Amanda Watson Gear

Labrador

Journalist at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

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Q&A: Mi'kmaw filmmaker Noel Joe speaks about his own decades-long reconciliation efforts

Sep 29, 2024 | cbc.ca | Amanda Watson Gear

NL·NewNoel Joe works toward truth and reconciliation in both his career and everyday life. From teaching the urban Indigenous community Mi'kmaw cultural practices to sharing Mi'kmaw history through film, he's been taking action toward truth and reconciliation for decades.
This group works to tackle food insecurity — because its members know what it feels like | CBC News

Aug 3, 2024 | cbc.ca | Amanda Watson Gear

NL·NewMothers from around Newfoundland and Labrador are members of an advisory group that sheds light on the realities of food poverty through their own experience. Lived and Living Experience Advisory Group wants to break down barriers to nutritionAmanda Gear · CBC News · Posted: Aug 04, 2024 4:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes agoFrom left, Sa'adatu Usman, Elizabeth Saunders and Kayla Dillon are members of the Lived and Living Experience Advisory Group, which works to overcome food poverty.
Stewing over the cost of living? This mom digs into the grinding reality of making ends meet

Jun 22, 2024 | cbc.ca | Amanda Watson Gear

NL·NewThe grocery bill for ingredients for a simple beef stew are about 40 per cent more expensive than just five years ago. CBC Radio's The Signal made a meal with a mom who’s feeling that pinch, and has much to say about the cost of living.
N.L. needs to build 60,000 extra new homes in 6 years. Industry experts aren't sure it can be done

Jun 1, 2024 | cbc.ca | Amanda Watson Gear

NL·NewThe barriers to new housing in the province is contributing to the housing crisis. Industry experts say that some factors widening the gap is a shortage of labor and development regulation.
From compost to car insurance: Learn how new co-ops are growing in N.L.

May 16, 2024 | cbc.ca | Amanda Watson Gear

NL·NewA new incubator program that's mentoring five groups on Newfoundland and Labrador's Avalon Peninsula is now supporting new enterprises with goals that range from helping seniors to increasing local composting programs.
Here's where experts say the jobs in the 'just transition' to green energy will be found

Apr 27, 2024 | cbc.ca | Amanda Watson Gear

NL·NewEmployment is already changing as Newfoundland and Labrador moves toward non-carbon-based energy production and as the economy transforms, the focus is on the jobs of the future. 'Just transition' means greening the economy in a way that aligns with employmentAmanda Gear · CBC News · Posted: Apr 28, 2024 4:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoWorld Energy GH2 CEO Sean Leet says the company has a 'massive opportunity' in the global market.
A food bank in Carbonear went from helping the community to needing help from the community

Dec 21, 2023 | cbc.ca | Amanda Watson Gear

NL·NewAt the Saint Vincent De Paul Carbonear Food Bank, things have been lean. The food bank had been struggling to fill its regular hampers, let alone prepare for special Christmas hampers. Shelves were bare, but the community stepped upThe number of people relying on food banks is higher than ever, and the need is even greater during the holidays, say organizers.
How a satellite site is making nursing education more accessible in Labrador

Dec 15, 2023 | cbc.ca | Amanda Watson Gear

Students in Labrador now have the option to receive their nursing education in the Big Land. The Faculty of Nursing at Memorial University offers its degree program in nursing through a satellite site in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, allowing local students to pursue their profession while staying closer to home. At the Labrador Campus, lectures are delivered on site and remotely, with nursing labs taking place in the community. Clinical courses offered in-person at a health-care facility in the region.
'Small is all': A simple approach to helping people heal in the Big Land

Dec 3, 2023 | cbc.ca | Amanda Watson Gear

NL·NewCBC Radio's The Signal spent a few days in the Big Land speaking with the folks at Mokami Status of Woman in Happy Valley-Goose Bay about how small acts of empathy and kindness are creating big changes in the lives of people that use the organizations services.
My New St. John's: Scenes from an expo all about connection and belonging

Nov 8, 2023 | cbc.ca | Amanda Watson Gear

NLAs markets go, this one was a bit different. Instead of vegetables, meals or sweet treats, the aisles of the St. John's Farmers' Market were lined with booths focused on other themes: immigration, connection belonging. 'It doesn't matter if you are from Gander or if you are from Ghana,' says organizerAs markets go, this one was a bit different.

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Amanda Watson Gear

Articles

Q&A: Mi'kmaw filmmaker Noel Joe speaks about his own decades-long reconciliation efforts

This group works to tackle food insecurity — because its members know what it feels like | CBC News

Stewing over the cost of living? This mom digs into the grinding reality of making ends meet

N.L. needs to build 60,000 extra new homes in 6 years. Industry experts aren't sure it can be done

From compost to car insurance: Learn how new co-ops are growing in N.L.

Here's where experts say the jobs in the 'just transition' to green energy will be found

A food bank in Carbonear went from helping the community to needing help from the community

How a satellite site is making nursing education more accessible in Labrador

'Small is all': A simple approach to helping people heal in the Big Land

My New St. John's: Scenes from an expo all about connection and belonging