Teachings In The Air

“It’s a natural feeling for all of us to feel pain, but it doesn’t mean we have to stay there. When we disown our pain, that’s when we become isolated. We must embrace that pain and let it happen; then, we can direct our life again.” Gerry believes that if we become strong families again, there is nothing that can stop us - but before that happens, we have to get past the grieving of our losses by...

"Free yourself. Free yourself from negativity. Free yourself from fear and anger and depression." Gerry shares his thoughts on freeing yourself through empowerment.

Where do we belong in the circle? Colonization disrupted our Indigenous systems of governance through acts of genocide, and Gerry wants to unpack how the traumatic events that our Indigenous communities have survived have determined our behaviors today. What have been some of the impacts that have affected us? Listen along while Gerry gets to the root of some of these issues.

Have you ever gone skydiving? Gerry has, with his sister Nancy! Tune into this episode of the podcast to find out what Gerry was able to learn from jumping out of an airplane with his sister about healing and repairing unhealthy relationships within the family.

This week on the show, Gerry speaks about something that’s in all of us; that none of us in this country are immune to - and that word is colonization. Recalling the earliest memories Gerry had in hearing the term decolonization, our host explores the origins and the impacts of colonization in North American from an Indigenous way of thinking or understanding. The purpose of this podcast is to hel...

Welcome back to Teaching In The Air podcast with your host Gerry Oldman! We're so very happy to present this first episode of Season 2 of Teachings In The Air! In our first episode of this second season, we listen to Gerry talk about the origins of his life's work, stemming from the challenges he faced as a young man struggling to recover from trauma, abuse, and addictions. Gerry's story is many o...

Indigenous Families, Relationships and Parenting with Colby Tootoosis On this episode of the podcast, we catch up with new father Colby Tootoosis of Poundmaker Cree Nation. We wanted to talk to Colby about relationships, parenting as a new dad, and how he and his partner Andrea are transforming legacies of historical trauma into what they call 'uncontrollable love' for one another and for their ne...

Addictions & Wellness with Paul Andrew "Happiness is a very strong medicine." This week on the show, we share a conversation we recorded back in early August with Paul Andrew from Tulíta, in the Sahtú Region of Denendeh. We talk about addictions, community challenges such as pain, loss, grief and depression, and healing rooted in the teachings of Elders and Ancestors. We discuss the connections be...

Our Way(s) of Life ft. Heebz the Earthchild This week on the show, we’re talking about Our Way(s) of Life with Travis Hebert, also known as Heebz the Earthchild, who is one half of Indigenous hip-hop group Mob Bounce. We wanted to talk about what culture means to Travis, so we caught up with him in July 2017 at UBC Studios on Unceded Musqueam Territory in Vancouver, BC. We wanted to explore the ha...

I Want To Live. In this episode of Teachings In The Air, we talk to award-winning filmmaker and We Matter co-founder Kelvin Redvers about his journey to wellness, and what inspired him to start We Matter with his sister Tunchai. Kelvin recently dropped by our office in Vancouver, BC and we were fortunate enough to hear some stories and insights from his work in spreading hope to Indigenous youth a...

Season 1 Episode 1 The Fit Nation Episode October 02, 2017 In this first episode of Teachings In The Air, we talk to the I·SPARC FitNation team about the benefits of being physically active. We had a chance to catch up with FitNation at their first Spring Leaders Training in Richmond, BC back in April. During our visit, we recorded interviews and learned about the connections between physical fitn...