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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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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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123 - Kaye Brown (The Village at St. Clair, Windsor ON)

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2021/02/02

For this episode I interview Kaye Brown, a resident at The Village at St. Clair in Windsor ON. Kaye is a recent survivor of Covid - Today Kaye shares what it is like to be sick, and to start to recover. She also shares the very heavy reality of losing a best friend and fellow resident to the same disease at the same time. Kaye, like many others, has been frustrated by the portrayal of Senior-Care-Facilities in the media, and wants to share some of the very positive perspectives on these spaces too

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57:21

122 - Scott Palmer (Village of Riverside Glen)

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2021/01/29

For this episode I interview Scott Palmer, a resident a The Village of Riverside Glen. We talk about Scott's move within the building during Covid, and life in a retirement facility during a pandemic, and we have an in-depth conversation about Scott's career in the Traffic Department at the City of Guelph. You can learn so much about how the traffic systems work by listening to this interview! Scott provides a fascinating behind-the-scenes look and we appreciate him sharing! Tune in!This interview

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57:55

121 - Jean McKenzie (Village of Riverside Glen)

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2021/01/27

For this episode I interview Jean McKenzie, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Jean was born in Guelph and has lived here nearly her entire life aside from a small stretch of retirement in Kincardine. Much of that time was spent living out in the country, and farm-life has passed down through several generations, still being carried on by her grandchildren. We talk about farm-life throughout these generations, Jean's marriage to someone she first met in grade school, and Jean's 30+ career

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59:55

120 Joyce Auger (Village of Riverside Glen)

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2021/01/06

For this episode I interview Joyce Auger, a new resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. The past two months have meant a lot of significant changes for Joyce - a move to a retirement residence, her first time living in Guelph after spending her entire life in Acton, her first time being separated from her husband (who is now in a different facility for Long-Term Care), and it has meant an adjustment to her progressive loss of her vision. Navigating all of that during a pandemic is not easy, but

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60:46

119 Brian Kwok (Guelph Market)

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2021/01/04

For this episode I interview Brian Kwok, owner/operator of Guelph Market. Guelph Market was created to provide a platform for small businesses and independent makers to connect with, and sell their handmade goods to the Guelph Community. The result is like an "Online General Store", selling an assortment of wares with a broad appeal, and items changing and adding as the vendors and seasons change. Brian has used this platform to help elevate lots of independent makers and entrepreneurs, with a

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57:30

118 Wilma Ensing (Village of Riverside Glen)

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2020/12/31

For this episode I interview Wilma Ensing, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Wilma and I talk about her life, her journey over from Holland as a young child, and her transition to life here in Canada including the long, country-walk to school in wooden shoes, and working at her aunt and uncle's Dutch Store. Wilma is strong and she has endured a lot, raising four children as a single mother and working the whole time. Much of that time was very difficult, but her faith and strength got

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117 Joyce Sharp (Village of Riverside Glen)

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2020/12/29

For this episode I interview Joyce Sharp, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen retirement residence. So many incredible stories from Joyce today, she tells us of her journey to Canada, family life with her children and husband in Fergus, working in real estate while her husband did architecture. She speaks openly of her thoughts on this pandemic, and delves into her memories from WWII back in England. This is such an incredible and generous glimpse into Joyce's experiences, and we

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57:09

116 John Potter (Village of Riverside Glen)

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2020/12/21

For this episode I interview John Potter, and his daughter Catherine. John is a WWII veteran who lives at The Village of Riverside Glen. I was lucky enough to speak with him on Remembrance Day, and today's conversation follows John through his experiences in the war as a Navy wireless operator on the HMCS Regina - a Royal Canadian Navy revised Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War.This interview was originally recorded on Remembrance Day,

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57:34

115 John Van Esch (Village of Riverside Glen)

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2020/12/17

For this episode I interview John Van Esch, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. John's history and work experience is so interesting and unique, and subsequently this interview ventures into so many fascinating topics not previously explored on this show. Having come to Canada from Holland at the age of 18, John started at Biltmore Hats in Guelph, and went on to become a scientist/chemist, and cheesemaker. We talk about his work at Biltmore, Gay Lea Foods, and the University of Guelph,

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58:39

114 Ann Weeks (Village of Riverside Glen

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2020/12/14

For this episode I interview Ann Weeks, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen Ann moved to Canada about fifty years ago from Ireland. She's a dedicated gardener, and knits, crochets, and does jigsaw and word puzzles to pass the time. Today she shares stories of work-life in Ireland, where she worked in a tobacco factory, and the girls pooled their pennies each week to buy the latest records to listen to together while they worked. And she shares some of the difficult aspects of living in a

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58:24

113 Lois Wilson (Village of Riverside Glen)

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2020/12/10

For this episode I interview Lois Wilson, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Lois is an Ontario resident by birth growing up near Mississauga and Brampton in Churchville. She worked for a time at the Churchville General Store before studying to be a secretary, and later becoming a teacher. Her life has been surrounded by close extended family - growing up her family's farm was right next to the farm of her father's brother and sister, and they all grew apples and shared farm machinery

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59:40

112 Madeline Wenman (Long-Term Care, Village of...

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2020/12/08

For this episode I interview Madeline Wenman, a resident in Long-Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Madeline was born and raised in Bristol England. At 98 and a quarter years old, she has many stories to share, that span many significant historic events. She worked in nursing her whole adult life, and met her husband (who fought in the war) when she was treating his sister. She contributed to the war-effort in England, and worked here in Guelph at our hospitals. Fascinating stories.

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59:15

111 Alice McNutt (Village of Riverside Glen)

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2020/11/12

For this episode I interview Alice McNutt, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen . Alice grew up in Nova Scotia (outside of Truro) where she lived one house over from her future her husband, her brother’s best friend, and after they married they moved to Toronto to seek work, and lived there for 60 years. Today Alice and I bond over our love of East Coast, and our love of the trip between Ontario and Nova Scotia, especially taking the small backroads. Alice and I both deeply miss hosting

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57:56

110 Betty Green (Village of Riverside Glen)

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2020/11/06

For this episode I interview Betty Green, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Betty shares wonderful stories, of growing up in Dromore, a town founded by her Grandfather, who started a farm, post office and general store, which her family went on to run afterwards. Betty has endured a lot of loss and hardship at different points in her life, but she has a wonderful extended family that spreads across this area and Owen Sound, and does an amazing job staying connected. She has also

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57:24

109 Mike Lesperance (Long-Term Care, Village of...

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2020/11/04

For this episode I interview Mike Lesperance, a resident in Long-Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Mike's life has spanned three pretty distinct and different Canadian cities: born and raised in Montreal, Mike moved his family to Mississauga in the 80s following his import-export job, and then moved them family to Fergus, where he went on to own and operate a coffee shop. Today we talk about these three cities' respective night-lives, and Mike's experience navigating living through a

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59:48

108 Eileen Webb (Village of Riverside Glen)

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2020/10/27

For this episode I interview Eileen Webb, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. We talk about her life - growing up in Burlington when it was just a small town, her family's "Lakeside Dairy", the fun of pouring over the Eaton's Catalogue and gathering around the family radio for the Lone Ranger, and later raising a family on a 100-acre farm in Badenoch (including a period of time with no electricity), and attending the Women's Institute. She has a solid attitude of accepting what life sends

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57:00

107 Kay "Spicer" Mighton (Long-Term Care, Village of...

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2020/10/21

For this episode I interview Kay Mighton, also known as cook book author "Kay Spicer". Kay lives in Long-Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen, and today we talk all about cooking, the craft of creating cookbooks, and Kay's career and education in cooking. She's a delightful guest, and we hope we get to try her cookies someday!This interview was originally recorded on September 23rd, 2020 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus

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57:28

106 David Boyd (Long Term Care, Village of Riverside...

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2020/10/20

For this episode I interview David Boyd, a 97 year-old resident in Long-Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen, and author of "Mighty Mouth's Crap Book". David grew up in Norval Ontario. He shares lots of incredible stories today - he fought in WWII, working in radar, locating safe places for Paratroopers to land. After the war he took a summer job installing radar in ships in Halifax. He had several more jobs before he decided to buy horses - when his father had retired and decided to move to

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