In this episode Gracie and Owen interview Jennifer Deavy, a social worker for the Childrens Aid Society in Ottawa. Jennifer explains to them what CAS does, the importance of attachment at a young age and shares a wonderful success story.

Owen continues his podcasting adventure by interviewing professional skier and spokesperson for Protect Our Winters Nick McNutt. In this episode they talk skiing, climate change and of course Owen had to ask about Nick's near death experience from March of 2020. This episode is a must listen!!

This past weeks episode reflects the lesson that we learned in the Canadian Families course. We looked at couples, making commitments and next steps. Owen had the opportunity to interview our young intern Abbey and her partner Jeremie. He learned about the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to young love.

Owen and Gracie continue to learn about Canadian Families. In this episode they interview Colleen MacPhee from Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services. They learn about addiction and how it affects the individual and family.

If you would like to learn more about Rideauwood you can check it out here https://www.rideauwood.org/.

In this episode, Aurora makes her podcasting debut. Aurora is sad to know that children around the world do not have the same opportunities that she does and that many of them are forced into child labour. In this episode she interviews Mira Gillis who is an amazing young advocate for this issue. Mira is originally from Windsor, ON and is currently in her first year at Carleton University. Mira Gillis served as a national youth advocate for World Vision Canada, campaigning for the federal government to enact legislation which would force companies to disclose if children were exploited to make their products.

You can connect with Mira on instagram here @mira_gillis

Owen and Gracie are in the Canadian Families course at R.I.S.E. and what better way to learn about theory and content about family than by interviewing your own. In this episode meet Rebecca and Elaine Hollingsworth (Owen's Mom and Grandma) and Andrea Sacca and Barb McNulty (Gracie's Mom and Grandma). They discuss marriage, love, Erik Erikson and Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, regrets and agents of socialization.

In this episode Gracie and Owen interview Hazel Smith, mother, wife and ASD advocate. Hazel is a mother of a son on the ASD spectrum and is the Children At Risk's Special Projects Coordinator and Camp Director, Camp Kaleidoscope. If you would like to learn more about their program you can check them out here http://www.childrenatrisk.ca/

Owen has come back for another quadmester with R.I.S.E. Academy and has loved podcasting so much that he will be jumping on the mic quite often. In this episode he continues his quest to learn as much as possible about climate change and amazing organizations are out there that are doing something about it. He interviews Mikaela and Grant from the Canadian Wildlife Federation's Wild Outside program for youth ages 15-18. If you would like to learn more about this program you can check them out on their website here http://wildoutside.ca/.

Zenya continues her quest to learn more about Tiny Homes and alternatively living. In this episode, Zenya interviews Maya from the youtube channel Sailing Magic Carpets. We learn about what life is like living on a sailboat, how music can be another form of communication and the book Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi that inspired Maya to sail around the world at the young age of thirteen.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF4xKWRRSuOo4pkOgn91Tdg

Website: https://sailingmagiccarpet.com/

In this episode of the Social Change Makers podcast Zenya gets to interview one of her all time favourite Youtube couples, Danielle and Mat from Exploring Alternatives. If you want to learn about how to make the shift to Tiny Living or hear about what life is like on the road as a Youtuber then this is a must listen.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringAlternatives/featured
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exploringalternatives/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/exploringalternativesblog