Being the New Guy in My Old Birthplace

05/04/24 • 7 min

I haven’t been from Newfoundland in a very long while ▬

Sources ▬

○ “List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Wikipedia, November 1, 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_municipalities_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador

○ Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills, St. John’s Population and Labour Market Overview Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), February 2023, https://www.gov.nl.ca/labourmarketinformation/files/Census-2021-Profile-St.-Johns-CMA.pdf

○ Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency, St. John’s Census Metropolitan Area, 2016, https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Maps/pdfs/StJohnsCMA.pdf

○ Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Profile Table, Newfoundland and Labrador, February 1, 2023, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador&DGUIDlist=2021A000210&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 ▬

I haven’t been from Newfoundland in a very long while ▬

Sources ▬

○ “List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Wikipedia, November 1, 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_municipalities_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador

○ Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency, St. John’s Census Metropolitan Area, 2016, https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Maps/pdfs/StJohnsCMA.pdf

Previous Episode

Who Am I and What Is Newfoundland?

▬ A bit about me, a bit about Newfoundland and this podcast, and a story about my mother’s and my adventure at a skeety donut shop ▬

Sources ▬

○ “Skeet (Newfoundland),” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeet_(Newfoundland)

○ Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin, and J.D. A. Widdowson, 2nd ed. with supplement, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/

○ A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles, 2nd edition, editor-in-chief, Stefan Dollinger, http://apps.plotandscatter.com:8080/dchp2/

Next Episode

Tension

How I became calm ▬

Source ▬

○ Georgios Kakarinos and Theodoros Koutsomitros, “Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP),” July 7, 2019, in EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook, https://epg.pubpub.org/pub/istdp/release/5

Newfoundland Boy - Being the New Guy in My Old Birthplace

Transcript

Hi, I’m Wayne Jones. Welcome to Newfoundland Boy, part memoir, part anecdotes, and all about the Canadian province of Newfoundland. This is episode 2: “Being the New Guy in My Old Birthplace.”

It’s an interesting feeling to arrive back in the province you were born in after being away for 42 years. In some way, at least I imagine for some people, it must seem like a step backward, so to speak. You’ve made your career and your life somewhere else, so why return to spend