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Clearing a New Path™

Clearing a New Path

Inspiring and building a more united, feminist, anti-racist rural Canada. Produced by Radar Media. Podcast art inspired by the graphic design of Katie Wilhelm. Music branding by The Hankering Studio. Subscribe to the Clearing a New Path™ weekly newsletter: https://substack.com/@clearinganewpath Contact us at: info@clearinganewpathpodcast.com clearinganewpath.substack.com

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32:45

RURAL BOOKS - ANN DOUGLAS - Navigating the Messy Middle

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/12/12

Ann Douglas - Navigating the Messy MiddleA Fiercely Honest and Wildly Encouraging Guide for Midlife WomenThis is the first in our series of Rural Authors and Rural Books.Ann is an award-winning writer and bestselling author. She is the creator of The Mother of All Books® series, which has sold over half a million copies in North America to date. For decades, Ann was Canada’s most trusted writer on all things parenting, and often heard across Canada speaking about just that, on CBC Radio.She is the

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40:49

A Report on Access to Health Care in Rural Canada -...

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/12/07

This is the second in a series of interviews about rural Canadian health care. Last episode we talked about the BC Rural Health Network, a collective of citizen-led collaborators that have organized to put pressure on the government and basically get folks to pay attention to the unique needs in rural health care, specifically in rural British Columbia.Another part of putting pressure on the government comes from the physicians themselves. They are fully aware of the wait times, the lack of access

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56:35

BC Rural Health Network - Paul Adams

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/11/30

One of the fundamental challenges in rural Canadian communities is health care. Folks in rural and remote communities are not the same as our urban counterparts and therefore our health care needs to be different.And there are so many aspects to that. Over the next few episodes, I’ll cover a number of elements relating to rural health.The first one is how to include residents in solutions-based health care.The BCRural Health Network is the healthcare voice of the rural residents of British Columbia

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1:06:10

Kaity Adams - Adams Family Ink and Boutique -...

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/11/16

Kaity and Montana Adams own Adams Family Ink and Boutique on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, near Brantford, Ontario but it is clear Kaity runs the business. But this is at the root of her Indigenous heritage and family teaching, you will hear in this episode.Kaity was born and raised on Six Nations, on the Onondaga First Nation. She is Deer Clan and a proud Haudenoshawnee woman. Her husband Montana is from Aamjiwnaang First Nations which is Chipewa/Ojibwe.Kaity talks about qualifying on

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38:53

Politicization of Wind Energy in Rural Canada

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2022/11/09

Politicization of Wind Energy in Rural Canada This topic was brought to me by one of our newsletter subscribers named Ruby. She’s concerned that hundreds of wind turbines are moving into an area of Eastern Ontario where she and her husband plan to retire. She shared a noise level assessment with me and I did some research into other areas that fought against the turbines coming to their area, and won. Here's a write up about it from a group called Wind Concerns Ontario.Admittedly though, this is not

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32:07

Bias, Hate and Extremism in Rural Canada - Part 2

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2022/11/02

Bias, Hate and Extremism - Part 2(This episodes is the second of two-parts)This is part 2 of a two part series on bias, hate and extremism, specifically in rural Canada. If you haven’t heard it, I hope you listen to part one, but it’s not a prerequisite to listen to this one.In part one I talked about how most people hold opinions and biases and that in online spaces, particularly social media platforms, with algorithms that help put items in front of you similar to what you’ve already clicked on,

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46:26

Bias, Hate and Extremism in Rural Canada - Part 1

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/10/26

(This episodes is the first of two-parts)Almost everyone has a bias, a way of thinking, an opinion, it’s pretty much human nature. Journalists, when I went to journalism school, were only supposed to report on facts and not opinion. That has drastically changed. And in an age where many of us spend lots of time on online social platforms, the bias continues to be confirmed by where we choose to click and view and modern day algorithms. That in turn fills our social feeds with more information that

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1:00:24

RURAL TALKS: Erik - Union Saskatchewan, Anne - Owen...

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/10/25

Every Sunday I've been hosting Open Circle Zoom calls, inviting folks from across rural Canada to talk about the issues on their mind that week. This was recorded just ahead of Ontario's municipal elections and leaks to media that suggested the Ontario government might impose changes to the powers of municipalities AFTER the Ontario municipal election.Erik was calling in from Unity, Saskatchewan and is concerned about the divisiveness and apathy that exists in rural spaces as our democracy gets

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1:02:33

Solving a trades crisis - Add more women

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2022/10/19

Solving a trades shortage - Add more womenIs your small community struggling to find qualified tradespeople? Are you looking for someone to do some work for you or are you a business owner, hunting for certified employees?Recently Canada’s federal government announced a call for proposals from organizations that train and support folks from underrepresented groups (including women) in the trades and non-traditional professions. According to the latest research, just 5% of registered trades people

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41:10

Supporting rural 2SLGBTQAI+ folks

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/10/12

*2SLGTBQIA+ is an acronym for Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and the plus reflects the countless affirmative ways in which people choose to self-identify.Canada’s large urban centres have long been supportive and embrace of members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, recognizing they are an integral and important part of any diverse community, however rural communities tend to lag behind.Many small communities are experiencing intolerance and

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38:13

RURAL TALKS: Leslie: Nelson, BC and Carrie: Caledon, Ont

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/10/12

I hosted another Sunday open Zoom call, this time it was on Thanksgiving weekend (for those who celebrate).I was joined by Leslie from Nelson, British Columbia and Carrie from Caledon, Ontario.Leslie is retired and is running in her local municipal election. She is a longtime climate activist and is concerned about development and the voices that she's not hearing, the people she's not seeing at the all candidates meetings and debates she's been involved in. She thinks things need to change in order

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42:55

Women in rural politics

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2022/10/05

Women in rural and remote politics - Is change possible?WARNING: Cursing and at least one f-bomb - at the latter end of the episodeThis episode focuses on some of the abysmal stats when it comes to the representation of women in Canada, particularly rural Canada and what we should be doing about it. Shari Graydon joins me, the creator and head of the organization, Informed Opinions. And I’ll also talk to a current female mayor about her experience and why she’s not running again. Mayor of

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41:57

BONUS: RURAL TALKS - Elizabeth from Vermilion, Alberta

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/10/03

On Sunday, I invited newsletter subscribers (you can sign up here) to an open Zoom call to talk about issues facing each person, where they are in rural Canada.I had a great conversation with Elizabeth from Vermilion, Alberta.We talked about Canadian politics, Alberta politics, women in politics, climate change and socialism vs communism. We also talked about community and if we can ever get to a place where our rural communities aren't so angry and divided, and the hope we can go back to being able

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47:02

Cindy Crowe - Healing Rural Canada

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/09/28

You might remember Cindy Crowe from season one. She was the last episode of the first season. As luck would have it, I had quite a thought-provoking conversation with Indigenous Elder, Lodgekeeper, Author and rural business woman Cindy Crowe. Cindy is a band member of the Opwaaganisiniing or the Red Rock Indian Band about an hour east of Thunder Bay, Ontario.Cindy talks about upcoming municipal elections. Cindy owns businesses and she’s worked in many different sectors, including working with

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2:22

Season Two Trailer

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/09/25

Welcome to the second season of Clearing a New Path Podcast. I’m your host, Shauna Rae.I’m in rural Southwestern Ontario, on the traditional territory of the Anish-inaabe, Haudenoshownee and Mississauga or Neutral peoples who once used this land as their traditional beaver hunting grounds. There are soooo many underrepresented voices across Canada, folks ignored, overlooked and silenced. I feel called to engage in building a united, feminist, anti-racist rural Canada, one that truly embraces

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54:17

Cindy Crowe - Walking with Grey Wolf

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/07/27

Cindy Crowe, Elder, Lodgekeeper, Author, is a band member of the Opwaaganisiniing (Red Rock Indian Band) located an hour east of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Since 1994, Cindy has been bridging gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and communities. Cindy’s life purpose is to share a message of love and interconnectedness and she creates space for change in many different venues with people from all walks of life. She believes in leading by example. Personally, she is the grateful mom of five

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38:29

Lynette Mader - Conserving Rural Wetlands

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/07/20

Lynette Mader was raised in rural Middlesex County. She got her career start with a job as public relations manager for Turkey Farmers of Canada in Mississauga and from there, took a marketing job at what was then, Cold Springs Farm in Thamesford. This brought her back to the London area where she met her husband - one of the owners of Bellamere Country Market and Winery. She left Cold Springs Farm to work in the family business until the business was sold, and then she accepted a marketing manager

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26:01

Kelly Snowdon - Take a Risk

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/07/13

Kelly Snowdon is 28 year old competitive athlete turned entrepreneur from Moncton, New Brunswick. Kelly has competed in 5 Canadian Ringette Championships, the Canada Winter Games in Halifax in 2011 and was a part of 3 seasons of the National Ringette League with the Atlantic Attack. Kelly has 3 sisters Jessica, Jenny, and Britney and ringette has been part of the family for two decades. It has molded them into an extraordinary and unique family, thanks to their incredibly supportive parents,

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37:14

Therese Van Es - Why Not Try?

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/07/06

Therese Van Es is an enthusiastic, dynamic rural entrepreneur in the worlds of both business and food!About business…Therese is the President and Chief People Leader of Ladder HR Solutions, Inc. She is a Human Resources Executive with 25 years of experience on a mission to instill innovative people practices and processes in dynamic, high growth companies before people problems become unwieldly. Passionate about creating change in the HR function, Therese also mentors newly minted HR

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32:37

Selena Strong - Move Every Day

Clearing a New Path™ ·

2022/06/29

Selena Strong is the founder of Selena Strong Fitness and she has over 15 years of Exercise & Fascial Stretch Therapy experience, and she has never stopped learning and improving. This is a mentality that she tries to pass on to every client she meets. Fitness is Life. Selena is also a sponsored Fitness Competitor and Fitness Model. She has worked with a wide range of clientele, from folks who survived severe auto collisions, to stroke patients with neurological issues. As an assistant

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