COVID-19

Yellow Jack: Imagine Everyone at Home

March 29, 2020 by Robert Leave a Comment

People make documentaries, not for money, they make them for love because they’re committed and have stories they want to tell and think they can make a difference…but it’s very precarious work, always. And now this.
Michelle van Beusekom

Yellow Jack Podcast, Episode #5

(Ouimet Presents Episode #16)

Michelle van Beusekom had just returned from a vacation when the COVID-19 pandemic re-arranged her work at her new job at the Documentary Organization of Canada. Now she’s spending quality time with her cats while working remotely.

Here is her story.

ISBN: 978-1-926758-27-5

Show Notes:
Back from Puerto Rico Just In Time
Hello Mom in Brazil, Canada calling
Biggest Worry
Crazy Way to Start a New Job
An industry at a Standstill
What Kind of World Do We Want to Come Back To
And about those cats

Transcripts:
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Download the full transcript (PDF)

Links:
Documentary Organization of Canada
Michelle on LinkedIn
Michelle on IMDB

COVID-19 Resources:
COVID-19 Prevention and Risk (Government of Canada)
Outbreak Updates (Government of Canada)
Government of Canada COVID-19 information portal
BC Government COVID-19 Symptom Self-Assessment Tool
John Hopkins University COVID-19 Interactive Map

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All episodes in this series:

March 29, 2020 Yellow Jack: Imagine Everyone at Home
March 26, 2020 Yellow Jack: There’s a Lot To Do So We Better Go Slow
March 25, 2020 Yellow Jack: What Choice Have I Got?
March 22, 2020 Yellow Jack: Pioneers
March 20, 2020 Yellow Jack: Business as Unusual

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Yellow Jack: There’s a Lot To Do So We Better Go Slow

March 26, 2020 by Robert 3 Comments

Everyone has kicked in here….our doctors…all the health care professionals we’ve had any contact with…we were just so thrilled and we just felt so confident…you’re so vulnerable in this state. And then when you have people who are saying, it’s OK, come on and wash your hands, put a mask on, we’ve got this. It just does wonders for your sense of safety.
JANET SMITH

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Yellow Jack Podcast, Epis0de #4

(Ouimet Presents Episode #15)

Janet Smith was in the middle of vacation in the middle of Mexico when she and her husband heard the news that Canadians should get back home. Right Now.

Here is her story.

photo of a couple in a winter scene — Janet Smith and her husband Scott Stewart in Riding Mountain National Park. Photo courtesy Janet Smith

ISBN: 978-1-926758-26-8

Show Notes:
Yellow Jack – Episode 4
Exit Mexico
Home with the Flu
Testing
Community support
Crisis Centre
A Pause for the Planet
Connect with People

Transcripts:
Read the full transcript
Download the full transcript (PDF)

Links:
Manitoba Farm Rural & Northern Support Services
Klinik Community Health
Manitoba Government COVID-19
Onanole (Wikipedia)

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Yellow Quarantine Flag (Wikipedia)
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All episode in this series:

March 29, 2020 Yellow Jack: Imagine Everyone at Home
March 26, 2020 Yellow Jack: There’s a Lot To Do So We Better Go Slow
March 25, 2020 Yellow Jack: What Choice Have I Got?
March 22, 2020 Yellow Jack: Pioneers
March 20, 2020 Yellow Jack: Business as Unusual

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Yellow Jack: Pioneers

March 22, 2020 by Robert 1 Comment

In a sense we’re like pioneers. We’re figuring stuff out, like if you came to a new place, and you had to figure everything out. That’s an exciting time.
Richard Smith

Image of yellow flag, Episode 2 with Richard Smith

Yellow Jack Podcast, Episode #2

(Ouimet Presents Episode #13)

On this episode of the Yellow Jack Podcast you’ll meet Richard Smith, SFU Professor and Director of the Masters of Digital Media Program at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Here is his story.

Richard Smith corporate picture next to Richard after 1 week - lots of stubble - with his parrot Cecil.

ISBN: 978-1-926758-24-4

Show Notes:
(in the introduction, ECUAD should have been identified as the Emily Carr University of Art + Design)
Yellow Jack – Episode 2
Exit France
Cecil
No Commuting Social Life
No Agenda Meeting – Academics in PJs
From Classroom to No Classroom in 4 days or less
Like Learning to Drive
Our Chance to Excel

Transcripts:
Read the full transcript
Download the full transcript (PDF)

Links:
Dr. Richard Smith bio at CDM
Preparation Tips – Blue Jeans

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Yellow Quarantine Flag (Wikipedia)
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All episode in this series:

March 29, 2020 Yellow Jack: Imagine Everyone at Home
March 26, 2020 Yellow Jack: There’s a Lot To Do So We Better Go Slow
March 25, 2020 Yellow Jack: What Choice Have I Got?
March 22, 2020 Yellow Jack: Pioneers
March 20, 2020 Yellow Jack: Business as Unusual

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Yellow Jack: Business as Unusual

March 20, 2020 by Robert 1 Comment

At times like this it’s important we take care of ourselves. We don’t need to add stress…isolation in and of itself is stressful.
ina fichman

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Yellow Jack Podcast, Episode #1

(Ouimet Presents Episode #12)

On this first episode of the Yellow Jack Podcast you’ll meet two Canadians who are in self-isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ina Fichman has been making award winning films for over 25 years. Her company, Intuitive Pictures in based in Montreal.

Riley Colasuonno is a geologist from Winnipeg.

Here are their stories….

ISBN: 978-1-926758-23-7

Show Notes:
Yellow Jack – Episode 1

Riley:
An unexpected birthday present.
Google Flights and Skyscanner
Not quite home, but at least back in Canada.
Favourite disinfectant.

Ina:
A funny things happened on the way back from Los Angeles.
From all travel to no travel.
Trying to be flexible.
How this new reality puts a microscope on a film in progress.
Forcing us to rethink a lot of things.

Transcripts:
Read the full transcript
Download the full transcript (PDF)

Links:
Ina Fichman on IMDB
Ina’s company website Intuitive Pictures
Good Pitch Vancouver page about the film Ina mentions in the podcast
Riley Colasuonno on Facebook

Et cetera
Yellow Quarantine Flag (Wikipedia)
Be a guest on the Yellow Jack podcast

All episode in this series:

March 29, 2020 Yellow Jack: Imagine Everyone at Home
March 26, 2020 Yellow Jack: There’s a Lot To Do So We Better Go Slow
March 25, 2020 Yellow Jack: What Choice Have I Got?
March 22, 2020 Yellow Jack: Pioneers
March 20, 2020 Yellow Jack: Business as Unusual

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