Poet Titilope on balancing motherhood and creating art
Titilope Sonuga is a multi-hyphenate artist (poet, writer, actress) originally from Nigeria who now calls Edmonton home. She moved to Edmonton with her family at age 14. Later, she became an engineer but once she started working she decided to shift her focus to poetry. She moved to Lagos, Nigeria to pursue her art and ...
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Ilvy Goossens on belonging, becoming, and growth
Ilvy Goosens is a Belgian international PhD student at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. She and I go way back. We met when I lived in Belgium in 2012 and we became fast friends. I still remember our conversation, over coffees in our favourite cafe in Leuven, about her exploring potential ...
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Comic – Challenges in Podcasting
Podcasts are tough, man. I'm working on the third season of my podcast, Migration Patterns. In all honestly, it was pretty hard going for the past 4 months but thankfully, the process is picking up again. This summer was dark days for the podcast and my feelings around it. So much so, I made a comic about it and I've ...
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Seeking Interviews for Migration Patterns Season 3
Migration Patterns is coming back for the third season! This season I'm aiming for a longer series - the goal is 9 episodes that will run from September to December 2018. I'm into sharing stories of people from all ages and backgrounds. If you are interested, here's what to do: Fill out this form Pick up your ...
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Piyush Patel on Immigrating as a Teenager and Navigating Dual Cultural Identities
Piyush Patel is a radio personality in Edmonton, Alberta. He moved to Canada from Mumbai, India when he was 15. Since then, Piyush has been navigating having two cultural identities, one as Indian and the other as Canadian. He has interesting insights into living life on a cultural spectrum and how art has helped him ...
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Podcaster Erica Ensign on Women in Fandom and Creating Inclusivity
In this episode, I speak with Erika Ensign a podcaster from Wisconsin who now lives in Edmonton. Erika is a prolific creator. She is involved in 8! different podcasts ranging in topics from the television show Dr. Who, science-fiction and fantasy, and hockey. Erika says that women have always been a part of the ...
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Photo Essay from Amy Dillon
Today we're catching up with a former Migration Patterns interviewee, Amy Dillon. She mentioned in the podcast that she had recently taken up photography and I've enjoyed watching her talent progress over the past 8 months or so. I asked her to share some of her work on the blog and she agreed! Here's the podcast episode ...
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