Walking Alongside: Perspectives

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! It's (finally) time for season 2! This time around we are going to be talking to people who have had to transition to living in a new community, whose job it is to help create and strengthen community, and who have seen communities change over time and how that feels looking both back and to the future. I'm also super excited to welcome back a g...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! On this, the last episode of Season 1, we hear Ashley's story of how the weirdest combination of late night infomercial and taking a class way out of her comfort zone changed her life and the power that community, of belonging somewhere, can have on people. Listen to how the universal language of dance can connect us - to ourselves and to others. It&...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Katyna Santa Maria shares her story of moving here from Colombia and how a young girl's dream became reality. In this episode, we learn how a desire to make a home in a new country lead to a journey where blending cuisine and community with a little touch of family created first a breakfast food, then a business. If you like street food, then you&apo...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Sorry for the delay folks - dealing with some stuff right now and thought I would give you a little "food for thought" as we ramp up for a municipal election. It may seem like it doesn't matter, but you get to decide how you want the actual story of YEG to go by voting on October 18th! Have a listen to some homework to get you ready :) List...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! In this episode we talk to Jennifer Rading owner and artist/creator at JenAshley Jewellery about getting to where you want to go by following the path that you might not have thought would be the best route to get there...sound circuitous? Well, it might be, so join as we learn how taking the unexpected paths can lead to the most fulfilling places and all...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! We've heard a lot about our frontline workers and maybe your are one, or know one or maybe you're just glad they have been there to keep us feeling as normal as we can since the pandemic began. Today we get to hear what it's like behind the swinging doors of the Emergency Room as we talk with one of the Emerg nurses Michelle Beeson. It&apos...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Listen as Ann shares her story of how she took something that had always been part of her life and turned it into something that helps bring people together, first in her community of Ottewell and now all over western Canada (and maybe beyond!). Be inspired as she talks about overcoming a year long recovery from spinal surgery and how she found the streng...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Find out how Kevin grew up inspired to be a teacher but loving the music and arts scene and how those two passions came together and have finally coalesced into a career that encapsulates both. Listen to his inspiring story and how he is inspired by the kids that he teaches, all the time, but especially during this pandemic. Burton Cummings may make a cam...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Welcome to the FIRST episode of Walking Alongside! Today we are talking with Christine Bandelow who is a singer/dancer/actor/choreographer in Edmonton and we will hear about her journey as an artist and how we can be supportive of not just the arts in general but our local art scenes in particular! Listen wherever you get your podcasts - you can find Walk...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! A quick soundbite of what to expect from the show - where we get to Walk Alongside fascinating people from in and around Edmonton as they share their stories, their journeys, the way they are dealing, struggling and rising above - just like the rest of us. Join us as we meet and get to know some of the people that make Edmonton a great place to call home....