E15 - CAAT Tales: Holding Space: End-of-life Care, Reverie Harps, and Our Right to Strike

In this episode of CAAT Tales, host Julie White sits down with longtime SLC Trades Professor Barry Botham for a deeply human conversation about grief, caregiving, and the unexpected path that led him to become an end‑of‑life doula.Barry shares how supporting students through profound loss reshaped his work, what it means to hold space for people at the end of life, and why he’s now designing a 22‑string reverie harp for use in music therapy.Later, in the Fine Print Forum, Communications Lead Christina Chrysler unpacks the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent ruling on Bill 178 — the 2017 back‑to‑work legislation that ended the faculty strike. She breaks down what the decision means for our Charter rights, how the Oakes test shaped the outcome, and what this precedent could mean for future bargaining across the labour movement.Plus, in Know Your Rights, Curtis Runions walks listeners through the foundational workload caps in Article 11 of our Collective Agreement — 44 hours total, 18 teaching contact hours, and the upcoming increase to seven hours of complementary functions.It’s an episode that blends humour, humanity, legal insight, and practical guidance—reflecting the full spectrum of life in our college community.YouTube Code for Music clearance: NPXY0YQVYZIJHMOW