Lifelong learning champion Stacey Bradley was asked to “just come to one meeting”. She did and that is how she became the President of the Manitoba Reading Association. September 8th is International Literacy Day and on this episode, Stacey talks about the incredible appetite young children have when they start to learn to read, but she also talks about the challenges of losing interest in reading as children get older. In her words, sometimes “we start to lose them as they get to middle school”. Social media, puberty, and friendships becoming more important are just some of those reasons why reading starts to take a back seat in the middle school years. Stacey discusses some of the methods teachers are employing teachers to reverse this trend.

The fact that in 2022 not every child can read is heartbreaking. Stacey Bradley shares some of the methods that teachers are engaged in to make sure every child has the right to learn to read.

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If I asked you what country comes to mind when you hear the words, Jim Crow. The Ku Klux Klan. Enslaved persons, I bet you a US dollar that you would say ’the United States of America.” While you are not completely wrong, you may be surprised to learn how my guest Laurelle Harris educates the listener on how those terms of racism are also very much a history of the place we call home – Canada. Laurelle shares that one of Canada’s most prestigious universities is named after a well-known man who personally owned enslaved persons and his business interest were intrinsically intertwined with the slave trade. Anyone guess Montreal businessman James McGill?

As she says in this episode “it’s not comfortable for people to remember the uncomfortable parts of their own history, so we simply don’t think about or talk about those things.” On this episode with Laurelle Harris, we definitely talk about those things and more.

Laurelle Harris’s resources on Black History in Canada:

The Canadian Encyclopedia (online) numerous articles that are constantly getting updated. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

Notable Canadian historians: Afua Cooper is a professor at Dalhousie University. https://afuacooper.com/

Charmaine Nelson is a professor of Art History and is the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Transatlantic Black Diaspora Art Community Engagement at NSCAD University in Halifax. [email protected]

Natasha Henry is the President of the Ontario Black History Society. [email protected]

Robyn Maynard, author of Policing Black Lives (State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present) https://robynmaynard.com

Laurelle Harris;  https://equitablesolutions.ca

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Racism is a mental health issue because racism causes trauma. Every day, the BIPOC Community are exposed to far more trauma than those whose lives have not been devalued. On this episode of Humans, on Rights, Kyla Bernardo, M.Ed, CCC, CGE, CGP addresses the challenges that the BIPOC Community has getting help when faced with mental health issues. Through her deep knowledge of mental health and front-line work Kyla, who operates Purposeful Counselling, shares her family’s personal story about mental health and how the BIPOC Community can find meaningful resources without having to suffer financial hardship. You can find the resources Kyla mentioned below:

Brene Brown on Shame:

Author Bessel van der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score

Paul Denniston - grief yoga website: https://griefyoga.com/free-resources/

David Kessler’s website: https://grief.com/10-best-worst-things-to-say-to-someone-in-grief/

Nine Circles Community Health Centre: https://ninecircles.ca

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Ininew Public Speaker. Author. Host. Community Organizer. Advocate for Children, Youth & Families.

Michael Redhead Champagne inspires every time he speaks to an audience or brings his pen to the page. His storytelling connects communities across North America and around the world. Michael’s commitment to action and solutions comes from his experiences growing up in Winnipeg’s North End, his identity as a member of Shamattawa First Nation and his connection to the child welfare system. He aims to walk his talk, revolutionize harmful systems and ensure those with lived experience design, deliver and evaluate any initiative that affects them.

If non Indigenous people really want to be in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples, Michael urges the listener to read the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples report(www.bac-lac.gc.ca); the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry report (www.ajic.mb.ca); the Truth and Reconciliation Report (www.publications.gc.ca) and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report (www.mmiwg-ffada.ca).

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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) states that we are approaching over 100 million displaced peoples world-wide. In this episode of Humans on Rights, the Executive Director of IRCOM (Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba) Shereen Denetto shares her passion of about working with and supporting newcomers to Winnipeg. She has seen first-hand the incredible talents and knowledge these newcomers bring when they arrive in our community. Located in the heart of inner-city Winnipeg, the talented IRCOM team, led by Shereen provide transitional housing and wrap-around settlement supports to newcomer families. While overseeing the successful completion of a second housing complex which effectively doubled their operations, Shereen is also overseeing the 30th Anniversary of one of Winnipeg’s most important family organizations -IRCOM.

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From working in a four generations family owned and operated grocery store in the inner city of Winnipeg to receiving 2020 Terry G. Falconer memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Research Award, Dr. Natalie Riediger has been either working in or researching about food security. Natalie walks us through the Four Pillars that describe food security: availability, access, utilization, and stability. In her capacity as assistant professor of food and human nutritional sciences in the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Agricultural and Food Services, Natalie is driving discovery in understanding how to effectively address nutrition-related health inequities among oppressed populations. Natalie speaks to the importance of advocating for policy as World Food Safety Day approaches on June 7, 2022.

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What do Heavy Construction and being a mother have in common? What about stone crushing and breaking a glass ceiling…what do they have in common? To answer those questions and more, I spoke with Nicole Chabot, the Vice President of L. Chabot Enterprises Ltd. In her own words, Nicole said “I am a woman, I have an Indigenous background. I am a wife, and I am a mother. And I am very proud to work in the heavy construction industry.” As the Chair of the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association Board of Directors, Nicole, only the second woman to take on that role, is leading the way to advance diversity and inclusion in the work place. She understands that having a diverse workplace or a diverse workforce does not make your organization inclusive. She asserts that people need to feel welcome, that they have not only a place at the table, but a voice at the table.

Below are some links to explore to gain additional insight to the work being done by the Manitoba Heavy Industry Association.

https://mhcaworksafely.ca/

https://mhca.mb.ca/diversifying-our-work-force/

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Shannon Sampert is a political analyst and media specialist who serves as a bridge between th academy and the community. As a former journalist, she explores the intersections of media, politics, and gender. Sampert is a sought-after media commentator during Canadian elections and for her expertise in areas such as political communications and sexism. She cut her teeth in media at the tender age of 15 while working for a radio station in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. From there she got into producing documentaries and found herself as the only female on the Editorial Board of the daily Winnipeg Free Press. Always energetic, Sampert shares her hopes and concerns as we talk about World Press Freedom Day and the role the media have in raising public awareness for the right of free expression.

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Those were the words Karyn Lazareck said to the medical profession when they had doubts about her intuition of her son Jordan’s autism. On this episode of Humans, on Rights, Karyn talks about how she and her husband Mel raised three amazing boys who are now all men. And how one of the boys, Jordan led her to mobilize a community to create a place where anyone with a disability could find a safe and respectful place in that community. By using her leadership skills and love of her autistic son Jordan, Karyn created GROW (Gaining Resources Our Way).

GROW is a place where young adults with social, intellectual, and developmental disabilities can learn life skills. Karyn believes that everyone wants to be part of a community. She explains that by using person centred programming at GROW (people are like snowflakes, no two people are the same) that achievable goals, set by the individuals attending GROW can be met or exceeded.Karyn Lazareck’s community leadership has been recognized numerous times at the highest level of awards, being identified as one of Manitoba’s 150 leading community leaders or by the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba’s volunteer award.

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This week, we welcome Clan Mother Jamie Goulet to the Humans on Rights podcast. Jamie is a co-founder of Clan Mothers Healing Village, a beautiful lodge whose mission is to help women and girls with an array of different issues, from environmental issues to human trafficking and sex slavery and so much more. As they expanded, they took on the name Clan Mothers Healing Village and Knowledge Centre to honour the mission of carrying on knowledge of elders and the stories of those who pass through the lodge.

As Jamie says on the Clan Mother website, “Indigenous women are reclaiming their strength through an inherent original design in a modern world, by developing holistic solutions. By creating this Healing Village, we fully intend to support and help replicate this model for Indigenous communities across the country.”

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