Grad Chat - Queen's School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs

Hosted by CJ the DJ (Colette Steer), this is a 30 minute radio show featuring a graduate student or postdoc each week. Each episode is an opportunity for Queen’s grad students and postdocs to showcase ...more

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October 18, 2022 00:41:41
Daphne Brouwer, PhD in Cultural Studies – The cultural perception of liminal animals in Western and non-Western cultures

Daphne Brouwer, PhD in Cultural Studies – The cultural perception of liminal animals in Western and non-Western cultures

I research how humans perceive liminal animals in Western society – which is very negatively – and how we could improve this. To establish...

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October 11, 2022 00:30:56
Dan Reddy, Chemistry – Preparation and Testing of a Volumetrically-Accurate Open Surface Energy Trap (oSET) Wand for Liquid Transfer applications

Dan Reddy, Chemistry – Preparation and Testing of a Volumetrically-Accurate Open Surface Energy Trap (oSET) Wand for Liquid Transfer applications

OR in other words – Precisely and Reliably Capturing Tiny Liquid Volumes The challenge of pipetting small volumes, i.e., sub-microliter amounts, is ubiquitous among...

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October 04, 2022 00:34:22
Alyssa Burrows (Translational Medicine) – Identifying the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with and without allergic diseases.

Alyssa Burrows (Translational Medicine) – Identifying the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with and without allergic diseases.

Everyone’s immune systems work a bit differently. Many Canadians have allergic diseases such as asthma, food allergy and allergic rhinitis. These people are subject...

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September 27, 2022 00:34:12
Paula Muis (Health Professions Education) – Interprofessional experiential education of post-secondary public health learners: a scoping review protocol.

Paula Muis (Health Professions Education) – Interprofessional experiential education of post-secondary public health learners: a scoping review protocol.

Interprofessional education (IPE) activities have occurred in health education institutions in over 40 countries worldwide (Herath et al., 2017). The World Health Organization (2010)...

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September 21, 2022 00:39:33
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Matt Shepherd, LLM in Law – The Digital Tightrope: Examining the Complex Regulatory Landscape for Visual Asset Management in Canadian Higher Education

Overview of the tapestry of Canadian law that governs privacy, especially around photo/video gathering and use at higher education institutions in Canada. For upcoming...

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September 13, 2022 00:37:25
Caitlin Muhl (Health Quality,PhD candidate) – Moving Health Care Upstream to Advance Health, Health Quality, and Health Equity: Defining Social Prescribing and Exploring the Impact on Children and Youth

Caitlin Muhl (Health Quality,PhD candidate) – Moving Health Care Upstream to Advance Health, Health Quality, and Health Equity: Defining Social Prescribing and Exploring the Impact on Children and Youth

The aim of this dissertation is to address notable gaps in the literature on social prescribing, namely the lack of an agreed definition of...

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