Finding Creativity

In this episode, Alexis and co-producer Ian Sherwood wrap up season two of Finding Creativity by chatting about their favourite moments of the last season, sharing some personal refections on creativity and talk about how this podcast has maybe changed their perspective on where to find creativity.

In this episode, Alexis speaks with her friend and colleague, DK, a creative producer and speaking coach, about why the word creativity seems to be everywhere these days and whether or not it has become a catch phrase.

In this episode, Alexis speaks with Paul Hill, a professor of oceanography at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has become well known for his innovative introduction to oceanography courses, Blue Planet and the Last Billion Years. Together, Alexis and Paul are on a quest to find creativity in mud.

In this episode, Alexis speaks with Dr. Tamara Karni Cohen, a family physician in the UK who specializes in lifestyle medicine, a mental health lead and member of the medical committee for the British association of performing arts medicine about finding creativity in family medicine.

In this episode, Alexis speaks with Shawn Moore, an award winning realtor with Century 21 about finding creativity in realty.

In this episode, Alexis speaks with Alyson Yaraskovitch, the Team Lead Crime Intelligence Analyst for the Ottawa Police Service about finding creativity in homicide crime analysis.

In this episode, Alexis and Ian celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Week by hitting the streets of Halifax to find out how people are uncovering creativity in their lives. As well, Alexis speaks with two advisors for the WCIW, Goran Matic, a design strategist and cofounder of Chaordic Design in Toronto, and Jim Friedman, professor of creativity at the University of Miami in Ohio, about how t...

It’s day 6 of World Creativity and Innovation Week (April 15 - 21, 2024) and we’re asking folks in Halifax, Nova Scotia if they think they are creative as well as offering up a creativity challenge.

It’s day 5 of World Creativity and Innovation Week (April 15 - 21, 2024) and we’re asking folks in Halifax, Nova Scotia if they think they are creative as well as offering up a creativity challenge.

It’s day 4 of World Creativity and Innovation Week (April 15 - 21, 2024) and we’re asking folks in Halifax, Nova Scotia if they think they are creative as well as offering up a creativity challenge.

It’s day 3 of World Creativity and Innovation Week (April 15 - 21, 2024) and we’re asking folks in Halifax, Nova Scotia if they think they are creative as well as offering up a creativity challenge.

It’s day 2 of World Creativity and Innovation Week (April 15 - 21, 2024) and we’re asking folks in Halifax, Nova Scotia if they think they are creative as well as offering up a creativity challenge.

It’s day 1 of World Creativity and Innovation Week (April 15 - 21, 2024) and we’re asking folks in Halifax, Nova Scotia if they think they are creative as well as offering up a creativity challenge.

In this episode, Alexis speaks with acclaimed film maker and public speaker Tyler Simmonds about his creative process and the significance of healthy masculinity at large and its relationship to mental health.

In this episode Alexis speaks with Deanne Fitzpatrick, a rug hooker and owner of the Deanne Fitzpatrick Studios in Nova Scotia. She is a published author, holds an honorary doctorate from Mount Saint Vincent University, her rugs are on permanent display in Museum of History and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and is a member of the Order of Canada.

Finding Creativity is back for another season! Alexis Milligan dives deep into discussions about the places we find creativity, this time chatting with folks from the fields of law enforcement, health care and post secondary education to name just a few. Join us for another season of Finding Creativity!

In this episode, Alexis and co-producer, Ian Sherwood, reflect on the conversations had about creativity in this first season.

In this episode, Alexis speaks with three guests (Todd Hiscock, Director of the Creative Campus at CBU, Dr Janet Kuhnke, Associate Professor of Nursing at CBU, and Mary Blatherwick, Chair of the Atlantic Centre for Creativity) about finding creativity in the Creative Connections Conference.

In this episode, Alexis speaks with Ian Joseph, president of Paradigm Capital about finding creativity in the glamours of investment banking.

In this episode, Alexis speaks with Dr. Jeff MacLeod, professor and current chair of the department of Politics, Economics and Canadian Studies at Mount St. Vincent University about finding creativity in the magic of politics.

In this episode, Alexis speaks with Tim Johnson from Six Nations of the Grand River. He shares his insights and knowledge of the concept of creativity from an indigenous perspective.

In this epsiode Alexis speaks to the chair of the Atlantic Centre of Creativity, Mary Blatherwick, about collective creativity.

In this episode, Alexis speaks with the Commander of The Royal Canadian Navy, Vice Admiral Angus Topshee, about his experience with creativity on the high seas.

In this episode Alexis speaks with Daytuan Antonetti, Community Schools Navigator with Say Yes Buffalo, NY, at Frank A. Sedita PS 30 about finding creativity in seizing the moment.

In this episode Alexis speaks with Stan Baines, the East End Area Supervisor for the Ottawa District School Board, about his unique perspective on creativity and on finding creativity in the bottom of a mop bucket.