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Bridging the Social Distance

A show that aims to give a platform for sharing ideas, perspectives and feelings in the wake of the Global COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews will feature local Guelphites as well as people living elsewhere around the world. bridgingthesocialdistance.substack.com

society & culture

All Episodes

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143 - Freda Reid (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2021/06/14

For this episode I interview Freda Reid, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Freda grew up outside Arthur, starting life on a farm, and returned to farming when she got married as an adult and moved to Hillsburg. Freda talks a bit about farming life, and she also shares about training and working as a nurse, attending the dances, drumming in the high school band, and working as a bookkeeper with her best friend Maureen. And Maureen is a special story herself - they have been friends for

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59:58

142 - cutsleeve (Toronto, ON)

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2021/06/10

For this episode I interview cutsleeve , a fantastic rock band based out of Toronto ON, who released their debut EP "The Parts We Could Not Abandon" this past summer, in the midst of this pandemic. They talk about this, the hurdles of navigating releasing an album and tackling online shows when you can't be together, and what they're most looking forward to when gathering can happen again. They also share their interesting origin story: Artist Khanh Tudo's sculpture in the Invisible Footprints Art

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58:54

141 - Emma Bradley (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2021/06/08

For this episode I interview Emma Bradley, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Emma is 96 years old, and has memories dating back to when she was a toddler. It's amazing to hear her stories of a childhood in New Brunswick, in a family of eleven children, growing up during WWII. All five of her brothers joined the services, and one ended up in a Prisoner of War Camp in Germany for two years. With three brothers in law also in the services, and her father working in a steel/munitions plant,

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59:25

140 - Catherine Livingstone (The Opal Season)

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2021/06/04

For this episode, for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, I interview Catherine Livingstone, a University of Guelph graduate, and founder of "The Opal Season" who works as a Dementia care consultant, currently based out of Winnipeg Manitoba. A big part of my working on "Bridging the Social Distance" during the pandemic has been connecting with seniors, using softwares such as Zoom, in order to be able to visit, and share their stories, safely and virtually, despite periods of isolation due to

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60:00

139 - Willy Veerman (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2021/06/01

For this episode I interview Willy Veerman, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Willy's vivid memory of her childhood in Holland takes us on a beautiful trip today. Willy tells us of life on the farm, the river and the bridge, her four siblings, going to school in wooden shoes...then later her journey to Canada, and having six children of her own. This conversation feels right out of a children's storybook at times, with Willy's incredible descriptions of what she remembers, and with her

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59:45

138 - Ron Leary (Windsor ON)

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2021/05/25

For this episode I interview Ron Leary, a musician based in Windsor Ontario. After decades of working jobs, and even finishing a degree, alongside writing, performing and touring as a musician, Ron has decided to go all in with music. He has scheduled a summer of outdoor shows, and is doing his best to transition to our weird new digital realities, and Jenny and him talk about this, about what's changed for the livelihoods of musicians, and what potential the future holds for them.They talk about

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58:31

137 - Doug and Pat Breckon (The Village of Riverside...

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2021/05/21

For this episode I interview Doug and Pat Breckon, a couple who reside over at The Village of Riverside Glen. Doug and Pat both spent their whole careers as Front Line workers, as a Police Officer and a Nurse, and endured many stressful, challenging, and rewarding experiences from their work. They share some of those stories today (content warning - Doug worked as a Police-Diver and accident photographer, and Pat worked in Emergency, so some of the stories are a bit intense, due to the line of

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59:55

136 - John Hofstee (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2021/05/18

For this episode I interview John Hofstee, a brand new resident at @the The Village of Riverside Glen. We talk about John's transition to Canada from Holland as a teenager, and consequently his transition from high school into the working world. We talk about his transition through careers as he spent years doing distance learning, and we talk about his most recent transition just two weeks ago to living in a retirement facility. He just got through the mandatory isolation period for new residents,

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57:00

135 - Gerard Jansen (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2021/05/14

For this episode I interview Gerard Jansen, another brand new resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Gerard tells us of his journey over to Canada from Holland as a young man, finding himself in Guelph to work in the Ward at the Fibre Glass Company. Alongside his hard work was his life's passion for Black Angus Cattle, and caring for his own award-winners. Thank you to Gerard for sharing your story and your passion for the Black Angus! We're sending you well wishes for a smooth transition to

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58:41

134 - Rea Gibson (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2021/05/11

For this episode I interview Rea Gibson, a new resident over at the Village of Riverside Glen. Rea grew up on a farm in Erin township during the depression, later moving to Guelph as a teenager when his dad became an Auctioneer. After high school he took furniture design at what was known as Ryerson Institute of Technology, which lead to a life of woodworking. His woodworking ventures spanned furniture building (including running his own business), teaching (including building cabins and homes with

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56:58

133 - Roelof Reinders (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2021/04/22

For this episode I interview Roelof Reinders, a brand new resident at The Village of Riverside Glen . Roelof moved to Canada at 21 to start a new life, traveling between farms around Ontario working odd jobs in farming and construction. Him and his girlfriend had broken up when he moved, but when they rekindled their love and became a "hot item" via letter-mail, he returned to Holland, they were married, and they came back to Canada to start their family. Roelof tells the story of starting his

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59:52

132 - Betty Pimmett (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2021/04/20

For this episode I interview Betty Pimmett. Betty is a recent addition to The Village of Riverside Glen , having moved in just a few months ago during the pandemic. Today we talk about this shift in pace, and her attempts to slow down after a life of working, having started her first job at fifteen to support her family, and working constantly for all the years that have followed, "earning and learning" a self education in banking, bookkeeping, at Guelph Humane Society and more. We also talk

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59:55

131 - Crystal Bradford & Liam Kijewski "Wildlife...

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2021/04/15

Continuing in the theme of "Sustainability Month", for this episode I interview Crystal Bradford and Liam Kijewski of Wildlife Gardening , a native-plant nursery and landscaping service. Crystal and Liam celebrate their 15th anniversary of this work this year, and today we talk about what that path has looked like, navigating ageism, celebrating the growing interest in native plants, managing the struggles, cherishing the wins, and acknowledging how much further we need to go in terms of plant

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59:27

130 - Katherine Finlay (Reconnecting at The Village...

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2021/04/12

This episode sees the return of Katherine Finlay at the Village of Riverside Glen. Katherine came on the radio last year to talk about the Java Music Club - today she returns to share her experiences being diagnosed with (and recovering from) Covid while living at Riverside Glen. This has included struggles - being quarantined, worrying about her diagnosis and the deterioration of her physical health, and the reality of being separated from her husband in Long Term Care for long stretches of time

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59:53

129 - Anita Cazzola "Mani D'Oro Mending"

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2021/04/08

My guest for this episode is Anita Cazzola. Anita just launched a beautiful textile repair service called "Mani D'Oro Mending", and with March being "Sustainability Month" she was a perfect guest! We talk about Anita's path to mending and teaching, the many layers of value in learning this work, and how we should resist the temptation to always buy new and to replace, when we can instead put in the time to save, fix, and repurpose. It's a wonderful conversation we hope you enjoy! You can check

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57:50

128 - Lloyd Hetherington (re-connecting at The...

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2021/03/10

For this episode I reconnect with Lloyd Hetherington at the Village of Riverside Glen. Lloyd was my first pandemic-era guest at Riverside Glen, and he was the person who initiated our collaboration with Riverside Glen for this radio/podcast project. When they first connected, Lloyd had only just moved into Riverside Glen. We chat now, after a year of him living there, to talk about his transition, what has changed, what he's learned and experienced, and what he looks forward to in the days ahead

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59:30

127 - AbdulRazaq Aljazaerli

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2021/03/04

For this episode my guest is AbdulRazaq Aljazaerli, a Syrian refugee living in Cambridge Ontario. Originally from Damascus Syria, AbdulRazaq immigrated here to Canada with his mother, to Cambridge five years ago, after four years as a refugee in Jordan. He has been attending school to learn English, and like the rest of the world, has had many of his plans delayed and put on hold during this pandemic. He is also blind, which further complicates this pandemic (and he has been very thankful for the

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58:14

126 - Sarah Harris - "Property" (band, St. John's...

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2021/02/26

For this episode I interview Sarah Harris, of St. John's Newfoundland band "Property” We talk about the band's brand new EP "Think Electric", about Sarah's experiences attending university remotely and playing in a band during a pandemic, the "Atlantic bubble", the end of the Atlantic bubble, and what life on the island has been like during this pandemic. You can check out their album at propertyproperty.bandcamp.comThis interview was originally recorded on February 8th, 2021 This is a public

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59:08

125 - Katherine Akey, Annie Carpenter (Call Centre)

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2021/02/18

For this episode I interview Katherine Akey and Annie Carpenter. Katherine lives in the US, Annie lives in the UK, both are artists and both had their first babies shortly before the world shut down for Covid. The two first met when they were roommates on a boat in the Arctic during an Artist-in-residency in 2015, and they reunited virtually this past summer for "Call Centre", a blogging project coordinated by Allenheads Contemporary Arts (based in Northumberland UK) to document life during the

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58:51

124 - Thirza and John (Guelph Tool Library)

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2021/02/08

For this episode I interview Thirza Armstrong and John Dennis of the Guelph Tool Library. We talk about the philosophy behind sharing vs owning, waste vs re-use, and what our wonderful Tool Library shifts to look like during a pandemic. Some projects have had to pause, lots have had to shift-gears, and other totally new projects have emerged, including their new "Pin a Smile On" campaign, where they've been creating pins for their volunteers to make their smiling faces visible despite masks. We are

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