Send us a text Glyn Butcher - People Focused Group. Doncaster Glyn Butcher is a remarkable individual who transitioned from decades of institutionalization within mental health and other service systems to become a prominent community builder and advocate for Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) in Doncaster and across the UK. Main Themes and Important Ideas: 1. The Harmful Nature of System-Focused Care and Institutionalization: Glyn spent over 40 years in various institutions (mental health...
May 11, 2025•34 min
Send us a text In this episode, we ask: What do you think communities are for? Sacha shares some reflections from the field and speaks openly to Cormac about some of the fundamental dilemmas and frustrations she, her team, and her students encounter when working in community-centered ways.
Mar 01, 2025•48 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text In this first episode of season 2, we interview Dominic Cardy, the leader of the Canadian Futures Party, a former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (2018-2024), and a provincial cabinet minister (2018-2022). Sacha and I asked Dominic to explore how politicians can support communities in their efforts to connect and grow civic muscle in responding to a wide range of sociopolitical and economic challenges affecting their day-to-day lives and the future of our plane...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text Sacha wishes to correct her wording around a program being offered at Mount Allison Univeristy. There is work toward a Master of Community Supported Education not a Bachelor of a community Engaged Learning. Rene Girard’s Mimetic Theory : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimetic_theory Mattering Theory: https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/the-psychologists-guide-to-living-a-good-life-through-mattering-wellness-fairness-isaac-prilleltensky/ Jamie Vollmer: Schools Can’t Do it Alone:...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text 6 Degree Shift https://www.6degreeshift.com/ Truth & Reconciliation (TRC) https://nctr.ca/about/history-of-the-trc/trc-website/
May 01, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text Boétie, E. (1576). The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude . Unknown. Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1994). What is philosophy? Columbia University Press Rockport, Tom. (2005). Reading Hegel’s Phenomenology (review). Journal of the History of Philosophy, 43(4), 493-494 Renga, I. (2017). Unpacking a Liturgical Framing of Desire for the Purposes of Educational Research. American Educational Studies Association , 53 (3), 263-284 Russell, C. & McKnight, J. (2022). The Connected Comm...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text TEDxPerth talk number 1 - 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1WSkXWSJac TEDxPerth talk number 2 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbp92gIuxPY West Beacy Bunch website https://westbeacybunch.org/ Tim Darby website https://www.timdarbycreative.com/ Ecoburbia - home website and business https://ecoburbia.com.au/
Mar 01, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us a text Kay Hall is a resident and community leader in my hometown of West Kibride and a Director on the West Kilbride Initiative Board. More info at www.westkilbride.org.uk and www.crafttownscotland.org.uk New Local is an independent Think Tank and Network, with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. Website is www.newlocal.org.uk East Ayrshire Vibrant Communities have done some incredible work around community led action planning and community asset transfer....
Feb 26, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us a text ~An in-depth interview with Elizabeth Wendel and Kevin Campbell (Co-directors, Pale Blue)
Jan 01, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text Speaker information: Dr. Alicia Noreiga-Mundaroy https://commdev.acadiau.ca/faculty-staff/alicia-noreiga-mundaroy.html Vollmer, J. (2010). Schools cannot do it alone : building public support for America's public schools. Fairfield, IA: Enlightenment Press.
Dec 01, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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Nov 01, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text https://natoaganegfirstnation.ca/ Government of Canada. (2022). Statistics on Indigenous Peoples. https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/indigenous_peoples Tuck, E. (2009). Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities. Harvard Educational Review, 79(3), 409-428 Tuck. E., & K., Yang. (2019). Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education: Mapping the Long View, 189-203. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Indigenous and- Decolonizing-Studies-in-Education-Mapping-the-L...
Oct 01, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text Cormac Russell, interviewed by his cohost Sacha DeWolfe, shares his perspective on The Connected Community and provides a synopsis of what the podcast will highlight for listeners. Thanks for listening to our first episode. Sacha based much of her conversation with Cormac on the contents of his new book , The Connected Community - Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods. You can read a book review here . Other books and thinkers referenced in the first episode i...
Sep 01, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 1
