On Being Ill is a podcast that platforms innovative thinkers working at the intersections of creativity and disability. Hosted by poet, academic, and author, Dr...
What role can writing, reflection, and the help of a good counsellor play in a journey towards healing? How can storytelling help to complexify the field of diabetes research? And why, amidst a culture that expects self-doubt, is it so important to sometimes just say “eff this, I’m doing it anyways!” In this episode, Coco sits down to discuss these questions and more with Dr. Moneca Sinclaire, a multidisciplinary Nehinan artist and researcher who upcycles trash into interactive sculptures that even the teenagers down the block want to play with.
You can follow Moneca on instagram @moneca_sinclaire.
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Cultivating Economies of Care with Angele Alook
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!
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Tracing Stories like Rivers with Lyana Patrick
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!
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Season 4 Trailer
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!
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Bending Into So Much More
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!
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On Being Ill is a podcast that platforms innovative thinkers working at the intersections of creativity and disability. Hosted by poet, academic, and author, Dr. Emilia Nielsen, you’ll hear conversations about illness, chronic pain, crip joy, and how we’re harnessing the capacity of our creative praxes to build worlds 𝘧𝘰𝘳 disability. In season 4, we're looking into planetary health alongside three brilliant Indigenous creatives who speak to the importance of cultivating balance, nurturing land-based knowledge, and restoring economies of care.