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[021] " 'Who Are Your People?' He Asked."
NEIGHBOURS v4: On one reporter's confrontation with the ways she put her trauma on Indigenous communities, and the sore tiptoe of grief.
Feb 23, 2021
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Chris Connolly
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[021] " 'Who Are Your People?' He Asked."
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[020] "Brothers In The Kitchen"
NEIGHBOURS v3: On 'performing the documentary' between a live storyteller and their audience, and the precarious boundaries of selfhood, overstretched…
Feb 16, 2021
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Chris Connolly
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[020] "Brothers In The Kitchen"
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[019] "It's Not Just Money."
NEIGHBOURS v2: On the local journalism of resource-sharing between aunties – and the reflections that fall from the sky “when the lake gets still."
Feb 9, 2021
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Chris Connolly
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[019] "It's Not Just Money."
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[018] "To Be Our Own Media"
NEIGHBOURS v1: On the remaking of local journalism based on listening, and the refrains of longing left behind by Google Autocomplete.
Feb 2, 2021
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Chris Connolly
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[018] "To Be Our Own Media"
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January 2021
[017] "A Place for Those Who Raised Us"
CAREGIVERS v4: On the lessons of multigenerational living, and one poet's uncontainable litany of gratitude: "Praise the rain; it brings more rain."
Jan 26, 2021
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Chris Connolly
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[017] "A Place for Those Who Raised Us"
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[016] "I Know Myself As A Whole Person"
CAREGIVERS v3: On "living the conviction that Together We're Better," and the simple dignity of recognizing our own capacity to be kind.
Jan 19, 2021
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Chris Connolly
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[016] "I Know Myself As A Whole Person"
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[015] "To Count Him As Our Neighbour."
CAREGIVERS v2: On the passing of a longtime Parkdale tenant organizer named Peter Madaka, and the spacious texture of a life in stormy service.
Jan 11, 2021
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Chris Connolly
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[015] "To Count Him As Our Neighbour."
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[014] "The Circle You Managed To Keep"
CAREGIVERS, v1: On the connections gained and lost in 2020, and appreciating our own capacity to “[hold] ourselves until we are ready to come into the…
Jan 4, 2021
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Chris Connolly
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[014] "The Circle You Managed To Keep"
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December 2020
[013] "Everything Is Changeable."
Encampment residents in Toronto, v4: On the Indigenous youth reclaiming land, and the "powerful stranger" called "Here"
Dec 29, 2020
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Chris Connolly
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[013] "Everything Is Changeable."
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[012] "We’ve Been Trying Our Best To Save Lives"
Encampment residents in Toronto, v3: On the unsanctioned sacrifices of drug users and advocates, and the solitary drifting of those we love, "absolved…
Dec 21, 2020
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Chris Connolly
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[012] "We’ve Been Trying Our Best To Save Lives"
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[011] "If Something Pops Off, We’re Here Together."
Encampment residents in Toronto, v2: On the relationships that keep Moss Park's Tent Town safe, and one poet's memories of "the old ways" that survived…
Dec 14, 2020
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Chris Connolly
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[011] "If Something Pops Off, We’re Here Together."
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[010] "This Country’s Got The Money. Find The Money."
Encampment residents in Toronto, v1: On the collective resilience of encampment communities, and one poet's long night in search of peace.
Dec 7, 2020
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Chris Connolly
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[010] "This Country’s Got The Money. Find The Money."
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