The Dep Podcast

Katie is the Youth Mental Health Resource Coordinator of NDG and is highly regarded for her compassionate advocacy and leadership in youth mental health. Her responsibilities include communicating mental health resources to support the well-being of young individuals, providing workshops, and engaging in communication.Through her deep commitment to empowering and building resilience, Katie ensures our youth receive the guidance and support they need to thrive.

Gracia Kasoki Katahwa

In this engaging podcast interview, we had the privilege of sitting down with Mayor Gracia Kasoki Katahwa, the esteemed leader of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough. With her strong leadership and commitment to progress, Mayor Katahwa continues to inspire positive change and unity within her diverse community. TUNE IN!

Happy New Year 2024! We continue with our three-part series featuring anonymous stories of youth who aged out of care, sharing their ambitions, dreams, and challenges they faced to succeed. Tune in, Part 2. Each participant approved these stories. All names will remain confidential.

A three-part series featuring anonymous stories of youth who aged out of care, sharing their ambitions, dreams, and challenges they faced to succeed. Tune in, Part 1. Each participant approved these stories. All names will remain confidential.

Heather Alonzo, a multifaceted individual who wears the hats of a player, coach, and community activist, has been an exemplary leader in our borough. She is dedicated to empowering young girls and anyone passionate about basketball to realize their aspirations. While she prefers not to be pigeonholed solely as a basketball player, her prowess is undeniable. In this interview, we delve into her extensive contributions to the community and her love for basketball.

The Gender and Equality program & Art has a new coordinator, Olivia Mabote.

The Gender & Equality program aims to educate local youth, both girls and boys, on subjects such as sexual exploitation and violence and issues related to gender stereotypes and equality. This project is made possible through the joint efforts of Prévention CDN-NDG and the Table de concertation jeunesse Côte-des-Neiges.

Empowering and providing young people with the tools to think critically and analytically about their social environment: Prevention of sexual violence and exploitation, "Place aux filles! project," and "Égalité dans ma communauté" project. We want every teenager to grow and thrive to their full potential without worries or limitations due to gender.

Adrien Bauer (Gender & Equality)

The "Gender & Equality" program has been designed to educate the youth of the neighborhood on important issues such as sexual exploitation, violence, and gender equality. The program is divided into three components that work together to boost the self-esteem, empowerment, and critical thinking skills of young people in the neighborhood, thus enabling them to thrive without any barriers related to their gender.

In this installment of our podcast, we check in with Lynn Worrell and delve into a number of pressing issues:

• We engage in a discourse on artificial intelligence and the concerns of an impending takeover.
• We focus on the less glamorous aspects of community fieldwork, exploring the challenges and difficulties that can arise in this line of work. We then take a moment to acknowledge the global crises currently affecting our world and contemplate the implications of these events on society.
• We conclude by discussing the upcoming 15th anniversary of the W.O.R.D project and the potential for an accompanying art event to mark this milestone.

The Diaspora Intervention Network of Awareness and Healing (DINAH) Mission is a healing and wellness center for women and girls in different Black communities.

The DINAH Mission was established in 2020 by Ohemaa Adom K in response to her compelling desire to organize an event to speak on childhood sexual abuse within the different Black communities. This came as an inspiration after communicating with countless women from different Black communities that went through very traumatic sexual experiences as children.

The topic of sexual abuse is widely neglected within the different Black communities. However, we seek to create awareness around the issue of childhood sexual abuse to undertake the empowering journey of healing, self-discovery, and self-development.

We interviewed a bright actor four years ago who decided to pop in and say hi. New projects, new motivation Joshua shares his insights on his journey. 

Joshua Bilbao is a Mexican/Canadian artist born in Taiwan and raised throughout North America. Jumping into the world of show business in his early twenties has led him to train under the direction of acting coach Bernard Hiller and casting director April Webster in three of their professional masterclasses, two of them being in Los Angeles and one in Austria, Vienna. Bilbao also concluded a 2-year acting program at the Tom Todoroff Conservatory with extensive work on voice, speech, movement & Shakespeare in New York City.

We open 2023 on a weighty topic. Lynn shares her reflections & knowledge on the subject of WAZ, White supremacy, Antisemitism and Zionism. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! 

A sit down with the director of strategy & communications of ACDPN, Ushana Houston. Ushana shares her professional and personal parkour. By embracing who she is, she has managed to use her values as an asset in her intervention method. In addition, she voices her belief in community development, removing barriers to higher education for black children and clearly states her fight for systemic change. THIS IS A GREAT ONE ENJOY!!!

In this latest episode, we quickly check in on the latest community events, the movie Dear Jackie, plus we talk about the queen's passing. Welcome to October!

To engage in art is to engage in expression, freedom of mind and creativity. Unfortunately, being an artist comes with many obstructions that can often push an individual to leave behind their creative self. With the support of various community partners, Adeline Martiny & Marc Carvalho are the two artists who decided to give back to the community by providing a space for new and upcoming artists to expose their art for free. The Future Art Fair makes art available for all.

September 16th from 5 to 11pm @Galerie Native-Immigrant

5442, Cote-St-Luc, NDG. Join us for another edition of the Future Art Fair in collaboration with the Hip Hop You Don't Stop festival & Native Immigrant art gallery. See some fantastic artwork by our list of outstanding artists, listen to dope music by your favourite DJs and get a chance to network with your community.

On May 15th, 2020, Lynn and Karl sat with Mariel Rosenblüth from the CJE NDG (Fresh Start) and discussed the creation of the Dep Podcast. This interview shares the story behind the Dep Podcast vision.