The Connected Community

The Connected Community

By Cormac Russell & Dr. Sacha DeWolfeEducation
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The Connected Community episodes

  • When institutions put Communities first, An in depth interview with Katie Kelly
    • Kay Hall is a resident and community leader in my hometown of West Kibride  and a Director on the West Kilbride Initiative Board. More info at www.westkilbride.org.uk and www.crafttownscotland.org.uk
    • New Local is an independent Think Tank and Network, with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. Website is www.newlocal.org.uk
    • East Ayrshire Vibrant Communities have done some incredible work around community led action planning and community asset transfer. Website Vibrant Communities · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)


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  • It Takes a Village to Educate a Child

    Speaker information: Dr. Alicia Noreiga-Mundaroy


    https://commdev.acadiau.ca/faculty-staff/alicia-noreiga-mundaroy.html


    Vollmer, J. (2010). Schools cannot do it alone : building public support for America's public schools. Fairfield, IA: Enlightenment Press.

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    34 min
  • Introduction to The Connected Community (Part 2)

    https://natoaganegfirstnation.ca/
    Government of Canada. (2022). Statistics on Indigenous Peoples.
            https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/indigenous_peoples

    Tuck, E. (2009). Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities. Harvard Educational
            Review, 79(3), 409-428

    Tuck. E., & K., Yang. (2019). Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education:
            Mapping the Long View, 189-203. Routledge.

    https://www.routledge.com/Indigenous and-
    Decolonizing-Studies-in-Education-Mapping-the-Long-View/Smith-Tuck- Yang
    Tuck-yang/p/book/9781138585867

    Renga, I. (2017). Unpacking a Liturgical Framing of Desire for the Purposes of
            Educational Research. American Educational Studies Association, 53(3), 263-
    284

    Reiss, S. (2002). Who am I? 16 Basic Desires that Motivate our Actions and Define our
            Personalities. The Berkley Publishing Group

    Freire, P. (1968). Pedagogy of the oppressed. Seabury Press

    Russell, C. (2020). Rekindling Democracy: A Professionals Guide to Working Within
            Citizen Space. Wipf and Stock

    Lee, E. (2022). If Only For A Moment: A Consideration of Pain And Ecstasy In
            Occupied Canada. Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick.

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    34 min
  • Introduction to The Connected Community (Part 1)

    Cormac Russell, interviewed by his cohost Sacha DeWolfe, shares his perspective on The Connected Community and provides a synopsis of what the podcast will highlight for listeners.

    Thanks for listening to our first episode. Sacha based much of her conversation with Cormac on the contents of his new book, The Connected Community - Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods. 

     You can read a book review  here.

     

    Other books and thinkers referenced in the first episode include:

     

     

    1. At the beginning of the episode, Sacha mentions Community Engaged Learning, and you can find out more here.
    2. Parker Palmer, who wrote the Foreword to The Connected Community, Cormac mentions one of Parker’s most influential books: The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. 
    3. Abraham Maslow’s Hammer: “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” This famous quote by Abraham Maslow refers to a concept commonly known as the 'law of instrument' or Maslow's Hammer. It refers to an over-reliance on a familiar or favourite tool.
    4. Sacha draws parallels between the teachings of author, theorist, educator and social critic bell hooks key insights from Asset-Based Community Development. 

     

    If you’d like to learn more about Cormac’s current thinking about ABCD’s place in the world, check out a recent keynote address he delivered in Vancouver to an audience of 1,200 healthcare professionals and patient advocates from across British Columbia:  https://healthqualitybc.ca/resources/cormac-russell-plenary-presentation-quality-forum-2023/

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    55 min

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This podcast seeks to highlight people across the world in various fields who are working, discovering, and thriving in community spaces. Through this celebration and coming together we hope that…