Podcasts about Rexdale

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticJoin Analytic Dreamz on Notorious Mass Effect as we dive into NAV's fifth studio album, "OMW2 Rexdale," released March 28, 2025, under XO Records. This marks NAV's first full-length project since 2022's "Demons Protected By Angels," honoring his Rexdale, Toronto roots. Featuring 14-15 tracks with artists like Don Toliver, Playboi Carti, and Metro Boomin, the 36-minute album blends moody synths and sharp production. Available in digital, vinyl, and CD formats, "OMW2 Rexdale" reflects NAV's journey from bedroom producer to global rap star. Tune in for an in-depth breakdown!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today's episode is Part 1 of a two-part series featuring Tracy Blake (she/her). The only daughter of Trinidadian immigrants, Tracy and her youngest brother were raised in the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-faith, working class neighbourhood of Rexdale in Toronto, on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Anishinabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewa, and Huron-Wendat peoples, as well … Continue reading "GP054: Sport and Justice with Tracy Blake (Part 1)"

Today's episode is Part 2 of a two-part series featuring Tracy Blake (she/her). The only daughter of Trinidadian immigrants, Tracy and her youngest brother were raised in the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-faith, working class neighbourhood of Rexdale in Toronto, on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Anishinabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewa, and Huron-Wendat peoples, as well … Continue reading "GP055: Sport and Justice with Tracy Blake (Part 2)"

Greg (@gregbradyTO) discussed the push for a bridge to the Toronto Island with Councillor Parthi Kandeval (@ParthiKandavel) & April Engelberg (@AprilEngelberg), who first floated the idea of the Island bridge when she ran for council in 2022. Lastly, we speak with YOU and we took your calls – got your reaction – to news of a 14-year-old Toronto BOY charged with murder following a mass shooting in Rexdale earlier this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) discussed the push for a bridge to the Toronto Island with Councillor Parthi Kandeval (@ParthiKandavel) & April Engelberg (@AprilEngelberg), who first floated the idea of the Island bridge when she ran for council in 2022. Lastly, we speak with YOU and we took your calls – got your reaction – to news of a 14-year-old Toronto BOY charged with murder following a mass shooting in Rexdale earlier this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back B3! Off his trip from LA with some stories! Plus we got a lot to talk about this week. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSGbGTkweBvH79LnMha5bxg Chapters 00:00 Dusty going to the Roach Killa & Blitz show 04:10 Intro music 09:38 Introduction 12:47 Dusty's week, Friday at radio show, Bishop show 19:56 Letting your kid get into music 28:26 Chris AKA Christmas List Trinidad Adventure 30:58 Diamond Club Ad 31:25 Moula 1st goes at Nav for not being from Rexdale 47:51 Drake calls Elliot Wilson a rat 01:00:46 Drake x Snowd4y reaction 01:06:04 Backlash from the Toronto/Jamaican accent 01:14:33 Steamin Hotgrabba Ad 01:14:52 The Toronto accent 1983 to now 01:25:42 Billboard's Top 10 Female rappers 01:35:00 Dejon Paul Confirms that he was GRAZED 01:46:32 Did the Ray J & Kim K tape start OnlyFans?? 01:56:17 Outro music and what's up next week ************************************************************************ Intro Music Snowd4y ft Drake - Wah Gwan Delilah Brassmunks - Big Ghetto Concept - EZ on the Motion To Much For Much Big thanks to B3 from Utopia Records Studio https://www.instagram.com/utopiarecordsca/ Thanks to Diamond Club: https://www.instagram.com/diamondclub_905/ Steamin Hot Grabba: https://www.instagram.com/steaminhotgrabba/ We Love Hip Hop: www.instagram.com/welovehiphopnetwork/ Friday: www.instagram.com/fridayrickydred/ Dusty Wallace: www.instagram.com/trappherajohn/ Prod B3: https://www.instagram.com/prod.b3/ DJ Zar: https://www.instagram.com/djzartv/

Students of a Rexdale high school admit the gun violence that killed a man in his 60s and injured four others left them unsettled; the Crown's star witness describes what he overheard leading up to and after a fatal shooting at a Mississauga restaurant; and, Ross Derry of Oshawa, Ont. was stunned to discover his coverage for a $4,000 e-bike that was stolen was limited to $1,000.

We get into Rudy Gay's recent comments about the Raptors and there's no holding back. Is Kevin Durant's leadership skills questionable? And apparently any team LeBron James plays in is a nightmare to coach.

In which we switch up the order of the show and everything goes all to H-E-L-L 2:15 Starting with takes this time. Tara: Blazers are going to have a terrible record again  next season.  15:00 Rose: Player comps suck.  25:00 Ashton Hagans 58:50 Dalano Banton 1:25:00 Canadian players coming into the league Letter from home: A father's message to Kentucky's Ashton Hagans - The Athletic Ashton Hagans Blog: Decommitment from Georgia, falling in the Final Four, rumor control and more Ashton Hagans, Timberwolves Reportedly Agree to 2-Way Contract After NBA Draft The hometown kid making big noise for the Toronto Raptors 'I Want to Be the Blueprint': The Raptors' Dalano Banton Is Making Rexdale Dream Big | Complex  ‘Rexdale is him.' Raptors rookie Dalano Banton inspiring the neighbourhood he grew up in Podcast: Hustle Play Dalano Banton: "Wow, I'm really on the Raptors!"  Inside In Your City, a Brand Started By Dalano Banton and His Friends | Complex Join us on ⁠Discord⁠! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (⁠@shoozumoops⁠)

To say the city is proud of you Dalano just isn't enough. Dalano Banton from Rex jumped on bus 45 and helped the Blazers take an OT thriller in Portland dropping yet another huge line - we're proud of you man. Hoopo, Max P and A.Rod are back to re-up, chop and serve once again! We would love to know what you think so please reach out to @elhoopo or @ethosraptors on X. All videos of every episode can be found on YouTube at @ElHoopo. New episodes every Thursday and Sunday and look out for the new "Quik Game" segments where Hoopo rides solo on a 15 min shot clock going over all that is hoop and lifeSUBSCRIBE on iTunes and follow@EthosRaptors for Raptors updates all season long!PropUp on ThriveFantasy this NBA season! Use code ETHOS at signup for a 100% deposit match bonus and win big cash by simply flexing DFS prop knowledge on the biggest names on the board!Manscaped is BACK, baby! Just like the NBA! Use coupon code HOOPBALL20 to get 20% off and free shipping on your purchase at Manscaped.com!Want more codes? We got 'em! ExpressVPN is offering 3 BONUS months on every 12-month membership purchase by using this special link: https://www.expressvpn.com/hoopball

On the latest edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter/insider Casey Holdahl discusses...• Portland's loss to the Heat on Tuesday to finish off a winless month of February• Staying motivated during a nine-game losing streak• Deandre Ayton suffering a right hand sprain and the status of Portland's injured players• Portland's offernsive, defensive and net ratings with a month and a half to go• The Trail Blazers failing to cover in seven-straight games and the increasingly unlikely prospect of hitting the over on their season win projectionAnd the show wraps up with an interview with Trail Blazers guard/forward Dalano Banton regarding his first few weeks in Portland, the difference between playing for his former team and his current team, whether a "perfect situation" exists, how he would describe his style of play, growing up in Toronto, the state of basketball in Canada when he was growing up compared to where it's at today, his journey from Rexdale to New England to Western Kentucky to Nebraska and what his hopes are for himself and the Blazers in the last month and a half of the season.

NAV, born Navraj Singh Goraya on November 3, 1989, in Toronto, Ontario, hails from an immigrant Punjabi Jat Sikh family originally from Punjab, India. Raised in the Rexdale neighborhood, his mother was a part of computer manufacturing, while his father operated a forklift. Regarding his upcoming song 'Baller,' it's set to release on November 3, 2023. This track is part of his discography expansion, continuing his career in the music industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mike Roach talks about: 1. Career night for Dalano Banton. 2. Raptors role players stepped up. 3. Boucher showing consistency. 4. OG bringing the fight. Like, Comment, Subscribe, Share & Rate the podcast. IG @mikeroach7 / Twitter @mike_roach_ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-roach/message

The Brown Boy is in the building. The Hip hop community has known Nav and Akademiks for going from friends to then adversaries going back and forth on social media and today they finally meet face to face to iron out issues. He is also here to talk about his current album which is now streaming on all DSPs "Demons Protected by Angels". We talk about everything from recapping their issues to getting into talking about where Nav grew up in Rexdale, Canada. He talks about his upbringing and also how he got into the game being a producer to landing a production credit on Drake - Back to Back song. He talks about the Toronto scene to also how he dealt with the pandemic and also gaining back his confidence and shedding depression. He talks about his relationship with YSL and advocates for them to be free. He also addresses a controversial article that was put out years ago that painted him as insecure when he just got on. He also talks about his journey with finding and using shrooms in a creative healthy way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/offtherecord-djakademiks/support

WATCH HERE : https://youtu.be/uQ8cnOfJrGg I know it's been a long time coming but we still here and still kickin'! Everyone, welcome Thelonious into the NRC fold, an ill rapper, writer and baller from the Rexdale area in Toronto, Ontario. Cabbie96 touched my line, passed off some music and I said ok, we have to get this guy in the stu. As always, don't come just to leave- tap in with NRC, Thelonious and don't be shy about it. Follow Thelonious: Youtube Music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCELCqGSi0c-b91ZbUJBNTWw?feature=share Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7oMI2F5UkZ6zozGE7jxRRI?autoplay=true Instagram & Twitter: @__Thelonious Follow No Request Club: Instagram: www.instagram.com/norequestclub/ Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/norequestclub/ iTunes/Podcast App @NoRequestClub

Honey Badgers swingman and proud Rexdale native Michael Okafor joins the pod to discuss the mentors that left an indelible mark on his basketball career. From his mother, to his middle school coach, to his club coach in high school, Okafor is grateful for the trust each put in him to achieve his goals. Michael has been a talker on the court his whole life, and that translates to this interview!Music by the Kount.

Jas Takhar grew up in Rexdale, Toronto, where he sold everything from newspapers to shoes to cars. The next step in the evolution of his sales career, he realized, was commercial real estate. He became a real estate broker 17 years ago, and still maintains that role today while making his own investments. In this episode, Jas details his long-term hold investing strategy, his philosophy when it comes to timing the market, and what's next for investors in the landlocked city of Toronto. Jas Takhar | Real Estate Background Co-founder of REC Canada. Portfolio: GP of 11 properties, including condos, apartments, duplexes, and a land deal. Recently invested in The Azur Resort in Florida. 17 years of real estate experience. Based in: Toronto, Canada Say hi to him at: jastakhar.ca Facebook Instagram YouTube Best Ever Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Click here to know more about our sponsors:  Cash Flow Portal | Cornell Capital Holdings | PassiveInvesting.com 

For returning guests, welcome back, and for those who are new here, I'm Andrea Samadi, author, and educator, originally from Toronto, now in Arizona, with a passion for learning, understanding difficult concepts, and breaking them down so that we can all use and apply the most current research to improve our productivity and results in our schools, sports environments, and modern workplaces. Watch this interview on YouTube here https://youtu.be/2GysauKi3Mc On this episode you will learn: ✔︎ The importance of Dr. Stephen Covey's 8th Habit-Finding Your Voice and Helping Others to Find Theirs. ✔︎ A look behind the scenes of The Chey and Pav Show-Where They Began and Where They are Now. ✔︎ What they have each noticed with their personal and professional growth hosting their podcast. ✔︎ Their vision for their NEW book "The Magnificent Microphone" ✔︎ What they learned from working with an artist with this book. ✔︎ How they intend this book to be used to connect with students whose voice is often left behind. ✔︎ How they use Easter Eggs (personal insights) to connect to their long-time supporters. With today's episode, my goal is to show the importance of identifying, sharing and amplifying the voices that aren't typically amplified. Dr. Stephen Covey reminds us that when he created the 8th habit, it was “not about adding one more habit to the 7, one that somehow got forgotten. It's about seeing and harnessing the power of a third dimension to the 7 Habits (taking The 7 Habits beyond where they were before) that meets the central challenge of the new Knowledge Worker Age (requiring continual growth). The 8th Habit is to Find Your Voice and Inspire Others to Find Theirs.”  After seeing this quote I had to ask Greg Link, who worked and partnered with the late Dr. Covey if I understood the real meaning behind this quote as I sensed it was deeper than I was grasping, and he said “He is likening finding your voice (the 8th Habit) as a next dimension fruit or outcome of mastering the 7 Habits. It's an outcome or next level, opposed to another habit” which left a profound impact on me with this episode that features 2 well-known podcast hosts from my hometown, who are on a mission to help others to amplify their voice, with their podcast and NEW book series. This means that their mission will inevitably create many NEW opportunities (or fruits as Dr. Covey put it) that will impact many people, around the world, for many years to come. Today's episode #215 is important to me (well, all the episodes are important) but this one touches the heart, mind and soul on a deep level, (as Dr. Marie Gervais reminded us to pay attention to in our last interview #214[i] on The Spirit of Work, to bring our whole selves to whatever it is we are doing) – and today's episode does just that. Today we will be speaking with Chey Cheney and Pav Wander, from The Chey and Pav Show,[ii] a weekly podcast that centers around teaching insights, reflections and growth of Chey and Pav, two middle school teachers from Toronto, Ontario.  They regularly comment on being JUST two teachers in a highly diverse community, who look to share best practices, favorite resources, mis-steps and setbacks from their teaching experiences.  I've told them often they are far from “just” teachers, but are exemplary, legendary leaders, who are paving the way forward for many who have previously not been seen, or heard and were at risk of being left behind. They did outline the highlights of becoming published authors (and all that they learned from this experience) on their most recent podcast episode #110[iii] that I encourage everyone to tune into. Today's episode we will look at their new picture book, The Magnificent Microphone[iv] that depicts a story of Chey and Pav, who in the picture book, are two keen and energetic elementary school students who often feel unseen and unheard at home and school. They always have vibrant ideas to share, but for some reason, they are always ignored! One lucky day, they find a Magnificent Microphone which helps them elevate their voices with the people that haven't been listening.  I invite everyone to join Chey and Pav as they plunge into sharing their voices, learn about storytelling, and find ways to help others amplify their voices. Let's meet these NEW published authors, keynote speakers, successful podcast hosts, and legendary middle school teachers from Toronto, Canada, Chey and Pav!!!! Welcome Chey and Pav!!!!! How much fun in this going to be??? Thank you for joining me today on the podcast. You know you've got a serious supporter of your work here, and I really do need to come back for a visit and meet up with you for coffee in the parking lot because the staffroom was never my thing.    Welcome, both of you. So, I've got to say this is really cool for me to speak with you both, being a former TDSB teacher. It's been a long time, but I was at Zion MS in North York. My department head was Jim Carson, who I had to look up and saw he's now at Fairmount PS (I think)…I'm not sure where Rexdale is from North York and how many educators you get to meet across the District.. FOR CHEY: So Chey (am I the only one who has no idea who the Hurricane Cheney is??). I've heard of a few wrestlers, (my husband is definitely a fan--he has a poster of the Iron Sheik in his office)—and I've heard of some others but I wonder why you chose The Hurricane as your Superhero name? What's so cool about this wrestler? FOR PAV: And welcome Pav (Wonder-woman Wander)…I understand this reference much better than the wrestling one.  You definitely are Wonder-woman, teaching, raising a family and running the podcast. No explanation needed unless there's more that I've missed?  Oh, expect baker as well, as I did steal one of your Christmas Cookie recipes! Q1: So, it's been over 2.5 years since you launched your podcast, (is that right??)  that's now called The Chey and Pav Show, and I know so much has happened since you put your voice out into the world in this short amount of time that's probably gone by like the blink of an eye. So many new opportunities are coming your way, and many more on the horizon, so I do want to first of all congratulate you both on the decision to do this work. Looking back now, Pav, you say this is “the most exponential growth you've experienced as a teacher.” Could you both go back to when you took your RSS feed and put it out to multiple podcast channels…what do each of you remember thinking back then and was exponential growth that would be chronicled for the world to see on your mind at all? Q2: Let's go to your 100th episode, which is a HUGE milestone (awesome!!) where you each went over your “most impactful” episodes over the years that impacted your growth. What is unique about this podcasting experience, is that the world gets to watch your growth (which I've seen with some other podcast hosts I follow-and I can see the growth in myself. I remember the first 50 interviews I did, I seriously look like I'm hyperventilating…I can't watch them without thinking “just take a breath…breathe!!”  I know you have noticed your growth as well. Aside from the knowledge you have both gained, what have you noticed about your growth personally and professionally with hosting The Chey and Pav Show and putting your voice out to the world? Q3: What I loved about your 100th episode is that you picked some episodes that were impactful, and stood the test of time. Over the years, I often draw back to past episodes for this reason, as I think they can inspire others for years to come. I know it's hard to think ahead, and easier to look back, but what is your vision when you get to EPISODE #200? What are your next podcast milestones goals? Q4: I'd like to move to your NEW picture book, The Magnificent Microphone, since this is a huge deal that you are now published authors. I actually wrote these questions BEFORE I read your book, and these questions have more meaning now, as I felt your story on a deep emotional level. Can you each share your vision for this book and eventual series? Q5: I have to mention your art work, since we also had an artist create images for our Level Up program and book. We interviewed our artist on EPISODE #13[v], Sam Roberts, as her artwork actually gained her a 4-year, all paid, prestigious leadership scholarship at the University of AR. Who knew when she was 16 years old, and sending me back ideas based on what I was asking her to draw for me, where this would lead her in her future. What did you learn from your artist, Shawnna Purkis, and I wonder what this experience uncovered for her as her voice was elevated being your artist? Q6:  What's next for you both? I know you are going to make this a book series, but I wonder if you have thought about the books having components that could be used for the ELL population? (I ask because I worked for Pearson ESL and many books to schools for Newcomer students). Have you thought about this audience as you are now working on translating this book into many different languages? Q7: I've got to mention the Easter Eggs (not chocolate-but the personal insights) that you have noticed in your episodes. I didn't notice I was doing that until I looked back when I got to EPISODE 100 and saw how intentional I was with the guests I asked to be on the podcast. The people I asked were ALL influencers in my life in some way. I quote them often, as I want to leave a legacy with what I'm creating to help others, by recording these moments of growth and it's a lot of fun knowing there's a creative side of me embedded in each episode. What have you both noticed? Q8: Congratulations on your huge keynote presentation in Saskatoon! I loved watching you both prepare for that. I know there's a lot of behind the scenes stuff that happens (let alone content prep). What stuck out to you from that weekend as memorable for you both? Q9: Is there anything important I have missed?  I want to thank you both for the years of support with our podcast. I haven't met you in person, (yet) but feel massively connected to you both. For people to learn more about your podcast, book series, and contact you, is the best place your website www.cheyandpav.com Thank you!! I can't wait to see what's next for both of you and how many young leaders your book (and series in the future) will inspire. When I make it back home, I'll be sure to let you both know! Reflections After This Episode: Some final thoughts: Today I got to come full circle as a former teacher from Toronto District School Board, who had no idea of the impact possible when you put the 8th Habit into action.  Imagine how many young leaders Chey and Pav's book series will inspire. This is only the beginning for them, but I see so much more. I do understand now why they refer to themselves as “just” teachers from Toronto (although I will always see them as legendary leaders). I can't wait to see where these two teachers with a passion of  sharing their voices, through storytelling, and find helping others to amplify their voices end up in the next 5-10 years. Dr. Stephen Covey's quote reminds us all that life is about getting to the 8th Habit—so whatever it is that you might be working on, I hope this episode has given you some insight of the importance of amplifying those often unheard voices—whether it's in the classroom, workplace, or in the sports environment. With that final thought, I'll see you next episode, with an elementary school assistance principal, Dan Wolfe, who is just about to release a NEW book that takes the 5 SEL competencies we've covered on our podcast and shows us how to navigate through life with these competencies as our “moral compass.” See you next episode. FOLLOW CHEY AND PAV Twitter https://twitter.com/Staffpodcast Podcast Twitter Chey Cheney https://twitter.com/mrccheney Twitter Pav Wander https://twitter.com/PavWander Facebook https://www.facebook.com/staffroompodcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cheyandpav/ Instagram Chey Cheney https://www.instagram.com/chey_cheney/ Instagram Pav Wander https://www.instagram.com/___pav___/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chey-and-pav-%E2%80%9Cteachers-talking-teaching%E2%80%9D-8b69081b8/ REFERENCES: [i] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #214 with Dr. Marie Gervais https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/marie-gervais-phd-on-the-spirit-of-work-connecting-science-business-practices-and-sacred-texts-for-a-happier-and-more-productive-workplace/ [ii] The Chey and Pav Show https://www.cheyandpav.com/ [iii] https://www.cheyandpav.com/podcast [iv] The Magnificent Microphone by Chey Cheney and Pawan Wander Illustrated by Shawnna Purkis Published April 14, 2022  https://www.cheyandpav.com/picture-book [v]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #13 with Sam Roberts on “Winning a 4-Year Prestigious Leadership Scholarship at the University of AR, Fort Smith” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/our-very-own-teen-artist-sam-roberts-on-winning-a-4-year-prestigious-leadership-scholarshipat-the-university-of-arkansas-fort-smith/  

Priscilla Sreedharan (@priscillasree) is a content producer and passionate storyteller who was an Associate Producer of Dragon's Den (@cbcdragon) during its ascent. She later went on to do some interesting roles at both Cineplex (@cineplexmovies) & TD (@td_canada).She joins Ara on this week's episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss her time working with Dragon's Den, wanting to be Peter Mansbridge when she was growing up, being a ‘serial hobbyist', food sustainability, her thoughts on the lack of transparency around the topic of money, living frugally and being intentional with her purchases, how she CRUSHED $30K of debt in 6 months with her partner, and much more.Follow Priscilla:- LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/priscilla-sreedharan-68487412/) Timestamps00:19 - Ara introduces this week's guest, Priscilla Sreedharan01:05 - Priscilla speaks on her upbringing and family background02:22 - Moving from High Park to Rexdale during COVID03:50 - Initially meeting at church, Priscilla invited Ara to a day of auditions at Dragon's Den05:50 - How she came across the opportunity to be an Associate Producer for Dragon's Den09:18 - Her criteria for picking entrepreneurs to be featured on the show10:01 - Did she have any say in terms of selecting the ‘Dragons' and interacting with them?10:41 - Priscilla's favourite Dragon was…11:29 - How she felt working with such an iconic show in Canada, and seeing its impact13:17 - What are the growth opportunities for an Associate Producer? Quitting with no plan15:10 - Would she return to CBC to work on Kim's Convenience?15:52 - How she ended up with Cineplex18:15 - Something she learned at Cineplex that she didn't learn at CBC20:35 - How Priscilla sees the movie experience rebounding after COVID22:19 - Leaving creative roles in the TV/film industry for a ‘corporate' experience at TD Bank28:02 - Were Priscilla's parents always supportive of her career choices?31:38 - Her interests outside of work; knitting, cooking, gardening, and more32:34 - The Sri Lankan immigrant dream: children becoming third generation farmers?34:27 - Where Priscilla sees herself in the next 3-5 years35:22 - How she views money/investments; crushing $30,000 of debt in 6 months37:35 - How did she save 40% of her earnings; Priscilla providers her tips/tricks38:58 - Ara talks about the FIRE movement and some of his own financial habits42:41 - The impact that the Toronto-Tamil community has had on Priscilla45:39 - How she wants friends and family to describe her47:33 - People she admires from the global Tamil and non-Tamil communities51:45 - Advice she would give to fellow aspiring Tamil creators53:47 - Creator Confessions59:34 - The Wrap UpIntro MusicProduced And Mixed By:- The Tamil Creator- YanchanWritten By:- Aravinthan Ehamparam- Yanchan Rajmohan          

In today's episode, Matt is joined by Toronto Real Estate Broker, Sales Strategist, and Business Operator Jas Takhar. In a stimulating chat highlighted by Jas' growth in the industry, Jas talks to Matt about humble beginnings growing up in Rexdale, building life skills that are transferrable to Real Estate, going from car sales to leading a 50+ person Real Estate team, as well as creating leaders, how to prioritize, getting your team to buy-in to your vision, meeting new people, and ways realtors can produce content.Welcome to Season 2 of the Priced To Sell Podcast, Toronto's #1 Real Estate Podcast!#RealEstate #Toronto #HomesListen On:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ABqywD...iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDbk... FOLLOW MATT ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mattcampoli/CHECK OUT OUR GUEST:Jas: https://www.instagram.com/jastakhar13/

Topics Include:  (NHL) Passing of Eugene Melnyk (FIFA) Canada qualifies for Men's World Cup       - (Pre-Draw) What would have Canada's Group of Death.       - Our minimum level of expectation for Canada's team.       - What does the growth of other sports in Canada mean for hockey? (NBA) Kyle Lowry returns to Toronto as member of Miami Heat.    RAPID FIRE (Big Deal/No Big Deal)       - Tyson Nash agrees with Coyotes F Jay Beagle's cross-check to Ducks star Trevor Zegras because of his 'flashy play'.       - New soccer facility in Toronto suburb of Rexdale.        - F1 going to Las Vegas, part of track is famous Las Vegas strip.    MUSIC BY: ABA/Z Project: 'O What a Night' Date of Taping: April 3, 2022 #EugeneMelnyk #Melnyk #FIFA #WorldCup2022 #WorldCup #Canada #CanadaMNT #GroupOfDeath #KyleLowry #Lowry #MiamiHeat #Heat #TorontoRaptors #Raptors #NBA #WhatsUPodcast

Young Superstars Seasick Luchy and his blood brother, Baby Pablo, stop by for a chat with Uncle Vinny to discuss their passion for making music, growing up in different parts of Toronto, goals and vision, balancing school and everyday life and much more! Go Follow Seasick @seasickluchy and Follow Baby Pablo @riskitalll3 to stay in the loop with their new music and updates Visit VersatileVigilante.com for new updates and follow on Instagram, Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, etc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/VersatileVigilante/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/versatilevigilante Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/6rbWSYZP9asHUv431qHZfK/overview Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/versatile-vigilante/id1384221180?mt=2 SmartURL: https://smarturl.it/versatilevigilante 0:15 - Introducing Seasick Luchy & Baby Pablo 0:50 - Making Together as Blood Brothers 1:30 - Making Music as Young Kids 2:28 - Healthy Competition 3:00 - Understanding Importance of Having a Team 4:15 - Seasick Moving From Jane to Rexdale 5:00 - Pablo Growing Up in Pelham 5:25 - Growing Up in Toronto Influencing Who You Are 6:30 - Seasick Finding Pablo's Music on IG 7:30 - Dropping First Track 8:30 - People Roasting Them After First Track 10:00 - Being Strategic About Releasing Music 10:30 - Criticism 11:20 - Explaining The Name "Seasick Luchy" 13:20 - Being 16 and 18 Years Old Making Music 13:40 - Having Your Own Sound; Music Influences 17:00 - Process Making Music 17:30 - Importance of Being Versatile 18:10 - Dangerous Being a Rapper in Toronto 19:40 - Moving Smart 20:30 - Understanding the Sacrifices 21:30 - "Right Here" Video 25:30 - Baby Pablo Explaining Importance of Dropping Music Consistently 27:10 - Importance of Dropping Videos 28:20 - Being Serious About Making Music 29:30 - Being Consistent and Growing 30:15 - 2022 Plans ; Performing 33:00 - Being Around Good Energy 33:55 - Working as a Group 34:50 - Learning About Different Aspects of Music 36:40 - Being a Student of the Game 39:00 - Toronto Politics 41:00 - Smiley Being a Role Model 42:15 - Importance of Having Good Examples 42:50 - Still Being in High School 44:00 - Balance 44:30 - People Not Being on the Same Mentality 45:30 - Don't Bend For Other People 47:10 - Can't Compare Struggles 48:30 - Interests in Business & Marketing 49:10 - Shoutout G Herbo and Lil Bibby 50:30 - Future Plans ; Shoutouts 51:50 - Shoutout 61st ; Free MK 53:10 - Shoutout Sam G and Baby Smoove 55:05 - Artists Being Able to Make Gangster and Love Songs 55:30 - Shoutout Kodak Black ; Grinding for a Long Time 57:00 - Making Vlogs and Other Content 57:45 - @seasickluchy and @riskitalll3

How inequitable access to antibiotics fuels super bugs; China cracks down on #MeToo beyond Peng Shuai; Cheez-It crackers are 100 years old; the Raptors' Dalano Banton is Rexdale's hometown hero; Indigenous creators get a boost from TikTok's new accelerator program; Matthew Heineman's new documentary The First Wave and more.

KC is back for another Rexdale packed episode.

Bryce breaks done the Raptors' season and home opener in Toronto. It was definitely not a night to remember as the Raptors seemed to see the ghosts of old players from their team and the Wizards. However, Dalano Banton saved the night. Rexdale stand up! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jurassic Views prepares for the season and home opener with episode number 100. Zaya and Bryce talk about the rookies, Dalano Banton and Rexdale and its place and importance in Toronto and line ups. The Sunday School Nerds return with more scripture quotes as well. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Rexdale legend and 4 time DDC Champion, Dane Wally Walton grabs a mic.

Toronto Raptors rookie Dalano Banton joins Jim Tatti to discuss his first NBA training camp, what he learned in summer league, growing up in Rexdale and how much the Raptors influenced him and his love of basketball growing up.

Senior Cote and Dewey Coates drop by the studio to discuss all things Rexdale.

"This too shall pass" About Jonathan Evangelista Jonathan is an MBA candidate at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University. Prior to attending Ryerson, Jonathan studied electrical engineering at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and also at Humber College in Rexdale, Ontario. He is a Professional Engineer and Project Manager, currently working as a Manager at a Local Distribution Company (LDC) which provides electricity to a large portion of the GTA. In his free time, he likes to make music on the piano and mess around on Digital Audio Workstations (https://soundcloud.com/jonathingz), explore the City on his bike, find a new recipe, or read a new book. Connect with Jonathan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanjevangelista/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonathingz Charity of The Month Y&D donates all of its revenue to charity. The National Stuttering Association (NSA) is the largest non-profit organization in the world dedicated to bringing hope and empowerment to children and adults who stutter, their families, and professionals, through support, education, advocacy, and research. Their vision is to build on our position as the preeminent organization for supporting people who stutter. You can make your donation here: https://westutter.org/donate/ Connect With The Yonge and Dundas Team Roshan Sahu (Host): roshansahu@protonmail.com Nadia Barbosa (Executive Producer): nadia.barbosa@ryerson.ca Website: https://www.yongedundaspodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yongedundaspodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yongedundaspodcast Copyright Roshan Dev Sahu 2021. All Rights Reserved. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

For over thirty years, listeners have been coming to Terry Carnation and his radio show Dark Air for answers to their questions about all things supernatural. Fictional listeners, that is — because Terry is a fictional character played by Rainn Wilson, who you might know as Dwight Schrute from The Office. Our host Elamin Abdelmahmoud had the honour of speaking to Terry about ghosts, Yetis, elves, and the search for his missing wife. You don't want to miss this conversation, or Terry's thoughts on...Rainn Wilson. We also have a brand new slate of new and notable podcasts for your July listening. Hear about the baseball pitcher who played the best game of his life...while tripping on acid. Plus, an independent Canadian podcast spotlights everyday people overcoming life's challenges by finding purpose. FEATURED PODCASTS: 1- Dark Air with Terry Carnation: "Paranormal AM radio host Terry Carnation (aka Rainn Wilson) returns to the airwaves after his mental breakdown. But on his first night back, he receives a call that could be coming from beyond the grave." 2 - SickKids VS: "Ryan is severely allergic to peanuts. Like, hives-blossoming, throat-closing, get-me-epinephrine-now kind of allergic. But as part of a clinical trial at SickKids, which could change the course of allergy treatment, he now eats a tiny dose of the stuff every night. That's because peanuts—the very food that could kill him—might also be the key to protecting him. WARNING: Please do not try this without the close supervision of a doctor." 3 - Not Past It: "Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis, played the best game of his career while tripping on acid. On June 12, 1970, Ellis pitched a no-hitter. [Host] Simone [Polanen] tells the story of his trip and what it can teach us about psychedelic drugs and performance anxiety." 4 - Pop Chat: "We now have to spend hours looking at our faces in screens. The result? A noticeable uptick in plastic surgery, injectables, veneers...basically, all the ways we can change our faces. Is this reality here to stay?" 5 - Resilient People: "Terrence Rodriguez spent much of his youth alone, singing songs about how lonely he was and wanting to be someone else. Now married and living in a Toronto suburb called Rexdale, he wants to be the role model to the city's LGBTQ+ youth that he wished he had growing up. Terrence created the community group REX Pride to offer counselling, support and friendship to young people struggling to find their place in the world. We spoke about his childhood, the process of transitioning and what REX Pride means to him." 6 - Sickboy: "Hosts Join Jeremie, Brian and Taylor as they tackle health taboos with people who have experienced them firsthand. In this episode, the boys are joined by Jodie Martinson. Martinson is the producer of the CBC podcast Other People's Problems. This week we talk about the therapeutic value in being a fly on the wall. Real people. Real problems. Real talk. Normally, therapy sessions are totally confidential — but this podcast opens the doors. Hillary McBride and her clients want to help demystify mental health. This is what people really sound like when they talk about traumatic births, turbulent divorces, eating disorders and tough childhoods."

Rick Kelly, Executive Director of "Just Us: A Centre for Restorative Justice Practices" shares how a project he led in Rexdale brought the ecosystems of school and community together, benefiting families, students, educators and community.

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Toronto's 416 own Willi, G & Esteban aka 6ixreyes are spitting humorous and witty hot takes on everything in the current culture. From the studio or Zoom! Da brand ta fuerte! This weeks guest: TDOTCAM from Toronto via the LATIN Americas.. We talk about Photography, Toronto, Latin roots, Music Videos, Directing, Colombia, Pandemic, upbringing in Rexdale and more..

In this inaugural episode from the AMPLIFY series of The Staffroom Podcast, Chey and Pav talk to two former students, siblings Zara and Rayan Rahman, as they discuss their non-profit initiative to provide essential PPE to front line and highly vulnerable individuals in their immediate community. Highlighting activism and entrepreneurship, these two bright stars deserve to have their actions and their voices AMPLIFIED. Here's more about them: Rayan Rahman is a leader passionate about educating youth about mental wellness. He is a student at the University of Toronto studying Health & Disease and physiology. Rayan is involved with organizations that align with his passions like Kids Help Phone and is a co-founder of Rexdale Giveback. Zara Rahman is an award-winning spoken word artist, international nonprofit organization founder and activist. As a current grade 11 student, Zara is passionate about human rights, and youth empowerment. In the future, she plans to pursue a career in law and politics. Keep in contact with Rexdale Giveback through their Instagram page, @rexdalegiveback for more information about the group, and their initiatives.

Interview with Antwi Atuahene the Rexdale legend, we discussed his basketball journey, gun violence in the city and much more.

One of my oldest friends joins me to share his journey that has taken him all over the world as a player and then a coach and now back to Canada where he holds the reigns of one of the most storied franchises in junior hockey, The Peterborough Petes. The Petes have boasted famous coaches such as Scotty Bowman, Roger Neilson, Mike Keenan and Dick Todd. Rob Wilson steps in at the helm of a team that he also played for back in the late '80's. Rob has also seen playing time in the pro ranks in North America as well as over in Europe and is a member of the British ice hockey hall of fame. He transitioned into coaching after his playing days in 2003-04 with stints in the EIHL and with Great Britain's National Team. He's coached in Italy and Germany and just prior to taking over the Petes was the head coach of the DEL's Nuremberg Ice Tigers from 2015-2018 and was named the DEL Coach of the Year in 2016-17. Rob is originally from Rexdale, Ontario and played all his minor hockey in the (M)GTHL. He now resides in Ennismore, ONT with his two daughters and his wife Heidi and her son. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mindsetbodybank/message

Sponsored by: Sovrin Extracts You can try Sovrin extracts products today by visiting www.themrgreen.ca and save 10% off your order with coupon code “welovehiphop”. Also Sponsored by Pretty Much Blunted Accessories & Clothing. Use the code welovehiphop2020 for 25% off until December 20, 2020. ______________________________________________________________ We did it! Episode 200 straight from Gucci's penthouse condo! Very fun episode! Plus very dope interview with Rexdale repper Pilla B! Thank you to all the people who been rocking with us from day one with the iPhone audio! We appreciate you all! ______________________________________________________________ Topics and Announcements (In Order) - Episode 200 celebration (Favorite memories) - Chromazz claps back at Megan Thee Stallion - Man Finesses Emergency Response Fund for 11 Million - Adansom BBQ remaining open after lockdown (Ford claps back) - Moula 1st take shots on New snippet - Toronto Rapper Road Runna giving up the streets for strictly music - PUSH 2020 (Toronto Original Series) Review ______________________________________________________________ Intro Drop Beat by Big Tweeze: https://www.instagram.com/bigtweeze/ Intro Songs STRAIGHT OFF THE BLOCK!! RAPSHEET DVD THROWBACK 2005 FEATURING FRIDAY RICKY DRED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=771_EAItYuw Jadakiss - The Champ Is Here (Prod By Green Lantern) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nz3DL6EXtQ ______________________________________________________________ Top 6 Videos In Canada 1. Famous JL - Hakuna 2. Asun Eastwood - Shots Fired 3. Lil Berete - Murda ft. 2KBABY 4. Geezy Loc - Now I Gotta 5. Br0kebaby Feat. Smiley - Easy Now 6. Lebza Khey Ft. Cupidon - Impoli ____________________________________________________________ Honorable Mentions Max Winds (Ft. YK The Mayor) - Man Down Pilla b- Rags To Riches Freestyle Mouraine - Hoopty Feat. Moto Grainz North - Make A Mill O'Deriic ft Nue - Onsight CHROMAZZ - Marcus Thee Stallion Candi Flamingo - Old Me New Me Alazar - TOPDOG ARAB$ - RESUME FM x Keyzie - 36 For Bitches Young Smoke - Sticks & Drums CITY X Ayce Cross - Big Money YGM - Excuse Me Yung Flip - Nothing New Ethio Kid x Yb Eri - Slime Talk Asher Ace - IDC DJ NattyB : All The Smoke Cypher - Ladies Edition Mahkai G - I'm The Best R&R Yaski - Therapy Slim Dinero - In My Zone FTG Reggie x FTG Metro - R.I.P. Dnl Real - INTRO Tom MacDonald - "SELLOUT" Project Prezzy "Flash Bang" _____________________________________________________________ SMOKE BREAK TUNE: Houdini x Burna Bandz - Late Nights https://open.spotify.com/track/4tFWHvXkGeJPH0hLeq3c06?si=ScX21gUfSbyuJv7wywfF2A Road Tune: BrassMunk - Big https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpRQ8GyCvLE ______________________________________________________________ We Love Hip Hop: www.instagram.com/welovehiphopnetwork/ Friday: www.instagram.com/fridayrickydred/ PK Herc: www.instagram.com/pkhercs/ Gucci 416: www.instagram.com/g_u_c_c_i_416/ Guttzy Guttz: www.instagram.com/guttzyguttz/

In this episode, I speak with Terrence Rodriguez who faced struggles, isolation and loneliness through his journey as a transgender man.Terrence’s story of resilience stems from his desire for community. By recognizing the struggle that many LGBTQ youth go through, he launched a social hub and advocacy group in Toronto called, REXpride. It is a safe space for them to gather, make friends, be among their peers and feel open and confident in their identity. If there’s one thing we can take away from this episode it’s “you’re not alone”. There is always a community out there who understands you and wants to help you. And even in your own journey through hardship, you can take your experience and do something positive with it. To learn more about REXpride visit www.rexpride.com or on socials @rexpride. To learn more about RESILIENT PEOPLE visit www.resilientpeople.ca or on socials @resilientpeopleca Please subscribe to the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast and leave a kind review. 

Sponsored by: Sovrin Extracts You can try Sovrin extracts products today by visiting www.themrgreen.ca and save 10% off your order with coupon code “welovehiphop”. Also Sponsored by Pretty Much Blunted Accessories & Clothing. Use the code welovehiphop2020 for 25% off until December 20, 2020. ______________________________________________________________ We did it! Episode 200 straight from Gucci's penthouse condo! Very fun episode! Plus very dope interview with Rexdale repper Pilla B! Thank you to all the people who been rocking with us from day one with the iPhone audio! We appreciate you all! ______________________________________________________________ Topics and Announcements (In Order) - Episode 200 celebration (Favorite memories) - Chromazz claps back at Megan Thee Stallion - Man Finesses Emergency Response Fund for 11 Million - Adansom BBQ remaining open after lockdown (Ford claps back) - Moula 1st take shots on New snippet - Toronto Rapper Road Runna giving up the streets for strictly music - PUSH 2020 (Toronto Original Series) Review ______________________________________________________________ Intro Drop Beat by Big Tweeze: https://www.instagram.com/bigtweeze/ Intro Songs STRAIGHT OFF THE BLOCK!! RAPSHEET DVD THROWBACK 2005 FEATURING FRIDAY RICKY DRED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=771_EAItYuw Jadakiss - The Champ Is Here (Prod By Green Lantern) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nz3DL6EXtQ ______________________________________________________________ Top 6 Videos In Canada 1. Famous JL - Hakuna 2. Asun Eastwood - Shots Fired 3. Lil Berete - Murda ft. 2KBABY 4. Geezy Loc - Now I Gotta 5. Br0kebaby Feat. Smiley - Easy Now 6. Lebza Khey Ft. Cupidon - Impoli ____________________________________________________________ Honorable Mentions Max Winds (Ft. YK The Mayor) - Man Down Pilla b- Rags To Riches Freestyle Mouraine - Hoopty Feat. Moto Grainz North - Make A Mill O'Deriic ft Nue - Onsight CHROMAZZ - Marcus Thee Stallion Candi Flamingo - Old Me New Me Alazar - TOPDOG ARAB$ - RESUME FM x Keyzie - 36 For Bitches Young Smoke - Sticks & Drums CITY X Ayce Cross - Big Money YGM - Excuse Me Yung Flip - Nothing New Ethio Kid x Yb Eri - Slime Talk Asher Ace - IDC DJ NattyB : All The Smoke Cypher - Ladies Edition Mahkai G - I'm The Best R&R Yaski - Therapy Slim Dinero - In My Zone FTG Reggie x FTG Metro - R.I.P. Dnl Real - INTRO Tom MacDonald - "SELLOUT" Project Prezzy "Flash Bang" _____________________________________________________________ SMOKE BREAK TUNE: Houdini x Burna Bandz - Late Nights https://open.spotify.com/track/4tFWHvXkGeJPH0hLeq3c06?si=ScX21gUfSbyuJv7wywfF2A Road Tune: BrassMunk - Big https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpRQ8GyCvLE ______________________________________________________________ We Love Hip Hop: www.instagram.com/welovehiphopnetwork/ Friday: www.instagram.com/fridayrickydred/ PK Herc: www.instagram.com/pkhercs/ Gucci 416: www.instagram.com/g_u_c_c_i_416/ Guttzy Guttz: www.instagram.com/guttzyguttz/

Always fun when you can catch up with old friends and today's episode was certainly entertaining with Eddie Choi. Eddie was born to parents of Korean descent who immigrated to Canada in the mid '60's. Settling in the west end of Toronto in an area known as Rexdale most of the Choi's neighbors were Italian. Young Eddie learned to like hockey by playing on the street with the neighbourhood kids and that passion turned into a life long commitment to the sport. Eddie excelled on the ice playing at the highest level of minor hockey and leading many championship teams. He then took his speed and scoring skills and put them to use for the Henry Carr Crusaders Jr team where that earned him a hockey scholarship to the Big 10 to play for Ohio State. After 4 years as a Buckeye Eddie decided to turn his playing passion into a teaching passion. At 50 years old he still laces up the skates everyday and uses the core values that he was raised with, family, respect, honor and commitment to instill those values in his young students. Although Eddie has seen the likes of PK Subban, John Tavares and many others pass through his schools he is most proud of the students who have become grown into hard working, respectable adults who embrace the same values that he used to guide them. If you're interested in working with him you can find at Eddie at www.eddiechoihockey.ca and @eddiechoihockey on Instagram. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mindsetbodybank/message

Jas Takhar has been in the sales and service industry for over 25 years. Soon after deciding to try his hand in real estate, he co-founded the REC, and in the course of 15 years, has successfully propelled his team to the 1st place position in Canada under Royal LePage.   With 34 realtors and 10 support staff, the team advises and assists over 700 buyers, sellers and investors yearly across the greater Toronto Area, resulting in a total of over $1.5B in transactions. Jas’ area of expertise is in helping investors build out their real estate portfolios. Wanting to share his knowledge and experience with the masses, he wrote a book titled Real Estate Intelligence, which teaches others how to buy or sell real estate on their own. Questions   Could you share a little bit about your journey, how you ended up where you are today and what that was like for you? Could you share with us how it is that you are able to provide white glove service to your clients and customers? Maybe give us two or three things that our listeners could take away and maybe use some of those same strategies in their business? Could you share with us how do you stay motivated every day? Could you share with us what's the one online resource, tool, website or app that you absolutely can't live without in your business? Could you share with us maybe one or two books that have had the biggest impact on you? Can you share with us what's one thing that's going on in your life right now - either something that you're working on to develop yourself? Where can listeners find you online? Do you have a quote or saying that during times of adversity or challenge, you’ll tend to revert to this quote - it kind of helps to keep you focused or get you back on track if it is that you do fall off track.   Highlights   Jas’ Journey Jas shared that he has been in sales and service now for 25 years. As mentioned in the bio, real estate has been 15 years for him. But he was always that kid, he was always selling, even as a young kid, in class, in school when he was probably 6 or 7 years old and the teacher said, who wants to help with selling ornaments during the Christmas during the holiday time or help with the book fair when the parents are going to come and buy books, he always had his hand up, he was very eager to do really anything with sales.   And then when it really kind of came home for him, it was when he was 12 years old, he got his first paper route, but it was in Toronto where for the Toronto Sun, where you have to knock on doors first to get subscribers. And even though as he thinks about it now, as he’s telling the story, he remembers heart beating, getting goose bumps, scared to knock on the door, but he always did, he always knocked on the door. And then it was fast forward to when he was 15, 16 years old, started selling shoes. Then he went into the banking industry with his client facing. And then he started selling cars for 3 years in the luxury kind of car market, Acura, Lexus and that's where he really was mentored by one of Canada's most successful owners, him and his family now own 8, 9 top dealerships in Canada based out of here in the greater Toronto Area.   But he took him under his wing, there was 3 brothers, but he took him under his wing, one of the owners, and just taught him how to sell, how to take care of people, how to ask for referrals, how to kind of tap into other people's network. And then 15 years ago, he made the big jump because in car sales, he realized that there was a ceiling in terms of how much he could make just looking at what some of the people that had been in the business for 15 years, what they were making. And so, once he decided to get into real estate, as they say, the rest is history. He’s proud to say now that they have 37 realtors, he’s going to have his team make sure they make that switch in the bio, with 10 support staff.   Customer service is the number one metric they use and what he means by that is how many wow's can they get during the process?   Strategies for Provide White Glove Service to Customers  Jas stated that real estate is one of the biggest purchases that someone's going to make. And so, what he decided to do, not really once he got into the business, because 15 years ago he was still learning it and kind of getting an idea of how he was going to make kind of a dent into the marketplace and get market share. And what he came to realize was that a lot, and just like in any sales profession, if it's insurance or car sales, real estate, if you're an Advisor, a Consultant, really the bar is set low. He hates to say it, he owes everything to this industry like the sales industry, but he thinks salespeople are the least trusted professionals. So knowing that, knowing that the bar is not set that high and so what he started doing really within about 2 or 3 years is asking customers. He was like, “What are your expectations?”   And so, a lot of people would be kind of blown back, like blown away with that question, like, what do you mean? He’s like….   “What are your expectations in this process? Are you looking into buying quickly? Are you wanting to wait? Is this a long term investment or is this something that you want to buy and flip or do you expect me to answer your calls every single day? Whatever it is, I just want to know, Mr. and Mrs. Client, what are your expectations?”   Now in the back end, the reason he was asking this question is because one of their company models here is that exceed expectations, client’s expectations. Well, the only way to exceed them is if you know what they are.   And so, he would get people telling him, “Well, I want you to answer all my calls every single time I call, even if at 11 o'clock.” And he was like, “Well, that can't happen, that's not who I am.”   And so he was able to start to set barriers right at the start. What he also realized in real estate that most salespeople were always calling outbound and asking if somebody wants to buy, sell a home. So a service that he offered and look for anybody who's listening, who's in sales, he thinks you can do this in any industry. When they started was a real estate concierge service, it's absolutely free, there's no cost.   And so anybody who's listening, actually anywhere in the country of Canada, he’s based out of Toronto, but it doesn't matter where you are. If you need a plumber for your home, your principal residence or an investment property that you have and you need a plumber or an electrician, they will vet one out for you. They do all the heavy lifting, they do all the work, majority of the guys and gals from a service provider perspective are already on their list but if they don't have somebody in Nunavut, which is like a very far north cold place in Canada, they will go find them for you and there is no cost for that service.   What started to happen is clients were starting to say, “Wow, that is so different and you're not charging for it?” “No. In fact, I'll even go one step above Mr. and Mrs. Client. If there is a property that you're looking into buying and in our backyard or somewhere else in the country and you just want a second set of eyes, we will be that for you?”   Meaning like how you go for a second opinion with the doctor, let us be that for you. Well, people were blown away, they started to look at us like they weren't even real estate people anymore. Like, “Okay, great. Thanks for all the education. Can you put me in touch with the real estate agent?” That started to happen because they didn't think about the transaction. They started to think about how can they not only do business with Luke, the buyer, seller, or investor, but I know that on average he knows 200 people.   So, if he knows 200 people that also know 200 people, because that's a statistic, everybody would agree. He probably know about 200 people approximately. Well, that means his network now is 40,000 possible people to do business with.   And so, when you think about it from that mindset, it's like, “Wow, okay, all I got to do is take care of the first person who does business with me.” And then onwards and onwards. Rather than how do I sell this person, how do I manipulate or one thing that a lot of the sales coaches talk about and each to their own and their own business models.   But a lot of the sales coaches will talk about, “Well, you got to handle their objection.” What are they, a hockey puck? You're handling them with a stick, that's not how this works. Be nice, picture everyone as your best friend, your grandmother, you know, ask why they would want to buy it. Why are they buying this property? Find out their motivation, dig deeper, get to know them.   And so, to come full circle in terms of one or two tips, number one is offer more value than you're getting paid for. So, for example, he talked about the real estate concierge service being the second opinion, try to become the authority in that sense.   Number two is that he gives away all the information for free. You mentioned there's no cost for that book. And so, anybody, even if you're a real estate agent in his office, come to his office, he’s to the back. There's no cost for this book, it's absolutely free. They have an audio version, they have a PDF version, and they have a hard copy. Whatever which way you want to consume it, they’ll will give it to you, again at no cost. It actually talks about how to buy your own home, how to sell your own home, how to invest on your own. And some people in the industry and quote unquote of his competitors would say, “What are you doing? Why would you give them all the information that you're supposed to charge for?”   Because there's a little site that's called YouTube and Google that anybody can find out on their own how to do these things, they don't need us. And so, why not be the person that's out there giving the information for free?   And he can tell you, firsthand experience, you start to be looked at as not at and please anybody, don’t take this the wrong way, but not being looked at as the sleazy salesperson who only has commission breath, you start to look like somebody who cares. And he hopes anybody who's listening to this podcast and your viewers and listeners, you authentically care. Like, this is something that you really care about. You care about the person; you're not trying to manipulate them or trying to rip them off. And so let others see that and feel that from you.   How Jas Stays Motivated Jas shared that his why is very strong. His why and his life is really to inspire as many people as he possibly can. For him it's very neat because he'll never hit it. He'll never hit inspiring everyone; there are 7 Billion people on this planet.   But he just loves the journey, he loves doing these podcasts, he loves doing videos, he loves writing articles and getting out as much as he possibly can.   Why? Because he was born and raised in the north part of Toronto in an area called Rexdale, where there really weren’t a lot of role models. You kind of see people selling drugs on the side and there's some crime in the area. And he grew up in that area with as he mentioned, not a lot of role models.   And so, he’s not Uber successful, in his own eyes, he’s not; he’s just Jas Takhar, son of Ajmer and Kuljit Takhar. He won the lottery in 1981 when he was born in the family that he was born in, he’s blessed, so grateful and especially when his parents came to Canada 8, 9 years before he was born.   And so, now he wants to inspire people. And so, for him, he wakes up, he springs out of bed; he has a very tough time some nights going to sleep because in a good way.  He’s very anxious, can’t wait to get back at it. He has two little boys and he knows that they're looking up to him. One is 7 and one is almost 5 in a month and a half. And he wants them to be proud of Daddy.   And he’s leaving a legacy, that's why he does a lot of a lot of videos; he probably put on about 20 pieces of content on all the platforms, on all platforms daily. Every day he puts out about 20 pieces of content and the reason is because he was just telling somebody this in his office yesterday, in his media squad, “I can't remember my dad's voice.” He stated his father is still alive, he’s like 73/74.   But he doesn't remember his dad's voice as a younger man because there are no videos. He doesn't have any videos of his dad; he probably has 18 pictures of him or something like that. But his sideburns and his bell bottoms back in the late 70s. His pops probably took it into the 80s too.   He doesn't remember his voice and how he moved, how did he interact with other people? He has some pictures 17, 18 pictures, his mom too, he can't remember his mother's voice and let alone his great grandfather, who was kind of like the godfather of the family.   His dad speaks very highly of his grandfather. He was lucky enough to know all his grandparents speak very highly of his great grandfather, he knows nothing about him. He passed away probably maybe when he was one or maybe just before. And he would love to have seen what he was up to and how he did things.   And so, he’s putting that out in the world now. And that's why he puts out so much content. So that is what keeps him self-motivated. He doesn't need a book to read and there's nothing wrong with that. He doesn't need a podcast to listen to, he loves listening to podcasts and audio books because it's something that he wants to get better at. But he wouldn't need it because he’s being pulled by something now; he’s no longer pushing towards anything. There's something that's bigger that's pulling him.    App, Website or Tool that Jas Absolutely Can’t Live Without in Her Business When asked about online resource that he can’t live without in his business, Jas shared that from a social media perspective, it would be for him, it would be Spotify, the audio platform for him because that's where he just get his podcast, it's where he puts out his podcast. It's the medium that really changed a lot for him personally, from a personal brand perspective. He was not comfortable with video at the start, now he wants 15 cameras around at all times, he’s just having fun with it. He’s seeing how does he connect with people? Do they like this? So he’s having a lot of fun.   At the start, it was the audio platform that really allowed him the comfort in doing it consistently because people didn't see him, his insecurities didn't really have to play out as much because it wasn't visual.   And so, the audio, in general, believe it or not, his number one app that is the most important on his phone is his calculator. It is by far the one app he can't live without, maybe because there's a little chip on his shoulders sometimes, all the teachers said, “Well, you can't go to the grocery, because when you go to the grocery store, you're not going to have a calculator in your pocket.” But really for him, the calculators, because he’s calculating a lot of numbers all the time for his clients, for himself, he’s putting deals together, if he’s negotiating something, he needs the calculator. And so, he probably uses the calculator the most.   Books That Have Had the Greatest Impact on Jas  When asked about books that have had the biggest impact, Jas shared that he wrote the first book that he would have read would have been The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield. Jack Canfield is the co author of Chicken Soup for the Soul. It's a thick book when you look at it and so it's kind of intimidating for him anyways, because he’s not the kid that was really good with textbooks and stuff in school. He was always drawn to personal development.   He’s in the process of writing his own book right now that should be coming out in 6 to 8 months in the personal development realm, because he was so inspired by so many guys and gals in that field. As he mentioned, a very thick book, looks intimidating. But wow, The Success Principles, the way that he wrote it, it's really in layman's terms. He understood it really quickly and then he executed.   And then the second one, he’s sure anybody who's listening to this podcast has read it, is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. He just was someone that he followed as much as he could. Social media back when he probably read that book in 2005, there wasn't really much in the social media world and so he had to do as much research as he can. He picked up his Franklin Covey planner and everything that Dr. Stephen Covey touched; he wanted part of it because he just thought he was such a brilliant, brilliant man. And that book, The Seven Habits, really is something that he probably has read 3 times and listened to the audio version 3 times as well.  It's the one book, along with The Success Principles, both of them; actually, he probably recommend the most to his team, especially his younger interns that are with him now, because he just thinks they're written very well and most importantly, they're so timeless.   What Jas is Really Excited About Now! Jas shared that the one thing that is actually works, they coincide with each other is the working with the people that he’s growing with right now, which he finds very interesting, because his 37 realtors that he has, they're independent contractors. These guys and gals are stars in their own right and they're out and about in the world doing their thing. It's his 10 core staff that's with him on a daily business on a daily basis that he gets to spend a lot of time with and some of them out of the 10 have been with him for 10 years and others just joined him 2 weeks ago. And so, he’s having a blast watching them grow.   Overall, it's this book that he’s coming out with that he’s most excited about because it's his turn now to give back as much as he can. And this book, “Removing Friction, How to Get Out of Your Own Way” is really something he’s excited about, because it's not a book that he is putting together that's taken 3 months to put together. It's still not even done, it's only 40% complete, but that 40% has taken a year and it's going to take another year and a half to complete. He’s so excited because there's so much effort, time being put into this. This is not going to be like a guide, like a quick guide, it's not something that he’s looking into even having quick sales; he wants longevity with this book.   He wants this to be spoken about like how he just spoke about The Success Principles and The 7 Habits where it's evergreen; it's going to last forever. And that's what he’s very excited about. It's his story, along with a lot of tactical tips on how to get things done and get out of your own way, because he’s such a big believer that 90% of success, whatever success means to you, is mindset and 10% is the actual mechanics/execution of it.   And the number one thing that he thinks when it comes to mindset, so that 90%, 100% of that 90%, if everyone follows along, it is understanding that you need to get out of your own way, that person that talks to you every second, you’re shutting him up or shutting her up sometimes or allowing them to speak, like that person inside you, really getting in line with that person, and he’s such a big believer in it and he wants to write about it.   Where Can We Find Jas Online Jas shared listeners can find him at – Instagram – jastakhar13 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jastakhar/ Website – www.jastakhar.ca           Quote or Saying that During Times of Adversity Jas Uses   And so, the quote that he probably has lived by, he has embodied it, it was by Dr. Martin Luther King who said that, “You don't need to see the whole staircase, you just need to see the first step.”   For him, the reason that has always the first time he read it, Dr. Martin Luther King is a very special person. But when he said that and obviously has a lot of other quotes too, but that specific one for him was so important because he thinks so many people get caught up in how much they want to accomplish or what they want to accomplish and it’s usually very big and dreaming big and having big aspirations, that's amazing and you should. But then most people get stopped, they don't get started; they never actually take the next step. And when you come to understand that don't worry if you don’t see the whole staircase, you don't have to see how it's all going to unfold, you just got to take that first step because what happens is the right people and all the resources come will come into your life.   Me: Very true. All the people circumstances and events will present themselves to you and it will all line up.   Please connect with us on Twitter @navigatingcx and also join our Private Facebook Community – Navigating the Customer Experience and listen to our FB Lives weekly with a new guest   Grab the Freebie on Our Website – TOP 10 Online Business Resources for Small Business Owners  Links   The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey   The ABC’s of a Fantastic Customer Experience Do you want to pivot your online customer experience and build loyalty - get a copy of “The ABC’s of a Fantastic Customer Experience.”   The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience provides 26 easy to follow steps and techniques that helps your business to achieve success and build brand loyalty. 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Melanie grew up in Rexdale, a suburb of Toronto when Maestro Fresh Wes was the hottest new act on radio and colour was coming to neighbourhoods along with the smells of jerk chicken, curry, and gelato. She spent a year at Jacksonville University in Florida before returning to finish her meandering path in academia to the University of Guelph where she thought she would major in botany, then urban and rural planning, then geography, and finally settling on English. She worked in government and learned about conflict resolution and mediation before realizing her lifelong wish to be an educator. She has three grown children, one of whom is disabled and lives at home. After moving around the Ottawa Carleton District she now works as the English and Fine Arts Department Head at her high school. Melanie's educational passions include disrupting the canon, promoting and honouring student voice, media studies, equity, and anti-Black racism.

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On this episode of the Healthy, Wealthy and Smart Podcast, I welcome Tracy Blake on the show to discuss the evolving role of physical therapy in sport. Tracy’s desire to contribute to sport beyond the field of play motivated her clinical work with athletes from over 25 sports at the local, provincial, national, and international levels, as well as doctoral research focusing on pediatric sport-related concussion and physical activity. It remains the driving force behind her current work as a clinician, researcher, educator, editor, and author. In this episode, we discuss: -The preventative and reactionary roles of physical therapists in sport -How to optimize the healthcare team’s strengths to amplify the organizational mission -Equity and shifting power dynamics between the athlete and clinician -COVID-19 and ethical considerations in sport -And so much more!   Resources: WCPT statement of diversity and inclusion WCPT symposium on diversity and inclusion 2016 consensus on return to sport Introducing patient voices Coin model of privilege and critical allyship Tracy Blake Twitter   For more information on Tracy: The only daughter of Trinidadian immigrants, Tracy Blake and her youngest brother were raised in the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-faith, working class Toronto (Canada) neighbourhood of Rexdale on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, as well as the Anishinabeg, Chippewa, Haudenosaunee, and Wendat peoples. Sport was a power source of connection and vehicle for connection throughout Tracy’s upbringing. Tracy’s desire to contribute to sport beyond the field of play motivated her clinical work with athletes from over 25 sports at the local, provincial, national, and international levels, as well as doctoral research focusing on pediatric sport-related concussion and physical activity. It remains the driving force behind her current work as a clinician, researcher, educator, editor, and author.   Read the full transcript below: Karen Litzy (00:01): Hi Tracy, welcome to the podcast. I am happy to have you on. And I'm so excited to get to speak with you one on one. I heard you speak at WCPT in Geneva last year and I think I've told you this. It was one of my favorite sessions and we can talk a little bit about that session later. We'll probably sort of weave it in as we go along here, but it was a great session at WCPT and I'm really excited to have you on the podcast today to talk about the evolving role of physical therapy or physiotherapy in sport. So I'm just going to hand it off to you and if you can kind of let us know what that role kind of maybe where we were and how you see it evolving and how it has evolved up to this point. Tracy Blake (00:53): Yeah, so I think historically, physiotherapy or physical therapy, I'm Canadian, so I tend to use both. Historically in sport was seen as reactionary. So injury happens, enter physiotherapist from stage 1 right. And I think over time what has happened is that both from a clinician standpoint and an organization standpoint in sport there has been a change in perspective with an increasing level of focus on primary injury prevention. And so what that has meant is physiotherapists are not only responsible for there reactionary role, the rehabilitation, the remediation of injury, but also there has been a serious investment both in their time and an organization's resources around preventing injuries from occurring at all. I think the other part of this is that part of the evolution has been in the team around the team. So historically speaking, there may have been a physical therapist and athletic trainer, a doc, and that would sort of be the primary set of your team. Tracy Blake (02:14): Now, more and more organizations are having maybe multiple therapists, strength and conditioning, nutrition, dietician, sports psychology, other disciplines are involved in the team, which both alters the way in which we gather information, gather experience, the way we develop as practitioners, and also the way in which we engage in our role and in our competencies. Within a sport context. And I think that there's sort of three arcs in which I see physiotherapy in sport, which is consultant. So in a consultant role, you may not be actually involved with front-facing athlete care at all. You might be making recommendations or talking to ownership or be brought in special cases for example. As a concept, then you have external service providers. They might have more regular athlete contacts, but they're not embedded in the daily training environment, which is the third aspect. Each one of those rules has a role to play in today's modern sport, particularly as you get into more resource abundance levels, your high performance or Olympic level or professional level. But the arc of change for each of them is going to be different. The arc of evolution is different. And what that means for the practitioner and the profession will also be different. Karen Litzy (03:47): And so when we talk about those tiers, so let's say you sort of outlined consultant the external service provider and those people who are really embedded with the team on a day to day basis. And before we went on, you sort of use the example of the NBA example. So can you talk about that just to make that a little bit clearer? Tracy Blake (04:10): Yeah. So there was a time where like if you were, the internet still existed, but maybe like online rosters and Google's worth weren't quite as prevalent, I know, usage, but you wouldn't have been able to just go on and find a physical therapist listed on an NBA team. There might've been one a decade ago, maybe two. And now in today's days and times, every NBA team has at least one and sometimes multiple that are working in various specialties within physical therapy. And so I think that that is also something to consider it, right? So what exactly is your contribution to the team in the context of both your profession, which is a healthcare paradigm and your occupation, which is in a performance paradigm in your sector. And so how do you reconcile those two in a way that allows you to contribute and to be of service? Tracy Blake (05:11): And I think we were, I mentioned this to you as well, that I think that the only way to reconcile that in a way that is grounded and sustainable is to be really clear about what your specific mission is as a physical therapist. And then making sure that whatever role you're in, whatever tier you're in, in the incredibly fast paced moving world of physio and in the fast, fast moving world of sport that you're grounded to that regardless, it makes you more responsive and adoptive, particularly in these days and times where on top of the unpredictability of sports and the fast paced moving to sports, we now overlay a global pandemic into that. And so you lose your footing. It's real easy to lose your footing in sport these days. And so if you are not grounded in something that is separate from your job professionally, it is very easy to lose your way. Karen Litzy (06:10): And especially now that there is no sport happening. Correct. While we're in the midst of this global pandemic, there is no sport happening. And so I guess being very clear on what your mission is, does that then allow you to find other ways you can contribute to the team aside from direct we'll say patient care, athlete care or direct overview of strength and conditioning programs and things like that. Tracy Blake (06:41): Yeah. So, then the question becomes is how is a team still a team when they're not playing? So when the technical has been removed from you, what makes you a team? And then in that context, what is your role in maintaining that team in contributing to that team? So I think when we were at WCPT when I had mentioned the idea of what is your mission, I had told people to think about it and you're not allowed to use the words rehabilitation, remediation, illness or injury in whatever your mission statement is. The purpose of that at the time was that you were having conversations with people in sport who do not come from your health care background. So if you only use language that relates to health care remediatory way or inaction reactionary way, you're undervaluing what you do. And you also run the risk if that's not understood in the same way you intended. Tracy Blake (07:52): It turns out that that actually works out in this case as well because now we've taken all of the trappings or all of the preconceptions that come with our role have now been wiped away. Right. So what are you contributing to the team in this context? Are you, for example, as it's somebody who is usually in the daily training environment? Having a team that is sometimes centralized and sometimes decentralized. I made sure that I continue to talk to my team and do check-ins even when they're decentralized. So now we're decentralized longer than we would have been because the Olympics aren't happening. Right. But their communication with me isn't somehow new. Karen Litzy (08:42): Smart. Tracy Blake (08:44): So that's not everybody's option. But that is for me, a way in which the relationships we've had, we're not based on strictly what was on court in the team context. So therefore the relationships are able to be sustainable when an earth shifting history shifting thing is occurring.   Karen Litzy: And, I have a question for you. What is your mission statement? Without using remediation, rehab, et cetera, et cetera.   Tracy Blake: So my mission in sports specifically is the optimization of health function and performance, whatever your age, stage or field of play.   Karen Litzy: Excellent. I love it when people are prepared. That was great. And I think it's very clear. I think that's very clear. It's short and sweet and to the point and people get an idea of what your mission is and what your function is within that team setting. And now let's talk about the team, but not so much the team that's on the court or on the field. But let's talk about the team around the team. So you had mentioned you've got maybe a couple of physical therapists the MD, the ATC, a sports psychologist, nutritionist, but let's talk about how the team around the team functions for the good of the team that's performing on the field, on the slope, on the court, et cetera. Tracy Blake (10:15): Yeah, I think that there is, so my circumstances were particularly interesting in my current situation with volleyball Canada in that I was brought in with the strength and conditioning coach halfway through a quad. Like going into Olympic qualifiers, which is highly unusual. Well we were very lucky was that we had our conversation right out of the gate and we were of a mind so to speak philosophically in this way. So we had our first conversation, I say lucky, I think our director of sports science, sports medicine and innovation would say that he planted this way cause he hired both of us. But we were lucky that we were philosophically aligned in both what we thought our jobs could be for the team in this setting and in this circumstance. And then turns out how we work together also worked quite well that way. So that becomes, I think one of the first things is what's your mission? Does it align with the people who you work with? That's the first thing. And then from that spot, how do you use your strengths of each of those team members to amplify what that organizational or team goal is. Tracy Blake (11:33): And then how can you also identify gaps in each other and fill those in. Because that's the thing, like people love to talk about their strengths. To a team and what they can contribute with their strengths. They're less comfortable, particularly in sports, particularly an environment that is bred on competition and winning. And there can only be one. It is much harder to feel comfortable with vulnerability and opening up something that feels like a gap or a weakness or an area that you're not as confident in and trust that somebody else will fill it without exploiting it. So I think both parts of those need to happen for a team to be both functional and that function to be sustainable for anyone for time. Karen Litzy (12:20): Yeah. And I think that's also where the learning happens, right? When you have that team of professionals around the team, I would think me as a physiotherapist or as a physical therapist can learn so much from those other partners. Tracy Blake (12:38): Yeah, I agree. And I'm a nerd. There's no getting around it. I love a learning moment. I love them all the time. I want to know everything. And so for me, I feed on that, but that is not everyone's experience. And so what I've had to learn is timing and approach and repetition. Frankly, being not just clear on my mission once, but clear on it over and over and over again. How do I express my mission in the big and small things that I do in a day so that I'm consistent and I'm transparent so that at no point somebody can be like, well you said that at the beginning but you did this and this and this. That was inconsistent with that. And so I want my own way. And so in those kinds of circumstances I'll be like, look, this is where I was coming from with this. Tracy Blake (13:30): This is why I thought it made sense. I went to a school where when I say school, like entry level physio training, was that a school where we didn't have traditional lectures? Very much. Almost everything was small group learning. And so I feel like that environment really fostered the way that I work in the team environment, in sport where everybody had the same questions. We all went off and found the information and key information, excuse me, and came back to it with our own whatever that information is plus our own experience and perspective layered in on it. And then you figured it out together what was useful, what was not. Karen Litzy (14:13): Nice. Well that's definitely set you up for being part of a team, that's for sure. And now let's talk about, so let me go back here. So we spoke about kind of the different tiers that may be a physiotherapist might be in how being part of the team is so important to understanding your mission, staying true to that. And I think being self aware enough to know that you're being true to that mission and that you can stand by it and back it up. And now let's talk about how does all of this that we just spoke about, what are the implications of that for athlete health and for support in sport? Tracy Blake (14:52): So for me, the cornerstone of every relationship but particularly in the context of sport is trust. I work in sport obviously, but I also work in acute inpatient healthcare. And I also worked in private practice for a long time and people often assume that my private practice life, my private practice, orthopedics and my sport life are the two that are most closely aligned. Okay. Particularly in recent years, I've corrected that. And then I actually think it's my hospital life in acute care and my sport life, particularly in high performance that are the most aligned and the reason why is the relationship building and the communication that they require. So when I'm working with an athlete, the way in which I can get the best out of that athlete is if they trust, but I'm working to the same goal they're working to. Tracy Blake (15:58): Now that does not mean that I don't care about health, right? Because sport is inherently a risky situation, right? There's a level of risk acceptance that you have to participate in them, particularly when the levels get higher. And I believe there was an article by Caroline bowling, it's a couple of years old now that actually talked about injury definition and asked high performance athletes, coaches and sport physios. And in that article, all injury was negative effect on performance. There's no mention of it risk, there's actually no mention of illness or injury. So if I can't have a conversation with you about what I think the injury is doing to affect your performance negatively, I'm only filling in half the picture. So I need you to trust me. And the way in which I garner that trust. The way in which I build that trust is making sure that you always know that I have your goal, which has performance in mind. And so I think that that component of the relationship is the cornerstone. What cannot be left out of it, however, is the role of equity and the power dynamics. Tracy Blake (17:23): Physio is a health profession. Health professions historically are in a position of power or a position of privilege in the context of your practitioner patient relationship, right? If that's the situation already to start, how can you know that the person is giving you the accurate information if they're already in a position where the power is shifted out of their favor? So knowing that and understanding that concept, I've tried to be really intentional and again, really consistent in actively working to even the scales. I do that. Yeah. So I regularly consistently ask athletes, not just what they think, but I start with the part that they know the most about because as it turns out, I've never played professional volleyball, I've never played any sports at a high level, right? So if I start with the part that they know the most about the technical components of that, the way that training happens, the way practices are organized. If I start with what they know and ask questions about that, and then I work the way in which I build a program back from that, what I often say to people, not just athletes, but obviously this applies to athletes as well, is that I say I know bodies, you know your body and what we're trying to do is take what we know about those two things and put them together in a place that gets you to where you want to go. Tracy Blake (19:02): And anything that you think I'm doing that either doesn't make sense for that for you or that you think is working against that you need to tell me early and often. And so that's the framework. That's a conversation that's happening like right away. First day. Karen Litzy (19:19): Hmm. Tracy Blake (19:19): And then I give them opportunities to come back to that over and over. And not everyone communicates the same way. So you can't expect somebody to like just be like, you spit out five minutes of like clinical decision making information at them and they're going to be like, yeah, aha, Oh by the way, this, this, that and the third. Right. That's not going to be how it happens all the time. So making sure that people have time to think about it. Give time to reflect how the place to come back to you. Some athletes want to break it down into small bite size pieces. Some athletes want to be like, just fix it. I don't want to talk about it. And that's also my responsibility to make sure all of those different types of personalities, those people with different relationships with their bodies. How the power of the emboldened to be able to say what they need to say to meet their goal. And so that's what for me, that communication and relationship building part has to be the cornerstone because it's the only way we can get anything done with the kind of both the speed in which we need to get it done in the context of sport, but also in a sustained way. Because if someone keeps getting hurt, that is also not going to help anybody’s situation both from my job security or theirs. Karen Litzy (20:34): Right, right. Absolutely not. And so again, this kind of goes back to being part of the team. And so what I'm sensing is, and again, I feel like as therapists, we should all know this, but the team around the team also includes the team. You can't just have the team around the team making the discussions and these return to play decisions without involving the members of the team without involving that athlete. Tracy Blake (20:48): Correct. And one of the things that I found, like I'm saying a lot of these things to be clear, I'm saying them now and it sounds Zen, but I found out most of these things through failure to be clear of course a million times over. It has brought me to where I am having this conversation today, but I just wanted to be clear that I did not like walk out of entry-level physio with this knowledge on a smorgasbord. No, I know. Shocking. Shocking. What kind of program was this? You went to again, that didn't prepare you for high level sport athletes shawty is what it was. But the idea that the idea that an athlete, an essential part to their healthcare team still is radical for many and they see it, they see it. Tracy Blake (22:03): But what happens is when there actually requires an actual power shifts to make happen. Yeah. It's hard for people when it actually requires them to let go of some of their power if it requires them to acknowledge. There was a moment in the process of programming, in the process of delivery, in the process of recovery that they are not the expert in the room. It can be a blow, particularly people who've spent in our cases years getting to that point.   Karen Litzy: Oh absolutely. And I think in several presentations I've seen in writings of Claire ardor and I feel like she goes through this which with such specificity and simplicity that it makes you think, well of course, kind of what you just said. Like for some people it's a radical view that the athlete should take this big part in their recovery and their return to sport or in their health. But when you listen to folks like you or like Claire, it's like, well yeah, it all of a sudden turns into a no brainer. So where do you think that disconnect is with those people who still considered a radical idea and the people who are on the other end who are like, well, of course they should be part of it. Tracy Blake (23:09): Some of it is experience. And so what I mean by that is not just like length of time experience, but I found that when everything's going well, it's going well, right? There is no impetus to change. There is no disruptor that actually acts to give you a moment to or recalibrate as you need. And so when I say experience, I mean I've had instances where, to be honest, I wasn't sure if it was going well. I wasn't sure I was doing what I thought needed to be done and I was doing what felt right. Again, I was aligning with the mission that I had because I didn't have any real world context in this specific sport or circumstance that I might've been in. And then something goes wrong. And you realize in the aftermath of that, whether it's an illness, whether it's an injury, whether it's something off court altogether, right? Whether it's an abuse and harassment situation, whether it's a boundary situation, whether it's a patient confidentiality situation, right? You realize when those things go sideways, but that's whereyour power and your metal is tested professionally. Tracy Blake (24:46): And so I think that's one part of it. I think another part is there's ability to what they call it mission creep, right? Where over time you sort of like, this is what you think your mission is, but then you did a little of this and you do a little of this and the next thing you know, you're far away from where you started. And I think that a lot of people, I think they're in service to the mission one in sometimes they actually end up in service to the business model. And particularly in sport where the jobs or when I say sport, like high performance sport professional sport, where the jobs are few, where the jobs are highly competitive. I don't think I've ever applied for a sport job that had less than 75 applicants and upwards of several hundred in some cases. Tracy Blake (25:43): Wow. Everybody wants that gig. And so people can sometimes get led by the, or creeped away from their mission by the instinct to do what is necessary to stay in the position rather than what is necessary to optimize the health function and performance of their athlete. So having a situation where you've been tested and sometimes don't, aren't successful and mission creep. Those two things I think are maybe the biggest ways that aren't just related to like personality. Like those are that things can be trained or modify. Those are like the modifiable things I think. Karen Litzy (26:44): Great. And then, you know, we had said as we are recording this, we are in the middle of the global covid-19 pandemic. And so there is no sport going on. And so to the best of your ability, and we're not asking you to be a future teller here, but what do you think will happen to the role of physiotherapy in sport and the medical teams in sport? Tracy Blake (27:28): I don't know necessarily what will happen. What I hope happens is that all healthcare practitioners, but particularly physical therapists in our case because I'm biased in that direction that they recognize their role in contribution to population health in the context of sport. So public health in the context of sport, we often think of sports as a bubble and it is to a certain extent, but that bubble is manufactured. That means all parts of an athlete's existence are manufactured, right? All parts of what the athlete is provided with from a health perspective are manufactured. So have gaps are left in that it's up to you as the person who is actually in the sport context to identify and try to remedy and resolve. Right? It's deeply problematic for athletes to not have the same information that somebody who works in the public house. It's deeply problematic for athletes too, not have access to labor rights. It's deeply problematic for athletes to not have be informed and be given informed consent to participate in mass gatherings during a time of pandemic. Tracy Blake (29:02): And I also think there is a strong ethical quandary that comes with providing services, two events that fly in the face of public health recommendations during times like this. And I've been on record with this, I said this a couple of weeks ago, I posted about it on Twitter where there was a massive wrestling tournament happening and I thought to myself, it's wrestling, it's a combat sport. It can't happen. Like they literally would have no insurance if there was no medical covenant medical coverage provided. So if you didn't have medical coverage, the event couldn't happen. So how does medical coverage or physio coverage or what have you happen against public health recommendations? We can't continue to act in separation with each other. We need to view sports as part of population health. And then we need to make sure athletes and those in the sporting community are acting in accordance with the public health. Tracy Blake (30:11): At the times demand as well. And I think the Rudy go bear situation was truly, genuinely shocking for a lot of people. They were unprepared at every level, not just sports medicine and sport physical therapy. And so what I hope lingers for people is that we think about emergency action plans a lot, right? We think about how we're going to get somebody off the court in the case of an emergent issue, Encore, how are we preparing them for life in that same context? How are we in preparing ourselves as professionals in that context? And I hope that those conversations, because it turns out you don't need to be in person for that. Tracy Blake (31:01): That people are reflecting on that now and that steps are being taken to improve both the gaps that are specific to the city, the situation with the pandemic now, but also how do we identify these things going forward. And I think some of that had already started to show its colors around issues of food insecurity, issues of education, issues of like the younger your players are coming in. Are you providing appropriate development? I went to you as a, you know, I went to the United nations last year for the sporting chance for him, which is around sport and human rights. And last year, 2019 was the year of the child. And so there had been a special rapport to report on the rights of the child and child exploitation and snails. There is an entire section dedicated to sport and how sport has been used as a vehicle for the exploitation of the child. Tracy Blake (32:08): And I think of things like that, like those are the kinds of gaps. But now that you know that these kinds of gaps exist now you know, you understand in a very real way and it's kind of, it's telling in some kind of ways that it needs to strike so personally close to people's wallets and they'll help. But now that we've had that touch, now that we've been exposed in this kind of way, can we continue to be proactive in the way we address other things going forward? That would be what I would hope to see. Karen Litzy (32:40): Well, and I think that's I feel like very doable hope. I don't think it's like a pie in the sky. Hope. I think all of those conversations can be had and hopefully can be had by everyone surrounding sports, not just the physiotherapist or just the medical team, but straight up to owners and players and everyone else in between. So Tracy, thank you so much for such a great conversation. Tracy Blake (33:13): Yeah, it's been great. And I think again, like physios are really well situated because you have physiotherapists who have really like have access to the player and have access to the coaching, the ownership, the administrative stakeholders. They're well situated to be able to bring these things to light on both sides and be involved in those conversations even if they don't have out right decision making power. Karen Litzy (33:38): Right. Absolutely. Tracy Blake (33:39): Yeah. Thanks for letting me out of the shadow. Karen Litzy (33:42): Oh, it was great. Thank you so much. And then before we sign off here, I have one more question that I ask everyone. And knowing what you know now and where you are in your life and in your career, what advice would you give to yourself as that fresh graduate, straight out of physiotherapy school? Tracy Blake (34:04): I would say that you need a mission early and you need to speak it into existence. It's not good enough to keep it in your head. You need to say it out loud to people and you need to get feedback from people and whether it's clear or not. And I also think that one of the things that I learned I was 36 almost 37 when I took my first dedicated health equity class and aye, it was a workshop. And in the beginning she said for some of you this will be new information and it was specifically targeted at health professionals, not just physio. And some of you would have learned this in, you know, your first year equity studies, first year gender studies kind of course. And after the weekend where I slept for basically three days because of all the information floating in my head, I was like, there are 18 year olds walking around with this in there. And so I think that if I could go back now, I'd be like, you need to start taking those courses early. You need to start embedding it into your thinking early. Maybe you'll be better at being intentional about how you use it earlier. Karen Litzy (35:11): Excellent, excellent advice. Now, where can people find you if they want to shoot you a question or they just want to say how great this episode was? Tracy Blake (35:22): So I'm active on the Twitter, so my Twitter handle is @TracyABlake. I am not as active on the on Instagram. My Instagram still private, but if you shoot me a message I usually find it anyway. So that also works. Same handle @TracyaBlake. Karen Litzy (35:38): Perfect. And just so everyone knows, we will have links to certainly to your Twitter at the show notes over at podcast.Healthywealthysmart.com. So Tracy, thank you so much. I really appreciate it. This is a great conversation. Thank you so much. This is quite the podcast debut. I appreciate it anytime and everyone, thanks so much for tuning in and listening. Have a great couple of days and stay healthy, wealthy, and smart.   Thanks for listening and subscribing to the podcast! 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Welcome to the most politically incorrect podcast on the planet. This podcast is a refreshing mix of unfiltered conversations on modern topics. We range from issues such as politics to sports and everything in between. This podcast will either leave you laughing or triggered.

Nitish Sakhuja, Comedian and host of the High On Trees Podcast, joins Abbas Wahab and we talk about growing up in Rexdale, Ontario, Saturday school stories, sitting through religious talks for the free food, stupid car leases, and what we'd do with 50 million dollars.   More Immigrant Section Content: https://www.instagram.com/theimmigrantsection/  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPJc5XPaW44Qz1HVQvOj4g   More Nitish: https://www.instagram.com/nittysak/ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/high-on-trees/id1440190998   More Abbas Wahab: https://www.instagram.com/abbaswahab_/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPJc5XPaW44Qz1HVQvOj4g

Taysean Wilson-Nolan returns to the first basketball rep program he played for, Motion Basketball, in Rexdale, Toronto. Given the platform to speak with a group of amateur-level basketball players, Taysean shares his experiences in California and emphasizes the importance of always giving your best efforts in anything you do. Furthermore, he shares how his encounter with Jesus Christ gave him a new outlook on life and broadened his horizons.

On this episode, Pablo and I go deeper into our conversation creating things we're passionate about, mental health, and the importance of fathers and mentorship in a young man's life. Pablo also talks about growing up in the Rexdale neighbourhood and how that affected him and his friends and how he’s constantly trying to dig deeper into himself with meditation, reading and creativity. Pablo's honesty, sincerity, and soft-spokeness is endearing. He clearly is self-reflective in all aspects of his life which allows him to give a lot of authentic and clear opinions about how he sees his life and how accountability has been one of his biggest assets. If you have any more feedback, want to be on the show, or have ideas about potential topics of conversation, please feel free to message me on Instagram @theimperfectpod. You can also find (im)perfect on Google Play, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more so make sure to follow and subscribe on whichever platform you prefer. I hope you enjoy the episode!

Anotations: - 2:00 to 18:31 —> Growing up in Rexdale: the environment, the community, playing basketball, pressure from school- 21:16 to 31:30 —> How I got into UofT Med School? 'Playing the game' - 33:45 to 45:30 —> Wealthy/Poor Sepration: lack of exposure, lack of social cohesion- 50:00 to 53:31 —> How to bounce back from bad grades?- 53:30 to 1:05:45 —> How did I meet Justin Trudeau: Gun Control, Income Inequality- 1:07:00 to 1:12:30 —> Class Warfare

Summer Heat In full Swing! Fresh off of Caribana and OVO Fest we're back with an action packed episode! We have the young Rexdale legend/Def Jam recording artist PVRX in the building as well as Montreal rapper CY for a dope Smoke & Mirrors! Intro songs Iceman x Top5 x Rico Bank$ - I Miss My Dawgs Kris J- Ya Dig https://youtu.be/DTWwgxL6ESg Friday ft TGramz Hungry https://open.spotify.com/track/5HoUjjk0VJpmEUOodJOpZS?si=7ImUqcVeTDaNsttWAwWC7g Top 6ix Tracks In Canada 1. SmokeDeezy Ft Flamez - Bless My Trap 2. Get Em Haze X KLA- Megatron Freestyle 3. DFendi - Trap 4. Thorobread- My Soul 5. Tory Lanez- Forever 6. Duvy x Ching - Karma Honorable Mentions Yung Tory- Rackys Burna Bandz- Cros BorgFromThe905 ft. 9ine- Hester Houdini- Intro (HWT) Shamar Wonder- Trust A Soul Iceman x Top5 x Rico Bank$ - I Miss My Dawgs Lil Bandkamp x Yungslimedinero- Juice PHAB- Who’s That Thorobread- My Soul BP - Deep End 730RARRI - ACT UP Honorable Mentions Houdini- Dior Jodyy ft. Roney - Flako Thorobread- Fake Shit Tre Mission - Orphan Black Chromazz- Baby Nfnc Money ft. Maretruth- Drip Drop Fiji- Rise Master Lil Richie - Broke No Mo OTG - Fun Of Me KEM Wellness Night Our 3rd Knowledge Exchange Meet-Up (KEM) is approaching fast! Please join us for a workshop titled “Wellness Night” on Tuesday August 13th from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Our TCH summer interns will be hosting a wellness paint night at 931 Yonge Street. We are offering the opportunity to create your own painting, while also learning about tips and techniques to support your own mental wellness. There will be refreshments provided. Please RVSP by either calling 416-981-6300, between 9am to 5pm from Monday to Friday, or by emailing shandi.mitchell@torontohousing.ca. Please let us know if you’re bringing any guests with you. The event does have a capacity and it is first come, first serve – so don’t forget to RSVP soon! Beatmakers Fest The first BeatMakersFest will be held at La Vitrola, located at 4602 Boul St-Laurent in Montreal, on Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 at 7:00 PM EDT. Artists who wish to participate in the BeatMakersFest should submit their music before August 10th at www.beatmakersfest.com. MadChild & Dizzy Wright September 18th (Pickering) skiptheboxoffice.ca/event/head-in-t…cert-pickering/ Toronto Show September 19th www.eventbrite.ca/e/head-in-the-cl…kets-65548845361 News/Smoke & Mirrors ( All Available on www.WeLoveHipHop.ca) - Top 50 MC List - The Brew Podcast vs Friday Ricky Dred's List! - Caribana 2019 - OVO Fest ALL Access breakdown - Over turning small pot conviction - Yung Miami Reportedly Victim Of Drive-By Shooting - Tekashi has 2 left he may testify against - Man in court for swimming naked in shark tank For Graphic Design Services Please email us @ welovehiphoptoronto@gmail.com Smoke Break Music: Houdini- Intro (HWT) https://youtu.be/rJMyTAsT6g4 Road Tune: Drake- City Is Mine https://youtu.be/tpLIYju2dMA We Love Hip Hop: www.instagram.com/welovehipho... Friday: www.instagram.com/fridayricky... PK Herc: www.instagram.com/pkhercs/ Spoiled Smokers: www.instagram.com/spoiledsmok... Gucci Clear Star Studios: www.instagram.com/clearstarstudios6/ Research Team: Savy: www.instagram.com/ssavey/

On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Kwame Osei. Kwame grew up in the Rexdale area of Toronto and eventually made his way to the East Coast for university. Not long after graduating with two degrees, Kwame moved to Fort McMurray where he currently resides. He is now a School Teacher but he also finds time to manage his athletic wear clothing company and coach football among other things. With a move back to Toronto happening in the near future, it’s a very exciting time for Kwame! Listen in as we go through it all.

Recently spotted courtside at the 2019 NBA Allstar game cracking jokes with the likes of Hasan Minhaj & Steph Curry this man has spent the last decade of his life dedicated to the Arts. Rapper, poet, school teacher, author, entrepreneur, social activist and the list goes on. Humble pulls up a seat and gives us some insight into his incredible journey growing up in Rexdale pioneering the Punjabi hip hop scene in Toronto, paving the way for todays young Toronto talent such as Bygbyrd, Sunny Malton, Fateh, Noyz & Bmagic to chasing his dreams all over the world alongside Lilly aka Superwoman bumping shoulders with Hollywoods brightest.

In disbelief of what we pulled off this week! Thank you Noah "40" Shebbib for letting use CR1 studio in the room where Drake records!!! We got the long awaited Yung Lava interview. We learn about his upbringing, Rexdale life, his views on Beef tracks & MORE! AND We got a sick 'Smoke & Mirrors' featuring Smiley!!!! Intro songs Blacka Da Don- Pray for the Drip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz-OoSZqx7M Speng - Whop https://youtu.be/3Xdj1qKSFfY Top 6ix Tracks In Toronto 1. Golde London- Juice 2. Dyces Trench - Woke 3. Blizzy- Sinnin 4. 100 Watts- Goodbye 5. AR Paisley BYG BYRD | Jyothi Tatter | Brown Boys- Stick Up 6. Roney- Dark Joker HONOURABLE MENTIONS SPENG DON- WHOP BLACKA DA DON-PRAY FOR THE DRIP. Thorobread ft Friyie- Trust Is A Luxury (S/o GRM Daily) Slim Dinero- No Hesitation Juice- Lullaby Naira- Suicidal Thoughts S/O HAM New Spotify & YouTube Playlist WE LOVE HIP HOP TOP SONGS IN CANADA spoti.fi/2GQuXVX WE LOVE HIP HOP PAST GUEST spoti.fi/2TpbBZA WE LOVE HIP HOP Top Music Videos In Toronto/Canada bit.ly/2s921yw News/Smoke & Mirrors: - Chromazz Arrested - Porsche Dealership Crash (Deliberate) - Lady dies trying to get into donation box - Wide Neck X Long Neck - R.Kelly case Georgia Police reaching out to Survivors For Graphic Design Services Please email us @ welovehiphoptoronto@gmail.com Smoke Break Tune: Apocalypse - Ty Rant (Feat Jurazzic Darren) https://youtu.be/JC7d4JkETxE Road Tune: Evion Rivers x Lanco - "Midnight" https://youtu.be/jsNu2ttKvyg Yung Lava: www.instagram.com/foreveryunghot/?hl=en Smiley: https://www.instagram.com/thareal_smiley/ We Love Hip Hop: www.instagram.com/welovehipho... Friday: www.instagram.com/fridayricky... PK Herc: www.instagram.com/ssc_heyherc... Spoiled Smokers: www.instagram.com/spoiledsmok... Yung Gucci Official: www.instagram.com/yunggucciofficial/?hl=en Research Team: Savy: www.instagram.com/ssavey/ Layth Hilwani www.instagram.com/whatslaythlisteningto/?hl=en Dill Stuart: www.instagram.com/dill.stuart/?hl=en

In disbelief of what we pulled off this week! Thank you Noah "40" Shebbib for letting use CR1 studio in the room where Drake records!!! We got the long awaited Yung Lava interview. We learn about his upbringing, Rexdale life, his views on Beef tracks & MORE! AND We got a sick 'Smoke & Mirrors' featuring Smiley!!!! Intro songs Blacka Da Don- Pray for the Drip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz-OoSZqx7M Speng - Whop https://youtu.be/3Xdj1qKSFfY Top 6ix Tracks In Toronto 1. Golde London- Juice 2. Dyces Trench - Woke 3. Blizzy- Sinnin 4. 100 Watts- Goodbye 5. AR Paisley BYG BYRD | Jyothi Tatter | Brown Boys- Stick Up 6. Roney- Dark Joker HONOURABLE MENTIONS SPENG DON- WHOP BLACKA DA DON-PRAY FOR THE DRIP. Thorobread ft Friyie- Trust Is A Luxury (S/o GRM Daily) Slim Dinero- No Hesitation Juice- Lullaby Naira- Suicidal Thoughts S/O HAM New Spotify & YouTube Playlist WE LOVE HIP HOP TOP SONGS IN CANADA spoti.fi/2GQuXVX WE LOVE HIP HOP PAST GUEST spoti.fi/2TpbBZA WE LOVE HIP HOP Top Music Videos In Toronto/Canada bit.ly/2s921yw News/Smoke & Mirrors: - Chromazz Arrested - Porsche Dealership Crash (Deliberate) - Lady dies trying to get into donation box - Wide Neck X Long Neck - R.Kelly case Georgia Police reaching out to Survivors For Graphic Design Services Please email us @ welovehiphoptoronto@gmail.com Smoke Break Tune: Apocalypse - Ty Rant (Feat Jurazzic Darren) https://youtu.be/JC7d4JkETxE Road Tune: Evion Rivers x Lanco - "Midnight" https://youtu.be/jsNu2ttKvyg Yung Lava: www.instagram.com/foreveryunghot/?hl=en Smiley: https://www.instagram.com/thareal_smiley/ We Love Hip Hop: www.instagram.com/welovehipho... Friday: www.instagram.com/fridayricky... PK Herc: www.instagram.com/ssc_heyherc... Spoiled Smokers: www.instagram.com/spoiledsmok... Yung Gucci Official: www.instagram.com/yunggucciofficial/?hl=en Research Team: Savy: www.instagram.com/ssavey/ Layth Hilwani www.instagram.com/whatslaythlisteningto/?hl=en Dill Stuart: www.instagram.com/dill.stuart/?hl=en

Amelia Graciela Torres is a Child and Youth Worker who currently works with both Vita Centre and Malton Neighbourhood Services. She not only counsels and runs programming for youth in the community but she weekly counsel’s young moms and provides practical and powerful workshops to help them develop into successful women. Growing up in Rexdale, Canada Amelia was no stranger to CYW's and in fact due to a bad confidentiality experience with a CYW this led her to pursuing the field herself where she graduated with a Child and Youth Care Advanced Diploma from Humber College. As a youth worker, Amelia talks about how she often helped people but neglected herself and how depression crippled her for a long time. It was her relationship with Christ she notes that turned her "Ashes into Beauty" and gave her purpose beyond her 9-5. It was this that caused all the love and words God placed in her heart to create her blog "A Crown of Beauty" where she is able to tell her authentic story and mix in her passion as a free lance makeup artist. Currently Amelia also serves as an event/volunteer/service coordinator for the popular GTA young adults collective "The MOB". Among many other skills she is a social media influencer, a content creator, a vlogger, a motivational speaker, a makeup artist, an event host/coordinator, and an active volunteer in her church. On this episode we talk about the peace she has found knowing she is a work in progress, how she used her hurt for purpose, and her thoughts on MAC products now being sold in Sephora Stores. Amelia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameliaaato/ Amelia's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ameliaaato Amelia's Blog: https://ameliatorres.wixsite.com/crownofbeauty/single-post/2018/01/06/Metamorphosis-The-Process-I-Didnt-Know-I-Needed Amelia's Website: https://ameliagraciela.com A Crown of Beauty IG: https://www.instagram.com/a_crownofbeauty/ GTA Christians: Young Adult Fellowship: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1786023048318578/ Heather Lindsay IG: https://www.instagram.com/heatherllove/ Connect with Real Community Talks: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ljehipjij2ioj Instagram: http://instagram.com/realcommunitytalks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Real-Community-Talks-163630714364865 Website: http://www.realcommunitytalks.com Special Guest: Amelia Graciela Torres .

Leo Bailey is a Senior Manager of Digital Risk & Governance with RBC in downtown Toronto. From a young age Leo was fascinated with the pace of City Life mixed with his passion for the financial field where Leo says the trip downtown to work never gets dull. Born in Rexdale, Toronto, Leo spent most of his younger life in the Rex but moved to Malton in his grade 12 year. It was the move to Malton that caused him to realize the deep need around him which caused him to be a part of the founding team that created Malton’s very own SWAG (Success With Age and Guidance). During a middle school presentation at school by some guest speakers from RBC, Leo was inspired to pursue the financial field where he would go on to complete his Bachelors of Commerce from Ryerson U and his MBA from Queens University. Among many other experiences/skills, Leo is youth leader at his church, was a technology consultant for Accenture, was a lab assistant at Ryerson U’s computer labs, was a market researcher for Logit Group, and has completed multiple co-op’s including being a fraud analyst with RBC and a web editor with the City of Brampton. On this episode we talk about Leo’s come up from the Rex to the city skylines of downtown Toronto, how God has been the centre of his life and decision making, and why he believes the Kawhi/Derozan trade was a steal for the Raptors. Leo's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leob_lion/ Leo's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leo.bailey Leo's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leobailey/ Connect with Real Community Talks: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ljehipjij2ioj Instagram: http://instagram.com/realcommunitytalks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Real-Community-Talks-163630714364865 Website: http://www.realcommunitytalks.com Special Guest: Leo Bailey .

A pedestrian that was struck by a vehicle in Rexdale will be charged for failing to use a crosswalk. Constable Clint Stibbe joined the show to discuss.

Chris Opoku is both the Youth and Communications Coordinator for one of the fastest growing non-profit community based agencies in the region of peel. He manages multi-site programs, supports youth development, and coordinates social media/websites among many other roles. Originally from Kumasi, Ghana, Chris grew up in Rexdale, eventually pursuing the recreation field. He was also a former Municipal Youth Engagement Coordinator among various roles with Canada's sixth largest municipality for the past 9 years. Chris is a graduate of Humber College where he earned a diploma in Recreation and Leisure Studies. Among many other skills, he is a counselor, a program developer, a workshop facilitator, a certified basketball/soccer coach, a certified referee, and a former soccer league convenor. On this episode, we talk about the side of Chris most people don't know about, his experiences growing up without a male role model in his life, how he uses his past to impact his clients lives as a youth worker, and his upcoming wedding! Chris' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wallace416/ Chris' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-opoku-b6a285b0/ Connect with Real Community Talks: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ljehipjij2ioj Instagram: http://instagram.com/realcommunitytalks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Real-Community-Talks-163630714364865 Website: http://www.realcommunitytalks.com Special Guest: Chris Opoku.

Scrap Gang is on the rise and was courteous with We Love Hip Hop to give us an honest and in depth interview with them. We talk getting beats exclusively from Grammy award winning producer Boi-1da! Prison, the hood and the struggles of the Toronto living. Being a lyrical emcee in these times & Drake and Boi-1Da stealing ideas for Drake hits like Fake Love and Sneakin Featuring 21 Savage! Smoke & Mirrors (Hip Hop News) -Martin Shkreli puts WuTang album on EBay for $1 bid -5-7 shootings in 7 days along with shooting inside Sheridan Mall. 4 men shooting one man in Rexdale. -Lonzo Ball hip hop comments on Nas - Top 10 living Rappers and MORE!!! Scrap Gang on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/scrapgang Scrap Gang: https://www.instagram.com/scrapgangtv/ Freeze: https://www.instagram.com/sgyungfreez/ Yogz: https://www.instagram.com/officialyogz/ KG: https://www.instagram.com/darealkg100/ Friday: www.instagram.com/fridayrickydred/ PK Herc: www.instagram.com/ssc_heyhercs_pk/ Big Shout Out to Boroheads Glass Gallery @ 600 Church Street Boroheads: www.instagram.com/boroheads/?hl=en Toronto Organic: www.instagram.com/torontoorganics/?hl=en SixSocksToronto: www.instagram.com/sixsockstoronto/?hl=en Hip Hop Canada: www.instagram.com/hiphopcanada/

Scrap Gang is on the rise and was courteous with We Love Hip Hop to give us an honest and in depth interview with them. We talk getting beats exclusively from Grammy award winning producer Boi-1da! Prison, the hood and the struggles of the Toronto living. Being a lyrical emcee in these times & Drake and Boi-1Da stealing ideas for Drake hits like Fake Love and Sneakin Featuring 21 Savage! Smoke & Mirrors (Hip Hop News) -Martin Shkreli puts WuTang album on EBay for $1 bid -5-7 shootings in 7 days along with shooting inside Sheridan Mall. 4 men shooting one man in Rexdale. -Lonzo Ball hip hop comments on Nas - Top 10 living Rappers and MORE!!! Scrap Gang on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/scrapgang Scrap Gang: https://www.instagram.com/scrapgangtv/ Freeze: https://www.instagram.com/sgyungfreez/ Yogz: https://www.instagram.com/officialyogz/ KG: https://www.instagram.com/darealkg100/ Friday: www.instagram.com/fridayrickydred/ PK Herc: www.instagram.com/ssc_heyhercs_pk/ Big Shout Out to Boroheads Glass Gallery @ 600 Church Street Boroheads: www.instagram.com/boroheads/?hl=en Toronto Organic: www.instagram.com/torontoorganics/?hl=en SixSocksToronto: www.instagram.com/sixsockstoronto/?hl=en Hip Hop Canada: www.instagram.com/hiphopcanada/

Nitish Sakhuja is one of the funniest up-and-comers in Toronto. He talks about his start in comedy in Toronto including the time he helped Canadian legend Kenny Robinson move homes. Nitish can be seen every Monday hosting “The Laugh Dispensary” at The Underground Comedy Club (670 Queen East) and out west this March on tour with Dean Young & Scott Belford for their “Cowboys & Indian Comedy Tour” Instagram: @nittysak

A drive-by shooting in Rexdale that killed a pregnant woman whose baby had to be delivered by c-section was likely sparked by a clash between two gangs. How do we make the west end of Toronto a safer place?

The Toronto Sun's Sue-Ann Levy argues that more Toronto police officers should be walking the beat in Rexdale and carding members of the community.

In the first clip of this ORIvoices compilation, Julian speaks about a forbiden romance that happened during his stay in Rexdale's immigration detention centre, in Toronto, Ontario. ORI houses a collection of short sound clips, or “ROOTS”, where people’s perspectives are recorded. A music bed accompanies each voice. These voices share moments of consciousness or wisdom from conversation. These are not facts, simply a collection of voices from everyday people. This is concept. Theory. Thought.

Listen is today as Russ talks about why he’s running for councilor in Ward 6 in Toronto. He talks about his own conviction and passion for what will make the city a better place to live and how he lives somewhere in a place between anger and hope. Russ Ford has served the citizens of South Etobicoke for over 30 years. His most recent position, Executive Director for the LAMP Community Health Centre. LAMP CHC is an award-winning organization recognized as one of the best community health centres in Ontario.  For more than 14 years, Russ has developed and enhanced LAMP’s services, improving lives and creating opportunities for the people of South Etobicoke. Over the years, Russ has helped establish at least nine organizations that impact life in Etobicoke, including two community health centres, programs for youth, seniors, immigrants and diabetes education. In 2011 Russ fought for community services and programs when city budget talks were threatening to make deep cuts in these essential services. Russ was honoured by the community and the Social Planning Council for his work in helping to preserve a budget that was fairer to all citizens of Toronto. Prior to coming to LAMP, Russ was Executive Director and founder of the Stonegate Community Health Centre in South Etobicoke.  He also has worked as a journalist and a community development officer in the Lakeshore and Rexdale communities. Russ holds a master’s degree in social policy from McMaster University, an honours Bachelors of Social Work degree from York University, where he graduated with distinction, and a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Ryerson University. When he’s not working for the community, you can find Russ on the basketball and tennis courts. Russ has coached youth basketball programs for 15 seasons, including a year at Lakeshore Collegiate. He currently lives in south Etobicoke with his wife Sheila and is the devoted father of three. For more info check out his site here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ever since the age of 14, rapping has been the tool and the passion for Jerome "Sci-Young" Charity. Born in the Toronto neighbourhood of Rexdale, Ontario to parents Stanley Charity and Michelle Thomas, he grew up in Brampton, Ontario, with his mother, step-father and younger sister and brother. Sci was first given the name Science due to the fact that he wore glasses and used a lot of scientific terminology in his raps. Sci Young began making a name for himself as a local emcee at the age of 16, battle rapping at his high school and engaging in basement cipher's. Music is something that comes very easily for this young rapper but the business is always something he's had to learn and understand. As a former student of the Harris Institute and intern at Koch Entertainment Canada Sci Young has developed the knowledge to succeed within the music industry, while enrolled at Harris he learned the ins and outs of management and how to assist other artist's in development, as part of a school project he formed the management company CIP with two other students. As for Koch this was the hands on experience that allowed Sci to learn what kinds of marketing and promotion labels use to sell records. Sci Young's first body of work, "The Black Leather Prequel" is currently available. His follow up, "Dead Prime Prime Ministers" will be released this summer. During our interview Sci talks and shares about growing up in a challenging neighbourhood and how he overcame it, growing up with parents who were not married, his first musical performance, going to school to learn the business of music and what he learned from that experience and how he has focused on the internet at a young age to make his mark in the music industry. He also talks about how the internet changed the music industry, how his music style has changed, the current state of rap music, why he gives out product for free, details of his current mixtape and details of his next release, "Dead Prime Ministers", some of his favorite artists including The Beatles and country music, what rap music needs to get better and his message to young Black men. To find out more about Sci, go to: Sci Young YouTube Channel Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/extravagantsci Sci Young And Mayne Ishu - "We Got This Video"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2oKfALa2uc Twitter - @sysciyoung Sci Young Bandcamp Page: http://sciyoung.bandcamp.com/ Official Blog:http://extravagantlifestyle.blogspot.com/2011/04/sci-young-centerfold_56.html Please feel free to email us at info@blackcanadianman.com. If you live in North America, you can leave us a message at 1-866-280-9385 (toll free). Please feel free to "Like" the "The Vibe and Vegas Show" Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vibe-and-Vegas-Show/155099174532923 God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith, Vibe and Vegas info@blackcanadianman.comPodcast2011 Black Weblog Awards Finalist (Best International Blog and Best Podcast Series)Twitter"The Vibe and Vegas Show" Facebook Fan PageiTunes