On this pilot episode of Bricks, I talk to Lisa Roberts: former radio journalist, constant community advocate and current NDP member of the Nova Scotia legislature.  Our conversation dives into her formative years, how travelling has shaped her outlook, and how her work continues to revolve around cultivating community.

For this show I bring you a conversation with scientist and educator, Dr. Jodi Asbell-Clarke.  Dr. Jodi's background is far-reaching: from programming on NASA Space Shuttle missions, to teaching at the University of Illinois, and developing alternate approaches to education for youth. We talk about women and minorities in the STEM field, new modes of teaching, Game Theory, and the strengths of neurodiverse learners.

Doctor of Philosophy, Megan Dean, joins me to discuss her current work with the ethics of eating.  We talk about the meaning of the activity of eating, and why we should reconsider how our eating habits key into our lives.  She also gets into some of her past work in feminism, and the Diversifying Syllabi philosophical reading group she helped create.

An introduction to Bricks. 

I welcome Rebecca Thomas. Rebecca is a writer, speaker and activist, originally from New Brunswick, Canada, but now living and working in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Having completed a Masters Degree in Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University, Rebecca has made a role for herself as an advocate of the rights and the land of the indigenous Mi'kmaq people through poetry.  We talk about Rebecca's advocacy and her view as an indigenous Canadian woman.

On episode 5 of Bricks, I talk to Courtnay Malcolm. Courtnay is a Halifax based coach, teacher, artisan and certified life coach at the centre for applied neuroscience. She owns her own life-coaching business called Malcolm Mindset. We talk about her experience with rugby coaching, her work teaching in a formal education system, and the application of neuroscience and neuroplasticity in her work and life.