WIC-Ed Podcast

WIC-Ed is an educational podcast produced by Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis that explores topics of domestic violence, sexual violence and human trafficking.

WIC-Ed Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis hosts WIC-Ed Podcast, a education show with 15 episodes published.

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  "I Feel Like I'm Missing a Big Piece of My Heart:" Remembering Marianne Goulden, with Mia Goulden

  Dec 5, 202525 minS2

  <p>Content warning: femicide, intimate partner violence</p><p>If you need support during or after listening to this episode, or any time, please reach out to our 24/7 Crisis Line at 1-800-265-7233 or 519-836-5710.</p><p>In this episode, Public Educator Cindy McMann sits down for a conversation with Mia Goulden. Mia is the daughter of Marianne Goulden, who was a G-W WIC client who stayed at the shelter after leaving an abusive relationship, and who then went on to give back to women in the Guelph community as a volunteer and a staff member at the...

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  "We've Done It Before and We'll Do It Again:" Gender, HIV/AIDS and the Fight for Community Care, with Ariel Oleynikov

  Nov 29, 202455 minS2

  <p>In this episode, public educator Cindy McMann sat down with Ariel Oleynikov (she/her), formerly of WHAI (The Women’s HIV/AIDS Initiative) and ARCH (HIV/AIDS Resources and Community Health), which closed in March after 35 years when their funding was discontinued. </p><p>Ariel and I talked about her activist work around women living with HIV/AIDS in Guelph and Wellington County, the links between gendered oppression and the HIV epidemic, the beauty of collaborative, community-based health care, the impacts of ARCH closing on Guelph and a lot more.</p><p>And then, after the podcast recording, Ariel be...

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  “The More I Read, the More I Realized that There Were Some Problems:” Philosophy and Sexual Violence, with Amber Spence

  Oct 28, 202449 minS2

  <p>In this episode, Public Educator Cindy McMann chats with Amber Spence, a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Guelph who specializes in sexual violence.</p><p>We talk about how philosophy helped Amber in her journey as a survivor, what tools it can offer other survivors, how philosophy misses the mark in academic research on sexual violence and why that matters for the rest of us. </p><p>Content Warning: sexual violence, trauma and sexual harm</p><p>Resources:</p><p>Susan J. Brison, Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self </p><p>Karyn L. Freedman...

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  "You're Not Mellowing - What You're Becoming Is Strategic:" Activism and Survivor-Led Disruption with Nneka MacGregor and Marsha Hinds Myrie

  Aug 27, 20241h 12mS2

  <p>In this conversation, Public Educator Cindy McMann sits down with the University of Guelph’s 2024 Activists in Residence, Nneka MacGregor and Marsha Hinds Myrie. We talk activism, disrupting systems and making survivor voices the centre of efforts to end GBV at the local, national and international level.</p><p>Resources:</p><p>Operation Safe Space</p><p>WomenatthecentrE</p><p>Frantz Fanon (from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)</p><p>Joy James</p><p>Marcus Garvey (from the U.S. National Archives)</p><p>Walter Rodney (from the Walter Rodney Foundation)</p><p>Andaiye (from Red Thread)</p><p>C...

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  “I’m Tired. Again:” Survivorship and Queer Communities of Care, with Nealob Kakar

  Jun 17, 202449 minS2

  <p>Happy Pride Month! This month’s episode of the WIC-Ed podcast features Nealob Kakar, talking to public educator Cindy McMann about queer communities of care, transformational change and why the word resilience makes us suspicious and tired.</p><p>Resources:</p><p>Building Accountable Communities video series, Barnard Center for Research on Women </p><p>Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha </p><p>Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next), Dean Spade </p><p>Abolition. Feminism. Now., Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie </p><p>Insurgent Love: Abolition an...

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