Resilience
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -This is a four part series about how women have been affected by and have responded to the COVID 19 pandemic in London, Ontario.
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Episodes
Gender-based violence.
March 22, 2021 04:01 - 31 minutes - 58.1 MBDr. Roula Hawa, assistant professor in Family Studies and Human Development at Brescia University College, and Dr. Jordan Fairbairn, assistant professor in Sociology at King's University College, talk to Jackie Seeler, chair of the London Homeless Coalition and Jessie Rodger, executive director of Anova in London. They talk about gender-based violence in London during the COVID pandemic.
Employment
March 14, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 46.5 MBDr. Michael Courey, director of the London Poverty Research Centre at King's University College, talks about employment during the pandemic and its impact on low-wage workers, self-employment, and the service industries. Women make up a large portion of the labour force, such as in health care and education. In this episode, Dr. Courey talks with Claire Crossly, who is self-employed and working from home, and Sarah Arnold, a school teacher who has worked from home on and off while a...
Resilience trailer
March 08, 2021 05:46 - 1 minute - 2.94 MBThis podcast is a four-part series on how women have been affected by the COVID19 pandemic in London, Ontario, hosted by Dr. Lauretta Frederking, vice president and academic dean at Brescia University College.
Mayor Ed Holder
March 08, 2021 05:40 - 18 minutes - 33 MBIn this episode, Dr. Lauretta Frederking talks with the mayor of London, Ontario, Ed Holder. They talk about the challenges faced by the citizens of London, in particular, women who have left the labour force, compounding food security issues in so many families and how COVID have impacted families where women, non-traditional students, in particular, are returning to school and juggling the the effort to create more opportunities through career changes and upskilling. Mayor Hol...
Education
March 08, 2021 05:38 - 29 minutes - 54.6 MBDr. Lauretta Frederking examines the effect COVID has had on education. She talks to three non-traditional students attending Brescia University College. The students talk about their lived experience living through the pandemic juggling families, jobs and education.
Food security
March 01, 2021 21:44 - 26 minutes - 48.9 MBThis podcast is a four-part series on how women have been affected by the COVID19 pandemic in London, Ontario, hosted by Dr. Lauretta Frederking, vice president and academic dean at Brescia University College. In this episode, Dr. Frederking talks with Beth Donchai, a Brescia student, Dianne, local small business owner, Pascale Cantin, Neighbourhood Support Services, South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre, about food security. They discuss how COVID has accentuated gender ine...