The Self Advocate

The first episode of 2023! I talk with Graham Foxcroft of the Canadian Blind Hockey Association and Christian Hrab of the Canadian Adaptive Snow sport Association. If you have a comment or question, please email me at [email protected].

I play holiday music for the end of the year holiday time! The music I play is:

Come Home for Christmas by George Ezra

All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey

Intangible Things (A Hanukkah Song) by Haley K Turner

Wingersong by Eli Rose and Lilli-Ann DeFransesco

Home Again by Maya and Ben

In The Bleak Midwinter by Gaelynn Lea

Auld Lang Syne by The Tenors

If you have any questions or comments, please email me at [email protected].

I talk with Tanja, Will, and Yuri about their artist take in honour of the International Day for Persons with Disabilities and Dan Coulter about the new legislation for BC. The International Day for Persons with Disabilities is December 3rd. So, let's keep the conversation going. If you have questions or comments, please email me at [email protected].

I talk with Adam Grant Warren and Janice Laurence, both dancers from All Bodies Dance. If you have questions or concerns, please email me at [email protected].

I talk with Adrien Castle from the BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society about the Indigenous Disability and Wellness Gathering, happening November 15th to 17th, and Dana, Jessica, and Janice from the We Deserve to Work production at the Massey Theatre, happening November 18th to 20th. If you have any questions or comments, please email me at [email protected].

I talk with Skylar Davenport, the main actor, and Randall Okita, the director, of the See For Me film. See For Me is a psychological thriller involving a person with blindness. Right in time for Halloween! If you have questions or comments, please email me at [email protected].

I talk with both Leslie Hurtig, the artistic director of the Vancouver Writer's Festival, and Charlie Petch, a spoken word poet in Toronto, about this year's festival. The Vancouver Writer's Festival is happening October 17th to 23rd. If you have any questions or comments, please email me at [email protected].

I talk with Dorothy Ellen Palmer about her new book, Kerfuffle: A Novel That Speaks Spoof to Power in the first interview. In the second interview, I talk with Anna Quon about her latest book, Where the Silver River Ends. If you have questions or comments, please email me at [email protected].

I talk with Nicole from BCEdAccess and Chantelle from the ADHD Advocacy Society of BC about Back to School. I also talk with Susanna and Tyson from Theatre Terrific about their upcoming performance, Harvest 2022: Zoetic, in the Vancouver Fringe Festival, happening September 8th to 18th. Lastly, there is a quick promotion for the Real Wheels performance, In Camera, happening September 8th to 11th. If you have any questions or comments, please email me at [email protected].