Actor Viv Leacock returns to the YVR Screen Scene Podcast to talk about his latest role: that of Joseph Canfield, the patriarch of the newest family to move to Hope Valley on Hallmark Channel’s wildly popular drama When Calls the Heart. Three of the four members of the Canfield family are Leacocks; Viv’s son Elias is playing 10-year-old Cooper Canfield and his daughter Vienna is playing Angela, a visually impaired teen with a profound gift for music. Natasha Burnett plays Minnie, the family matriarch.

The Canfields are the first Black family to feature prominently on When Calls the Heart.

In this illuminating interview, Viv speaks about the joys of acting alongside his children, what it means to him to play the patriarch of the first Black family on When Calls the Heart, and the connection between what we see on screen and the fight for social justice. NOTE: This will be our last new episode until the week of March 29. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA