Spilling Labrador Tea Under Cedar Trees

In this special crossover episode, we’re joined by our friends from the Raised Voices team for a wide-ranging conversation on gender-based violence, sextortion, and mental health. Together, we explore how these issues affect families and communities—both in Zambia and in the Canadian North—and the ways they’re normalized, silenced, and too often misunderstood. This episode looks closely at the int...

Hi folks, Welcome back to another Special 'sode, this one was created in partnership and with support from Pauktuutit. Please note the trigger warnings concerning this episode, we do talk about sexualized violence and other forms of violence against Indigenous women and gender diverse peoples. Learn more about the good work that Pauktuutit does here: https://pauktuutit.ca/ Follow us: @spilling...

Tune into one of two special episodes in our inter-season break. Listen to Kate and Madz interview Yvette and Jimmy who have created an incredible theatre performance telling the important and impactful story of Jordan River Anderson. The performance runs April 3-13 in Montreal. Follow them at @geordietheatre www.geordietheatre.ca Follow us at: @spillingteapod @MadzBegin @Kate. Adams_

Listen to Kate and Teach talk about... everything and also absolutely nothing at the exact same time. Keep an eye out for our two special episodes! Follow us: @spillingteapod @kate.adams_ @madzbegin www.spillingtea.land

That's a wrap on Season 3 Distorted Path: Indigenous Stories of the Child Welfare System. We've heard from youth that experienced the system, those who work in it, teachers and decision makers. Kate & Teach close this one out with our own reflections and hopes for the future of the system. Stay tuned for S4! Follow us: @spillingteapod @kate.adams_ @madzbegin www.spillingtea.land hello@...

Welcome Jordan, also known as Kate’s law school friend! Today we are getting into the legal side of the child welfare system (don’t worry, you don’t need a law degree to listen). Tune in to hear about Jordan’s experience in Government and the Assembly of First Nations AND why we think it is soooooo sooooooo important to create accessible learning resources like this pod so we can learn about the t...

Big welcome to Autumn, a brilliant teacher and Kate’s longtime friend. She’s joining us from Treaty 6 in central Alberta and supports many kids in care in her role as a teacher! Today we’re chatting about different categories of care and how deeply important school is for many kids with unpredictable home lives. We’re also going to get into what meaningful movement looks like for kids and share ou...

Put the kettle on and brew a strong cup of tea! Meet the charming and hilarious Keira, born and raised in the beautiful NWT (that’s the Northwest Territories for international listeners). We are looking for all the Dads out there - not really, but it is a common thread! We’re out here thinking about patriarchy and colonialism on a Sunday morning. Join us  as we share the struggles tracing our resp...

Put the kettle on and meet Kate’s good friend Charmaine from Baker Lake Nunavut. Heads up, we’re continuing to chat about the child welfare system today. Char generously shares her own experiences navigating foster care and moving between many living situations and communities. We also chat about land claims, post-secondary AND changing up the child welfare system to support families better. Get c...

We went LIVE to show our love for VIDEA and their annual Global Solidarity Challenge fundraiser (which you can check out for yourself https://videa.ca/solidarity/ ) We’ll be sharing our VIDEA origin stories and why we love working at and serving on the Board of this organization - tune in to hear a few of our favourite things and of course, as always, there will be plenty of stuff and nonsense wit...

No chance to miss us! We are back with even more updates in the exciting lives of Kate and Teacher Madz! Law school, reality shows, thoughts on sorority life and learn more about Kate’s mom!  We also chat about folks and their caffeinated beverages - what is your drink of choice first thing in the morning?

Welcome back! Keep the water boiled because this is a great one! Join Teach, Kate & Magdalena Kelly! Magdalena shares with us her story and the power of intergenerational healing through language, reconnection and learning together. Instagram: @spillingteapod @madzbegin @kate.adams_ Website: www.spillingtea.ca hello@spillingtea.land

Welcome back! Today - it’s just us, no guests! Fair warning, we are not legal scholars or historians and there is SO MUCH information when it comes to the child welfare system. We encourage everyone to keep their learning going beyond this podcast. We’d love to hear what you learn! Today we’re taking a brief look at the timeline of Canada's child welfare timeline starting with residential scho...

Welcome to our first ‘real’ episode of season 3! Real as in we have an actual interview so you don’t have to just listen to us gab. Meet our good friend Jenna and welcome to season 3 - Distorted Path: Indigenous Stories of the Child Welfare System! ?Ixc’amgilakw /Jenna has done so many cool things but over the past year (happy 1 year Jenna) she’s been working as the Urban Community Engagement Lead...

Moving right along to episode 3 of season 3! Listen in and join us in welcoming our good friend Brandi!  ƛ̓alittli'lakʷ /Brandi has worked as a Cultural Support Worker with Surrounded By Cedar for awhile, supporting youth currently in the child welfare system and those aging out through LOTS of Land-based, cultural and arts-based activities. She has a super skill tracking down relatives - some...

Season 3: Distorted Path - Indigenous Stories of the Child Welfare System. This season, we are bringing it closer to home and focusing on Canada’s child welfare system. As second generation survivors of the 60s scoop ourselves, we wanted to spend some time sharing stories of folks who have grown up in care or worked in the child welfare system. We know these stories are hard to hear, but it is so...

Did you miss us? We missed you! Season 3 is coming to you very soon (we promise) but FIRST let’s chat and catch up on what Kate and Teacher Madz have been up to! Kate moved out, met the Prime Minister and completed her Masters of Geography. It’s been a chill few months. Teacher moved across the hall, is adjusting to working from home and welcomed a new kitten. Also chill.  Hit play to hear about s...

And we did it! Thanks everyone for joining us on our journey learning about colonization around the world! We loved hearing what all of our special guests loved about being Indigenous! And while we don’t love that the colonial playbook has been used in so many places, it is so good to hear from friends about the incredible work they are doing in their own communities - we are sooo proud of everyon...

Keep that tea hot, as we are travelling to another circumpolar region!! All aboard your flight to Kalaallit Nunaat!! (Greenland). Join us as we chat with Nivi about all things Inuk, and the Danish Kingdom everything in between. Like, follow & subscribe PS, our distribution platform changed! We don't know how to add in our intro/outro & kettle!

We’re heading back up north to meet our neighbours in Alaska! Meet our new friend Charitie (listen to hear more about our meet-cute moment). Charitie encourages young people to connect and be proud of their culture and has worked hard to pass policy to allow students to wear their regalia at graduations - such a beautiful act of resistance! Russian exploration in the 1700s introduced colonization...

We’re crossing the Pacific (ocean) and since there’s so much to talk about, we’re going to bring you a two parter that focuses on Aotearoa (so-called New Zealand). For part 1, meet our good friend and cat auntie India Logan-Riley! Aotearoa wasn’t colonized until the 1840’s (for context, colonizers showed up in so-called canada in the early 1600’s). However, unfortunately for countries that were co...

The journey continues - today we are visiting the African continent and having tea with our good friend Michael Songiso in Zambia. Zambia is a landlocked country in southern Africa with 72 tribes, 73 languages and 7 regional languages (fun fact, Michael can speak 5 out of 7)!  Zambia was known as Northern Rhodesia during its 73 years of British rule/colonization and gained independence as the Repu...

Hi friends! Keep your bags pack!  Today, we are traveling south to learn about the colonization of the lands currently known as Mexico. Home to 68 Indigenous Peoples groups, each with their own languages and over 364 language variants, Mexico has and continues to face colonization in many forms including - physical, religious/spiritual, health, biological and environmental. As we’re learning,...

TW: GBV, SA, Torture, & Colonialism. Hi friends! It’s a new year and it is time for us to continue learning about colonization around the world! Today we are leaving the country (at least in our imaginations) and traveling to Korea! Come with us and hopefully we all learn something new along the way! After years of war and intimidation, Korea was officially annexed by Japan in 1910 beginning 3...

Hi friends! We missed you! Today we are joined by two First Nations friends - Marlo from Wiikwemkoong, one of the biggest Anishnaabek communities on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, and Peter from the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation on Vancouver Island in British Columbia! We’re going both east and west today! With over 634 First Nations communities across what is currently known as canada and over 200 communities ar...