Latest Episodes
Abebe Alemu (Law) – Deaf Access to the Criminal Justice System in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian criminal justice system relies on spoken language and written communication for its day-to-day business. In principle, the system is supposed to serve...
Lisa Bas (Psychology) – Exploring the malleability of social preferences: How, when, and why people make altruistic decisions.
Society benefits from altruistic individuals, but despite decades of research across disciplines, effective long-term interventions to increase altruistic behavior remain elusive. Therefore, we need...
Dr Esra Alkim Karaagac (Postdoctoral Fellow), Geography and Planning: “International Student Indebtedness in Canada”
Examing the role of private lending practices in Canada’s international higher education system, focusing on the socio-economic impacts of predatory lending on international student...
Micky Renders (Environmental Studies) – Arctic Waste in Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung) on Eastern Baffin Island
My Ph.D. project is a creative research collaboration with Inuit Elders, artists and youth in Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), Nunavut, a remote community of 1600 on...
Katie-Marie McNeill – Making the most of opportunities in higher education for your academic, professional and personal growth.
A look at what graduate students can participate in during their studies that helps them personally, professionally and academically. For upcoming interviews check out...
Katie-Marie McNeill (History) – Prisoner Aid Beyond Borders: A Transnational History of Prisoner Aid Societies in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, 1930-1970
The mid-twentieth century saw an increase in the volume and variety of activities that prisoner aid societies in each of the four areas of...