S1E1 - A Conversation with Dr. Cynthia Puddu and Cheyenne Greyeyes

After recording this episode, we learned that Cheyenne's kokum passed away. We are honored to dedicate this episode to Cheyenne and her kokum. Today we discuss decolonizing transitions out of care, community-engaged scholarship, and we try to break down some complex concepts like settler colonialism and neoliberalism with Dr. Cynthia Puddu, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Health and Community Studies at MacEwan University. She is joined by Cheyenne Greyeyes, a student and research assistant at MacEwan, who is working alongside Cynthia on a research project, in partnership with Niginan Housing Ventures, documenting the urban Indigenous housing initiative and its approach to preventing houselessness in urban Indigenous youth. The Decolonizing Transitions from Care project is funded by the Government of Canada’s Networks of Centres of Excellence program. The opinions and interpretations in this podcast are those of the researcher and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada. This episode does contain mention of Indian Residential Schools that could be distressing. A national Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former students and those affected. People can access emotional and crisis referral services by calling the 24-hour national crisis line: 1-866-925-4419. We would like to let everyone know that any opinions expressed on Research Recast(ed) are that of the individual alone and are not representative of MacEwan University. Find out more at https://research-recasted.pinecast.co