Scattered Episode 33: Death Notifications – Interview with Dave Sweet

Dave Sweet is a retired detective from a large western Canadian police service who now works as a consultant in Calgary, conducting workshops, training, writing books, and hosting a podcast. He retired in October 2023 after spending 14.5 years investigating murders and suspicious deaths. Most of our conversation is focused on death notifications and communicatingContinue reading “Scattered Episode 33: Death Notifications – Interview with Dave Sweet”

Scattered Episode 31: The Barrack Hill Cemetery – Interview with Dr. Janet Young

Janet Young is a curator of biological anthropology at the Canadian Museum of History, focusing on human skeletal collections. As a curator, she acts as a subject matter expert and bridges museum collections with research and exhibits for public knowledge. In this episode we talk about: You can contact Janet through the Canadian Museum ofContinue reading “Scattered Episode 31: The Barrack Hill Cemetery – Interview with Dr. Janet Young”

Scattered Episode 30: The Canadian Funeral Industry – Interview with Patrick Church

Patrick Church is a funeral director, embalmer, and instructor in the funeral directing program at Mount Royal University in Calgary. In this episode we talk about: You can contact Patrick through Mount Royal University here: https://www.mtroyal.ca/ContinuingEducation/OccupationalPrograms/fu **** Notes from the start Find my books here: https://yvonnekjorlien.com/shop/ Find some of my art here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/YKjorlienCreate/shop Support theContinue reading “Scattered Episode 30: The Canadian Funeral Industry – Interview with Patrick Church”

Scattered Episode 13: Putting Humanity into Archaeology – Interview with Sarah Woodman

Sarah Woodman (formerly Huq) is the Cultural Places Officer at Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She was a consulting archaeologist for over 10 years and this is how she and I met. In this episode we talk about: Note: Sarah noted after we recorded the episode that Leslie McCartney’s MAContinue reading “Scattered Episode 13: Putting Humanity into Archaeology – Interview with Sarah Woodman”