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Take Me Home

Take Me Home

Available August 3
Released on: 2012
. Duration:2m
Closed Caption Available.
Content Rating:E

What does home mean? For each person, it's different and so personal. In Take Me Home, prominent British Columbians reflect on what home means to them.

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Episode Title:Vikram Vij

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

A restaurant is a village made up of the people who work there, the people who produce the food, and the customers; it's a home created through a mosaic of experiences.

Episode Title:Alex Cuba

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

Spending months on the road can strain your sense of home, so this musician followed his heart to a new home in Smithers, BC.

Episode Title:Bob Rennie

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

It's a conscious effort to make a house a home, like it's a conscious effort to make a street a community; it starts with aspirations.

Episode Title:Cornelia Hahn Oberlander

Available August 3
. Duration 3 minutes

Landscapes that produce a unity between inside and outside spaces are the specialty of this architect who is inspired by the human longing for nature.

Episode Title:Jan Wade

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

The emotional shift from a steady home to the nomadic life made this artist realize that her real home resides in the love and generosity of friends.

Episode Title:Jill Barber

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

More than a place that has been given to you or built by you, home can be a place you create for someone else.

Episode Title:Josh Dueck

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

"Everything that I want in life and everything that I've learned is through nature". Within a community that values the connection with nature, this professional skier finds home.

Episode Title:Michael Audain

Available August 3
. Duration 3 minutes

The repatriation of Indigenous People's art to their rightful home on the coast is informed by the connection between art and the history of the human species.

Episode Title:Michael Green

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

This architect works in the business of physically manifesting the term home, but his own sense of home is about the people in it.

Episode Title:Nancy Green Raine

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

In a busy life that takes her across Canada for her job as a senator, the feeling of heading home is one of nourishment and rejuvenation.

Episode Title:Pete Devries

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

The west coast life-style of Tofino, BC brings a compelling variety of weather and wind and waves, rivalling the world's most ideal locations for this surfer.

Episode Title:Ryan Cochrane

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

From playing in the pool as a child to practicing daily for the Olympics, being in the water is home for this athlete.

Episode Title:Shane Koyczan

Available August 3
. Duration 1 minutes

From a boxing ring to the Green Lantern, this award-winning spoken word poet elicits many metaphors to describe what home means for him.

Episode Title:Sonny Assu

Available August 3
. Duration 3 minutes

Indigenous artist Sonny Assu finds that sometimes the most meaningful way to experience a sense of home is by reconnecting with what was left behind.

Episode Title:Travis Collier

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

A breeding ground for creativity, camaraderie, and challenge; this BMX Biker recalls his best memories, all which occurred in an empty parking lot.

Episode Title:Wade Davis

Available August 3
. Duration 3 minutes

Considering the evolution of the notion of home, society is now able to move around with such speed and frequency that perhaps the earth itself is our home.

Episode Title:April White

Available August 3
. Duration 3 minutes

The Killer Whale Woman is both scientist and artist. She has lived in many places, but Haida Gwaii is her spiritual home.

Episode Title:Ashleigh McIvor

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

Growing up surrounded by your passion - being able to train and play in your own backyard - helped this Olympic ski-cross gold medalist achieve success on the world stage.

Episode Title:Ben Mink

Available August 3
. Duration 3 minutes

Home is hope; as a musician experiencing life on the road, your sense of home has to start from within.

Episode Title:Chris Haddock

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

This writer, director, and producer started off surviving in the world with just his wits, and then settled into the creative environment of Vancouver's downtown eastside.

Episode Title:Donovan Tildesley

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

Pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone can be a type of home, and for this competitive swimmer, that includes anything in the great outdoors.

Episode Title:Dr. Jaymie Matthews

Available August 3
. Duration 3 minutes

"I'm a traveler, because I'm an astrophysicist". With a career that provides him with a universal perspective, his home on earth is placed in a context that others could only imagine.

Episode Title:Jim Byrnes

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

In his music he remembers the struggle of not knowing where home was; now, surrounded by safety and love, Vancouver is where he hangs his hat.

Episode Title:Kirk McLean

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

This former goaltender knows the feeling of excitement and community that comes along with the home ice advantage.

Episode Title:Mel Davis

Available August 3
. Duration 3 minutes

A long-distance relationship that spanned twenty-five years resulted in love and a new perspective of home for this former Harlem-Globetrotter.

Episode Title:Nancy Robertson

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

Whether in front of the camera or on the stage, this Canadian actress feels most at home in her career - or with her dog!

Episode Title:Susan Musgrave

Available August 3
. Duration 3 minutes

A 400-year-old Douglas Fir and a Canadian writer both share the same home - a living, breathing house containing many dreams.

Episode Title:Home Is Where the Art Is

Episode 1
. Duration 23 minutes

What does home mean to you? For each person, it's different and so personal - in the backyard, on stage, in Tofino, in the kitchen, or wherever your family is.

Episode Title:Home Base

Episode 2
. Duration 21 minutes

A diverse range of BC artists, athletes and celebrities share what "home" means to them.

Episode Title:Welcome Home

Episode 3
. Duration 22 minutes

A diverse range of BC artists, athletes and celebrities share what "home" means to them.

Episode Title:Home Again

Episode 4
. Duration 22 minutes

A diverse range of BC artists, athletes and celebrities, including Spirit of the West's John Mann and his wife, playwright Jill Daum, share what "home" means to them.

Episode Title:Adelene Da Soul

Available August 3
. Duration 2 minutes

This passionate spoken word performance confronts societies prejudice towards people who don't have a home.

Episode Title:Kathy Mezei

Available August 3
. Duration 3 minutes

Once a place of privacy and solace, this professor suggests that the home is making a return to a place of both work and family.

Episode Title:John Mann and Jill Daum {air with language disclaimer}

Available August 3
. Duration 5 minutes

"Music is really comforting me. It just makes me feel good". In memory of Canadian music icon John Mann, a story of love, music, and creativity.