WIC-Ed is an educational podcast produced by Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis that explores topics of domestic violence, sexual violence and human trafficking.
"I Feel Like I'm Missing a Big Piece of My Heart:" Remembering Marianne Goulden, with Mia Goulden
Content warning: femicide, intimate partner violence
If you need support during or after listening to this episode, or any time, please reach out to our 24/7 Crisis Line at 1-800-265-7233 or 519-836-5710.
In this episode, Public Educator Cindy McMann sits down for a conversation with Mia Goulden. Mia is the daughter of Marianne Goulden, who was a G-W WIC client who stayed at the shelter after leaving an abusive relationship, and who then went on to give back to women in the Guelph community as a volunteer and a staff member at the shelter before she was killed by a partner in 1992.
Mia talks about her incredible mother, about the tragic end of her mother’s life, the impacts of femicide on her family and about the ways her mother’s beautiful spirit shines on.
29 Nov 2024
"We've Done It Before and We'll Do It Again:" Gender, HIV/AIDS and the Fight for Community Care, with Ariel Oleynikov
Public educator Cindy McMann sits down with Ariel Oleynikov, a leading activist in community care for women living with HIV/AIDS, to explore the intersection of gender and health.
28 Oct 2024
“The More I Read, the More I Realized that There Were Some Problems:” Philosophy and Sexual Violence, with Amber Spence
In this episode, Public Educator Cindy McMann chats with Amber Spence, a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Guelph who specializes in sexual violence.
We talk about how philosophy helped Amber in her journey as a survivor, what tools it can offer other survivors, how philosophy misses the mark in academic research on sexual violence and why that matters for the rest of us.
Content Warning: sexual violence, trauma and sexual harm
Resources:
Susan J. Brison, Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self (https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691244679/aftermath?srsltid=AfmBOoo4FlDp0u4Ax9aDpDsl8me4e8Y39Y0QqQKYMTeiuIF51-RE0-o0)
Karyn L. Freedman, One Hour in Paris (https://freehand-books.com/product/one-hour-in-paris/#tab-description)
“Rethinking the Wrong of Rape” (https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/system/files/Rethinking%2520the%2520Wrong%2520of%2520Rape.pdf)
"The Harm of Disempowerment," "The Problem with Consent," Amber Spence, forthcoming
Linda Martin Alcoff, Rape and Resistance (https://www.wiley.com/en-it/Rape+and+Resistance-p-9780745691916)
Nicole K. Jeffrey, “Is Consent Enough: What the Research on Normative Heterosexuality and Sexual Violence Tells Us” (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13634607221096760)
Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score (https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score)
Nicole Dular, “One Too Many: Hermeneutical Excess as Hermeneutical Injustice” (https://philpapers.org/rec/DULOTM)
Madeleine Kenyon, "Speaking of ‘Violence:’ Figleaf Use in Sexualized Violence Contexts"" (https://dspacemainprd01.lib.uwaterloo.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/9461b835-6b8b-45ff-8d6a-4b47ec51da91/content)
27 Aug 2024
"You're Not Mellowing - What You're Becoming Is Strategic:" Activism and Survivor-Led Disruption with Nneka MacGregor and Marsha Hinds Myrie
In this conversation, Public Educator Cindy McMann sits down with the University of Guelph’s 2024 Activists in Residence, Nneka MacGregor and Marsha Hinds Myrie. We talk activism, disrupting systems and making survivor voices the centre of efforts to end GBV at the local, national and international level.
Resources:
Operation Safe Space (https://oss246.org/)
WomenatthecentrE (https://www.womenatthecentre.com/)
Frantz Fanon (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/frantz-fanon/) (from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Joy James (https://www.plutobooks.com/author/joy-james/)
Marcus Garvey (https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/individuals/marcus-garvey) (from the U.S. National Archives)
Walter Rodney (https://www.walterrodneyfoundation.org/about-walter-rodney) (from the Walter Rodney Foundation)
Andaiye (https://redthreadguyana.org/about/) (from Red Thread)
C.L.R. James (https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/james-c-l-r) (from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute)
Rania El Mugammar (https://www.raniawrites.com/)
Raja Benjamin (https://www.instagram.com/raja_benjamin/?hl=en)
Patrina Duhaney (https://www.dvpreventioninblackcommunities.com/team/dr-patrina-duhaney)
Robyn Maynard (https://www.robynmaynard.com/)
Ocama Collective (https://www.ocamacollective.com/)
Rachel Zellars (https://www.rachelzellarsphd.com/)
Myrna Dawson (https://www.violenceresearch.ca/director/)
Rhythm & Blues (https://www.rhythmbluescambridge.com/) Cambridge
Chelsea Tobin (https://www.instagram.com/safestepsfv/p/C8GMA4KCOYD/)
Voices in Exile (https://www.voicesinexile.me/) (interview with Dr. Hinds Myrie)
17 Jun 2024
“I’m Tired. Again:” Survivorship and Queer Communities of Care, with Nealob Kakar
Happy Pride Month! This month’s episode of the WIC-Ed podcast features Nealob Kakar, talking to public educator Cindy McMann about queer communities of care, transformational change and why the word resilience makes us suspicious and tired.
Resources:
Building Accountable Communities video series (https://bcrw.barnard.edu/building-accountable-communities/), Barnard Center for Research on Women
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/C/Care-Work), Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) (https://www.deanspade.net/mutual-aid-building-solidarity-during-this-crisis-and-the-next/), Dean Spade
Abolition. Feminism. Now. (https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1546-abolition-feminism-now), Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie
Insurgent Love: Abolition and Domestic Homicide (https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/insurgent-love), Ardath Whynacht
28 May 2024
“What Does Justice Look Like for You?” Restorative Justice Processes, with Community Justice Initiatives
May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month! This month, Public Educator Cindy McMann sat down with Kate Crozier of Community Justice Initiatives (CJI), along with 2 guests with experience in restorative justice processes.
Kate and her guests take us through restorative justice alternatives to the criminal legal system, what the process is like for people who have experienced sexual harm and for people who have caused harm, how restorative justice can empower survivors of sexual violence, and what we can do to make this option more widely available to survivors.
Content Warning: sexual violence, sexual harm to minors, incarceration
Resources:
G-W Women in Crisis 24/7 Crisis Line: 519-836-5710 / 1-800-265-7233 (SAFE)
Community Justice Initiatives (https://cjiwr.com/)
The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/622850/the-feminist-and-the-sex-offender-by-judith-levine-and-erica-meiners/9781788733403). Judith Levine and Erica Meiners
Bernard Center for Women, “What is Accountability?” (https://bcrw.barnard.edu/videos/what-is-accountability-2/#:~:text=Accountability%20is%20self%2Dreflecting%2C%20apologizing,process%20and%20not%20a%20destination.)
adrienne maree brown (https://adriennemareebrown.net/)
Mia Mingus (https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/about-2/)
29 Apr 2024
“Get Me in Front of the People – I Have Stuff to Say:” Brain Injuries and Intimate Partner Violence, with Christina Hennelly
In this episode, Christina Hennelly from the Brain Injury Association of Waterloo Wellington talks with Public Educator Cindy McMann about Christina's work on the connections between brain injuries and intimate partner violence (IPV).
We talk about the impacts of brain injuries, how common they are in relationships where there's physical violence, tools people can use if they think they or someone they love might have a brain injury and what service providers can do to better support people.
Content Warning: physical violence, impacts of physical injuries due to violence
Resources: The Brain Injury Association of Waterloo Wellington (https://www.biaww.org/)
HELPS Screening Tool (https://abitoolkit.ca/assets/images/HELPS-tool.pdf)
Ontario Brain Injury Association (https://obia.ca/)
Traverse Independence (https://www.traverseindependence.ca/en/index.aspx)
ABI Toolkit (https://www.abitoolkit.ca/)
19 Mar 2024
"Trying to Steer the Titanic with a Plastic Spoon:" Talking to Men and Boys About Violence, with Jacob Pries
In this episode, we hear from Jacob Pries, from the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region's Male Allies program. Jacob chats with WiC Educator Cindy McMann about masculinity, talking to men and boys about gender-based violence, and Jacob's work on consent education with Hockey Canada.
Resources:
The Male Allies program (https://www.sascwr.org/maleallies.html) at the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region
Brené Brown's whole canon of work, which you can see on her website (https://brenebrown.com/)
The Man Enough podcast (https://manenough.com/podcast/) with Justin Baldoni and Liz Plank
Justin Baldoni's books, Man Enough (https://manenough.com/man-enough-undefining-my-masculinity/) and Boys Will Be Human (https://boyswillbehuman.com/)
Liz Plank's book, For the Love of Men (https://www.elizabethplank.com/book)
Everything Starhawk has written, which you can check out on her website (https://starhawk.org/#)
2 May 2022
Gender-Based Violence and Violence Against the Land (Ft. Courtney Skye and 2Rivers Festival)
The 2Rivers Festival presents a podcast in partnership with Guelph-Wellington Women and Crisis and Protect the Tract that explores the relationship between colonization, gender-based violence, land violence and consent. Host Jensen Williams discusses the role of consent in movements to end gender-based violence and ensure land rights with Courtney Skye of Protect the Tract and Emma Callon and Horeen Hassan of the 2Rivers Festival.
30 Nov 2021
Unpacking Femicide with Myrna Dawson
In this episode we chat with Myrna Dawson, the Founder and Director of the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability. Dawson is a leading expert on femicide and leader in research and advocacy on violence against women and femicide prevention both nationally and internationally. Have a listen as we unpack the term femicide, the work of the observatory, ways in which data on femicide is collected and pathways to femicide prevention. For more information on the Canadian Femicide Observatory, please visit their website (https://www.femicideincanada.ca/)and follow them on twitter @CAN_Femicide.
3 Jun 2021
Sexual Assault: Shifting To A Culture of Prevention and Support
In this episode, we sit down with our Sexual Assault Centre and Anti-Human Trafficking Program counsellors during Sexual Assault Prevention Month discuss realities and barriers for sexual violence survivors and how we can shift towards a culture of support and prevention.
28 May 2021
Labour Trafficking and Precarious Migration
In this episode, we speak with Loly and Jaitra from FCJ Refugee Centre in Toronto. They shed light on the reality of labour trafficking in Guelph, Ontario and Canada. Within the conversation the intersections between climate change, national migration policy and labour trafficking within Canada are brought up. Labour trafficking is often forgotten when discussing human trafficking within a Canadian context, this episode breaks down these barriers and speaks to the prevalence of labour trafficking.
28 May 2021
Human Trafficking and Immigrant Services
In this episode, we speak with Dayami Ramirez from Immigrant Services Guelph- Wellington. Within this conversation, we discuss the intersecting identities of those with human trafficking experiences and immigration needs. This episode brings great insight into the importance of language specific resources and services.
28 May 2021
Sex Work-Positive Approaches to Human Trafficking
In this episode, Emma (Anti-Human Trafficking Counsellor) and Jelena (Sex Workers’ Action Program of Hamilton and Sex Workers’ Action Network of Waterloo Region) speak about the difficulty in supporting human trafficking survivors without further isolating sex workers in the process. Jelena provides insight into the negative consequences and impact of anti-human trafficking legislation and services. This feedback and knowledge is important to assuring that the safety and security of some does not harm others.
Follow Jelena online at: Isis_Intrepid (Instagram), @IsisIntrepid (Twitter) and Isis Intrepid on Facebook.
28 May 2021
Human Trafficking 101
This episode of WIC-ED explores the problem of human trafficking within the context of the Guelph-Wellington region and discusses the importance of Human Trafficking Awareness Day which is recognized on February 22nd each year.
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