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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

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58:21

International Mother Language Day Radio takeover

Bridging the Social Distance ·

2025/03/04

This hour is a special hour of content celebrating languages! Hosted (in English) and collected/edited by Jenny, close to 40 different people contributed over thirty languages to fill our airwaves in celebration of "International Mother Language Day" which is observed every year to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. We've included a list of languages featured, below - if your language is missing reach out to us! We'd love to do this again in the future and include even

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59:31

Ep 261 - Kehinde, Fumi, PJ and Coretta (staff at The...

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2025/02/27

For this episode I interview Kehinde and Fumi, and PJ and Coretta at The Village of Riverside Glen. Kehinde is a nurse, Fumi is a PSW/Med Cert, PJ is a Recreation Team member, and Coretta is a PSW. They share with me their respective journeys from their home countries of Nigeria and Kenya, acclimating to the dramatically different weather while settling in with their families, as well as navigating the challenge of getting jobs and education here, as many of their incredible skills and

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59:48

Ep 260 - Pat Woodford (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2025/02/19

For this episode my guest is Pat Woodford, a relatively new resident at The Village of Riverside Glen, who was given the best possible room the cater to her love of bird watching. Pat has had nearly a full life of bird watching , starting her passion when she met her future husband as a teenager. Pat fits so much life into today’s conversation - she shares an incredibly interesting snippet of history during WWII, living in Dunville near an Airforce Training Facility, where her father would visit on

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58:40

Ep 259 - Sharryn Smith (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2025/02/13

For this episode I’m joined by my son Otis, and our guest is Sharryn Smith, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Sharryn is a visual artist, who works primarily in acrylic paint. After suffering a stroke, Sharryn lost the ability to use the right side of her body, as well as some of her memory, and her ability to speak, and had to transition to living in a retirement care facility. She shares today about that transition, of her path to relearning how to speak, how to walk, and how to paint -

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59:35

Ep 258 - Aidan Purnell

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2025/02/05

For this episode I interview Aidan Purnell, a regular musical performer at The Village of Riverside Glen. On Jan 23rd I was at Riverside Glen, and my scheduled interview fell through. Aidan was performing for a huge crowd of residents, and I've come across Aidan a number of times on my visits to Riverside Glen. I stuck around to see if he'd be up for chatting with me, and the result was the fantastic conversation you'll hear today! We talk about his experience performing at Retirement Homes and Long

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58:40

Ep 257 - Debra Cooper (Long-Term Care, The Village of...

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2025/01/29

For this episode my guest is Debra Cooper, a resident in Long Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Debra has spent a life on the move, born in Canada but spending her young life everywhere from Mexico to Spain to Long Island New York, before finally settling for a longer period of time in Quebec. She's a tough lady, navigating these moves, and surviving a serious car accident and a subsequent period of working as an accountant while raising her three children as a single mom. She's working on

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47:35

Ep 256 - Tech and Trades Fair at GCVI, Nov 6th 2024

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2025/01/01

This episode features a collection of interviews and radio shoutouts from GCVI students who attended a Tech and Trades Fair and GCVI on November 6th, 2024. CFRU tabled at the event, promoted our own opportunities, and handed students the mic, to capture a snapshot of young high school life. We hope you enjoy it! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bridgingthesocialdistance.substack.com

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57:22

Ep 255 Conestoga College "Living Classroom" Grand...

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2024/12/24

This is a radio special celebrating the recent grand re-opening of the "Conestoga College Living Classroom" at The Village of Riverside Glen . Recorded on December 5th 2024 at Riverside Glen, today's broadcast starts with the speeches recorded at the event, followed by some short interviews with staff and coordinators who help bring the living classroom to life.About the Living Classroom:The Living Classroom is a partnership model that integrates education into a long-term care or retirement home to

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38:15

Ep 254 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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2024/12/17

This episode features recorded speeches and interviews with folks who attended the recent event "Breaking Barriers: Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities", which took place at the downtown branch of the Guelph Public Library on Dec 3rd 2024. We hear from many incredible disability advocates, including folks from Community Living Guelph Wellington's "People4People" Advocacy group, and from Community of Hearts, and listeners may recognize the voice of Judy Noonan, who contributed

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58:02

Ep 253 Gerald "Jerry" Guidolin (The Village of...

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2024/12/06

For this episode my guest was Gerald "Jerry" Guidolin, a very new resident at The Village of Riverside Glen, having only moved in earlier this month. This episode is not to be missed! By the nature of the magic of all the stories from everyone I interview I don't think I could possibly have a "favourite" radio guest, but I can honestly say that I can't remember the last time a one-hour conversation has contained so many entertaining and wildly unexpected pieces of history. Jerry was born and raised

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58:34

Ep 252 - Sam Baijal

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2024/12/04

For this episode I interviewed local music booker and advocate Samir Baijal, in honour of his receiving of the "Estelle Klein Lifetime Achievement Award", recognizing Sam's ongoing commitment to supporting live music. I interviewed Sam about this, and about his career in music booking. More about Samir, and this award:Samir [was recently] awarded the Estelle Klein Lifetime Achievement Award, as an advocate, supporter, and champion of the Ontario Folk music community throughout his career, and is in

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55:00

Ep 251 - Michelle Peek, Art Not Shame

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2024/12/02

For this episode I interviewed Michelle Peek of "Art Not Shame". Art Not Shame is a local Guelph Non-profit that uses the arts to build community, deepen our access to creativity, increase well-being, and create the conditions for inner and outer systems change. They have a beautiful new expanded location on Wyndham street and offer tons of incredible programs and services. Art Not Shame is one of the many organizations dramatically impacted by the City of Guelph's recent budget deferrals within the

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33:34

Ep 250 - Marc Peloso (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2024/11/28

For this episode I interview Marc Peloso, a resident at the Village of Riverside Glen. Marc grew up in Guelph, and if his name sounds familiar, the answer is yes - he is related to the Pelosos! As a Guelph history lover I recognized the name right away. Marc shares about his family, his career working in advertising, and his twenty year journey with MS. I appreciated him taking time out of his day to share a bit.This interview was originally recorded on October 29th, 2024 This is a public episode

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42:20

Ep 249 - Greg Rhyno, and Zander McConnell

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2024/11/26

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve uploaded a new episode, as we had an unexpected run of live episodes in the mix! So I am slowly editing them from the archives and uploading them, starting with this interview with Greg Rhyno! Greg is a local (Guelph) author/musician and old friend Greg Rhyno. Greg and I have known each other for almost 25 years! Spanning his early supply teaching years through to teaching creative writing at the university, and now author of two fiction novels. We connect for

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58:57

Ep 248 - Alex (John F Ross/The Village of Riverside Glen

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2024/10/30

I loved this conversation. For this episode my guest Alex is a grade 11 student at John F Ross, who I met on an outing with The Village of Riverside Glen. Alex has been volunteering there for two years, and Alex's great grandmother was a previous guest on my radio show, which was a cool coincidence I didn't know at the time we met. I thought it would be interesting to interview Alex to hear the perspective of a young person who frequents spends time with the residents at Riverside Glen, to see where

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57:38

Ep 247 - Zander McConnell (Project Search 2024)

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2024/10/16

For this episode I interview Zander McConnell, our current intern from “Project Search”. Zander has been coming to CFRU every day to work with us, in the hopes of learning transferable job skills, working on recording and editing, public speaking, file management, project management and getting immersed in some cool music and tech in the process. I thought it would be neat to interview him to learn more about him as a person, and to give him an opportunity to speak on mic. We talk about video games,

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57:08

Ep 246 - Janice Henderson (The Village of Riverside...

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2024/10/09

For this episode I interview Janice Henderson, a recent new resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. We talk about Janice’s career as a Real Estate Agent here in Guelph, how she started in that profession after her divorce, becoming a single mom to five kids and navigating a work life balance to always be there for all of their events and important moments. In recent times she’s had to adjust again, recovering from a stroke, and a recent dementia diagnosis, which led to her decision to choose

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59:01

Ep 245 - Neil and Sheila McLaren (The Village of...

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2024/09/25

For this episode I interview Neil and Sheila McLaren, residents at The Village of Riverside Glen. These two may be brand new to living at Riverside Glen, but Neil's mother was a resident twenty years ago, and it was his positive experience and weekly visits back then, that inspired them to look into Riverside Glen for their own care-plans. He played the piano every week when he visited way back then, and upon moving into Riverside Glen was shocked and pleased when a staff member remembered him from

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59:00

Ep 244 - Leo Bock (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2024/09/19

For this episode I interview Leo Bock, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Leo is relatively new to the building, having moved to retirement to be close to his wife who is being cared for in Long Term Care. Leo opens up about this stage of life, transitioning to living alone, but surrounded by other residents, navigating the social balance of trying to have meaningful conversations and build connections, while not being sure where folks' feelings on issues land and not wanting to upset or

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57:31

Ep 243 - The Village of Riverside Glen at the 2024...

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2024/08/14

This radio special was recorded at the 2024 Schlegel Summer Olympics! I followed 6 athletes from The Village of Riverside Glen and their coaches/support/staff on their journey to the host location (The Village of Glen Crossing), and with the help of Kadri we recorded pre and post interviews, recordings from the event, and some interviews Schlegel staff who helped coordinate the event. I hope you enjoy it!This radio special was originally recorded on July 30th, 2024 This is a public episode. If you

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