together! – Episode 4

together! – Episode 4

It’s the final episode of the together! podcast, and today we ran through a Syrian refugee simulation journey on the BBC website. We also feature an interview with Maysoun Darweesh, who is the program coordinator for the Volunteer Matching Program at the Welcome Place. Enjoy and good night! https://ia601509.us.archive.org/5/items/Togetherep.4Mixdown/Togetherep.4_mixdown.mp3 [https://ia601509.us.archive.org/5/items/Togetherep.4Mixdown/Togetherep.4_mixdown.mp3]

together! – Episode 3

It’s our food episode! Today on the together! podcast we sample a variety of snacks from around the world, from Chinese kumquats to Indian namak para. We also have an interview with Pat Hogue, a longtime volunteer at IRCOM. Enjoy! https://ia601507.us.archive.org/27/items/TogetherEpisode3Mixdown/together_ep3.mp3 [https://ia601507.us.archive.org/27/items/TogetherEpisode3Mixdown/together_ep3.mp3]

together! – Episode 2

In today’s episode, we discuss local news stories from two Winnipeg high schools that are doing amazing things for newcomers. We also have an interview with Traicy Robertson of the Society for Manitobans with Disabilities’ Ethno-Cultural Program for disabled newcomers. Enjoy! https://ia601506.us.archive.org/1/items/together_ep2/together_ep2.mp3 [https://ia601506.us.archive.org/1/items/together_ep2/together_ep2.mp3]

together! – Episode 1

Enjoy our first episode! together! is a podcast that celebrates newcomers to Canada through stories about their lives and experience. Each episode we’ll talk through news and current events in the international and local refugee community. We also feature interviews with people that are part of the refugee community, whether that be a refugee, a volunteer or someone working to support newcomers. In today’s episode, we discussed the upcoming Winter Olympics and the 2016 Olympic refugee team. The episode also features an interview with Janel Bortoluzzi, the chair of World University Service of Canada at the UWinnipeg, a non-profit organization that oversees the Student Refugee Program on campus https://ia601503.us.archive.org/2/items/TogetherE1_201802/TogetherE1.mp3 [https://ia601503.us.archive.org/2/items/TogetherE1_201802/TogetherE1.mp3]