Latest Unsettledjourneys Podcast Episodes
S4 E4: The Afterlife of a Family Lie Gives Rise to a Powerful Mohawk Voice, feat. Tom Wilson CM
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - February 29, 2024 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAbout 10 years ago, a stranger unwittingly revealed facts about Tom Wilson's adoption, pointing the singer and guitarist with Blackie and the Rodeo Kings towards life-changing truths about his identity. His origins had been hidden from him for more than five decades, even though a sense of not b...
S4 E3: Ancestral Advice—Wolastoqiyik Musician Taps Culture and Language for Inspiration, feat. Mike Bern of Tobique First Nation
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - November 30, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen your ancestors speak to you, you should probably listen. And in Mike Bern's case, that means using his talent and voice to honour them, his culture, and the loved ones he's lost. The folk rocker from Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick released the album Ancestors earlier this year, with...
S4 E2: The Fentanyl Crisis—A Kainai Woman's Survival Guide for Families and Communities, feat. Ramona Big Head
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - November 01, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRenowned Blackfoot educator Ramona Big Head talks about overdoses and other tragedies, the ripple effect of residential school abuses through generations and families, and hope. Recent deaths in her community and family "knocked me off my feet," she tells cohosts Jessica Vandenberghe and George ...
S4 E1: From Trauma to Song—How Women and Community Create Musical Magic, feat. Haida-Cree performer Kristi Lane Sinclair
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - September 30, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRooted in her own story of domestic abuse, Kristi Lane Sinclair's album Super Blood Wolf Moon oozes strength, perseverance, pain, and vulnerability. The award-winning Haida-Cree singer-songwriter has released a searing, deeply personal, and profound collection of songs, at once driving and anthe...
S4 E1: From the Depths of Trauma—How Women and Community Gather and Rise to Create Musical Magic, feat. Haida-Cree performer Kristi Lane Sinclair
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - September 30, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRooted in her own story of domestic abuse, Kristi Lane Sinclair's album Super Blood Wolf Moon oozes strength, perseverance, pain, and vulnerability. The award-winning Haida-Cree singer-songwriter has released a searing, deeply personal, and profound collection of songs, at once driving and anthe...
S3 E8: The Trail So Far—A Bridges and Milestones Episode, feat. Jessica Vandenberghe
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - April 27, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn our Season 3 finale, Jessica and George look back, look ahead, and look around. Their discussion of how the podcast has affected them and others—and where it might go from here—touches on many of the truth and conciliation challenges Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians continue to face....
S3 E8: The Trail So Far—A Bridges and Milestones Not-So-Mini Episode
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - April 27, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn our Season 3 finale, Jessica and George look back, look ahead, and look around. Their discussion of how the podcast has affected them and others, and where it might go from here, touches on many of the truth and conciliation challenges Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians continue to face...
S3 E7: All Together Now—One Person's Take on the Music, the Spirit, and the Mystery of Who We Are, feat. Kevin John
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - March 31, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFor musician and luthier Kevin John of Kaslo, B.C., delving into his Indigenous roots is an important part of his own unfolding story. But it's not everything. The full story, he says, is about who the rest of us are, too, and what we can do individually and collectively to make Canada and the ...
S3 E7: All Together Now—One Person's Take on the Music, the Spirit, and the Mystery of Who We Are
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - March 31, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFor musician and luthier Kevin John of Kaslo, B.C., delving into his Indigenous roots is an important part of his own unfolding story. But it's not everything. The full story, he says, is about who the rest of us are, too, and what we can do individually and collectively to make Canada and the w...
S3 E6: Landing That Dream Job—It's a Phrase With Special Meaning for Indigenous Colouring Book Entrepreneur Diana Frost
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - February 23, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHer heart told her she needed to connect her work to helping others and making a difference. Calgarian Diana Frost's dreamscape looked after the rest, giving her a fully formed outline for what her future as a social entrepreneur would look like. "I needed to do something I cared about, in order...
S3 E6: Dream Job—It Has Special Meaning for One Indigenous Colouring Book Entrepreneur, feat. Diana Frost
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - February 23, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHer heart told her she needed to connect her work to helping others and making a difference. Calgarian Diana Frost's dreamscape looked after the rest, giving her a fully formed outline for what her future as a social entrepreneur would look like. "I needed to do something I cared about, in orde...
S3 E5: The Vocabulary of Conciliation—What's a Language to Do in a Changing Canada?
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - January 27, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAre the very constructs of English a barrier on Canada's path to becoming a nation of nations? Cohosts Jessica Vandenberghe and George Lee talk about words—how they serve us, how they fail us, and how they reflect and unlock our identities. Support the show
S3 E5: The Vocabulary of Conciliation—What's a Language to Do in a Changing Canada? feat. Jessica Vandenberghe
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - January 27, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAre the very constructs of English a barrier on Canada's path to becoming a nation of nations? Cohosts Jessica Vandenberghe and George Lee talk about words—how they serve us, how they fail us, and how they reflect and unlock our identities. Support the show Join our Facebook community: www.fac...
S3 E5: The Vocabulary of Conciliation: What's a Language to Do in a Changing Canada?
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - January 27, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAre the very constructs of English a barrier on Canada's path to becoming a nation of nations? Cohosts Jessica Vandenberghe and George Lee talk about words—how they serve us, how they fail us, and how they reflect and unlock our identities. Support the show
S3 E4: Ten Resolutions—How to Make 2023 a Year of Truth & Conciliation, feat. Jessica Vandenberghe
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - December 29, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLearn, listen, write, share—Jessica Vandenberghe and George Lee chat about these and other ways to make your 2023 a year of truth and conciliation. Study Indigenization and Indigenous history in your community. Listen to an Indigenous radio station. Journal about your truth and conciliation chal...
S3 E4: Ten Resolutions—How to Make 2023 a Year of Truth & Conciliation
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - December 29, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLearn, listen, write, share—Jessica Vandenberghe and George Lee chat about these and other ways to make your 2023 a year of truth and conciliation. Study Indigenization and Indigenous history in your community. Listen to an Indigenous radio station. Journal about your truth and conciliation chal...
S3 E3: Gifts of Conciliation—The How, What, and Where of Shopping Indigenous, feat. Diana Frost
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - November 25, 2022 01:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn the eve of Black Friday, an Indigenous entrepreneur joins co-hosts Jessica Vandenberghe and George Lee to discuss the ins and outs of finding gifts that authentically represent Turtle Island's earliest cultures. Diana Frost, an Algonquin Métis woman, talks about shopping Indigenous in a meani...
S3 E3: Gifts of Conciliation—The How, What, and Where of Shopping Indigenous
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - November 25, 2022 01:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn the eve of Black Friday, an Indigenous entrepreneur joins co-hosts Jessica Vandenberghe and George Lee to discuss the ins and outs of finding gifts that authentically represent Turtle Island's earliest cultures. Diana Frost, an Algonquin Métis woman, talks about shopping Indigenous in a meani...
S3 E2: The Land, The Home, The Spirit Part 2—A Sixties Scooper Follows 'Threads of Question Marks,' feat. Jessica Vandenberghe
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - October 28, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the second episode of our third season, co-host Jessica Vandenberghe discusses a beautiful and challenging road home. Actually, the July trip took her and her travelling companion, Chris Dennison, through two homelands: the one she grew up in and the one she'd never set eyes on before. Jessi...
S3 E2: The Land, The Home, The Spirit Part 2—A Sixties Scooper Follows 'Threads of Question Marks'
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - October 28, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the second episode of our third season, co-host Jessica Vandenberghe discusses a beautiful and challenging road home. Actually, the July trip took her and her travelling companion, Chris Dennison, through two homelands: the one she grew up in and the one she'd never set eyes on before. Jessic...
S3 E1: The Land, The Home, The Spirit Part 1—A Sixties Scooper Plans a Trip to Her Home Nation
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - September 30, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOur third season launches with co-host Jessica Vandenberghe and her travelling companion Chris Dennison discussing plans for a summer road trip with special meaning. Jessica is a Sixties Scooper, and this will be her first trip to her homeland, Dene Tha' First Nation, in northern Alberta. Says ...
S3 E1: The Land, The Home, The Spirit Part 1—A Sixties Scooper Plans a Trip to Her Home Nation, feat. Jessica Vandenberghe
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - September 30, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOur third season launches with co-host Jessica Vandenberghe and her travelling companion Chris Dennison discussing plans for a summer road trip with special meaning. Jessica is a Sixties Scooper, and this will be her first trip to her homeland, Dene Tha' First Nation, in northern Alberta. Says ...
S2 E 12: How to Be a Better Canadian—An Ally Gives His Perspective
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - August 12, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSerious about living in a country that can move beyond its colonial machinations? If so, get out of your comfort zone, take some steps to learn about Canada's Indigenous peoples, and advance your own conciliation journey. Those are some of the suggestions business and policy analyst Darryl Lager...
S2 E 12: How to Be a Better Canadian—An Ally Gives His Perspective, feat. Darryl Lagerquist
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - August 12, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSerious about living in a country that can move beyond its colonial machinations? If so, get out of your comfort zone, take some steps to learn about Canada's Indigenous peoples, and advance your own conciliation journey. Those are some of the suggestions business and policy analyst Darryl Lager...
S2 E11: The Healing Power of Role Models, Nature, and a Global Perspective
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - July 07, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRaylene Whitford has not followed a typical career path. The Edmonton-born Métis woman has trudged around the jungles of Ecuador, the concrete and glass of a five-star hotel in the Middle East, and the corridors of the London Stock Exchange. Oh yeah: she tried roughnecking for a while, too. Now,...
S2 E11: The Healing Power of Role Models, Nature, and a Global Perspective, feat. Raylene Whitford
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - July 07, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRaylene Whitford has not followed a typical career path. The Edmonton-born Métis woman has trudged around the jungles of Ecuador, the concrete and glass of a five-star hotel in the Middle East, and the corridors of the London Stock Exchange. Oh yeah: she tried roughnecking for a while, too. Now,...
S2 E10: Living it Forward—An Old Friend Discusses the Role of Culture and Language in His Life, feat. Arnie Baptiste
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - June 30, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCo-host George Lee reconnects with a childhood friend from the Syilx, or Okanagan, territory. Arnie Baptiste teaches the Nsyilxcn language for the Penticton Indian Band at Outma Sqilx'w Cultural School. Also featured are cohost Jessica Vandenberghe, a cast of hundreds at an outdoor flea market, ...
S2 E10: An Old Friend Discusses the Role of Culture and Language in His Life—and How He's Passing His Knowledge Along
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - June 30, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCo-host George Lee reconnects with a childhood friend from the Syilx, or Okanagan, territory. Arnie Baptiste teaches the Nsyilxcn language for the Penticton Indian Band at Outma Sqilx'w Cultural School. Also featured are cohost Jessica Vandenberghe, a cast of hundreds at an outdoor flea market, ...
S2 E10: Living it Forward—An Old Friend Discusses the Role of Culture and Language in His Life
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - June 30, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCo-host George Lee reconnects with a childhood friend from the Syilx, or Okanagan, territory. Arnie Baptiste teaches the Nsyilxcn language for the Penticton Indian Band at Outma Sqilx'w Cultural School. Also featured are cohost Jessica Vandenberghe, a cast of hundreds at an outdoor flea market, ...
S1 E7 Revisited: From Wagon Trails to a National Utilities Corridor
Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation - June 23, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this revisted episode, an Indigenous engineer gives his take on creating a better Canada for all its nations and peoples. Jessica and George chat with Steven Vaivada about the roles and approaches of his company, Scout Engineering & Consulting Ltd. You'll also hear about an emerging vision fo...
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