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Chair: Jack Wong, Executive Director, Real Estate Foundation of BCCharles Durrett, Architect and pioneer in cohousing in North America;Tricia Carpenter, Resident & Consensus Facilitator, WindSong Cohousing;Margaret Critchlow, President, Canadian Senior Cohousing Society & Founding member Harbourside Cohousing;Alan Forrester, Vancouver cohousing developer; 73min
Author: Durrett, Charles, Author: Carpenter, Tricia, Author: Critchlow, Margaret, Author: Forrester, Alan
Date created: 2014-05
When Sobhana Jaya-Madhavan landed in Vancouver 25 years ago from Malaysia, she was told her foreign credentials would make it hard to find employment as a social worker and was encouraged to apply for minimum wage jobs. In this episode, Sobhana is in conversation with Am Johal about the joy of finding community in a new place — and the barriers to employment she experienced as a newcomer to Canada.Sobhana tells stories from her journey as a social worker and public servant, sharing how her dedication to service and relationship-building led her to her current role as SFU’s Associate Vice-President, External Relations, where she liaises with governments and communities to help facilitate social inclusion and reconciliation initiatives at the university.
Author: Sobhana Jaya-Madhavan, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Fiorella Pinillos, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2020-11-24