Different People

GUEST INTERVIEW: Rehman and lisa in conversation with Michele Byrne, a Diversity and Inclusion practitioner based in Toronto. We explore the impact of white supremacy in our culture, and its impact on the everyday lives of People of Colour. This podcast was recorded after Ahmed Aubrey was shot and killed while out on a run, but before George Floyd was suffocated to death by a white police officer,...

In this episode, Rehman and lisa explore the desire to have empathy and understanding about differences, yet fear the wrong thing will come out of our mouths and we will offend. We also talk about how systems (like the western holiday calendar based on Christian cultural traditions) are so entrenched that we fail to see how they make outsiders of people with different cultural and religious values...

This episode explores what it means to be a professional, when much of what passes for professional behaviour and attire is often "white" or informed primarily by western culture. We also talk about how our experiences of either being an immigrant (Rehman), or the child of immigrants (lisa) influenced the education and careers we chose, and how these choices were heavily influenced by our parents....

In this very first episode, hosts Rehman and lisa introduce themselves and the podcast, and talk about how each of them first learned they themselves were different: Rehman as a person of color, immigrant and a Muslim living in Winnipeg, Canada, and lisa as the child of German immigrants growing up in a small French-speaking town in Québec, also in Canada. :: Post Production by jonathanle.net :: M...