What We Give

This episode features Jeanie Argiropoulos, CEO of the Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities. It's an organization that addresses health and social needs in Scarborough. Jeanie speaks to me about how SCHC is working with its partners to help finish the fight against COVID-19.

In this episode, I talk to Larry Whatmore, President of the Scarborough Community Renewal Organization. Larry shares how SCRO is improving the wellbeing of our community and helping put Scarborough on the map.

In this episode, I speak with Lee Soda, the Executive Director of Agincourt Community Services Association. ACSA is providing services to underprivileged members of our community. Lee talks to me about how her organization is contributing to vaccine confidence in Scarborough and helping finish the fight against COVID-19.

I am honoured to have Dr. Jeffrey Schiffer on my podcast again! In this special feature of my Town Hall with Mitzie Hunter and Paul Ainslie, Dr. Schiffer answers some tough questions from constituents and offers excellent advice to us all.

As you know, this podcast is a reflection of Winston Churchill's quote: “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” In this instance, I hear from volunteers in Scarborough about why they give back to our community at my Annual Volunteer Appreciation Ceremony. I greatly appreciated their wisdom and even jotted down some of their thoughtful insights.

This episode features Greg Fergus, my long-time Parliamentary friend. He is the Member of Parliament for Hull—Aylmer and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, to the President of the Treasury Board and to the Minister of Digital Government. I've known Greg for as long as I have worked on the Hill and was pleased to hear his insights on religion, politics, and systemic discrimination.

To celebrate National Indigenous History Month, I am showcasing my interview with Dr. Jeffrey Schiffer, the Executive Director of Native Child and Family Services of Toronto. Dr. Schiffer has done extensive work in program development with Indigenous communities in Canada and Central America. We discussed cultural reproduction theory, decolonialization, Indigenization, and the importance of honouring Indigenous culture in our community.

On today's episode, I sit down with Manjura Rehman, the Executive Director of Canadian South Asian Growth & Support Services (CSAGSS). It's a non-profit that offers social service programs to newcomers in Canada. Manjura discusses the growing demand for her organization's food assistance programs in Scarborough-Guildwood. She has witnessed firsthand how the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected our community and exacerbated food insecurity.

On this episode, I'm joined by my longtime friend Brian Stiller, Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance. We discuss the rise and fall of evangelicalism in Canada and around the world as well as the role of religion in the public sphere.

This episode features Alicia K. Harris, an emerging Black director from Scarborough. I was honoured to hear some of her story and how her life experiences have influenced her work and the creative process of filmmaking.