The Connected Community
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 people reimagine community as the driver of the Good Life. CREDITS Hosted by Cormac Russell and Dr. Sacha DeWolfe Podcast theme created by Isaac Russell. Edited by Isaac Russell
Episodes
If you have ever watched a great community programme succeed and then vanish when the funding runs out, this conversation names the uncomfortable why and the hopeful how. We sit down with Jodeme Goldhar to explore integrated care, population health, social care, and what it really takes to connect health and social services so communities are not left to stitch the system together on their own.
We start with Jodeme's origin ...
Welcome back to The Connected Community podcast. We’re your hosts, Cormac Russell and Sacha Dewolfe, and today we are diving deep into the heartbeat of local copoerativism, exploring a movement that has quietly anchored Irish communities for generations.
When you think of a financial institution, you might think of glass skyscrapers, sterile apps, and shareholders demanding profit. But there is another way. Today, we are talki...
Hey friends,
It's been a while. In this episode, Prof. Mike Fox is back to tell us what he has been up to in the field of Engaged Learning, and Sacha shares some reflections on her trip to Paris, where she recently presented a paper on her work. Cormac also explains why there has been a hiatus in episodes and shares his recent journey with cancer, and reflects on what he has learned as a patient of the service system.
Welcome b...
Our latest episode is “All our Relations: Town and Gown”.
In this episode, Prof Michael Fox, Dr Sacha Dewolfe, and Cormac Russell explain why they have decided to develop a new online course to enable Universities and educational institutions to better align with communities.
Mike has nearly five decades of academic and practical experience in community-engaged learning.
Sacha is the cohost of this podcast and is wel...
Glyn Butcher - People Focused Group. Doncaster
Glyn Butcher is a remarkable individual who transitioned from decades of institutionalization within mental health and other service systems to become a prominent community builder and advocate for Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) in Doncaster and across the UK.
Main Themes and Important Ideas:
1. The Harmful Nature of System-Focused Care and Institu...
In this episode, we ask: What do you think communities are for? Sacha shares some reflections from the field and speaks openly to Cormac about some of the fundamental dilemmas and frustrations she, her team, and her students encounter when working in community-centered ways.
In this first episode of season 2, we interview Dominic Cardy, the leader of the Canadian Futures Party, a former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (2018-2024), and a provincial cabinet minister (2018-2022). Sacha and I asked Dominic to explore how politicians can support communities in their efforts to connect and grow civic muscle in responding to a wide range of sociopolitical and economic challenges affecting ...
Sacha wishes to correct her wording around a program being offered at Mount Allison Univeristy. There is work toward a Master of Community Supported Education not a Bachelor of a community Engaged Learning.
Rene Girard’s Mimetic Theory:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimetic_theory
Mattering Theory:https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/the-psychologists-guide-to-living-a-good-life-through-mattering-wellness...
6 Degree Shift
https://www.6degreeshift.com/
Truth & Reconciliation (TRC)
https://nctr.ca/about/history-of-the-trc/trc-website/
Boétie, E. (1576). The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude. Unknown.
Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1994). What is philosophy? Columbia University Press
Rockport, Tom. (2005). Reading Hegel’s Phenomenology (review). Journal of the History of Philosophy, 43(4), 493-494
Renga, I. (2017). Unpacking a Liturgical Framing of Desire for the Purposes of Educational Research. American Educational Studies Association, 53(3), 263-284
Russell,...
TEDxPerth talk number 1 - 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1WSkXWSJac
TEDxPerth talk number 2 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbp92gIuxPY
West Beacy Bunch website
https://westbeacybunch.org/
Tim Darby website
https://www.timdarbycreative.com/
Ecoburbia - home website and business
https://ecoburbia.com.au/
- 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 c...
~An in-depth interview with Elizabeth Wendel and Kevin Campbell (Co-directors, Pale Blue)
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.
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:
...
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.
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