Show #2 – My Toxic Baby

Sunday, November 1, 2009 8 to 9 am ET, CFRU 93.3 FM

My guest Min Sook Lee is an award winning documentary filmmaker.  She’s been nominated two times for the Gemini award in the Best Social/Political Documentary category for her documentaries El Contrato  and Tiger Spirit.  Tiger Spirit was also a finalist for the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 2009 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.  Her doc ‘Hogtown: The Politics of Policing’ was honoured with the Best Feature-length Canadian Documentary award at the 2005 Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival. Her short docu-poems, Borderless and Sedition have played around the world from Beirut to Berlin.  She was also presented with the Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award for El Contrato’s impact on the rights of migrant workers.  Min Sook premiered her latest documentary ‘My Toxic Baby’ at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.  In 2010 she will release the documentary  “Badge of Pride”, a look at gay cops in Canada.  Min Sook will also see the release of her first dramedy series She’s the Mayor on Vision TV, Co-Created with Jennifer Holness and Sudz Sutherland.

Guelph Festival of Moving Media/Guelph Film Fest Screening of My Toxic Baby:

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

1pm Toxic Baby, Alma Gallery, 133 Wyndham Street North, Guelph, Ontario

46 minutes followed by panel discussion “Raising a Green Baby”

7pm Tiger Spirit , Norfolk Street United Church, 75 Norfolk Street (at Cork Street), Guelph, Ontario

For more information about the Guelph Film Fest: http://www.guelphfilmfest.org/index.html

Individual Screenings: suggested donation of $5 each.

Festival pass is $50 ($40 for seniors).

Opening and Closing galas are $10.

To find more info about My Toxic Baby, go to www.mytoxicbaby.com

A Guelph family plays a major part in Min Sook Lee’s documentary My Toxic Baby. The family will be at the screening of the film on Saturday, November 7th with the Director, Min Sook Lee for a panel discussion “Raising a Green Baby”.

Show #1 – Foster Families

Aired: Sunday, October 25, 2009 8 to 9 am ET, CFRU 93.3 FM Guelph

My guest Jenny Emerson is a mother of 2 adopted children and has fostered 22 kids in the past 3 years. Jenny is a Power to Parent Program Facilitator and is doing an intensive study with Gordon Neufeld working with common childhood challenges. I find her stories fascinating and I admire her commitment to her kids. I especially wanted to share with you how she helps insecure kids feel more secure and loved. Although you may not have your own foster kids, I want you to hear the strategies that Jenny is using to help these kids. All parents could be doing the same simple things to help strengthen their own relationships at home.
Jenny brings up an important point at the end of the show. The relationship our children have to us is so important. We may be attached to our kids; but, not all kids are attached to their parents. When we allow our children to be dependent on us when they need it, they’ll emerge as independent people in time.

Go to: http://www.cfru.ca/archive.php

Click on: Sunday : 2009-10-25

Then, click on: 8:00:00 – Family Matters

Sign up for the Power to Parent, an 8 week series in Guelph, Ontario January 2010. Contact Jenny Emerson at glennjenny@sympatico.ca.

I’m hoping to find a way to post the recordings some time soon. For now, I appreciate your understanding as I work out the technical kinks.
Upcoming shows:
* Birth Choices and Supporting the Family
* Neighbours rally to rescue their community programs
* Stay-at-home-homeschooling Dads
* Independent kids

New Spoken Word Radio Show on CFRU in Guelph

Family Matters every Sunday morning 8-9 am Eastern Time

Begins October 25th, 2009.

Host: Wendy McDonnell

www.CFRU.ca 93.3 FM, Guelph’s Community Radio Station, Ontario

Family Matters is a show about the joys and challenges of family life. Parents, children, and expert guests discuss what matters most to families and how to get along with each other. Interviews, panel discussions, and conversations will explore what works and doesn’t work in relationships. Expect common sense along with the unexpected. We talk about traditional and non-traditional families, parenting paradigms, and cultural influences. Grab your favourite morning brew and learn something new!

Email: family@compassionatesolutions.ca

Blog: www.cfrufamily.wordpress.com