Episode one of Sea Change features University of Victoria Emeritus Professor of Environmental Studies and  Ethnobotanist Nancy J. Turner, who mixes botany and ecology with anthropology, geography and linguistics in her work.

Nancy has worked with First Nations elders and cultural specialists in northwestern North America for over 50 years, collaborating with Indigenous communities to help document, retain and promote their traditional knowledge of plants and habitats, including Indigenous foods, materials and medicines, as well as language and vocabulary relating to plants and environments. 

Her interests also include the roles of plants and animals in narratives, ceremonies, language and belief systems. 

Sea Change is a series of conversations about British Columbia's coastal underwater forest. 

Host Pamela Haasen focuses on seaweed and kelp and the role it plays in the lives of people who live by the ocean.

Learn about the latest scientific explorations of the vast Pacific kelp forests, or the proper way to pull seaweed to encourage growth, or what to do on a rainy day during seaweed camp when you can't go out and pick.

Sea Change is a conversational podcast series hosted by Pamela Haasen for CICK News in Smithers, BC.

Let's wrap up this series with the last of my conversation with River Wilde, and we can revisit each of my guests with one last question: Where is your favourite place in the Valley?

I'm New Here is a podcast produced by Haasen Pod, and was funded by the Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council.

This episode features:

River Wilde
Karen Diemart
Wayne Peterson
Craig Stewart
Ivy Watson
Angelika Langen

Episode three has Pam talking to a 95 year old Danish man named Wayne Peterson. He is a World War ll surviver, farmer, rancher, logger, and one slick sonuvagun.

Also on this episode are the second parts of interviewees we heard from in episode one. Karen Diemart talks candidly about what she was going to miss about the Valley. In the midst of packing and reminiscing, Karen shares insight to making the most out of living in the Valley.

Ivy Watson and I talk about the best parts of living here and the best parts of leaving here. 

Check out haasenpod.com for full transcripts of each episode of I'm New Here.

Stay tuned to haasen pod for the last (and bonus) episode of I'm New Here.

In this episode, we meet River Wilde, a Kispiox Valley resident who left and came back to the Valley (and brought burlesque with them). We also speak with Craig Stewart, a yogi, ski instructor, bad-job-shirker, and Smithers resident from Germany.

I'm New Here is a production of haasen pod and was funded by the Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council.

Music by Makaih Beats

Clip from the youtube series Dave, Pat and a Map.

I’m New Here is a woven narrative of the people who make the Bulkley Valley unique. How does one choose Smithers as a place to live? Industry, lifestyle, and escapism are good places to start.

I’m New Here is a 3-part series funded by the BVC Arts Council and hosted and produced by Pam Haasen.

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Welcome to I'm New Here, a podcast from the Bulkley Valley. The Bulkley Valley has a beautiful landscape nestled in the interior of Northwest British Columbia. The scenery is lush, rolling green hills divided by the eye-popping Widzinkwah River that runs west along Highway 16.

This podcast is a postcard from me, a newbie to the Valley out to the rest of the world to meet some of the characters that make the Valley so unique.

In this episode, I introduce you to Karen Diemart, a powerhouse in the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, but I know Karen because I volunteered at a festival where she was revered as a stalwart leader for the Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society. 

Then you meet Ivy Watson, a 20-something stuck in the "millennial life lava" of knowing what you want, taking what you know, and making something new that wasn't there before.

Lastly in this episode I meet Angelika Langen, owner and operator of the Northern Lights Wildlife Society, a world-renowned animal rescue and release operation. Angelika asked me to meet her at the Society's grounds where I got to experience the vastness of the shelter and the variety of animals inhabiting the place!

I'm New Here is a 3 part series hosted and produced by Pam Haasen.

Glenn Naziel has lived in Skeena Place in Northern BC for over 8 years. Since the COVID-19 pandemic issued a lockdown on all longterm care facilities, he has suffered the loss of any sense of sociality or normalcy. 

Doug Sebastian talks about how his life has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic hit and he was forced to stay away from his family and friends and remain in isolation until further notice.

Listen to the stories from three women living in The Meadows, a long term care facility in Smithers, BC. 

Interviewees: Stella Barnes, Anne Toporowsky, Myrtle McIntyre