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”
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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: Janet’s journey to becoming a curator. How she becameContinue 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: Patrick’s background and how he found himself in funeral services. the history of funeral practices, and how funeral practices have historically been centred around the home until urbanization madeContinue 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: Sarah’s background, how she got into archaeology, and why curiosity was pivotalContinue reading “Scattered Episode 13: Putting Humanity into Archaeology – Interview with Sarah Woodman”
