Ep 288 - Georgina Bregant (The Village of Riverside Glen)

Bridging the Social Distance · Feb 18, 2026 · 59m

For this episode I interview Georgina Bregant, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Georgina started by sharing the story behind her emigration to Canada shortly after WWII. Her father was in politics in Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia at that time) and when the government shifted to Communism in 1948, her father and her family were unsafe and had to flee. Her father was immediately arrested, but managed to escape within a couple of days and race out of the country for safety, with Georgina and her mother attempting to follow as soon as possible. Georgina shares her harrowing trip…