Episode 133 – Parallels

October 21, 2022 TWEPcast

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On this episode, we speak with artist Carol Wylie about her exhibition They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds.

It is an evocative series of portraiture which invites us to consider the parallels between the Holocaust and residential schools, by introducing us to 18 survivors.

Understanding the intergenerational trauma experienced by both the Indigenous and Jewish communities, this series is an important way to acknowledge first-hand accounts of survival, and of building a life, family and community after.

The Jewish Federation of Edmonton has collaborated with Jewish Family Services, and the Indigenous Services team at Edmonton Public Library to bring this exhibition to Edmonton. As part of that, Edmonton Community Foundation was able to provide a small grant to help support a series of Art Therapy Workshops to help people engage with the portraits.

The exhibition is showing at Edmonton Public Library’s Stanley A Milner location until November 25th, and is free to attend.

Register for the November Art Therapy Workshops:
November 3rd, from 1 – 3 pm.
November 20th, from 1 – 3 pm.
Both workshops take place at the Stanley A. Milner Library.

Links:
Find out more about the exhibition: They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds.
Learn more about the Jewish Federation of Edmonton and Jewish Family Services.
Gather with Edmonton Public Library through their program: Mâmawô ayâwin.
Keep your eye on https://www.jewishedmonton.org/ to see the recorded talk with Carol Wylie and Terri Cardinal.

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The Well Endowed Podcast is produced by Edmonton Community Foundation. And is a proud, affiliate member of the Alberta Podcast Network.

Image for this episode was supplied by Carol Wylie, featuring a sample of portraits from her exhibition: They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds.

Episode 132 – Friends of the Royal Alberta Museum Society

October 4, 2022 TWEPcast

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On this episode, our correspondent Scott Lilwall finds out how an endowment fund created by the Friends of the Royal Alberta Museum Society will help support the Royal Alberta Museum far into the future!

Links:
Find out more about the Friends of the Royal Alberta Museum Society!
Visit the Royal Alberta Museum.
Find out more about creating an endowment fund at ECF.

ECF Grants:
Young Edmonton Grants – Applications due October 15, 2022
Youth VOICE – Applications due October 31, 2022
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Upcoming Student Awards:
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The Well Endowed Podcast is produced by Edmonton Community Foundation. And is a proud, affiliate member of the Alberta Podcast Network.

Music included in the story was Dawning Sprite by Lincoln Davis | Song License | Soundstripe.

Image for this episode as supplied by Friends of the Royal Alberta Museum Society and Royal Alberta Museum.

Episode 131 – Race-Based Bias and Data

September 16, 2022 TWEPcast

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On this episode, we look at how bias in data gathering can impact representation of communities. Our correspondent, Emily Rendell-Watson, speaks with three incredible community members with experience in data research, urban planning and activism.

ECF has been exploring the history of racism in this year’s Vital Signs topic. Vital Signs is a check-up to see how the community is fairing on various issues. This work is done in collaboration with Edmonton Social Planning Council and with guidance from a dedicated committee made of people with lived experience.

Through this work, the Committee working on this project learned that there are still many people and communities who are not included in a meaningful way through typical data gathering processes. These gaps can leave people feeling unheard and unseen.

Links:
Check out Edmonton Social Planning Council’s report, Confronting Racism with Data: Why Canada Needs Disaggregated Race-Based Data.
Listen to Scratching the Surface to learn more about the history of racism in Alberta.
Read our Vital Topic: A look at the history of
Racism towards Indigenous & People of Colour in Edmonton.
Find out more about our wonderful guests:
– Sydny Sheloff, the Strategic Research Coordinator at Edmonton Social Planning Council
– Lucenia Ortiz, former planner with the City of Edmonton
– Adora Nwofor, activist, writer, comedian and producer in Calgary.

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The Well Endowed Podcast is produced by Edmonton Community Foundation. And is a proud, affiliate member of the Alberta Podcast Network.

Image for this episode as supplied by Adora Nwofor.

Episode 130 – Searching for Home

September 6, 2022 TWEPcast

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Note: Due to extenuating circumstances, we have had to delay the posting of this docuseries on our web show. We will be sure to update these show notes once the series is released.

On this episode, our correspondent Oumar Salifou speaks with Dr. Mawien Akot, from Edmonton’s the South Sudanese community.

In the fall of 2020, ECF was approached by leaders from Alberta’s South Sudanese community. At the time, more than a dozen South Sudanese Albertans had died from a range of causes exacerbated by the start of the pandemic.

Families were forced to sell their homes to pay for proper funerals for their loved ones. ECF was able to provide financial support to help with burial costs in 2020, however, the number of deaths has since risen to around 30.

As we looked into the underlying causes of these deaths, it was imperative that we work with the families to help tell their stories.

These stories speak to larger issues that have had broad impacts for more than 15 thousand South Sudanese people in Alberta and for everyone in this province.

On September 6th we will release South Sudan Local Time — a three-part mini documentary series that explores the experience of the South Sudanese diaspora in Alberta.

In this conversation, Dr. Mawien Akot provides more context for the history of the civil wars in South Sudan, and sheds light on some the underlying causes of the deaths within the South Sudanese community.

Links:
Check out our article, Searching for Solace, to read more stories from the South Sudanese community in Edmonton.

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The Well Endowed Podcast is produced by Edmonton Community Foundation. And is a proud, affiliate member of the Alberta Podcast Network.