The Y2stay Podcast

Episode 5: Digital Housecalls

This episode, I speak with Nurse Practitioner and entrepreneur Lynne Thériault Sehgal, who is founder and CEO of Access Point Health [https://www.accesspointhealth.ca/], a Fredericton-based start-up providing secure online medical video consultations.   After leaving the Maritimes after graduation from university, Lynne worked in remote indigenous communities in Northern Ontario, where, as you'll hear, health professionals have to wear many hats, and Lynne found the use of technology to be very helpful in her practice there.    Lynne uses her extensive experience as a nurse practitioner and brings her interest and skills in technology to bear in a truly unique, bilingual service.    You can find Lynne's service at accesspointhealth.ca [https://www.accesspointhealth.ca/], or you can also secure message her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/accesspointhealth/ . [https://www.facebook.com/accesspointhealth/]   This episode's music comes from the Nova Scotia trio Port Cities.  You can find them on Spotify, iTunes, and on their website here [http://www.portcities.ca/]. Other excellent performances here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGuBH2HUaew] and here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXKw7v_SPBo].   Thanks again to Colin Fowlie [https://colinfowlienb.bandcamp.com/] and the Art of the Possible [https://artofthepossible.bandcamp.com/releases] for the use of their music at the beginning and end of the podcast.

Episode 4: Lighting the Way

Episode 4 – Lighting the Way (w/ musical interlude by Kayla Trites)    I sat down with Riverview High School educator Ian Fogarty, as well as his students Beth Stevens, Brooklyn Kane, and Kaleigh Burgeois to talk about the after-school program Current Generation.   Ian has developed the Current Generation program at RHS as a way to encourage students to bring what they’re learning in the classroom (Ian teaches both chemistry and physics) into the real world to solve real problems.  For the last couple of years, Current Generation has been designing, engineering, building and distributing mini solar-charged LED lights around the globe to those who live in light poverty.  The students work together as a team, but also collaborate with other groups of students around the world, as well as their field testers, to constantly try to improve the design and efficiency of the lights so they suit the particular situation of the end-user.  (When I first met Ian, he told me that one issue that cropped up was that the angle of the mini solar panel on the top of the light unit wasn’t gathering enough light for some users in Sierra Leone, so the students had to redesign and build a light to account for the angle of the sun in that locale!)  As you’ll hear, the program is about more than making lights; global citizenship, philanthropy, collaboration, critical thinking, communication and a host of other skills are picked up by the students.  The musical interlude in this episode was provided by RHS student Kayla Trites.  Kayla has an exceptional voice, and here she sings “Someone to Lava”.    Links:  Current Generation:  https://www.currentgeneration.org/ [https://www.currentgeneration.org/]  Twitter: https://twitter.com/can_gen [https://twitter.com/can_gen]  Ian can be reached at: ifoggs@gmail.com [ifoggs@gmail.com]  Ian’s blog: http://foggs.ca/wp/ [http://foggs.ca/wp/]

Episode 3: Guerrilla Green

This episode, I had the pleasure to meet and talk with Charles Thériault.  Charles lives in Kedgwick, NB, and he is a filmmaker, activist, author, and two time candidate for MLA in the riding of Restigouche-Ouest.  (I mistakenly said in the podcast that he ran both times for the NB Green Party, but he ran in the 2014 election as an Independent candidate... my apologies to Charles.) You can find Charles' video series on NB crown forest management here [http://isourforestreallyours.com/Isourforestreallyours/Start_here.html], and his Vimeo channel can be found here [https://vimeo.com/user13547312]. Search and contact Charles through his website [http://isourforestreallyours.com/Isourforestreallyours/Start_here.html] or on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/charles.theriault.908] if you're interested in his most recent book "Mary of the Woods" and the French version "Marie des Bois".    You can find Mike Bern's music at his website [https://mikebern.com/], or on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6NkiWoBFvHUxmksmpNOgdA] or Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/mikebernmusic/].   Thanks again to Colin Fowlie [https://colinfowlienb.bandcamp.com/] and the Art of the Possible [https://artofthepossible.bandcamp.com/releases] for the use of their music at the beginning and end of the podcast.

Episode 2: A Region of the Mind

Donald J. Savoie is an internationally respected expert in public administration and regional development, and a proud Acadian and self-avowed "Maritime Nationalist".  He's written more than 40 books, and two of which we touch on in this episode are his 2013 autobiographical "I'm From Bouctouche, Me", and "Looking for Bootstraps: Economic Development in the Maritimes", published in 2017. Reading "Looking for Bootstraps" was the trigger that got me to take an idea that had been rattling around in my head for months, and make a stab at starting a podcast, so I was extremely grateful that Donald agreed to sit down with me. Donald's publications are too numerous to list, but here is a good smattering: Looking for Bootstraps [https://nimbus.ca/store/looking-for-bootstraps-2.html?v=3e8d115eb4b3], Nimbus Publishing, 2017 What is Government Good At?: A Canadian Answer [https://www.mqup.ca/what-is-government-good-at--products-9780773546219.php], McGill-Queens, (Winner of the Donner Prize in 2015) I'm From Bouctouche, Me: Roots Matter [https://www.mqup.ca/i-m-from-bouctouche--me-products-9780773535756.php], McGill-Queens, 2009 Governing from the Centre [https://utorontopress.com/ca/governing-from-the-centre-3], University of Toronto Press, 1999   You can find Matt Boudreau's excellent new album "Goéland" at Bandcamp [https://mattboudreau.bandcamp.com/releases], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/album/3g1H44dwJqeb4GSEuEcGcW], and Apple Music [https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/go%C3%A9land/1439114767], and on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Matt-Boudreau-868866163205358/?ref=br_rs].  Give him a listen, you won't be disappointed.   Thanks again to Colin Fowlie [https://colinfowlienb.bandcamp.com/] and the Art of the Possible [https://artofthepossible.bandcamp.com/releases] for the use of their music at the beginning and end of the podcast.

Episode 0: Introduction

Welcome to the Y2Stay Podcast! All suggestions for guests, musical acts, audio advice, etc. are welcome. Reach me at: Email: y2stay@gmail.com, [y2stay@gmail.com,]  Twitter at @Y2Staypodcast  [https://twitter.com/Y2Staypodcast] On Facebook by searching for "Friends of the Y2Stay Podcast".  (It's a closed group, just to keep out the bots, so send me a request to join, and I'll let you in!)   Thanks for listening!