Episodes

Catharine Wilson - Being Neighbours: Cooperative Work and Rural Culture, 1830–1960 I have a fascination with Canadian history and more specifically, rural Canadian history. I have a keen interest in what life was like in rura...

Physicians Assistants: Can Physicians Side-Step Ego to Health Rural Health Care? Eric Demers and Dr. Alex Nataros Physicians Assistants or PAs are, in essence physician extenders, they extend the care of a primary physician. ...

Ann Douglas - Navigating the Messy Middle A Fiercely Honest and Wildly Encouraging Guide for Midlife Women This is the first in our series of Rural Authors and Rural Books . Ann is an award-winning writer and bestselling auth...

This is the second in a series of interviews about rural Canadian health care. Last episode we talked about the BC Rural Health Network , a collective of citizen-led collaborators that have organized to put pressure on the go...

One of the fundamental challenges in rural Canadian communities is health care. Folks in rural and remote communities are not the same as our urban counterparts and therefore our health care needs to be different. And there a...

Kaity and Montana Adams own Adams Family Ink and Boutique on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, near Brantford, Ontario but it is clear Kaity runs the business. But this is at the root of her Indigenous heritage and …

Politicization of Wind Energy in Rural Canada This topic was brought to me by one of our newsletter subscribers named Ruby. She’s concerned that hundreds of wind turbines are moving into an area of Eastern Ontario where she a...

Bias, Hate and Extremism - Part 2 (This episodes is the second of two-parts) This is part 2 of a two part series on bias, hate and extremism, specifically in rural Canada. If you haven’t heard it, I hope you …

(This episodes is the first of two-parts) Almost everyone has a bias, a way of thinking, an opinion, it’s pretty much human nature. Journalists, when I went to journalism school, were only supposed to report on facts and not ...

Every Sunday I've been hosting Open Circle Zoom calls, inviting folks from across rural Canada to talk about the issues on their mind that week. This was recorded just ahead of Ontario's municipal elections and leaks to media...

Solving a trades shortage - Add more women Is your small community struggling to find qualified tradespeople? Are you looking for someone to do some work for you or are you a business owner, hunting for certified employees? R...

*2SLGTBQIA+ is an acronym for Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual , and the plus reflects the countless affirmative ways in which people choose to self-identify. Canada...

I hosted another Sunday open Zoom call, this time it was on Thanksgiving weekend (for those who celebrate). I was joined by Leslie from Nelson, British Columbia and Carrie from Caledon, Ontario. Leslie is retired and is runni...

Women in rural and remote politics - Is change possible? WARNING: Cursing and at least one f-bomb - at the latter end of the episode This episode focuses on some of the abysmal stats when it comes to the representation …

On Sunday, I invited newsletter subscribers ( you can sign up here ) to an open Zoom call to talk about issues facing each person, where they are in rural Canada. I had a great conversation with Elizabeth from Vermilion, …

You might remember Cindy Crowe from season one. She was the last episode of the first season. As luck would have it, I had quite a thought-provoking conversation with Indigenous Elder, Lodgekeeper, Author and rural business w...

Welcome to the second season of Clearing a New Path Podcast. I’m your host, Shauna Rae. I’m in rural Southwestern Ontario, on the traditional territory of the Anish-inaabe, Haudenoshownee and Mississauga or Neutral peoples wh...

Cindy Crowe, Elder, Lodgekeeper, Author, is a band member of the Opwaaganisiniing (Red Rock Indian Band) located an hour east of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Since 1994, Cindy has been bridging gaps between Indigenous and non-Indige...

Lynette Mader was raised in rural Middlesex County. She got her career start with a job as public relations manager for Turkey Farmers of Canada in Mississauga and from there, took a marketing job at what was then, Cold Sprin...

Kelly Snowdon is 28 year old competitive athlete turned entrepreneur from Moncton, New Brunswick. Kelly has competed in 5 Canadian Ringette Championships, the Canada Winter Games in Halifax in 2011 and was a part of 3 season...

Therese Van Es is an enthusiastic, dynamic rural entrepreneur in the worlds of both business and food! About business… Therese is the President and Chief People Leader of Ladder HR Solutions, Inc. She is a Human Resources Exe...

Selena Strong is the founder of Selena Strong Fitness and she has over 15 years of Exercise & Fascial Stretch Therapy experience, and she has never stopped learning and improving. This is a mentality that she tries to pass on...

Chelsea Major is a Master's of Science student in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Geography, Environment, and Geomatic and a Bachelor ...

Zeleen Virani worked in the banking industry for over 20 years, most recently in Retail Branch Management and Operational Risk roles where she was often part of making the decisions on whether or not rural women entrepreneurs...