Intergenerational relationships bring joy and meaning to communities, and at Sherbrooke Community Centre, Elders are forming friendships with grade six students thanks to the iGen program. In this episode of the Welcome to Sherbrooke podcast, we discover how this unique program is helping students and Elders create meaningful relationships.

Sherbrooke's Community Day Program is a welcoming and vibrant program that offers participants the opportunity to connect with people in meaningful ways while supporting caregivers in the greater Saskatoon community. In this episode of the Welcome to Sherbrooke podcast, listeners visit the Community Day Program to discover how it is meeting the needs of the greater community and why participants enjoy spending time in the program.

In this episode of the Welcome to Sherbrooke podcast, we are taking you to Second Neighbourhoods to learn about Sherbrooke’s Neighbourhood Developers and Friends program. This program sees Sherbrooke managers and staff who are not involved in the daily care of Elders spend time in a specific neighbourhood or house at Sherbrooke to help staff create opportunities for Elders, families and staff to come together and create community.

In this episode of Welcome to Sherbrooke, we introduce you to cats, birds, guinea pigs, and people to discover the important role animals play in our Sherbrooke community, and how animals fit with the Eden Alternative Philosophy of Care.

The Creative Arts Studio in Sherbrooke is a place where Elders can come and express themselves in a variety of artistic ways. It's also a hub of activity within Sherbrooke, which you clearly hear in this episode. We take listeners inside the Creative Arts Studio to meet Elders and staff, and to discover the different ways art is creating well-being in our Sherbrooke community.

Welcome to Sherbrooke is a podcast that takes you inside Sherbrooke Community Centre; a long term care home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where 263 residents live and which follows the Eden Alternative Philosophy of Care. In this episode, we learn the importance of Sherbrooke residents connecting with people and organizations in the greater community, and we take you to Saskatoon’s Remai Modern Art Gallery to show how these connections make a difference in the lives of residents.

Sherbrooke Community Centre's Christmas Buffet is an annual event that brings residents and families together during the holiday season to share a meal together. In this episode of Welcome to Sherbrooke, we learn about work it takes to prepare such a large meal and why the buffet is an important community event.

"The higher you climb, the farther you can see." This is one of the many standout moments in a very special episode of the 'Welcome to Sherbrooke' podcast featuring the co-founder of the Eden Alternative Philosophy, Dr. Bill Thomas. He spoke with Sherbrooke Community Centre's CEO, Kim Schmidt, at this month's Eden International Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In their conversation, Kim and Dr. Thomas discuss how the philosophy has evolved over 30 years, what he is currently working on in regards to Elder care, and the role Sherbrooke can play in influencing other long term care homes around the world.

In this episode of Welcome to Sherbrooke, we find a comfortable couch and sit down with Sherbrooke's Trudy Fisher and Patricia Roe to discover why creating an inviting, stimulating and comfortable environment is important to the well-being of residents.

Music plays a vital role in the health and well-being of residents living at Sherbrooke Community Centre. Wes Froese sees the positive impacts of music every day in his role as a Recreation Coordinator at Sherbrooke and as the host of Friday at 3. We take listeners inside Sherbrooke in this episode to learn about this weekly concert series and why it brings so many people together.