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Bridging the Social Distance
A show that aims to give a platform for sharing ideas, perspectives and feelings in the wake of the Global COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews will feature local Guelphites as well as people living elsewhere around the world.
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Episodes
Bridging the Social Distance199 - Ted Presant (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Ted Presant, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Ted's life story covers a huge history of farming in the region. Some of…
Bridging the Social Distance198 - Jennifer Dorner (Executive Producer of Pop Montreal)
For this episode I interview Jennifer Dorner, Executive Producer of POP Montreal. Jen started her position with this organization in Spring 2020, just as the…
Bridging the Social Distance197 - Matthew Forbes (Saturday Seed Co.)
For this episode I interview Matthew Forbes, Head Seedsperson at Saturday Seed Co. Saturday Seed Co was born in April 2020 - like many of us, the pandemic put…
Bridging the Social Distance196 - Aaron Senitt (Author of "Kreepingarten")
For this episode I interview Aaron Senitt, an artist and Kindergarten teacher based here in Guelph Ontario. I interviewed Aaron in anticipation of the launch…
Bridging the Social Distance195 - Alida Zegerius (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Alida Zergerius, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Alida is the oldest guest I’ve had so far on this show, and will be…
Bridging the Social Distance194 - Odesia Howlett (CFRU's Marketing and Outreach Director)
For this episode, to honour her first year here at CFRU, I interview Odesia Howlett, CFRU's Marketing and Outreach Director. Odesia joined us March 1st 2021…
Bridging the Social Distance193 - Sheila Dantzer (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Sheila Dantzer, a visual artist and resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Today we get an inspiring glimpse into Sheila's…
Bridging the Social Distance192 - Grace Lodder (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Grace Lodder, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Grace is full of incredible stories about history. She also has a heck…
Bridging the Social Distance191 - Adrian Stickland
For this episode I interview Adrian Stickland - born and raised in Guelph, Adrian has now lived in this city for over six decades! Him and I connect to talk…
Bridging the Social Distance190 - Randy Clayton
For this episode I interview Randy Clayton, a former Guelphite, now-Brantford resident, and retired radio personality and bus driver. When Randy reached out to…
Bridging the Social Distance189 - Jenny Lodder (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Jenny Lodder, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Jenny and I had a blast talking to each other, making each other laugh…
Bridging the Social Distance188 - Arlene Mulder (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interviewed Arlene Mulder, a recent new resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Arlene has come to Riverside Glen, for a new chapter of…
Bridging the Social Distance187 - Renee "Mei Fei" Elrick (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Renee "Mei Fei" Elrick. Mei Fei is a recent new resident at The Village of Riverside Glen, and a long-time Guelphite, both her and…
Bridging the Social Distance186 - Joan Skelton-Kurisko (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Joan Skelton-Kurisko, an author living at The Village of Riverside Glen. Joan speaks of the role of writing throughout her life…
Bridging the Social Distance185 - Ron Langel (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Ron Langel, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Ron is a very new arrival to the building, his wife and him moved into…
Bridging the Social Distance184 - Leslie Shapiro (The "Well-Dressed Harpist")
For this episode I interview Leslie Shapiro, also known as the "Naked Harpist”, or more recently, the “Well-Dressed Harpist". Leslie is an…
Bridging the Social Distance183 - Bang Ly (National Curriculum lead for St. John Ambulance's Opioid Poisoning Response Training Program (OPRT))
For this episode I interview Bang Ly, National curriculum lead for St John Ambulance's Opioid Poisoning Response Training Program (OPRT). "Opioid poisonings…
Bridging the Social Distance182 - Dorothy Lloyd (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Dorothy Lloyd, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Dorothy and I chat about Dorothy navigating this pandemic while…
Bridging the Social Distance181 - Dr. Soren Brothers (Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change at the ROM - Royal Ontario Museum)
For this episode I have the privilege of interviewing Dr. Soren Brothers - the inaugural "Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change at the ROM…
Bridging the Social Distance180 - Mary Snyder (Long-Term-Care, the Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Mary Snyder, a resident in Long-Term-Care at The Village of Riverside Glen . Mary and I have an absolute blast bonding over our…
Bridging the Social Distance179 - Thelma Barbeau (Long-Term-Care, The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Thelma Barbeau, a recent new resident in Long-Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Thelma is 100 years old and six months…
Bridging the Social Distance178 - Marilyn Knipfel (Long-Term Care, the Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Marilyn Knipfel, a new resident in Long-Term-Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. There's a perseverance and positive outlook to…
Bridging the Social Distance177 - Vince Kurtz (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Vince Kurtz, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Today's chat is all about farming - born and raised on a farm in Ariss…
Bridging the Social Distance176 - Barb (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Barb, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Barb is sweet and soft-spoken, keeping a busy schedule as she stays open to…
Bridging the Social Distance175 - Graham Winter (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode, I interview Graham Winter, a recent new-resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Graham was born and raised in Port Credit, has been a…
Bridging the Social Distance174 - Ruth-Ann Robertson (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Ruth-Ann Robertson, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Ruth-Ann is lovely, a sweet woman with fond memories of her…
Bridging the Social Distance173 - Julia Burke (Environmental Citizenship)
This is my final Sustainability-Month-Themed show for 2021, and features an interview with Julia Burke. Julia teaches the "Environmental Citizenship"…
Bridging the Social Distance172 - Gillian Grant (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Gillian Grant, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Gillian shares with us and gives a window into her life, growing up in…
Bridging the Social Distance171 - Bella Harris (Palz Trading Zone)
Another episode in honour of October being Sustainability Month, today's episode features Bella Harris, connecting to talk about Guelph's "Palz Trading Zone"…
Bridging the Social Distance170 - Ann Okkema (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Ann Okkema, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Ann shares her story of moving here to Canada at 18 after the War, with…
Bridging the Social Distance169 - Susan Carey (Guelph Tool Library, Guelph Seed Library)
For this episode - in honour of October being "Sustainability Month" - I interview Susan Carey of the Guelph Tool Library and the Guelph Seed Library. Susan…
Bridging the Social Distance168 - June Campbell (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview June Campbell, a recent arrival to The Village of Riverside Glen. June was a delight to talk to, and an absolute wealth of…
Bridging the Social Distance167 - Susan Ross (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Susan Ross, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Susan shares her story of growing up with Diabetes - diagnosed at the age…
Bridging the Social Distance166 - Karen Norris & Mandy McEwan (PERT, the Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Karen Norris and Mandy McEwan - both work as part of "PERT" (the Personal Expression Resource Team) at The Village of Riverside…
Bridging the Social Distance165 - Norm Harrison (Retired City of Guelph Planner and Heritage Committee member)
For this episode I interview Norm Harrison - Norm is a resident of Guelph, a retired City Planner and past secretary of the city's Heritage Committee. I…
Bridging the Social Distance164 - Linda Iacovella (Long-Term-Care, the Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Linda Iacovella, a resident in Long-Term-Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Linda shares stories from her early childhood in…
Bridging the Social Distance163 - Joe Nesbitt (Long Term Care, the Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Joe Nesbitt, a resident in Long Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen, and he shares his pride of being a tutor, and a…
Bridging the Social Distance162 - Bob (and Ian) Davis (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Bob Davis, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen, joined by Bob's son Ian, visiting from Australia. Bob recounts a life…
Bridging the Social Distance161 - Dianne Chapitis, "Psithurism" (Choir in Motion)
For this episode I interview local Guelph dancer Dianne Chapitis. Dianne dances and creates as part of the artist collective "Choir in Motion", and put…
Bridging the Social Distance160 - Terri Mazer (Long Term Care, the Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Terri Mazer, a resident in Long-Term Care at the Village of Riverside Glen, and she was joined by Rec-team member Nao. Terri was…
Bridging the Social Distance159 - CAST Canada
Tune in today at noon to CFRU 93.3fm, streamable at cfru.ca, for the newest episode of "Bridging the Social Distance". Today Jenny interview Becca and Tom of…
Bridging the Social Distance158 - Doreen (Long Term Care, The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Doreen, a resident in Long-Term Care at the Village of Riverside Glen (joined by Rec Team member Nao). Doreen provides us with a…
Bridging the Social Distance157 - Elaine Charette (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Elaine Charette, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Elaine was a delightful guest full of wonderful facts and beautiful…
Bridging the Social Distance156 - "Miss Lynda" (Long Term Care, the Village of Riverside Glen)
It was SUCH a pleasure interviewing Miss Lynda - Lynda is a resident in Long Term Care at @the villaThe Village of Riverside Glen, and for this interview she…
Bridging the Social Distance155 - Gloria Mahoney (Long Term Care, The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Gloria Mahoney, a resident in Long-Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Gloria has only just moved to Riverside Glen, but…
Bridging the Social Distance154 - Joyce (Long Term Care, The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Joyce, a resident in Long-Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. We talk about Joyce's life growing up in Hespler, marrying…
Bridging the Social Distance153 - Eileen Merritt (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Eileen Merritt, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen . Eileen's led what she proclaims to be a simple life, but it's clear…
Bridging the Social Distance152 - Andrea Bennett ("Like a Boy, But Not a Boy")
For this episode I interview Andrea Bennett, author of "like a boy but not a boy - Navigating Life, Mental Health, and Parenthood outside the Gender Binary"…
Bridging the Social Distance151 - Henry Adam Svec ("Life is Like Canadian Football and other Authentic Folk Songs")
For this episode I interview Henry Adam Svec, author of "Life is Like Canadian Football and Other Authentic Folk Songs". Today we talk about this newly…
Bridging the Social Distance150 - Jean Birkett (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Jean Birkett, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Jean is 98, lived through the depression, WWII, and even a positive…
Bridging the Social Distance149 - Kim Gadoury (The Kim Swim)
For this episode I interview Kim Gadoury, who (at the time of this recording) was planning to swim across Guelph Lake this Saturday June 19th to raise…
Bridging the Social Distance148 - Sharyn Seibert (Yorklands Green Hub)
For this episode I interview local artist Sharyn Seibert, about her artwork, and specifically about her paintings inspired by Guelph’s Yorklands Green Hub …
Bridging the Social Distance147 - Billie Florence (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Billie Florence, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Billie grew up in Arkell, and at 99 years of age, with an impeccable…
Bridging the Social Distance146 - Nikki Machin (Gay and Grey Montreal)
June is recognized as both "Seniors Month" and "Pride Month" and this episode’s intersectional interview touches on both themes - I interview Nikki Machin, the…
Bridging the Social Distance145 - Kelly Kavanagh (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Kelly Kavanagh, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Kelly's a world traveler, starting her adult life in the Northwest…
Bridging the Social Distance144 - Ian Roy/"The Girl Who Could Fly" (Ottawa ON)
For this episode I interview Ian Roy, an author and creative writing instructor based in Ottawa ON. We connect today to talk about Ian's brand new book, a…
Bridging the Social Distance143 - Freda Reid (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Freda Reid, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Freda grew up outside Arthur, starting life on a farm, and returned to…
Bridging the Social Distance142 - cutsleeve (Toronto, ON)
For this episode I interview cutsleeve , a fantastic rock band based out of Toronto ON, who released their debut EP "The Parts We Could Not Abandon" this past…
Bridging the Social Distance141 - Emma Bradley (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Emma Bradley, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Emma is 96 years old, and has memories dating back to when she was a…
Bridging the Social Distance140 - Catherine Livingstone (The Opal Season)
For this episode, for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, I interview Catherine Livingstone, a University of Guelph graduate, and founder of "The Opal Season"…