10 May 2021
Stories We Tell Part 1
This episode is brought to you by the Early Literacy Alliance of Waterloo Region with sponsorship from Wellbeing Waterloo Region.
The stories we tell ourselves, the ones we choose to share, those that we take time to listen to, shape the way we see and feel about the world. How are the stories we are telling ourselves two years into the pandemic impacting how we are experiencing COVID-19? And how might they be changing the way we feel, act and think during this difficult time and in the future? We’ll hear from a local community leader with lived experience of uncertainty and life challenges as we begin to explore the big feelings that are part of 2021 so far.
Episode Guest:
Fauzia Mazhar, Executive Director of the Coalition of Muslim Women of Kitchener Waterloo. After more than two decades in Canada, Fauzia is a bona fide grassroots worker with a master’s degree in Social Work and a specialization in community, policy, planning, and organization, along with a postgraduate certificate in Leadership and Management from Wilfrid Laurier University. You can read about Fauzia’s story:
http://muslimahstories.ca/stories/fauziamazhar
Production Team:
Ann Douglas anndouglas.ca (http://anndouglas.ca/)
Ann Douglas sparks conversations that matter about parenting and mental health. She is a bestselling parenting author and the weekend parenting columnist for CBC Radio. She is the creator of The Mother of All Book series (http://www.anndouglas.ca/the-mother-of-all-books-series) and the author, most recently, of Happy Parents, Happy Kids (http://www.anndouglas.net/happy-parents-happy-kids/) and Parenting Through the Storm (http://www.anndouglas.net/).
Dr. Jean Clinton drjeanclinton.com (http://drjeanclinton.com/)
Dr. Jean Clinton of McMaster University is one of four renowned experts to advise the Ontario government on bold reforms to the province's publicly funded education system. The clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine is a specialist in child psychiatry. Her expertise is in the development of young minds and she is recognized internationally as an advocate for children's issues. Her special interest lies in brain development, and the crucial role relationships and connectedness play therein.
Cheryl Jackson. cheryljacksoncommunications.com (http://cheryljacksoncommunications.com/)
Cheryl brings over two decades of journalism and communications experience in video, print, online and social. She helps create meaningful communications and content strategies, and she also do the work - moderating/hosting discussions, and writing and producing video, website content, blogs, newsletters, annual reports, grant proposals, funder reports, social media, and other strategic communications.
The Blend Media Group. theblend.ca (http://theblend.ca/)
Our media company uses story to translate knowledge, foster connections and spark engagement to change the trajectory of lives. Writing, producing, directing for television and educational clients has garnered over 50 international awards. Programs broadcast around the world on networks specializing in children’s, health and education are recognized for their high production value, creative approach and effective messaging.
