Cree social worker and scholar Deborah Young shows how the stories we tell about aging matter. She describes beading circles as sites for activism and community. By beading, her university students learn about authenticity and reciprocity, especially through storytelling. In conversation with host Dr. Sally Chivers, Deborah Young reflects on her extensive career working in university governance, civil service, political parties, and the classroom. As we talk about home, illness, and intergenerational survivorship, Deborah Young illustrates the wisdom that comes from emotion, a wisdom that she rightly wants to academia to welcome. Join us as we laugh and pause to trace the threads of trauma and joy that interlace the wrinkled fabric of her life and work.

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio. This episode includes music by Duce Williams and Michael Shayne via ArtList and Mareproduction (Indie Fall)

Wrinkle Radio is a proud member of the Amplify Podcast Network. We are grateful for funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and support from Aging in Data and VoicEd Radio.

Intro and interlude music by Duce Williams and Jamison Dewlen (via Artlist). Outro music by Michael Shayne (via Artlist).