On Being Ill

What projects might you find in the research portfolio of an Indigenous feminist sociologist with a penchant for labour studies? Is it possible for a 6-person team to co-author a truly cohesive book on climate change? And how do we go about restoring balance in a world based in greed and excess? In this episode, Emilia sits down to discuss these questions and more with Dr. Angele Alook, a multidisciplinary scholar and filmmaker whose recent documentary, Pîkopayin, explores the impact of industry on her home community of Big Stone Cree Nation. You can watch Angele’s film Pîkopayin at JustPowers.ca. And you can find her book, The End of This World at BTLBooks.com.  You can contact us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you! Click ⁠here⁠ for a full transcription of this episode.

Is there a connection between storytelling and wellbeing? How can we find beauty among lands and waters devastated by industry? And how does land-based knowledge and teaching defy disciplinary divisions and instead invite collaboration? In this episode, Emily sits down to discuss these questions and more with Dr. Lyana Patrick, a community-engaged researcher and filmmaker whose upcoming feature, Nechako, explores the impact of industry on the Nechako river and its people. You can follow Lyana on X @LyanaPatrick. And you can  find out more about her upcoming feature film Nechako at LanternFilms.ca/Nechako. You can contact us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you! Click ⁠here⁠ for a full transcription of this episode.

We're back for season four of On Being Ill! This time, we sat down with three Indigenous creatives who are working towards planetary health: Moneca Sinclaire is an artist and researcher who turns trash into interactive art for everyone to enjoy; Lyana Patrick is a filmmaker whose upcoming feature, Nechako, explores the impact of industry on her home community; and Angele Alook, co-author of The End of This World, Climate Justice in So-Called Canada, asks how we might go about restoring economies of care. Episodes will land in your feed next week. Stay tuned!

What might it look like to bridge the mediums of poetry and paper quilling? How can pain be represented visually? And what the heck is scanography anyways? In this episode, Emilia sits down to discuss these questions and more with Tea Gerbeza, a queer, disabled, and neurodivergent poet, writer, and multimedia artist who works with paper in her visual art, but also creates digital works on her scanner. You can find more of Tea’s work at TeaGerbeza.com Be sure to follow Tea on instagram @poetgerby; to see Tea’s paper quilling work, follow @teaandpaperdesigns You can contact us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you! Click here for a full transcription of this episode.