trying to buy a house or struggling to find a decent and affordable place to rent, it seems Canadians across this country are experiencing the housing crisis in one form or another. This week on “It's Political,” we look at this growing problem and what politicians have done to address it. We'll first look at the problem from different perspectives with the help of several experts, including: Carolyn Whitzman, the expert advisor to the Housing Assessment Resource Tools Project at the University of British Columbia; Adam Vaughan, the former MP for Spadina—Fort York and one of the architects of the Liberal government's national housing strategy; Mike Moffatt, the senior director at the Smart Prosperity Institute; Rebekah Young, a vice-president and head of Inclusion and Resilience Economics at Scotiabank; Garima Talwar Kapoor, the director of Policy and Research at Maytree; Myriam Mekni, the executive director of the Catholic Centre for Immigrants in Ottawa; Adrian Schut, the director of construction at Habitat for Humanity in greater Ottawa; and Victoria Gibson, the Toronto Star's affordable housing reporter. Then we'll let politicians have their say. Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath, Moncton Mayor Dawn Arnold and Calgary Coun. Courtney Walcott offer their experiences and perspectives. Then, the opposition critics for housing, Conservative MP Scott Aitchison and NDP MP Jenny Kwan, sit down to offer their solutions. Finally, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser addresses concerns the government's ambitious immigration targets might deepen the housing crisis, and lead to more polarization.  Clips this week were sourced from the House of Commons, CPAC, CBC, and TVO. This episode of “It's Political” was produced by Michal Stein and Althia Raj. Kevin Sexton and Katie Jensen mixed the program. Our theme music is by Isaac Joel.

Show notes:00:07 90% of people with a penis who are between 35 and 55 have struggled to get an erection firm enough for intercourse03:17 What is Erectile Self Efficacy?03:40 Autonomous sexual erections aren't realistic04:42 The alternative to panicking and apologizing04:52 The "Good Enough Sex" Model05:26 It's almost always the man's choice to stop having sex07:32 Where did we go wrong in having guys believe that sex is always supposed to be this one way?07:53 Men have been lied to about their sexuality08:21 Responsive male sexual desire08:45 Men lie to each other about sex08:51 Using medications as part of erectile self efficacy09:14 Self-consciousness is the most anti-erotic thing you do09:37 How to reduce performance anxiety10:39 Grandfather of sex, Bill Masters10:50 How do you know a man is cured of erectile dysfunction?11:14 What to say when penetration isn't going to be part of the sexual experience11:33 Good Enough Sex Model and Michael Metz12:37 Working together as an erotic ally13:44 Desire is not based on performance - desire is based on sharing pleasure14:27 Orgasm is not the best measure of satisfaction14:52 Waxing and Waning of erections exercise16:44 Sex is more than penetration16:48 What is sex?17:13 Prostate cancer18:46 How to know when you are ready for penetration?19:34 Why do men fail with pro erection medications?20:17 Pro-penis approach20:48 Medical evaluation is very important21:49 Don't assume that because you have a medical problem, like cancer, diabetes, or heart condition, that you cannot be sexual22:15 Missionary style is not the best position in your 60's. 70's, and 80's25:26 This show is produced by Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios25:32 Show ideas or questions? Email michelle@getsome.ca and follow me on Instagram @getsome_podcastDisclaimer

Curious about the difference between mainstream porn and ethical porn/feminist porn? Do you even know where to find it? Who better to ask than the engaging and dynamic Sonya JF Barnett, RP.  It's rare to find an ethical porn producer/director, turned intimacy coordinator, (yes, we'll talk about that) turned sex therapist! Show Notes:0:24  Playboy Magazine02:06 Risk Aware Consensual Kink RACK02:39 Hump Film Festival07:05 Intimacy Coordinator IC and the Me Too Movement02:44 Dan Savage04:18 Feminist Porn and Ethical Porn 06:36 Erika Lust08:19 HBO10:34 Modesty garments16:18 Kink Fantasy and Kink Protocols18:27 Sasha Grey20:37 Co-founder of Slut Walk Toronto21:51 Viewing porn and shame23:35 Anxiety about watching porn24:05 Sex Therapist27:22 Sue Johanson, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and Sex with Sue 37:47 Produced By Katie Jensen at Vocal Frye Studios  Ethical Porn Recommendations Vetted by Sonya JF Barnett Disclaimer

Katie Jensen discusses her time in the industry and the different programs that have been out there to help women.

Are you considering being a delegated or non-delegated correspondent? Making a change? NMP staff writer Katie Jensen tells you what you need to know.

An Analyst downgraded Rocket Companies's stock to "sell" Wednesday as the stock value was falling by more than 10 percent. Why? And what does Rocket say about its future value? NMP Magazine staff writer Katie Jensen breaks it down.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is top-of-mind for many colleges and universities today. Marketing inclusive content in a respectful manner requires a unique perspective, one that marketers who don't come from an underrepresented group can fully understand and appreciate. Katie Jensen , Associate VP of Insights & Analytics at University of St. Thomas , talks to us about the DEI Viewfinder: an incredible tool that helps empower inclusion at every level of higher education. Join us as we discuss: The DEI Viewfinder's function and purpose (2:13) How the Viewfinder influenced St. Thomas's marketing approach (12:10) Advancements in hiring practices and class diversity (19:18) Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast: Katie Jensen katie.jensen@stthomas.edu University of St. Thomas Inclusive Marketing & Communications: A Practical Approach To hear this interview and many more like it, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or our website or search for The Higher Edge in your favorite podcast player.

Tape/Talk: Acts of Engagement is the 2022 Toronto Biennial of Art Podcast series. This three episode edition revisits the Biennial, which ran from March 26 to June 5, through curator-led engagements. Featuring three Exhibition artists working across different venues and mediums, the series approaches reflection, listening, and learning through an engaging and experiential lens. While in discussion with artists, exhibited works, processes, research, and philosophies are explored. Woven within are diegetic sounds that encourage collective listening—sounds around making, doing, and being. The series provides an opportunity for a wide-rage of audience to access the Biennial content, artists, and curators. Tape/Talk: Acts of Engagement is produced by Roxanne Fernandes in collaboration with Katie Jensen and Ren Bangert of Vocal Fry Studios (@vocalfry). Music is by LAL (@lalforest).

On this Episode of the Drunk on a Bucket Podcast: The boys record at the Truck Yard Houston with special guest Katie Anderson, Katie Jensen, and Brenden O'Leary Tyler's Rant: Astros need to play Mancini The Katie's help with JB's Bumble swipes Last year's experience with kids Did JB get Ghosted? The Rustic, Little Woodrow's, and The Truck Yard Astros Vs. Athletics Score Predictions --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drunkonabucket/support

Working in a family-owned business where its culture is love and respect is rewarding. Employees feel like they are part of a family and are treated with respect and kindness. That is precisely the motivation behind the foundation of the Triton Stone Group. In this episode, Steve Farber is joined by Katie Jensen and Rachel Jones, Co-Founders at Triton Stone Group. Seeing the opportunity to be a part of rebuilding their community after Hurricane Katrina, Katie and Rachel opened the Triton Stone Group. Today, they share the story of how the company was founded, the dynamics of working in a family-run business, and the culture they foster at Triton Stone. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join the Love Is Just Damn Good Business community today:stevefarber.comSteve Farber LinkedInSteve Farber InstagramSteve Farber TwitterSteve Farber FacebookLove Is Just Damn Good Business YouTube

The Toronto Biennial of Art introduces the 2022 Podcast series as a curator-led engagement. Featuring three Exhibition artists working across different venues and mediums, the series approaches reflection, listening, and learning through an engaging and experiential lens. While in discussion with artists, exhibited works, processes, research, and philosophies are explored. Woven within are diegetic sounds that encourage collective listening—sounds around making, doing, and being. The series provides an opportunity for a wide-range of audiences to access the Biennial's content, artists, and curators. Named for – and with a structure inspired by – the radio storytelling format “tape talk”, each episode highlights and reflects upon a conversation between artist and curator engaging through action and place-based experiences.2022 Series: Tape/Talk: Acts of EngagementProduced by Roxanne Fernandes in collaboration with Katie Jensen and Ren Bangert of Vocal Fry Studios.

The Toronto Biennial of Art introduces the 2022 Podcast series as a curator-led engagement. Featuring three Exhibition artists working across different venues and mediums, the series approaches reflection, listening, and learning through an engaging and experiential lens. While in discussion with artists, exhibited works, processes, research, and philosophies are explored. Woven within are diegetic sounds that encourage collective listening—sounds around making, doing, and being. The series provides an opportunity for a wide-range of audiences to access the Biennial's content, artists, and curators. Named for – and with a structure inspired by – the radio storytelling format “tape talk”, each episode highlights and reflects upon a conversation between artist and curator engaging through action and place-based experiences.2022 Series: Tape/Talk: Acts of EngagementProduced by Roxanne Fernandes in collaboration with Katie Jensen and Ren Bangert of Vocal Fry Studios.

Show Notes00:26 What is a sexual narrative?01:02 Sexual facts Vs interpretations01:44 Adding flexibility to your sexual narrative02:24 Sex therapy topics that come up in my practice02:38 Fear of sex02:48 Arranged marriages03:13 Open relationships03:23 Low sex relationships03:26 Affair recovery 03:53 Sex addiction04:37 Gender Journey04:41 Sex therapy clients and their personalities05:25 Talking about sex can bring relief05:52 Sex gets easier to talk about the more you talk about it.06:21 Fertility treatments and sex06:38 Aging and sexuality07:10 Erectile Disappointment07:44 Pro erection medication08:18 Questioning your sexuality08:45 Sexuality on a spectrum10:12 Low sex or sexless relationships11:09 Illness and sexuality13:14 Do you have curiosities about sex?13:58 Confession booth question: I love my girlfriend but I think I may be bisexual. What should i do?15:11 Hard conversations about sex are important and can be helpful16:19 How to have healthy hard conversations about sex18:28 Benefits of sex therapy19:07 Send in questions to michelle@getsome.ca19:47 Produced by Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios.20:04 Follow me on Instagram at GETSOME_PodcastLooking for a Certified Sex Therapist?

In this episode of Frankly Speaking the CEO of Dubai Airports talks to host Katie Jensen about whether Dubai Airports will issue an IPO this year, why sustainability efforts in aviation could mean higher ticket prices for consumers and why Saudi's NEOM flights will provide another boost to Dubai's tourism market.

Show Notes00:00 Introducing Michelle Fischler00:24 Modeling vulnerability 00:43 Building Trust00:50 Master's Degree in Social Work00:54 Oppression and disparities in power01:07 South Africa during apartheid01:12 Sun City01:17 Anti-oppressive framework01:20 Racism01:31 Complicit in ongoing systems of racism, inequality, and injustice01:42 Current knowledge and research on sex is based on White people02:22 Advocate for more diversity in the sex therapy field03:20 Moved from Toronto to South Africa at age 503:33 Hedonistic playground for adults04:04 International boycott against South Africa's apartheid regime04:16 Lived with extravaganza dancers05:18 Father was a Jewish Holocaust survivor05:55 Taught by nuns in a convent06:48 Dream career was to be an extravaganza showgirl dancer07:13 Shamed by the nuns08:23 Internalized shame08:56 Shame into adulthood09:52 Challenge these shame beliefs10:54 Sue Johanson and Dr. Ruth Westheimer11:31 Sex with Sue 12:08 Sexuality starts from a young age12:53 Subscribe wherever you like to listen to podcasts13:05 Show is produced by Katie Jensen at Vocal Frye StudiosDisclaimer

In this episode of Frankly Speaking the President of the World Economic Forum talks to host Katie Jensen about whether the war in Ukraine can be resolved, how to prevent the next pandemic and whether peace can be found in the Middle East, as the world's political and business leaders arrive in Davos for the first in-person meeting in more than two years.

Picture your dream home. Now look down. There's a bright red line keeping you out. The American Dream remains only a dream for our underserved borrowers. Join host Katie Jensen, Staff Writer for American Business Media, as we dive into redlining and the legacy of discrimination.  You'll hear first-hand accounts from those who've had to fight back to achieve their dreams. And we'll challenge industry leaders on how to rewrite this legacy.  Coming May 18th. MortgageNewsNetwork.com

Getting the attention of the press to notice your business is not easy. Journalists and editors are very busy individuals who are always looking for the latest breaking news. If your news story doesn't capture their interest, there's no chance they'll pick it up.Tiktoker Katie Jensen, a journalist herself, shared how businesses can get the press to notice their stories in this video. She enumerated three tips on how to do it.Read full story https://news.kisspr.com/pr/139159

In this episode, we'll talk with a nurse whose interest in the field was sparked after she was the recipient of nursing services as a pregnant young mother. She'll reflect on her current work: harm reduction specific to opioid use and the extensive process to develop a community drug prevention strategy. Observations about community engagement, addressing fear-based perspectives, and reflecting on personal bias will be highlighted for listeners.Stories from the Field is hosted by Maureen Cava and Susan Blue. This series is produced by Katie Jensen and Sabrina Brathwaite of Vocal Fry Studios for the University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. 

The COVID pandemic has been an unprecedented time for public health, and nurses stepped up with passion and commitment in a big way. Our guest describes how nurses facilitated contact tracing, set up large scale vaccination clinics, and provided vaccines to people of all ages, in multiple settings. The stories you'll hear offer a glimpse into what public health nurses in Ontario faced during COVID, and how they embraced the challenge.Stories from the Field is hosted by Maureen Cava and Susan Blue. This series is produced by Katie Jensen and Sabrina Brathwaite of Vocal Fry Studios for the University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. 

Two public health nurses will share the challenges and successes they've experienced while supporting childbearing age families. We'll learn about assessing, planning, and implementing a prenatal group program for new immigrants. We'll also discuss working closely with postpartum families to meet their breastfeeding and infant feeding goals. Both of our guests demonstrate how developing trust, and connecting on the client's terms, are key to making a positive difference in the lives of new and soon-to-be parents!Stories from the Field is hosted by Maureen Cava and Susan Blue. This series is produced by Katie Jensen and Sabrina Brathwaite of Vocal Fry Studios for the University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. 

This episode will introduce listeners to two different areas of public health nursing practice: leading a population health promotion campaign, and working in a school health role. We'll learn about the development of a large-scale campaign to support effective parenting; an example of how public health nursing can influence the entire population. Listeners will also hear how the school public health nurse works with students, teachers, principals, and parents to support the physical and emotional health of children and youth. Each nurse will offer a peek into a typical work day. While their roles are different, similar skills in collaboration, advocacy and innovation are foundational to their work.Stories from the Field is hosted by Maureen Cava and Susan Blue. This series is produced by Katie Jensen and Sabrina Brathwaite of Vocal Fry Studios for the University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. 

We discuss the upstream approach, one-on-one work, and policy development with two chief nursing officers in Ontario. We'll learn what they love about public health and why they've stayed in this field for a combined 44 years. Listeners will gain an appreciation for the difference that public health nurses can make within their communities.Stories from the Field is hosted by Maureen Cava and Susan Blue. This series is produced by Katie Jensen and Sabrina Brathwaite of Vocal Fry Studios for the University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. 

We follow the stories of two public health nurses working directly with clients who are unhoused, underhoused, or living on the streets. Our final guest discusses harm reduction at a population level. All three of these nurses provide insight into an average workday, advice on the kinds of skills that are needed to do their work, and suggestions for nursing students planning out their next steps.Stories from the Field is hosted by Maureen Cava and Susan Blue. This series is produced by Katie Jensen and Sabrina Brathwaite of Vocal Fry Studios for the University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. 

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Why does someone become a public health nurse? A brand new podcast for student nurses, featuring real stories, candid conversations, and snapshots of practising nursing in Ontario. Coming September 2021.Stories from the Field is hosted by Maureen Cava and Susan Blue. This series is produced by Katie Jensen and Sabrina Brathwaite of Vocal Fry Studios for the University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. 

Sarah Nurse was the first Black woman to ever play in an Olympic hockey final. Now, as part of the PWHPA, Nurse (who recently inspired an official Barbie doll in her image) has become a role model for the game’s next generation.Show NotesTo celebrate International Women’s Day, we at Barrier Breakers wanted to celebrate one of the most inspiring and outspoken women in our game: Hamilton’s own Sarah Nurse.As Sarah says off the top of our episode, “It's difficult for women and women of colour to get into hockey because there are so many people telling us that we can't and that we shouldn't.”We’ve talked a lot in this series about the importance of representation in hockey. Until you start seeing players like yourself in the NHL, or on the Olympic stage, it’s tough to truly believe you can make it there. But representation doesn’t come without a fight.Whether it’s said out loud, or communicated in subtle ways, the Game doesn’t always welcome everyone in with open arms. And no one knows this better than the pioneers of women’s hockey. The world of Hockey celebrates the women’s game now—greats like Hayley Wickenheiser, Jayna Hefford, Angela James, and Cammi Granato are all rightfully in the Hockey Hall of Fame. But in the 1950s, a nine year-old Toronto girl named Abby Hoffman had to cut her hair and register as ‘Abe’—a boy—because there was nowhere for women to play. Almost forty years later, the women’s game had triumphantly grown enough to warrant the creation of a World Championship. The first one took place right here in Toronto, in 1987. But the International Ice Hockey Federation—our sport’s governing body—didn’t even want to recognize it at first. It’s been a fight. And yet, the women’s game has never been better. The calibre of play on offer today is exceptional.At the time we recorded this episode, the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association Dream Gap Tour had just made history, rolling into Madison Square Garden. Since then, it has also touched down in Chicago. Join Auston Matthews, Billie Jean-King, Cassie Campbell-Pascall and many more and put a stick in the ground in support of professional women’s hockey. If boys can dream of playing professional hockey, why can’t girls? The times, they are a changin’. And we are very excited that the Maple Leafs have partnered with the PWHPA to be a part of that change.To learn more about the Dream Gap Tour and how you can Put a Stick in the Ground, visit here.A very big thank you to Sarah for taking the time with us, speaking so candidly about her story and her hopes and dreams for the future of the game. Give her a follow on Instagram and Twitter.This has been our fifth episode of Barrier Breakers, our celebration of the amazing Black men, women, players and community organizers who are changing our game for the better. ‘Breaking Barriers’ was co-created by us here at Leafs Forever and Akil Augustine. Today's episode was written by Scott Willats and Paul Matthews, produced by Renita Bangert and Katie Jensen of Vocal Fry Studios for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.Further thanks to digital producer Emily Latimer and Executive Producer Michael Gelfand.  If you liked the episode, tell people about it. And write us a review. Your feedback is always welcome. Especially on this series. Help us think about this issue in new and interesting ways, and if you have story suggestions for the types of things we should be talking about, let us know.

Katie Jensen, president of Triton Stone Group, discusses with Stone World magazine about freight and shipping issues that have continued to persist in the stone industry.

He could have been the Jackie Robinson of Hockey. Born too soon, Herb Carnegie still inspired generations—and left a Marvel-ous legacy.Show NotesHerb Carnegie may not have had the language to call out the racism he encountered in hockey in the 1930s and 40s. But that’s what it was. The game of hockey Herb Carnegie grew up in was staunchly and unapologetically racist. And you can’t  just take that out of the sport and the culture in a decade. Or even over 70 years for that matter. Not without a real reckoning. Hopefully, we’re beginning to have that reckoning in our sport now. We wish Herb was still around to see it. And we hope we can all take his example as inspiration as we push the sport forward. Carnegie was scarred by the barriers that kept him from playing in the NHL, but he was never beaten. Instead, he relentlessly fought for what was good and what was right; for the capacity to make change. The playing field was not level for Herb Carnegie. But he never stopped fighting to make sure it would be for those who came after him. For the good of the game he loved, and the community he called home. Our un-ending gratitude goes to Bernice Carnegie, who has been so instrumental in guiding this episode to life over many, many months. If you liked this episode, please, do yourself a favour and go out and get A Fly in a Pail of Milk. The newest edition of Herb Carnegie’s autobiography now features a second part, written by Bernice. It’s about her father’s life and their relationship - must read stuff. You can find it where better books are sold. Bernice, thank you for your time and your grace and wisdom. We hope, we pray, we did your Dad’s story justice. There is an ongoing petition, led by Herb’s grandson Rane, to get Herb into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Consider giving it a sign. You can check it out here.‘Barrier Breakers’ was co-created by us here at Leafs Forever and Akil Augustine.Today's episode was written by Scott and Paul Matthews, produced by Katie Jensen and Vocal Fry Studios for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.Thanks to associate producers Jay Cockburn, Ren Bangert, Emily Latimer & Erika Dreher, along with Shawna Morrison, Jordan Hayles, Michael Gelfand - for all the help along the way.  

Our hosts talked with Katie Jensen on the impact of RPR!

In recent years—and especially during the Covid pandemic—lots of people have touted the benefits of Canada’s universal health care system. But how universal is it?In Canada, the umbrella of universal health care excludes many services that are essential to Canadians. This includes dentistry, the bulk of mental health services and, most crucially, pharmaceuticals. Even before the pandemic hit in March 2020, Canadians were having trouble paying for their prescription drugs. According to a report from the Canadian Nurses’ Union, one in 10 Canadians don’t take their medications regularly because they can’t afford the out-of-pocket costs. Most health care workers have been aware of our system’s shortcomings for some time. In this episode of No Little Plans, host Vicky Mochama speaks with Danyaal Raza, a primary care physician at the Department of Family & Community Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. He’s also the Board Chair of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, an organization of physicians who’ve banded together to close the gaps in the publicly funded system. In Ontario, where Dr. Raza works, there is a publicly funded pharmacare system, but people only qualify for it if they’re young enough, old enough or poor enough. Others get coverage from their jobs, if they’re lucky to have a job with benefits. According to Dr. Raza:“There's this huge gap right in the middle. People who are working part-time, precarious work, freelancers, people who are in the working poor, who are having to make some very significant decisions about what to pay for.” As of 2018, 2.1 million Canadians were working contract—and therefore non-benefit—jobs, and Dr. Raza cites a study from the Canadian Medical Association Journal reporting that many Canadians are cutting down on utilities and groceries in order to afford their prescriptions. When patients can’t pay for their medications, Dr. Raza says, doctors often dip into their own supplies to help them get the drugs they need. At his own clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital, they have what they call a “comfort fund” to help needy patients, and they regularly fundraise to help fill that gap. And the problem is only getting worse in the Covid era, as thousands of Canadians are losing their jobs and drug plans.“The beautiful thing about hospital and physician care is that you just need your health card, and you get the care that you need. That's what we need for prescription drugs, particularly in times where we're facing such a high degree of economic uncertainty and of uncertainty with respect to our health”When a patient is dealing with chronic health problems, the inability to afford their prescriptions adds a significant mental burden on top of their existing illness. In this episode, Mochama spoke to Rowan Burdge, a patient advocate who lives with Type 1 diabetes on the west coast and requires multiple daily injections of insulin. The Nurses’ Union estimates that “57 per cent of Canadians with diabetes reported failing to adhere to their prescribed therapies due to affordability issues related to medications, devices and supplies.” Burdge says that in her own experience, access and costs of medication vary wildly depending on where you live—when she moved to Saskatchewan for a year and a half, the same medications that cost her $300 in B.C. suddenly cost her $700. She is currently covered by a provincial drug plan, her work benefits and private insurance, and she still often has to pay out of pocket to cover her insulin. Her private insurance, for example, has a cap of $5,000 per year. Last year, she went so far as to crowdfund coverage on GoFundMe.“I've spent upwards of $100,000 of my personal money on medication—on fair pharmacare copays, on prescription co-pays, on deductibles and limits and things like that. It's been a very expensive ride”Toward the end of the episode, Mochama spoke to Dr. Jacalyn Duffin, a medical historian and retired hematologist at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She also runs a website devoted to the issue of drug shortages in Canada. She first became interested in the subject about a decade ago, when a patient with metastatic breast cancer could not obtain a drug to control the nausea caused by her chemotherapy. On any given day, there are more than 1,500 drugs in short supply in Canada, she says—often, these shortages are due to problems with pricing, sourcing and manufacturing. Dr. Duffin wants Canada to create an “essential medicines” list, which would require the government to ensure the availability of certain drugs. Dr. Nav Persaud, who works in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital, has created a prototype of this list. In a study, he found that distributing these essential medicines for free leads to a 44-per-cent increase in adherence, as well as improved health outcomes.Says Dr. Duffin:“A lot of Canadians don't know that there is a drug shortage until they're affected by it. We need to maintain a concerted effort to get to the bottom of the drug shortages and find out the cause.”CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama. This episode was produced by Ellen Payne Smith  with executive production by Katie Jensen. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.”

This episode, we ask: why do (lots of) people (who might not normally join a choir) love singing (everything from AM radio classics to Handel's Messiah) together (in pubs and bars)? Find us on Facebook and TwitterEmail us at choralfixationS@gmail.com*ADDITIONAL THANKS WE FORGOT TO INCLUDE IN THE EPISODE:Thanks to Aaron P for his eagle ear (?) when it comes to providing QA.Thanks to Paul McDougall for help with our original logo. Individual episode logos are all us, though. Don't blame him.Thanks to Emilie Boucek for her sound sound engineering assistance. Both sounds intentional.Massive, MASSIVE thanks to the wonderful Katie Jensen of Vocal Fry Studios. Her guidance was an absolute lifesaver. Hire VFS to make you a podcast or teach you some podcasting skills! You will not regret it. 

Katie Jensen, president of Triton Stone Group, discusses how her company has been keeping up supply chains and how their business has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By 2030, those over 65 will account for 23 percent of the population. The Covid-19 pandemic has put the lives of seniors under a spotlight. Getting online - especially right now - can mean the difference between getting food to your house, connecting with family, and getting the vital information you need to protect yourself. When digital literacy isn't promoted across all ages of society, what do we risk losing?For most of us, Zoom calls with family members, online exercise classes, ordering food for delivery and any manner of Google-able things have been mandatory to our mental and physical health during the pandemic. But for older Canadians, it’s different. Many seniors lack a basic access to these lifelines. Researchers put it down to “digital ageism”—the subject of this episode of No Little Plans.Canada is aging. By 2030, 23 per cent of the population will consist of Canadians over 65, a cohort that we’ve been hearing will live longer than ever before. All of our assumptions on healthy ageing, however, have been overshadowed in the last few months by Covid-19. The crisis has made us examine how much the systems we have in place in society are failing older people, how ill-prepared we are to protect the spread of the virus in assisted living facilities—and how far we have yet to come in improving seniors’ capacity to stay informed, safe and cared for in an increasingly networked world.As Concordia University’s Kim Sawchuk explains in this episode, digital ageism is fundamentally about the denial of services to older people. Sawchuk is a professor of Communication Studies at the university. She’s written on age, ageing and its cultural impact since 1996. She is also a principal investigator Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT), a project that brings together researchers and partners to address how new forms of communication affect the experience of ageing.“We need to provide access to people in their post-retirement years to devices and services,” Sawchuk argues. “We do not need to blame older people for not knowing.” Instead of the bias directed at seniors—that they’re somehow unable to learn new skills—Sawchuk makes the case for more access to digital literacy programs, plus a policy shift that make the internet and data in general more affordable to those on fixed incomes. “We need to lower the cost of access. We need to get rid of exorbitant punitive fees for data overages,” she says. “If we value universal health care and citizenship, we have to think about the universal right to access in this country.”To find out more about the relationship of seniors to digital literacy, we spoke with Craig Silverman, the media editor of BuzzFeed. His team recently published a series of stories on the website under the banner “Protect Your Parents from the Internet Week.”Silverman recalls the idea took root in early 2019, when he read independent research about Twitter and Facebook that noted people over 65 were struggling to distinguish between credible news and false claims online. He also points to “a generational susceptibility to the role algorithms play” in targeting content to demographics and user types. “All of us to some extent can fall to disinformation or misinformation,” Silverman notes, but his research discovered senior citizens were particularly prone to believing the misinformation, and to falling prey to malware and to online scams.One of his takeaways for how to fix this problem goes back to the idea of broader education: Silverman points out that we have a wide array of digital literacy programs for school-aged students, but not nearly the same for those over 65. Filling that gap, he says, are public libraries with their roster of digital literacy programs tailored to various age groups and communities. Still, more needs to be done.The way Kim Sawchuk sees it, everyone, no matter their age, should be able to engage in using technology “with joy and not stress.” In making this episode, we discovered a perfect example of this principle. We dropped in on a virtual gathering of members of RECAA, an organization in Montreal that advocates for senior communities. (The full name is Respecting Elder Communities Against Abuse.) The Zoom call was a rehearsal for members of an elder choir and their choir master—pure joy hearing and seeing those voices lift each other up.Seventy-seven year old Anne Caines, a volunteer coordinator at RECAA, spoke to us about how members of the organization call each other elders instead of seniors. “Elders, for us, denotes a relationship rather than a category or demographic group,” she said.When the conversation turned to the pandemic, Caines made a point of touching on the invaluable nature of digital literacy and how her peers lack the technology to stay in touch with their community. “Why can’t we see our loved ones?” she asked. Why can’t we get more older Canadians connected to the people they need most—at a time when they need it most of all?CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama. This episode was produced by Ellen Payne Smith and Jay Cockburn, with executive production by Katie Jensen. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.”

If you blinked during the 1986/7 season, you might have missed Val James' stint as a Maple Leaf. But those four games broke the colour barrier for the Blue and White, and marked the culmination of an amazing story of perseverance. CREDITS: Today's episode was written by Scott Willats and Paul Matthews, and produced by Katie Jensen and Vocal Fry Studios for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. Special thanks to the beautiful people who helped us tell this story. First and foremost, Val himself. But a big thank you too to Kwame Mason, whose film Soul on Ice, is a must watch. Go rent it on iTunes. And Bernice Carnegie, the daughter of Herb Carnegie, and the co-author of A Fly in a Pail of Milk: The Herb Carnegie Story. Also check out Val’s own autobiography, Black Ice, which he co-wrote with John Gallagher. Further thanks to our associate producers Ellen Payne Smith, Jay Cockburn,  and Erika Dreher. Thanks to Jordan Hayles for consulting on the episode from the beginning, Duane Watson for his sage advice, and Nick Konarowski for his research. 

The term ecological grief captures the profound sense of loss, dread and fear people feel when trying to cope with climate change. We talk about this new mental-health paradigm, how acute it is in endangered communities in the North, as well as its unexpected companion—hope. In late 2019, New York Times journalist Cara Buckley wrote one of the first mainstream news stories about struggling with a little-discussed form of mental-health crisis. “Have you ever known someone who cited the Anthropocene in a dating profile? Who doled out carbon offset gift certificates at the holidays? Who sees new babies and immediately flashes to the approximately 15 tons of carbon emissions the average American emits per year? Who walks around shops thinking about where all the packaging ends up? You do now.” Perplexed about how to cope, she went about “searching for a cure” for a knot of emotions—including anger, frustration, sadness and fear—brought on by thinking about the future of the planet. (That search included attending a workshop in Brooklyn called  “Cultivating Active Hope: Living With Joy Amidst the Climate Crisis.”) Like countless others, Buckley was suffering from ecological grief. It’s not technically new. For arguably hundreds of years, people with a connection to the environment and its well-being have suffered in the face of its destruction. But the term ecological grief was coined in 2018 by authors of a research publication, including Ashlee Cunsolo, director of the Labrador Institute of Memorial University. In this episode of No Little Plans, Cunsolo talks at length with host Vicky Mochama about her experience, starting with a definition: “Ecological grief is the pain that people feel in connection to the loss of something that isn’t human. It can be as a species. It can be a body of water. It can be a singular animal. It can be a beloved place.” That pain is particularly acute with those who live or work in endangered communities. Cunsolo is one of them. The Labrador Institute is a leading centre of research, education, outreach and policy, by and for the North. Cunsolo and her small team spent two years investigating one of the hardest hit areas, Northern Labrador, which included hundreds of conversations with residents and elders. There, mourning losses due to climate change was described to her as a 'grief without end.' “It’s not like when you lose a loved one. Societies have structures around that. We have rituals. We have funerals. You can take bereavement leave. People come around you…. When it was around ecological grief and loss, people almost felt alone. They felt sometimes embarrassed, sometimes ashamed to talk about it.” Preventing that isolation—by taking about eco grief as a real, scientific issue—is one of the key factors that motivates Cunsolo’s research. In fact, the field some now call “ecopsychology” is enabling a more widespread acknowledgment of the psychological and emotional connections that people have to the natural world, whether they’re bearing day-to-day witness to loss in the North or dealing with the anxiety from a distance, like Cara Buckley describes in her New York Times story. One of the most prominent voices of eco grief is also one of the most visible leaders of the climate movement. Greta Thunberg and her family have spoken often about her personal struggles. For Thunberg and for other young leaders, such as Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier, the personal is the political. Their work starts with acknowledging the very presence of a physical and emotional environment-to-human bond. During this podcast episode, Vicky talks to Hillary McGregor, a 22-year-old coordinator at Indigenous Sport and Wellness in Ontario who helped develop a leadership program for Indigenous youth in Canada called the Standing Bear Program. Many youth, he says, have seen first-hand the effects of the climate crisis on their communities. This underscores a disconnect between their front-line experience and the more existential climate change debates among politicians and policymakers. “[The youth] are not really questioning whether or not climate change is happening. They want to know: What are the solutions going to be? How can I contribute now to make things better for my community?” That pivot from experiencing loss to being proactive is key to carving out space for hope—that unexpected but necessary companion to eco grief. Near the end of the episode, we hear from Hillary’s mother, Deborah McGregor, an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at York University’s Osgoode Hall. Professor McGregor acknowledges that eco grief is real, but not new, and that pain of this kind has been a fact of life across hundreds of years for Indigenous communities. She tracks the progression of grief to panic about the annihilation of the planet and, in turn, to a scaling up of measures by front-liners to demand change. “It's been a crisis for a long time. But Indigenous peoples have managed to survive and been resilient and adapted over that. So maybe there’s something that we can offer other people about how to survive, how to work through this and the kind of knowledge and skills that you need to be able to do that.” This includes better governance that enlists people witnessing climate-change first hand in leadership roles. It includes pressuring world leaders to move past the high-level discussions about, for instance, whether carbon tax is a good idea. As host Vicky Mochama concludes: “Maybe it’s time we took a step back and listened to the people that climate change is affecting directly and learn from them. We are past the point of figuring it out as we go. But there’s also hope and resilience: Youth have come out all over to address climate change. We’re grieving together. It’s time to act together.” CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama. This episode was produced by Dorsa Eslami, Ellen Payne Smith and Matthew McKinnon, with executive production by Katie Jensen. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.”

The Sustainable Development Goals aim to improve the most important things about life on Earth. The prevention and treatment of substance abuse is targeted by SDG 3, Health and Wellbeing—but drug use is a shadow that cuts across the path of so many others, and therefore merits special attention. We talk about that. In the early 1990s, someone thought this public service announcement was a good idea. Thirty years later, the accidental anthem has become a bemusing relic of the war on drugs—which was already decades old, and had proven itself interminable, when this first aired on Canadian television. Two years ago, the Government of Canada ended almost a century of marijuana prohibition by passing Bill C-45, or the Cannabis Act. So far, the rollout of legal pot from coast to coast to coast has had its highs and lows. Most pointedly, the black market is still thriving, with Statistics Canada estimating that about three quarters of the country’s cannabis users are still getting high on an illegal supply. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health’s earnest Cannabis in Canada website is chock full of educational resources, health information, travel tips, business requirements and more—including PSAs for the modern era. In 1993, British Columbia’s chief coroner investigated an “inordinately high number” of drug-related deaths within the context of a “very real and very serious” problem with illegal drug use. At the time, there had been 330 such deaths in the province. That was the highest number B.C. had ever experienced, and the event is widely remembered as the country’s first overdose epidemic. By three years ago, that same statistic had soared to 1,473 lives lost annually—an increase of more than 400 percent in a generation’s time. All the while, considerable attention has focused on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), a neighbourhood with inordinately high rates of mental illness and drug addiction among its homeless and housing insecure populations. Across the country, other urban centres have similarly troubled communities, but the current opioid crisis does not discriminate. Overdose deaths are unquestionably a national happening, with a body count of almost 14,000 between January 2016 to June 2019. Drug overdoses are currently claiming more Canadian lives than motor vehicle accidents and homicides combined. Today’s street drugs are incredibly strong, with scores of addicts at daily risk of their next shot being the one that will end them. Last December, the Public Health Agency of Canada released this statement: Many of these deaths are a result of the contamination of the illegal drug supply with toxic substances. Fentanyl and other illegal and highly toxic synthetic opioids continue to be a major driver of this crisis… The opioid overdose crisis is a complex problem that we know will take time to turn around. To have a significant and lasting impact, we need to continue working together on whole-of-society changes. This includes addressing the stigma that surrounds substance use, implementing further harm reduction measures and reducing barriers to treatment. It also means continuing to work together to better understand and address the drivers of this crisis, such as mental illness, and social and economic factors that put Canadians at increased risk. Crackdown is a podcast about “the drug war, covered by drug users as war correspondents.” Host and executive producer Garth Mullins is a journalist and radio producer who survived the DTES of the early ’90s, back when B.C. experienced that first wave of alarming deaths. He is a careful, empathetic interviewer who is wide open about sharing his own history of drug use. We recommend a visit to Crackdown’s website to hear the dozen episodes that they have made so far. Or just find and follow the show on iTunes, Spotify or another podcast provider. It tells stories you will not hear elsewhere, from a perspective you might not think to consider. Marilou Gagnon (RN, PhD) is president of the Harm Reduction Nurses Association (hrna-aiirm.ca), a professional organization with a national mission to “promote the advancement of harm reduction nursing through practice, education, research and advocacy.” In practice, this results in actions including: “Serving as a national voice for harm reduction and related nursing issues” “Creating a dynamic network to support and mentor nurses across the country” “Advocating for the rights and dignity of people who use drugs and their families” Last summer, acting in a direct response to the opioid crisis, HRNA called for the decriminalization of people who use drugs in B.C.—which, notice, is different than the decriminalization of drugs. “This is a critical way forward to address the overdose crisis and to promote greater health, wellbeing, justice, and equity at an individual and population level,” the group’s statement concluded. “Additional steps include ensuring access to a safer supply of substances, housing, mental health services, treatment, support, and harm reduction services.” Nicole Kief, formerly of the ACLU, is a legal advocate for Prisoners’ Legal Services in B.C. This role puts her near another front line of the current crisis: federal and provincial prisons. According to the Correction Service of Canada, overdoses and overdose deaths among prisoners more than doubled within a five-year period spanning 2012 to 2017. The Office of the Correctional Investigator’s 2017–2018 annual report includes the remarkable fact that there are now “more drug detector dogs working in federal penitentiaries than in the entire Canada Border Services Agency.” During the past several years, Kief and her colleagues have fielded a growing number of pleas for assistance with a pair of drug-related issues: one, unbearably long waiting lists for Methadose and other “opioid agonist” treatments; and two, forced cold-turkey withdrawals from high-dose addictions. Prisoners’ Legal Services appealed to the Correction Service on both fronts—and got nowhere. In June 2018, the group filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission. That did something. Since then, Kief says there’s been a noticeable drop in prisoner reports about both issues. Near the end of this episode, host Vicky Mochama reads the following quotation from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes: Many of the communities and people caught up in the drugs trade, whether users, small-scale traffickers, producers or cultivators, often constitute the most vulnerable and marginalised segments of society, the “further behind” which the SDGs have endeavoured to reach first. This, in a nutshell, is why we’ve made this episode. And below, in six minutes, is how to administer a potentially life-saving shot of Naxolone to a person who is overdosing on opioids. These injection kits are widely—and freely—available in Canadian pharmacies, and offered with hands-on training similar to what’s depicted in this video.CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama. This episode was produced by Dorsa Eslami, Ellen Payne Smith, Jay Cockburn, and Matthew McKinnon, with executive production by Katie Jensen. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.”

Rihanna sang it and we are going to talk about it: work work work. The good news is that lots of people in Canada are working. In December , we hit a record low in unemployment, and it’s stayed low. As for the economy, there are lots of ways to measure that, but suffice it to say, it’s growing. Here’s the catch though: the figures are good, but the work? Not necessarily. From the rise of apps like Uber, Fiverr and Foodora to the increase in AI and automation, workers in 2019 are dealing with a totally new landscape. This statistic has been flirting with historic lows since last autumn, as the number of jobless Canadian adults has ranged between 5.4 and 5.8 percent over the past 12 months. However, much of the change has been attributed to increases in self-employment—a trend that economists tend to regard with skepticism. “Meh. Looking past the new record low in the unemployment rate, this report was a bit on the soft side,” TD Bank senior economist Brian DePratto told CBC News in May, as the jobless rate dipped to 5.4. “All of the job gains (and then some) are down to self-employment, and the drop in the unemployment rate was driven by fewer Canadians engaging with labour markets, notably among the under-55 population.” The Workers Action Centre, a labour organization that supports non-union workers, helps Ontario employees know their rights in English, Chinese, Spanish, Tamil, Somali, Punjabi and Bengali. In 2015, a consortium of poverty advocates, healthcare researchers and community groups launched the Ontario chapter of what’s become a North American movement: the fight for a minimum wage of $15/hour and “fair” working conditions for all. So far, Alberta is the lone Canadian province or territory to reach that payment threshold. (Follow this link for more information about Alberta’s official wage standards.) Saskatchewan has the country’s lowest minimum wage, clocking in at $11.32/hour. However, there’s more to it than just money. At 15andfairness.org, the full list of demands for workers includes: Equal pay for equal work Decent hours Paid leave Protections for migrant workers Rules that protect everyone Job security and respect at work Right to organize and unionize The precarious employment conditions described in this episode are not limited to just Toronto’s Pearson Airport—although Canada’s largest airport, with its legions of food service workers, is an unsurprising place for “contract flipping” to happen on a massive scale. “It’s an issue for thousands of workers not just at airports, but at colleges, universities and corporations where outside contractors provide food services,” _The Tyee_’s Andrew MacLeod reported earlier this year. Flips commonly happen after contracted workers pull together and unionize. Employers respond by replacing their service providers’ contracts with rival, cheaper—and non-unionized—alternatives. Sometimes, the new provider will hire the same workers back to fulfill their same duties (absent union protections). Most times, if not all, any benefits accrued during the previous contract are stopped, and do not carry over to the new deal. “It gets brutal,” is how one unnamed Amazon worker describes the global retailer’s labour conditions in this sprawling exposé by Business Insider. None of the 20-plus anonymous employees who went on record for this piece is located in Canada—but there is no shortage of Canadian concerns about how Amazon and its subsidiaries treat their employees. For example, this past January, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Canada Local 175 filed a complaint against Amazon Canada Fulfillment Services Inc. for creating a “chilling effect” that stymied worker efforts to unionize. Sara Mojtehezadeh, the Toronto Star’s award-winning work and wealth reporter, has written extensively about “precarious work, labour issues, migrant workers, workplace health and safety, workers’ compensation and inequality.” Recent clippings from her beat include: Protesters charged after occupying Doug Ford’s constituency office to demand stronger protections for temp workers (October 16, 2019) The life and death of Fiera Foods temp worker Enrico Miranda (October 4, 2019) Future of gig economy workers at stake in Foodora couriers’ unionization battle (September 10, 2019) Labour ministry to reduce number of inspectors probing workplace abuse, union memo reveals (June 6, 2019) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) tracks standards of employment protection—”synthetic indicators of the strictness of regulation on dismissals and the use of temporary contracts”—for its dozens of member countries, including Canada. Here is its overview of Canadian statistics; here is its dataset specific to temporary contracts. And below is a video that defines what OECD considers decent work. “Foodora workers say they’re not robots” (August 18, 2019): In which one of Canada’s few remaining alt-weeklies, Toronto’s NOW Magazine, spells out the pertinent details of what figures to become a common labour fight, particularly within the so-called gig economy: non-unionized delivery workers vs. service industry disruptors. “You see some crazy shit everyday, and the way the actual wage structure is set up, you are incentivized to [ride] way faster than you should,” Christopher Williams tells NOW. The Foodora rider is an organizer of Foodsters United, an offshoot of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. This summer, CUPW filed an unfair labour practice complaint on Foodsters’ behalf. Meanwhile, Foodora’s position is that the union effort failed to reach a threshold of 40 percent participation, and therefore cannot be considered valid. CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama. This episode was produced by Dorsa Eslami, Jay Cockburn, and Matthew McKinnon, with executive production by Katie Jensen. Special thanks to Ausma Malik and the Atkinson Foundation. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.”

Food insecurity is a fact of life for almost half of all households in Nunavut. Finding—and affording—sustenance is a daily challenge across Canada's North. To meet the UN’s goal of zero hunger by 2030, we must start at the top and work our way down. About one in eight households in Canada is food insecure, according to the University of Toronto’s PROOF research team. This means that “over 4 million Canadians, including 1.15 million children, [are] living in homes that struggle to put food on the table.” The Qajuqturvik Food Centre is a registered charity that supports its community in three areas. They are: Food access, via a community meal that it serves daily Food skills, including a culinary training program for underemployed Iqalummiut and cooking classes for kids Engagement and advocacy to compel change from politicians and policy makers As heard in this episode: In the 1950s and ’60s, the RCMP and other authorities killed sled dogs that they no longer considered healthy. To many Inuit, though, the dogs were killed for no reason. Many elders viscerally remember the day when their dogs were killed. For many Inuit, it is a tragic flashpoint for when life began to change for the worse. In 2006, the RCMP concluded that no organized slaughter had ever occurred. In 2010, the Qikiqtani Truth Commission reported that RCMP officers had been following animal control laws—but that they had failed to explain their actions to the dogs’ owners. “Many Inuit were not even told why their dogs were shot,” the Commission noted. This episode is no small matter in the North. The federal government apologized to Qikiqtani Inuit for the killing of the qimmiit this past August. Carolyn Bennett, minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and northern affairs, announced that Ottawa would provide roughly $20 million in funding for programs that support history, governance, healing and revitalization. “Canada needs a more healthy, just and sustainable food system that ensures everyone’s right to food. The very establishment of a federal food policy, with associated budget lines, is an important first step in realizing that vision. Food Secure Canada has been calling for government leaders to develop a joined-up national food policy since our founding in 2001, and we are encouraged that the new Policy takes an integrated approach”—Gisèle Yasmeen, executive director, Food Secure Canada. The Government of Canada announced this country’s first-ever national food policy earlier this year. It is specifically intended, in part, to help Canada meet its commitments to the SDGs. Learn more about that in this backgrounder. Nutrition North Canada is a subsidy program that seeks to improve access to perishable nutritious food for Canadians who live in isolated Northern communities. It has recently been subjected to multiple changes, all of which are intended to improve its utility and effectiveness. Again, consult this backgrounder to learn more. CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama. This episode was produced by Dorsa Eslami and Matthew McKinnon, with executive production by Katie Jensen. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.”

The health of our oceans and seas affects everything from human health to food security to global climate and international economics. The seas and oceans provide work to 3 billion people around the world—and they need help from all of us. Water is a very big deal. Here’s some proof: Water covers about 71 percent of the Earth’s surface (USGS Water Science School) Oceans represent 99 percent of the planet’s living space when measured by volume (United Nations) The livelihoods of more than three billion people are reliant on marine and coastal biodiversity; similarly, oceans are the primary source of protein for three billion people (United Nations) And here is Vice’s Motherboard asking a very good question: Why Haven’t We Explored the Ocean[s] Like Outer Space?  The purpose of SDG 14 is to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.” Learn more about its targets and indicators, and track their progress, directly from the UN. Canada has the world’s longest coastline—202,080 kilometres spanning the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Oceans. The gap between us and number two is massive: That’s Norway, at a mere 58,133 kilometres. Canada has committed to conserving “at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information” by 2020. According to Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada, by 2017, our efforts had covered close to 8 percent. Alia Dharssi is a Vancouver-based journalist whose work focuses on sustainability, global development and Canada’s policies on plastic pollution. She’s been reporting on the SDGs for the Discourse, and has published articles including: “Plastic pollution pileup on Canada’s beaches exposes environmental policy gaps” “How microplastics get into the food system” “What you can do about plastic pollution” You can follow more of her work on her own website. Josh Laughren is the executive director of Oceana Canada, an offshoot of an American organization founded to address a deficit in spending on ocean advocacy by environmental advocacy groups. He has spent two decades focusing on conservation and climate change, helping to establish marine protected areas across Canada’s coasts and leading our first Earth Hour. Much of his interview for this episode relates to this 2016 article he wrote for iPolitics: “What is Ottawa hiding in our oceans?” It concludes with this challenge to the federal government: The government of Prime Minister Trudeau was elected on a platform of openness and change. This transparency is needed in the management of our fisheries and oceans and it can be created by taking such actions as making public a list of Canada’s fisheries and their status, and releasing the fisheries checklist that is used to conduct stock assessments. By delivering on their election promise to increase transparency, the Trudeau government and Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo have an historic opportunity to restore our oceans to their healthiest potential, for now and for generations to come. You can help reduce marine debris by joining the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, a conservation partnership by WWF and Ocean Wise. It began in 1994, when employees and volunteers from the Vancouver Aquarium worked together to remove debris from a beach in Stanley Park. The effort has since gone national, with well over 20,000 cleanups removing more than 1.3 million kg of trash from Canadian shorelines. CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama. This episode was produced by Katie Jensen, Sajae Elder and Matthew McKinnon. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.”

In Canada, women represent a little over 50% of our population. How did we get so bad at addressing problems that affect half of us? And what do we need to do to improve the lives of girls who will be women in 2030? According to the Canadian Women’s Foundation: 1.9 million Canadian women live on “low income,” which means they struggle to cover basic needs like food, winter clothing and housingSome groups of females are likelier than others to be poor. The prevalance of poverty is highest—34.3%—among First Nations women and girlsDubravka Šimonovic is the UN’s Special Rapporteur on violence against women. When she visited Canada in the spring of 2018, she pointed out that we still don’t have a specific federal law that addresses gender-based violence and domestic violence. Canada, Šimonovic said, needs both a national action plan and a separate plan that specifically focuses on violence against Indigenous women. Her end-of-mission statement (full text) is a tour de force: During my visit, I noted with concern that the services providers and other interlocutors I met unanimously denounced the dire shortage of shelters for women and children escaping violence and a general lack of affordable public housing, including transitional housing and second stage accommodation and employment opportunities. In official UN verbiage: While some forms of discrimination against women and girls are diminishing, gender inequality continues to hold women back and deprives them of basic rights and opportunities. Empowering women requires addressing structural issues such as unfair social norms and attitudes as well as developing progressive legal frameworks that promote equality between women and men. Paulette Senior, president and CEO of the Canadian Women’s Foundation, has advocated to every level of government about things that really matter: poverty, violence against women, housing, social justice and immigration. She credits the experience of immigrating to Canada from Jamaica as a young girl with inspiring a career that’s all about, as CWF puts it, “empowering women and girls to overcome barriers and reach their full potential.” From Status of Women Canada: 1982: Gender equality is enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1995: At the UN’s Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Canada commits to using gender-based analysis (more on that below) to advance gender equality 2015: The Government of Canada renews its commitment to GBA 2016: Year one of the Government’s four-year “Action Plan on Gender-based Analysis“ The Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability tracks national incidents of femicide, which describes the killing of women and girls precisely because they are women and girls. Follow this link to read the September 2018 report in full, or use this one for just the lowlights: On average…one woman or girl is killed every other day in this country, a consistent trend during the past four decades. Harriet McLachlan, deputy director (interim) of Canada Without Poverty, has the lived experiences of childhood violence and sexual abuse, almost 35 years of poverty, and 19 years as a single parent. She is the immediate past-president (2011–2017) of the CWP’s board of directors, and has worked in several community organizations over her 25-year career. In 2016, Canada placed 35th in the World Economic Forum’s gender equality rankingsAs reported by Macleans, the combined earnings of Canadian women are 31% less than the combined earnings of Canadian men. Women of colour earn 37.5% less than men, and Indigenous women earn 54% less than menAs reported by Statistics Canada: “Women earn $0.87 for every dollar earned by men, largely as a result of wage inequality between women and men within occupations.” Also, more women than men work part-time, because they’re busy caring for kids. Worse, the gender employment gap is largest in the cities with highest day‑care feesFacts about women and education in Canada: Even though women are outperforming men when it comes to completing college and university degrees (source) They are still much less likely to get those degrees in engineering or computer sciences—which are the highest-earning STEM fields (source) It’s also harder for women to crawl out of educational debt. Women hold the majority of Canada’s student debt, and they take longer than men to pay it off (source) According to a 2016 report, the so-called “pink tax” on personal care products sees Canadian women paying 43% more than Canadian men for things like soap. Although the federal government eliminated GST on tampons and other menstrual products in 2015, it has kept earning from them in the form of import tariffs: $4 million that year, to be precise. CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama. This episode was produced by Katie Jensen, Elena Hudgins Lyle, and Matthew McKinnon. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.”

When we think of a homeless person, we tend to see the stereotypical image: an older single guy who is sleeping on the streets. But the reality is way more complicated. Nearly a third of people experiencing homelessness are women. Almost one in five are young people. Families stay in shelters for twice as long as individuals, and Indigenous populations are overrepresented. But how do we fix it? Meet Erin Dej and Jesse Thistle, two experts with big ideas on how to eradicate homelessness in Canada. Erin Dej has a PhD in criminology from the University of Ottawa and an MA in legal studies from Carleton University. She previously held a postdoctoral fellowship with York University’s Canadian Observatory on Homelessness—a “non-partisan research and policy partnership between academics, policy and decision makers, service providers and people with lived experience of homelessness.” She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. At COH’s Homeless Hub, Erin worked on A New Direction, a framework for homelessness prevention that draws on lessons learned from Wales, Scotland, Australia and Germany—countries that have tried, and succeeded with, thoughtful, effective strategies to improve the lives of their neediest citizens. Jesse Thistle previously had what he has called “a long career as a homeless drug addict.” He is now a Trudeau and Vanier Scholar, a Governor General medalist, the resident scholar of Indigenous homelessness at COH and an advocate for the rights of Indigenous homeless people across Canada. His life story and academic works have been widely reported: “He was once a homeless drug addict. Now he’s one of York’s top students” (Toronto Star, 2016)“From street to scholar: Jesse Thistle creates new definition of Indigenous homelessness” (CBC Radio, 2017) Jesse has created “an Indigenous definition for homelessness” that expands far beyond the mere fact of not having a roof to sleep under. His broader understanding of the experience includes a dozen “dimensions” that better explain it. For the full definition of Indigenous homelessness in Canada, visit homelesshub.ca/IndigenousHomelessness. CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama. This episode was produced by Katie Jensen, Elena Hudgins Lyle, and Matthew McKinnon. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.” 

The United Nations created the Sustainable Development Goals to help make the world a (much) better place by 2030. Meet three of the experts—Joseph Wong, John McArthur, and Deborah Glaser—who are already pursuing the goals, and hear why the tremendous effort it will take to achieve them is worth it. Dr. Joseph Wong leads The Reach Project, a research initiative based in the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. His work focuses on those who are hardest to reach—which is a massive barrier to help. “In the Reach Project, teams of students from diverse backgrounds spend months researching programs that have proven successful in combatting poverty in developing countries,” Wong has said. “Their exhaustive final reports are like how-to manuals, enabling others around the world to learn from and adapt these initiatives. Local successes are thus shared as viable global solutions, potentially benefiting millions.”  John McArthur is a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution, a senior adviser to the United Nations Foundation, and a board governor for the International Development Research Centre. You can hear more from him in the video below, or follow this link to catch his 2017 appearance on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, in which McArthur discussed Canada’s early pursuits of the SDGs. Our third guest, Deborah Glaser, is a senior policy analyst for the BC Council for International Cooperation. This year, BCCIC completed a voluntary review of Canada’s Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The comprehensive, must-read document opens with this pledge from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: The Sustainable Development Goals are as meaningful in Canada as they are around the world, and we are committed to their implementation. Our priorities at home align with our priorities abroad: building economic growth that works for everyone, advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, taking action on climate change, and narrowing persistent socioeconomic gaps that hold too many people back. No one country can solve these problems alone—but by working together, we can create a better future for all our citizens. CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama of Vocal Fry Studios and produced by Katie Jensen. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.” 

In 2015, the United Nations challenged the world to meet 17 big goals that have one encompassing ambition: Leave no one behind. The Sustainable Development Goals are meant to improve the health of the planet and the lives of everyone on it. We have until 2030 to achieve them. This is No Little Plans, a podcast about the state of SDG progress in Canada, featuring many of the people who are doing the most to help this country succeed. CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama of Vocal Fry Studios and produced by Katie Jensen. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.”

Tori Allen is a freelance producer and journalist living in Thailand. We became friends during her eight years at CBC Radio working on Metro Morning, q and DNTO. Last year Tori and I sat in the bunkie of a cottage at our annual Lady Camp trip and talked about how living abroad as a 'trailing spouse' means she constantly reinvents herself for work, something she realizes she has always done.   WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID  A double header of regrets from podcasters and journalists Vicky Mochama and Katie Jensen, creators of the new Vocal Fry Studios, an affordable and inclusive Toronto podcast studio and community workspace. @vmochama @katiejensen   @vocalfrystudios   MENTIONED ON THE SHOW Pacific Content, the company Tori worked with, which creates original podcasts with brands. @pacificcontent   FOLLOW ALL THE #MEDIAGIRLFRIENDS ON TWITTER @mediagfs   SEND EMAIL nanaabaduncan@gmail.com

In this episode we dive deep into the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, goal setting, and leadership with serial entrepreneur, Katie Jensen. Katie has been an entrepreneur for over thirty years, with a deep background in a diverse set of industries. In the past three decades Katie launched a chain of Medical Spas, a Private Air Charter Company, a Consulting and Coaching Firm and recently launched a retail business with her daughter. Through Katie Drew Coaching, her passion is helping Entrepreneurs get clear on their VISION, define their WHY, get more clients, and get results that provides the financial freedom they dream of. Katie’s exclusive, luxury retreats on the beautiful beaches of Laguna Beach help Entrepreneurs refocus, renew and refresh their businesses. Connect with Katie on social media Instagram: @katizatpha Facebook: Katie Drew Jensen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jordan-lane-miller/support

This episode of Long Night with Vish Khanna was recorded before a live studio audience at the Tranzac in Toronto, Ontario during Long Winter on Friday March 23, 2018. Our guest panellists were podcast hosts/producers, Katie Jensen from The Secret Life of Canada, James Hartnett and Michael Balazo of The Landlord and Tenant Podmess, Michelle Parise of Alone: A Love Story, and Tyler Allen of The Minds of Madness. With announcer/applause wrangler Linda J. Paolucci and our house band, the Bicycles. Produced by Vish Khanna and Long Winter. Photos by Spring Morris. Sponsored by Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, Grandad's Donuts, Planet of Sound, and Humber College's online Music Composition course.   

On February 9, Gerald Stanley — the farmer accused of killing 22-year-old Cree man, Colten Boushie, in Battleford, Saskatchewan — was acquitted of second-degree murder. In the wake of the verdict, Jesse revisits a conversation he had in Saskatoon with Betty Ann Adam (Saskatoon StarPhoenix), Rob Innes (Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan), and Mylan Tootoosis (PhD candidate, University of Saskatchewan). This show was recorded live at Winterruption in Cosmo Seniors Centre on January 20th, 2017. The original airing of this episode was produced by Katie Jensen. Support CANADALAND: http://canadalandshow.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Graham rides solo to break down this weeks episode of Riverdale. Plus, we use state of the art audio technology, courtesy of our friend Katie Jensen, to analyze the Black Hood's phone call.

Katie Jensen returns to talk about Archie's new gang of vigilantes, the mysteries of Hiram's Study, and how newly minted murderer The Black Hood fits into the pantheon of American serial killers. Also, Kate sings and raps.

Max and Phill revisit leaving Clojure, and what joy and developer happiness actually means. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Show Notes Simple Ain’t Easy, but Hard Ain’t Simple: Leaving Clojure for Ruby Simple and Happy; is Clojure dying, and what has Ruby got to do with it?

Check out this ~ sneak peak ~ of the ASSU’s groovy new podcast: Room 1068. ……… This episode is hosted by Bosibori Moragia and Priyanka Sharma, produced by Kaitlyn Simpson, and edited by Priyanka Sharma, with music production help from Gavin Nowlan. Thank you to Ayisha Lineo Gariba for designing our logo, and a shout-out to Katie Jensen for hosting the super helpful Inclusive Podcast Workshops in Toronto. Find Ayisha on http://ayishagariba.com/

Phill and Max discuss new spying powers in Canada, and the leak of GOP voter data. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Show Notes The Trudeau government peels back bill C-51 — mostly CSE getting ‘proactive’ mandate overhaul in major national security reform bill Goodale asks Parliament to expand electronic spying powers CSIS, Bill C-51 and Canada’s growing metadata collection mess The RNC Files: Inside the Largest US Voter Data Leak

Max and Phill talk about Reality Winner’s bad opsec and the huge phishing campaign unearthed by Citizenlab. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Show Notes Real Talk on Reality TAINTED LEAKS: Disinformation and Phishing With a Russian Nexus

A DJ goes crate digging unearths a trove of rare Indigenous music folk, rock and country music. The re-issue Native North America Volume 1 turns the spotlight back on trailblazing musicians from across the continent. But it also raises questions about when music is considered art and when it becomes an artifact.   This episode featured contributions by Maya-Roisin Slater and Katie Jensen.   For more information, go to canadalandshow.com/impSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max and Phill discuss, over breakfast, what Shopify should or should not do with regard to Breitbart. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Show Notes Shopify CEO digs in against Breitbart backlash Shopify Backlash Shows Even Second-Degree Trump Ties Can Be Trouble

Podcast maven Katie Jensen joins to discuss the return of Barb/Ethel Muggs, the class divide in Riverdale, and to provide a long awaited exegesis on the show's costuming.

Max and Phill tackle a Russian casino hacking ring, and pseudorandom number generators. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Show Notes Russians Engineer a Brilliant Slot Machine Cheat-And Casinos Have No Fix Gambler who won $9.6 million with ‘remarkable’ baccarat scheme has to pay it back, judge rules Rudy Giuliani, Cyber Czar

In our inaugural episode, Max and Phill discuss MongoDB ransomware, and the opacity of algorithms. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Show Notes Improve Your Security: Port Scan Yourself How the machine ‘thinks’: Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms, by Jenna Burrell (Big Data & Society, Jan 6th 2016) Machine Bias - Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu and Lauren Kirchner (Pro Publica, May 23rd 2016) Benjamin Walker’s Theory of Everything Macedonian Teens & Fake News Geohot’s self-driving car

Jess Salomon makes her comedy Great Again. Bruce McDonald goes to Washington. PJ Vogt lives inside a Weakerthans song. BJ Snowden loves Canada more than Canadians do.   Jess Salomon used to be a UN war crimes lawyer. Now, she's trying to get some regular comedy gigs in New York. She has videos of her stand-up on her website. Bruce McDonald is a filmmaker whose movies include Hardcore Logo, Highway 61 and Roadkill. His newest movie, Weirdos, will be in select theatres across Canada this spring. PJ Vogt hosts a podcast called Reply All. In one episode, he micro doses on LSD at work and in another he explores One Direction conspiracy theories. BJ Snowden is a songwriter living in Massachusetts. She writes songs about Canada, but also things like working as a school teacher and Judge Joe Brown.   Music on this episode: "Sailin' On" by Haolin Munk. "One Great City!" by The Weakerthans "In Canada" by BJ Snowden.   The Imposter is hosted by Aliya Pabani and produced by Kevin Sexton. Additional contributions on this episode from Katie Jensen and Chandler Levack. Follow us on Twitter: @IMPSTR / @aliyapabani . Visit our webiste: canadalandshow.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Remembering Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook. Vanessa Dunn fronts a queer cock rock cover band while pregnant. PUP's Stefan Babcock almost goes into punk retirement. This show features: 1. Artist Annie Pootoogook 2. Tiny Mirrors by LAL 3. Whole Lotta Love by Vag Halen 4. Performance artist, actor, and singer Vanessa Dunn of Vag Halen 5. If This Tour Doesn't Kill You I Will by PUP 6. Lead singer Stefan Babcock of PUP 7. Dream Deferral by Sigh Down One. The Imposter is hosted by Aliya Pabani and produced by Katie Jensen, with contributions from Chandler Levack. Original music by Nathan Burley. Feedback & freelance pitches: aliya@canadalandshow.com. We're on Twitter @IMPSTR and @aliyapabani. Sponsored by FreshBooks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lido Pimienta charges extra for diversity. Subversive make-up tutorials from Megan MacKay. Cult 60s prairie rock psychedelia and Guillaume Morrissette reads his own worst reviews. This show features: 1.La Capacidad (Kaleema remix) by Lido Pimienta 2. Artist and musician Lido Pimienta 2. Agua (S p a w n remix) by Lido Pimienta 3. Expedition to Earth by Jesse Locke 4. Internet Famous with YouTuber Megan MacKay 5. Happy by Nancy Pants 6. Guillaume Morissette reading a bad review of his book. The Imposter is hosted by Aliya Pabani and produced by Katie Jensen with contributions from Jesse Locke. Original music by Nathan Burley. Feedback & freelance pitches: aliya@canadalandshow.com. We're on Twitter @IMPSTR and @aliyapabani. Sponsored by FreshBooks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Johnson keeps sneaking around and getting away with it. Stephen Thomas is a lifelong human chameleon. This show features: 1. Plastic by Ice Cream 2. Filmmaker and actor Matt Johnson 3. Form of Space by L CON 4. Zelig by Stephen Thomas 5. Excerpts from Carl Didur's NOTHING IS THE SECRET TO ANYTHING 6. Forces by The Submissives. The Imposter is hosted by Aliya Pabani and produced by Katie Jensen. Original music by Nathan Burley. Feedback & freelance pitches: aliya@canadalandshow.com. We're on Twitter @IMPSTR and @aliyapabani. Sponsored by FreshBooks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carolyn Taylor on how Baroness Von Sketch Show gets made. Lauren Strapagiel defends Guy Fieri. The women of The Second City on being funny while female. This show features: 1. Bull & Eagle by Look Vibrant 2. Carolyn Taylor of Baroness Von Sketch Show 3. Hello by Jaunt 4. Lauren Strapagiel in defence of Guy Fieri 5. Leigh Cameron, Becky Johnson, and Kirsten Rasmussen of The Second City 6. Monica Heisey reading bad reviews of her book 7. Rewind Undo by Keysha Freshh. The Imposter is hosted by Aliya Pabani and produced by Katie Jensen. Contributions by Liam Gareau. Original music by Nathan Burley. Feedback & freelance pitches: aliya@canadalandshow.com. We're on Twitter @IMPSTR and @aliyapabani. Sponsored by FreshBooks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast that looks at all the people, places and events regularly left out of Canadian history. Hosted and written by Leah-Simone Bowen & Falen Johnson, produced by Katie Jensen.

This episode is a taping of The Imposter's first live event at the Gladstone Hotel. Like a first marriage, it's new and exciting, and it promises that the next one will be infinitely more extravagant. Featuring: 1. Comedy by Jackie Pirico 2. "Obaa Sima" by Ata Kak 3. "A Little Bit of Lovin'" by Laurice 4. Videogame artist Kara Stone 5. "Intimate Strangers" by BizZarh. The Imposter is hosted by Aliya Pabani and produced by Katie Jensen. Original music by Nathan Burley. Feedback and freelance pitches: aliya@canadalandshow.com. We're on Twitter at @IMPSTR and @aliyapabani. Sponsored by FreshBooks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, we talk about those things you only indulge in the dark. We turn up the house lights and ruin the magic of cinema. This show features: 1. A doc on the tax shelter film era by Geoff Siskind 2. "Sexe Machin / Sex Machine" by Jef Elise Barbara 3. Artist and filmmaker Oliver Husain 4. "Blow Job" by Bruce Haack 5. A review of Wrong Hole's "2012" by DandDListens 6. A review of the film "Swiss Army Man" by Amy Lam. The Imposter is hosted by Aliya Pabani and produced by Katie Jensen. Original music by Nathan Burley. Feedback & freelance pitches: aliya@canadalandshow.com. We're on Twitter @IMPSTR and @aliyapabani. Sponsored by FreshBooks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, we don't go around Drake — we go through him. This show features: 1. "Camellando" by Lido Pimienta 2. Dancer and Choreographer Esie Mensah 3. Multi-instrumentalist, Composer, and Producer Michael Peter Olsen 4. "You are Mine" by Our Founders 5. Visual Artist Geetha Thurairajah 6. "Paradise" by Daniel Caesar 7. An excerpt of "Drake Loves Moms" by Emma Healey. The producer of The Imposter is Katie Jensen. Contributions by Lily Ames and Kevin Sexton. Original music by Nathan Burley. Feedback & freelance pitches: aliya@canadalandshow.com. We're on Twitter @IMPSTR and @aliyapabani. Sponsored by FreshBooks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.