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The Connected CommunityFrom Paris to Power with loveSend us a textHey 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 patient of the service system. Welcome back, everybody. Sacha an...
2026-02-081h 09The Connected CommunityAll our Relations: Town and GownSend us a textOur 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 this podcast and is well known to our listeners. She is passionate about desire theory and indig...
2025-09-0553 minThe Connected CommunityFrom institutionalization to the connected community: Glyn Butcher and the People Focused MovementSend us a textGlyn 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 Care and Institutionalization: Glyn spent over 40 years in various institutions (mental health, drug and alcohol, police, child welfare), experiencing a loss of identity, agency, connec...
2025-05-1133 minThe Connected CommunityCommunity Conversations: "What do you think Communities are for?"Send us a textIn 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.
2025-03-0147 minThe Connected CommunityPolitics and The Connected Community (An interview with Dominic Cardy, leader of the Canadian Future Party))Send us a textIn 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 and economic challenges affecting their day-to-day lives and the future of our planet. In this interview, Dominic shares a wealth of experience and deep care for communities alongside a sharp...
2025-01-141h 03The Connected CommunityIn Pursuit of the Connected Community - A Year in Review with Sacha and CormacSend us a textSacha 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_theoryMattering Theory: https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/the-psychologists-guide-to-living-a-good-life-through-mattering-wellness-fairness-isaac-prilleltensky/Jamie Vollmer: Schools Can’t Do it Alone: Vollmer, J. (2010). Schools cannot do it alone : building public support for America's public schoo...
2024-06-011h 11The Connected CommunitySix Degrees of Ubuntu (All My Relations) with Rama NaiduSend us a text6 Degree Shifthttps://www.6degreeshift.com/Truth & Reconciliation (TRC)https://nctr.ca/about/history-of-the-trc/trc-website/
2024-05-0145 minThe Connected CommunityCommunity Engaged Learning: The Sackville 20/20 story-with Prof. Michael FoxSend us a textBoétie, E. (1576). The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude. Unknown.Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1994). What is philosophy? Columbia University PressRockport, Tom. (2005). Reading Hegel’s Phenomenology (review). Journal of the History of Philosophy, 43(4), 493-494Renga, I. (2017). Unpacking a Liturgical Framing of Desire for the Purposes of Educational Research. American Educational Studies Association, 53(3), 263-284Russell, C. & McKnight, J. (2022). The Connected Community. 1st ed. Berrett-KoehlerTuck, E. (2010). Breaking up with Deleuze: desire and valuing the irreconcilable, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 23(5), 635-650*Sac...
2024-04-011h 01The Connected CommunityThe Power of Resident-led Responses, and How to Mobilise That Power Where You Live.Send us a textTEDxPerth talk number 1 - 2013https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1WSkXWSJacTEDxPerth talk number 2 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbp92gIuxPYWest Beacy Bunch websitehttps://westbeacybunch.org/Tim Darby websitehttps://www.timdarbycreative.com/Ecoburbia - home website and businesshttps://ecoburbia.com.au/
2024-03-0144 minThe Connected CommunityWhen institutions put Communities first, An in depth interview with Katie KellySend us a textKay 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.ukNew Local is an independent Think Tank and Network, with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. Website is www.newlocal.org.ukEast Ayrshire Vibrant Communities have done some incredible work around community led action planning and community asset transfer. Website Vibrant Communities · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
2024-02-2651 minThe Connected CommunityWhen institutions put Communities first, An in depth interview with Katie KellyKay 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.ukNew Local is an independent Think Tank and Network, with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. Website is www.newlocal.org.ukEast Ayrshire Vibrant Communities have done some incredible work around community led action planning and community asset transfer. Website Vibrant Communities · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
2024-02-2244 minThe Connected CommunityWelfare Systems that Harm and the Family, and Community Alternatives that HealSend us a text~An in-depth interview with Elizabeth Wendel and Kevin Campbell (Co-directors, Pale Blue)
2024-01-011h 01The Connected CommunityIt Takes a Village to Educate a ChildSend us a textSpeaker information: Dr. Alicia Noreiga-Mundaroyhttps://commdev.acadiau.ca/faculty-staff/alicia-noreiga-mundaroy.htmlVollmer, J. (2010). Schools cannot do it alone : building public support for America's public schools. Fairfield, IA: Enlightenment Press.
2023-12-0133 min2023-11-0149 minThe Connected CommunityIntroduction to The Connected Community (Part 2)Send us a texthttps://natoaganegfirstnation.ca/Government of Canada. (2022). Statistics on Indigenous Peoples. https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/indigenous_peoplesTuck, E. (2009). Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities. Harvard Educational Review, 79(3), 409-428Tuck. E., & K., Yang. (2019). Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education: Mapping the Long View, 189-203. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/Indigenous and-Decolonizing-Studies-in-Education-Mapping-the-Long-View/Smith-Tuck- YangTuck-yang/p/book/9781138585867Renga, I. (2017). Unpacking a Liturgical Framing of Desire for the Purposes of Educational Research. American Educational Studies Association, 53(3), 263-284
2023-10-0133 minThe Connected CommunityIntroduction to The Connected Community (Part 1)Send us a textCormac 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 can read a book review here. Other books and thinkers referenced in the first episode include: At the...
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