Interviews

Cash Ahenakew & Dani Pigeau

In this first episode, you will be listening to Cash Ahenakew and Dani Pigeau having coffee and diving into conversation. What does this project mean for them? What are they curious about?

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Keith Chief Moon

Keith has been a long time friend of our team’s researcher Cash and this is not their first conversation about eldership. Keith elaborates about his view on aging and dying and how these phases of life are disrupted by colonization for Indigenous people.

Tony Thomas & Grayson Empringham

Our team was invited to participate in an intergenerational circle held by the Mi’kmaw and Native Friendship Centre. We invited two participants to record an intergenerational conversation.

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Sonny McHalsie

During our team gathering, a very interesting storyteller guided us through a visit of his territory. We had the curiosity to hear more from him on the topics of this project so Dani went back to sit with him and record this conversation.

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Geri Leblanc

We met Geri in Halifax through the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre. She has a sharp sense of humor and and a great curiosity so we didn’t hesitate to ask her to discuss with us.

Debbie Eisan

For some members of the team, Debbie has been a friend of great guidance for years. Her name came up quickly when imagining a project about eldership as her warmth equals her deep sense of justice.

Catherine Hartling

We have come to know Catherine because of her engagement in her community. She cares for seniors around her when others won’t and is preoccupied to be connected with younger generations.

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Rueben George

Rueben’s engagement for and thoughts about cultural healing practices were left us in deep reflections. He also talks about how colonization still affects practices and capacities to process grief amongst other things.

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Oceana Sawyer

Oceana’s experience as an End-of-life Doula really intrigued us. We are grateful she took the time to share about some of her life experiences and learnings from her practice. To her, learning the wisdom from these transitions was often a lesson of discernment.

Salima Punjani

While doing an artist residency, she hosted a death cafe where participants would also play with sounds and vibrations to express themselves about the topics of grief and loss. Her experience and curiosity around death made us curious to invite her to participate in this project.

Robert Laval

Robert is a dear friend of Dani and we are thankful that he shared with us some of his personal inquiries about aging and dying. He weaves in the topic of near-death experiences. How they have impacted people sparks a lot of questions for him.

Marian Kotowich-Laval

Marian is a dear friend of Dani who took time to to share with us some of her perspectives around Eldership and and end of life. While telling about some of her impactful moments in life, she reflects on some gender dynamics she experienced as an Indigenous woman.