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The Conversation Piece — 173 episodes

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Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein: How Susu Systems Build Belonging

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Amanda Munday: The Workaround To Fixing Democracy

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Åsa Kachan: Libraries and Belonging

4

Jorge Garza: The Value of Relational Infrastructure

5

Anna Gallagher-Ross: The Power of Public Space

6

Michelle Hoar: Housing and Belonging

7

Prasanna Ranganathan: Using Storytelling to Advance Accessibility

8

Tranna Wintour: Transcending Gender Labels

9

Jeff Gray: Cities Are Asked to Do More with Less

10

Chief Ken McMullen: Why Canada Needs a National Fire Strategy

11

Suzanne Obiorah: Public Safety Should Include Everyone

12

André Picard: Aging in the Right Place

13

Dr. Nel Wieman: Elders, Belonging, and Public Health in First Nations Communities

14

Dr. Olive Bryanton: The Lifelong Need for Connection

15

Dr. Rose Joudi: The Power of Purpose in Later Life

16

Dr. Emma Duerden: Teenage Digital Consumption

17

Jeff Adams: Resilience in Sport

18

Dr. Daniel Munro: Challenging Technology that Enforces Bias

19

Rachel Blais: Food Insecurity in Nunavut

20

Jesse McCormick: We Can’t Build Canada Strong Without Building Trust First

21

Pacinthe Mattar: DEI and Anti-Palestinian Racism

22

Bardia Sinaee: Poetry Versus The Machine

23

Dr. Jan Hare: The Role of Teachers

24

Rachel Doran: Canada’s Electrification Opportunity

25

Cyndi Gilbert: How The Bike Brigade Fosters a Culture of Community Care

26

Vinod Rajasekaran: Prioritizing Wellbeing in the Volunteer Sector

27

Kasandra James: Reimagining More Diverse Stories of Volunteerism

28

Suman Roy: Volunteer Programs Must Respect the Needs of Volunteers

29

Darrell Pinto: Finding Purpose Through Volunteering

30

Susan Pinker: Volunteerism’s Impact on Health, Happiness, and Longevity

31

Sara Lyons: Canada’s National Volunteer Action Strategy

32

Chief Kluane Adamek: Land, Water, and Belonging

33

Kelly Lendsay: Indigenous Workplace Belonging

34

Dr. Becky Cook: Rebuilding Indigenous Autonomy, Nationhood, and Belonging

35

Camryn Dewar: Finding Belonging Through Indigenous Opera

36

Kahir Lalji: The Importance of Culturally Relevant Social Prescribing

37

Diana Rose: Social Prescribing in Action

38

Dr. Kate Mulligan: Focusing on What Matters to Us

39

Kim Samuel: Social Prescribing and the Four Ps of Belonging

40

Samantha Reusch: Why Civic Leaders Need to Listen to Youth

41

Kishone Roy: Tackling Generational Gentrification

42

Justin Ling: Three Factors Behind Increased Polarization in Canada

43

Valerie Creighton: Canada Is a Creative Powerhouse

44

Golnaz Golnaraghi: Why Career Programs Fail Racialized Women

45

Elizabeth Dubois: Digital Citizenship

46

Luna Matatas: Reconnecting to Pleasure During Menopause

47

Dr. Sheila Wijayasinghe: How to Self-Advocate as a Perimenopausal Patient

48

Dr. Iliana Lega: Understanding Hormone Replacement Therapy

49

Dr. Ariel Dalfen: Four Questions for Menopausal Mental Health

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Dr. Jenny Godley: Menopause in the Modern Workplace

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Sarain Fox: Sitting With Your Grandmother

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Janet Ko: Closing the Menopause Knowledge Gap

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Dianne Whelan: 7 Lessons From Travelling the Trans Canada Trail

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Carolynne Crawley: My Relations

55

Ambika Tenneti: Newcomers Access to Nature is Vital

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Iraz Soyalp: Why We Need Equitable Access to Nature

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Dr. Melissa Lem: The Prescription calls for Nature

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Sean Kheraj: Canadians’ Troubled History with Oil Pipelines

59

Marlaine Koehler: Civic Engagement Builds Our Access to Nature

60

Nick Saul: The Magic of Sharing Food in Your Community

61

Jessica Ching: Trust Patients, Trust Women

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Paulette Senior: Gender-Based Violence Is Not an Exceptional Experience

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Fay Slift and Fluffy Soufflé: Empowering Children to Be Proud of Who They Are

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Angela Sterritt: Believe Indigenous Peoples' Stories

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Shree Paradkar: You Cannot Silence Journalists with Abuse

66

Anuradha Dugal: The Gender Gap in Emergency Planning

67

Jake Stika: The Papercuts of Patriarchy

68

Pamela Cross: The Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Intimate Partner Violence

69

Navneet Alang: AI in Debate

70

Kamal Al-Solaylee: In Defence of Ghettos

71

Chief Sharleen Gale: First Nations Are on the Front Line of Energy Projects—and Their Impacts

72

Max Brault: Improving Employment for People with Disabilities

73

Sharon Nyangweso: Equity and Justice as a Technical Skill

74

Cheyenne Sundance: The Next Generation of Farmers Are in Our Cities

75

Tabatha Bull: We Will Not Achieve Reconciliation without Vibrant Indigenous Economies

76

Cadar Mohamud: Podcasting to Share Authentic Narratives

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Lynne Groulx: It’s a Life and Death Matter

78

Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware: Toward a Future That Is Bigger than We Dreamed

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Agapi Gessesse: Building Employment Opportunities for Black Youth

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International Women's Day | Heather O’Neill: Girls Contain Multitudes

81

The Late Stephen Trumper: Troubleshooting Disability

82

André Picard: Were Pandemic Elder Deaths Preventable?

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Toufah Jallow: How to Humanize and Accept Survivor Stories

84

Andrea Gunraj: The 5 C's and the Care Economy

85

Ashlee Cunsolo: Ecological Grief and the Climate Crisis

86

Chief Cadmus Delorme: The Future of Truth and Reconciliation

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Camille Dundas: Going Farther than Hiring a BIPOC

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Naila Moloo: Including Youth in the Climate Change Conversation

89

Candice Shaw: Colonialism Creates Poverty By Design

90

Fae Johnstone: Mental Health Is about More than Self-care

91

Jake Stika: Redefining What It Means to Be a Man

92

Kate Harris: Satisfying Our Inner Explorer

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David MacDonald: CEO Bonuses are Boundless

94

Menaka Thakkar: Dance is a Universal Language

95

Claire Trottier: Tax Me, I Am The 1%

96

Karina LeBlanc: Becoming your Best Self off the Field

97

Joel Bothello: Who Is Most Susceptible to Imposter Syndrome?

98

Myrna Lashley: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Equity and Compassion

99

Natalie Bull: A Hope and a Prayer for Places of Faith

100

Kerri Martin: Gratitude for Nature and Access to its Beauty

101

Devyani Saltzman: Our Culture is at a Tipping Point

102

Mark Henick: Surrendering to Discomfort

103

Carly Ziter: The Ecosystems in Our Cities

104

Roberta Jamieson: I Honour You by Giving, You Honour Me by Receiving

105

Steve Shih: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

106

Damian Rogers: World Alzheimer's Day

107

Prerna Singh: Nationalism Is Not Always Bad for Democracy

108

Vanessa Tait: Reclaiming Our Place in the Teepee

109

Sara Abdessamie: International Youth Day

110

Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika: Resilience is Not Simply Survival

111

Vinita Srivastava: Resilience Is Not a Policy

112

Season Three Trailer

113

Ann Hui: Shifting the She-Cession

114

Lauren McKeon: The Leadership of Women

115

Wency Leung: The Toxicity of Loneliness

116

Anubha Momin: The Immigrant Settler

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Eternity Martis: Sharing your Truths

118

Waubgeshig Rice: World Book Day

119

Dianna Hu: Spoon Suckers

120

Daryl Haggard: Why Black Holes Have Excellent Manners

121

Krista Byers-Heinlein: The Value of Linguistic Diversity

122

Anand Giridharadas: Giving, Getting, and Glorification

123

Kim Samuel: One Year of Social Isolation

124

Sally Armstrong: The Power of Inclusivity

125

Graham Greene: Better Living through Kindness

126

Irwin Adam: Your Mouth is Transforming the World

127

Aimee Louw: What Would Life be like Without Ableism?

128

Siri Agrell: How to Get Laid Without your Phone

129

Terry O'Reilly: Marketing to our Vices

130

Sandy Hudson: Why Am I Waiting for Somebody Else to Do This?

131

Deb Saucier: The Glass Steeple Chase of Academia

132

Samra Habib: Owning Our Identities

133

Carol Off: This Campfire that is Canada

134

Teva Harrison: Appreciating the Small Everyday Successes

135

Andrew Boozary: Housing and the Pathologies of Poverty

136

Valérie Plante: Is There Privilege in Pandemic Times?

137

Shari Austin: We Need More Canadians

138

Hilary Black and the Fight to Legalize Cannabis

139

Julie S. Lalonde and the (uncomfortable) Canadian Conversation

140

Cherise Burda and the Cost of Location, Location, Location

141

Kaite Burkholder Harris and the Context of the Homeless

142

Yann LeCun and Artificial Intelligence VS Cats

143

Season Two Trailer

144

CIFAR Fellow Adrian Owen

145

Filmmaker Atom Egoyan

146

Historian Paige Raibmon

147

Dr. Deena Hinshaw

148

Brenda Andress

149

Annie Kidder

150

Writer Noor Naga

151

Singer-Songwriter Corb Lund

152

Writer Emma Donoghue

153

Lauren Voisin

154

Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller

155

Songwriter Bif Naked

156

Inclusion Specialist Ritu Bhasin

157

Spoken Word Poet Mustafa Ahmed

158

Social Entrepreneur Zita Cobb

159

Host and Playwright Amanda Parris

160

Actor Eva Greyeyes

161

Brittany Andrew-Amofah

162

Author Desmond Cole

163

Samantha Reusch of Apathy is Boring

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Poet Rupi Kaur

165

Banff Centre's Janice Price

166

Lisa Moore + Pierre Kwenders + Lido Pimienta

167

Innovator Kamran Khan

168

Story-teller Margaret Atwood

169

UNESCO's Vivek Venkatesh

170

Researcher Jennifer McGrath

171

Singer-Songwriter Christa Couture

172

Broadcaster Shelagh Rogers

173

Health Journalist Andre Picard