FamDamily

The legacy of two people as shared by their children and grandchildren.

The story from behind the Camera

This conversation between Sonya(20) and her dad, Sylvain(61), explores broadcast news from the perspective of someone who works behind the camera. Sylvain has worked for CBC for almost four decades and details how he found himself doing this work, the...

My Grandma
November 1, 2019 App Interview

I decided it was time to learn more about my grandma so I sat down with her on a Saturday morning and asked some questions.

“This is my life — I am alive now.”

An interview with my father on life, change, and new understandings since his Alzheimer's diagnosis two years ago.

Interview: My Mom

Here I interview my mother about her brief life in Ecuador and as that of an immigrant in the United States

An Alzheimer’s Thanksgiving

In this interview I reflected on the past year and a half since the diagnosis of my father’s Alzheimer’s. It’s just me with some thoughts about the judgements people make about the way my family has attempted to navigate how...

Maggie Leighton Interview with Charles Garnier

This interview is with my grandmother's neighbor about his journey from Canada to the United States and his experiences living here.

“I was so excited to go to real school, or what I called real school.”

In this interview between Megan Dixon (15) and her Grandma, Judy Dixon (80), Judy tells Megan about her life. Judy discusses her childhood, her transition between homeschool and public school, and her dream of becoming a teacher. Judy also tells...

Mémé, 2015

Oral history type interview with my Mémé (american/french canadian grandmother). Wanted to capture some of her thoughts as she has mid stage dementia / alzheimers