In this final episode, we’re talking about all the ways we send love from afar, both tangible and intangible, through both space and time, in whatever form we have available to us. Thank you for being a part of this journey. Signing off for now and sending our love from afar, Trisha & Justine Featured in this episode: • Sam Castaneda is a high school student from Alberta who is passionate about exploring, equality, and seeing the best in the world. She believes her writing and (past)...

The last year has been one of grieving for a lot of us. Whether we are grieving the loss of anticipated plans or the loss of income, our businesses, our jobs, the loss of touch and intimacy or, ultimately, the loss of our loved ones, the passing of millions of people all around the world with their own complex histories, joys, insecurities, hopes, and dreams, and flaws and everything in between — we dedicate this episode to all the ways and all the things we grieve. Featured in this...

Communication has shifted in such profound and subtle ways over the course of this pandemic. Language is meant to be a point of connection, but it has been a struggle to articulate the depth of the bad-ness happening around us on a daily basis. How do you foster emotional connection when communication “fails” you? In this episode, we dive into just that question. And not just as it relates to the pandemic, but to our experiences as hyphenated Canadians. Whether it’s in the form of losing a...

We look at how different forms of storytelling – from the written word to music, from theatre to illustration – is vital for our survival, both during this time of pandemic and the grander experience of diaspora and displacement. Storytelling has been a way for us to find connection with community during this time of isolation, but it has also always been a way for us to preserve our histories, traditions, and memories. This episode if brought to you by partnership with #RisingYouth, a...

An episode for those of us who are living far away from those we love, and from the places we call home. An episode on being homesick while being homestuck. All of today’s pieces are from Living Hyphen’s inaugural issue, paying tribute to where it all began as we seek to define something as beautiful and impossible as a “home.” Featured in this episode: • Hannah Atkinson Renglich • Nimra Bandukwala is an artist, a community arts facilitator, and a Masters student in Occupational Therapy...

Grocery aisles emptied of flour and sugar, meal delivery kits growing even more in popularity, restaurants pivoting to delivery-only and curbside pick-up, the banana bread craze. During this time of pandemic, we’ve turned to food as a source of comfort, of the little joys we have left. But it’s always been this way. Food has always been a vehicle – a very delicious one! – for transmitting our heritage and culture. Food is comfort, home, joy. It is gathering, it is nourishment, it is...

Did you buy yourself an indoor plant during the pandemic to cope with the stress of our early lockdown days? So did our co-host Justine, and in the process of caring for her indoor jungle, she learned all about the root system and just how connected it is to our experiences as hyphenated Canadians. In this episode, revel in stories about the earth, land, and soil. What it means to be repotted and replanted. What it means to recognize your native soil and to be connected to or disconnected...

Welcome to Season 1 of the Living Hyphen Podcast. As we continue to live through this pandemic, we have been asked to stay at home, to quarantine, and to ultimately, maintain a “social distance” from our loved ones. We have been challenged to find new and creative ways to show our love from afar. But for those of us who are part of a diaspora or who have been displaced in some way – voluntarily or forced, right here on this land or abroad – we know all too well all the gradients and textures...