The Connected Community

If you have ever watched a great community programme succeed and then vanish when the funding runs out, this conversation names the uncomfortable why and the hopeful how. We sit down with Jodeme Goldhar to explore integrated care, population health, social care, and what it really takes to connect health and social services so communities are not left to stitch the system together on their own. We...

Welcome back to The Connected Community podcast. We’re your hosts, Cormac Russell and Sacha Dewolfe, and today we are diving deep into the heartbeat of local copoerativism, exploring a movement that has quietly anchored Irish communities for generations. When you think of a financial institution, you might think of glass skyscrapers, sterile apps, and shareholders demanding profit. But there is an...

Hey friends, It's been a while. In this episode, Prof. Mike Fox is back to tell us what he has been up to in the field of Engaged Learning, and Sacha shares some reflections on her trip to Paris, where she recently presented a paper on her work. Cormac also explains why there has been a hiatus in episodes and shares his recent journey with cancer, and reflects on what he has learned as a pati...

Our latest episode is “All our Relations: Town and Gown”. In this episode, Prof Michael Fox, Dr Sacha Dewolfe, and Cormac Russell explain why they have decided to develop a new online course to enable Universities and educational institutions to better align with communities. Mike has nearly five decades of academic and practical experience in community-engaged learning.  Sacha is the cohost of th...

Glyn Butcher - People Focused Group. Doncaster   Glyn Butcher is a remarkable individual who transitioned from decades of institutionalization within mental health and other service systems to become a prominent community builder and advocate for Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) in Doncaster and across the UK.   Main Themes and Important Ideas: 1.      The Harmful Nature of System-Focused...

In this episode, we ask: What do you think communities are for?   Sacha shares some reflections from the field and speaks openly to Cormac about some of the fundamental dilemmas and frustrations she, her team, and her students encounter when working in community-centered ways. Send us Fan Mail

In this first episode of season 2, we interview Dominic Cardy, the leader of the Canadian Futures Party, a former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (2018-2024), and a provincial cabinet minister (2018-2022). Sacha and I asked Dominic to explore how politicians can support communities in their efforts to connect and grow civic muscle in responding to a wide range of sociopolitical...

Sacha wishes to correct her wording around a program being offered at Mount Allison Univeristy. There is work toward a Master of Community Supported Education not a Bachelor of a community Engaged Learning. Rene Girard’s Mimetic Theory : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimetic_theory Mattering Theory: https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/the-psychologists-guide-to-living-a-good-life-through-matte...

6 Degree Shift https://www.6degreeshift.com/ Truth & Reconciliation (TRC) https://nctr.ca/about/history-of-the-trc/trc-website/ Send us Fan Mail

Boétie, E. (1576). The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude . Unknown. Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1994). What is philosophy? Columbia University Press Rockport, Tom. (2005). Reading Hegel’s Phenomenology (review). Journal of the History of Philosophy, 43(4), 493-494 Renga, I. (2017). Unpacking a Liturgical Framing of Desire for the Purposes of Educational Research. American Educational Studies As...

TEDxPerth talk number 1 - 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1WSkXWSJac TEDxPerth talk number 2 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbp92gIuxPY West Beacy Bunch website https://westbeacybunch.org/ Tim Darby website https://www.timdarbycreative.com/ Ecoburbia - home website and business https://ecoburbia.com.au/ Send us Fan Mail

Kay Hall is a resident and community leader in my hometown of West Kibride  and a Director on the West Kilbride Initiative Board. More info at www.westkilbride.org.uk and www.crafttownscotland.org.uk New Local is an independent Think Tank and Network, with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. Website is www.newlocal.org.uk East Ayrshire Vibrant Communities have done s...

~An in-depth interview with Elizabeth Wendel and Kevin Campbell (Co-directors, Pale Blue) Send us Fan Mail

Speaker information: Dr. Alicia Noreiga-Mundaroy https://commdev.acadiau.ca/faculty-staff/alicia-noreiga-mundaroy.html Vollmer, J. (2010). Schools cannot do it alone : building public support for America's public schools. Fairfield, IA: Enlightenment Press. Send us Fan Mail

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https://natoaganegfirstnation.ca/ Government of Canada. (2022). Statistics on Indigenous Peoples.         https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/indigenous_peoples Tuck, E. (2009). Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities. Harvard Educational         Review, 79(3), 409-428 Tuck. E., & K., Yang. (2019). Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education:         Mapping the Long View,...

Cormac Russell, interviewed by his cohost Sacha DeWolfe, shares his perspective on The Connected Community and provides a synopsis of what the podcast will highlight for listeners. Thanks for listening to our first episode. Sacha based much of her conversation with Cormac on the contents of his new book ,  The Connected Community - Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods.    You...