TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart

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TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart Podcast

Each week, TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart will bring exclusive conversations with experts and influencers making a difference for Canadians right now. From health and wellness, to community, to social responsibility, we’ll share stories, bust myths, provide simple and practical tips, and deliver information of value to Canadians.

  1. Decolonizing the classroom: Carolyn Roberts

    1 DAY AGO

    Decolonizing the classroom: Carolyn Roberts

    Carolyn Roberts is challenging the colonial foundations of Canada’s education system. As an Indigenous academic and educator, Carolyn has firsthand experience in the classroom. We explore the impacts of colonialism on curriculum, offer practical strategies for creating more inclusive and equitable learning environments, and discuss Carolyn’s new book Re-Storying Education: Decolonizing Your Practice Using a Critical Lens.

    27 min
  2. Reclaiming the untold stories of Canada: Tanya Talaga

    17 SEPT

    Reclaiming the untold stories of Canada: Tanya Talaga

    For Tanya Talaga, memory is not just about the past. It’s a tool for survival and resistance. Remembering and honouring ancestors through stories ensures that their spirits and wisdom continue to guide future generations. Tanya reflects on how reclaiming Indigenous family histories opens the door to understanding the real, often untold, history of Canada.

    32 min
  3. Finding hope in Indigenous-led conservation: Valérie Courtois

    10 SEPT

    Finding hope in Indigenous-led conservation: Valérie Courtois

    Valérie Courtois is building a social movement for environmental conservation. For more than 10 years, she has been the executive director of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative and has been an advocate for Indigenous-led conservation. We discuss Valérie’s career, the importance of Canada’s boreal forests, and the role of conservation in truth and reconciliation.

    32 min
  4. Supporting survivors of gender-based violence: Angela Marie MacDougall

    3 SEPT

    Supporting survivors of gender-based violence: Angela Marie MacDougall

    Coercive control—subtle, persistent abuse that manipulates and dominates victims—is being recognized as a serious form of abuse in Canada. Angela Marie MacDougall is the executive director of Battered Women’s Support Services and is helping women escape violent relationships. She joins us to share her thoughts on coercive control and how we can better support survivors of gender-based violence.

    29 min
  5. Revisiting favourites: Finding your own state of calm with Dr. Ellen Choi

    27 AUG

    Revisiting favourites: Finding your own state of calm with Dr. Ellen Choi

    Back to school can be a stressful time for the whole family. We’re taking another look at our episode with Dr. Ellen Choi, an expert on mindfulness. Dr. Choi felt like she had been moving through her life on autopilot. Through mindfulness and meditation, and removing the burden of perfection, she was able to connect with herself and learn how to live with intention and purpose. She joins us to discuss how everyone can develop their own personal practice.

    36 min
  6. How to raise compassionate sons: Ruth Whippman

    20 AUG

    How to raise compassionate sons: Ruth Whippman

    With young men in the grip of a loneliness epidemic, Ruth Whippman asks: How do we raise our sons to have a healthy sense of self? As an essayist, culture critic and mother of three boys, Ruth discusses the impossibly contradictory pressures boys now face and how parents can nurture empathy, positivity and compassion in their sons.

    33 min
  7. The internet of animals: Martin Wikelski

    13 AUG

    The internet of animals: Martin Wikelski

    What do animals know that we don’t? Martin Wikelski has spent his professional career trying to answer this question. He’s the director of the Department of Migration at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and also pioneered ICARUS, a system for continuously tracking thousands of animals from space. Martin discusses his work in animal tracking, how animals can help us with our response to climate change, and his new book The Internet of Animals: Discovering the Collective Intelligence of Life on Earth.

    33 min
  8. How to break free from narcissists: Bren Worthington

    23 JUL

    How to break free from narcissists: Bren Worthington

    Have you ever felt constantly confused in a relationship, with someone treating you hot and cold or blaming you for things that weren't your fault? For Bren Worthington, becoming a mother helped her recognize the narcissists in her own life. We explore how to identify narcissistic behaviours and cope with the aftermath of abuse.

    25 min
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Each week, TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart will bring exclusive conversations with experts and influencers making a difference for Canadians right now. From health and wellness, to community, to social responsibility, we’ll share stories, bust myths, provide simple and practical tips, and deliver information of value to Canadians.

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