Raideo Podcast

Grad 2022 Harnoor Sandhu drops in from Kelowna during a few days off from her studies. She has been volunteering and working as a paramedic and first responder since high school. She shares her many experiences as a paramedic and talks about some of the trials and tribulations of the job as well as her enthusiasm for helping others.

Dayanara Sinclair, Class of 2017, visits us in the podcast studio a couple of weeks after giving an inspiring talk to Media Arts students in Mr. Choy’s class about her journey from Disney dream to reality as she is now a 3D animator on the Disney Jr. show, “Alice’s Wonderland Bakery”. We talk about how hard work and persistence paid off even though she had to take her coursework online during the pandemic. Dayanara went from working and managing a popular Disney Store to animating for a Disney show. We talk about her creative process and the collaboration that takes place on an animation team as well as some of our favourite animated films and shows.

From the first sketch we saw coming from Han, we knew she was talented. Over the five years she's been at Delview, she's participated in many Fine Arts Nights, and has produced posters, logos, book covers, social media art, and plenty of whiteboard masterpieces that were painful to erase. She has been practicing for a long time and hopes to continue creating and sharing her art in some form or another into the future. In this episode, we talk about Han's life, art, and the future of art. We also discuss the advent of AI and what that means for artists. Kassie Lind co-hosts this one. We are at Episode 50!!! We've had almost 8 great years so far and hope for many more to come. The students, staff, and other guests are what make this show - there is an endless supply of people we are able to interview, each with their own stories and talents to share. We hope you continue to enjoy the show and we thank you for supporting us by listening!

We love when alumni come back! Tiana Gordon, who graduated from Delview in 2015, returns to talk about her experiences as an interior designer and production designer. She has worked on numerous short films, commercials, and feature films including, “It’s A Wonderful Knife” (feat. Jane Widdop, Justin Long, Joel McHale) - in theatres this Christmas, “Cold Copy” - at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC (feat. Jacob Tremblay), and Anthony Shim’s award-winning film, “Riceboy Sleeps”. We chat about the process of designing a set, the film business, and how she worked towards something she’s always wanted to do since she was a little kid. Turpin is back as co-host and a special guest pops in at the end!

Former Delview International Student Nele Haas is back from Germany for a visit! She talks about finishing high school in Germany and looking forward to studying International Relations and Sustainability. We compare the differences and similarities in the customs and traditions of Germany and Canada (including yummy food), and talk about Nele’s travel adventures all over the world. We also discuss the concerns we all have as we experience climate change and our hopes for significant changes to how we do things. Student Kristie Lind does an amazing job co-hosting for a second time!

Diane has always been an amazingly positive and kind person, but when cancer struck her just a few days into the start of the school year in 2021, she showed everyone what “making the best of it” truly means. In this episode, Diane takes us into the world of Pokémon and anime, travelling, and the tribulations and ultimate triumph over Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Around these parts, we call her “Cancer Killer” and we hope her story of positivity and determination will inspire you as much as it has inspired us. Kristie Lind steps in as our first-ever student co-host as both students had a rare night off from their school musical, Urinetown.

In this episode we chat with Delview student, Akari Ishige, who is from Tokyo Japan. She’s one of our International Students and someone we’ve come to know very well here at Delview with her involvement in everything our school has to offer from her Live At Lunch performances as a singer and pianist to Drama productions including "Urinetown The Musical" which showing now in our Patti Hillman Theatre! I taught Akari web design and programming at the beginning of the pandemic as she was just trying to get adjusted to life in Canada. It still astounds me how much grit she has to have navigated that difficult time especially having just left her home and family almost 8000 km away in Tokyo to study in a country where she had to make new friends and learn a new language. The amazing Mr. Yuill joins me as co-host for this episode. Enjoy! Trigger Warning: This episode contains sensitive content that may be triggering for individuals who have experienced or are currently experiencing mental health challenges. Akari talks about her struggles with an eating disorder and negative thoughts she’s had about her life. Please take care and prioritize your well-being while listening. For support, reach out to a mental health professional or call the Fraser Health Crisis Line at 1-877-820-7444. They are ready to support you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Nancy's retiring! Our Assistant Superintendent and educator of 42 years, Nancy Gordon, came in to talk to us not once, but twice. Unfortunately, for the first time ever on the podcast, the audio file corrupted and Nancy graciously offered to come back for a redo, this time with multiple backups. Mark Turpin and I ask her about her career, legacy, and also what it was like being the parent of a student who graduated from Delview. Nancy has been strong supporter of our school community over the years and I have had the pleasure of working with her on a number of occasions. We wish her a happy retirement!

Mr. Sahli and I speak to the very talented Kaydee Deane about Radiohead, violin, guitar, and her Live At Lunch performances at our school. We talk a lot about music we like and how to deal with nerves before performing for an audience. Music has taken Kaydee on a path that she loves and we will be hearing more from her in the near future!

Who doesn't love Mr. Sahli? You'll love him even more after you listen to him talk about his interests in music, sports, and how he got into teaching. Besides being a really nice person and a talented teacher, Mr. Sahli loves collecting records and playing the drums. After many episodes of him as a co-host, it was about time we had a chat just about him!

Alexa tells us more than the latest weather or sports scores (she's never heard that one). She talks about how a knee injury changed her life, growing up in North Delta, and what it's like to be graduating high school. We get into sports, Formula 1 racing, driving, and much more. Ms. Hanson joins us for this chat with the ever positive Alexa Liptak. Episode somewhat sponsored by Forte Physiotherapy please.

Delview teacher Dave Yuill tells us some stories about growing up as an army brat, his own time in the military, his business experience, the pharmaceutical industry, and how all of that lead to him finally becoming a teacher with a ton of life experience to share with others. The man has so many stories that he could have his own podcast! Mr. Turpin joins us for this episode.

After a long pandemic hiatus, we are back! We talk to Marten and Nele, two of our International Students from Germany. They discuss their experiences growing up in Germany and about what surprised them when they arrived in Canada for the first time. Both Marten from Hamburg and Nele from a town near Frankfurt have been wonderful additions to our school and throughout the interview I was impressed by how well-adjusted they were for young people from a country 8000 kilometres away and also how well both of them have been able to understand and speak English. At the beginning you will hear Nele and I wait patiently as Marten decides on what chair he will sit on (after bringing several different chairs into the room). Bonus: a special surprise song at the end!

Grad 2008 and Embedded Engineer Edwin Chand talks about the challenges and rewards of his career at Apple, how he got there after going through SFU Engineering and Blackberry, and the most important ingredients for success in any endeavour. Edwin also talks about how his family immigrated from Fiji and the challenges of becoming Canadians. This episode was recorded on Zoom and the video version has been published on the Delview YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/delviewsecondaryschool

Aleysha Johnson, Grad 2018, model, actor, and activist joins us after famously trolling the President of the United States by posting a video on Tik Tok showing how easy it was for her to reserve free tickets to the Tulsa Oklahoma rally and not show up (she was busy organizing lint from her carpet). We got in touch when I spotted her on a Late Show with Stephen Colbert segment about the Oklahoma rally. We also discuss how she has dealt with the pandemic, how she became an activist, and how young people can use their know-how of social media to make their voices heard and do something positive to help create a just society. Mr. Turpin and I join Aleysha in the "Zoom" where it happens! Aleysha's Video The Late Show

This year, Delview alumna Jenaya Robertson (Grad 2015) won the U SPORTS Chantal Navert Memorial Award which is awarded to the most outstanding player in Canada for university women's soccer. As the 5th year captain for the Trinity Western University Spartans, Jenaya broke her school's scoring record with 14 goals while leading her team to a first place division finish with a 12-1-1 record. We talk about her experiences with her team helping out in Africa and South America and looking forward to a future playing pro soccer in Europe and applying her marketing skills to help charitable organizations. As we close out 2019 I feel very thankful to have the opportunity to speak to so many remarkable people. Merry Christmas and see you in 2020!

Ashley Prasad, Delview Grad 2013 talks to us about her latest project, an eBook she helped out with as a volunteer for Empower The Future Association entitled, "Life After High School: A Post-Secondary Student's Guide to Success". She also reminisces about her time at Delview, Poli Sci at SFU, career discovery, and finding your own way in life. She also may or may not be a secret agent. Go grab the excellent book at: http://bit.ly/afterhighsch and like Ashley says, take care of yourselves!

Mr. Minichiello, a relatively new staff member at Delview talks about growing up Armenian / Italian in Squamish and East Van, History, how he got into Teaching, and Super Smash Bros. He also shares his experiences being someone who is talented enough to teach anything at Delview (or will figure out how). Mr. Sahli and I interrogate our fellow colleague.

Class of 2009 alumna Angie Grant is the Education Coordinator at the Delta Cultural Centre in Ladner. Mr. Sahli and I talk to her about her Incredible experiences being a huge part of Patti Hillman's drama program at Delview, her role in the city of Delta, and the Heritage Week Three-minute Film Festival which anyone can enter before December 20th (e-mail agrant@delta.ca).

Cam Cunningham (Class of 2017) pays us a visit to talk about his sciencey world and how much he's learned since he started working in grade 11. He talks about his criminology program at KPU and how wonderful and stressful university life can be. Then we all travel back in time at 88 mph to talk to our younger selves.