Latest Episodes

Rubaiyat Jabeen, Education – Culture behind Writing: An Inquiry into the Challenges and Cultural Influences on Second Language Writing in the Canadian Academic Context
Starting off with discussing Queen’s first International Education Week and why this event was such a good match to Rubaiyat’s own research. The purpose...

Laura Szczyrba, Geological Sciences – Nearshore Surf Zone Wave Angle Variability and Hydrodynamics
Laura’s research at Queen’s combines numerical modeling, remote sensing, and in-situ observational data to offer a more comprehensive understanding of the coastal nearshore environment...

Quentin Tsang (Translational Medicine) – Using cannabinoids to reduce opioid dosage to treat abdominal pain in inflammatory bowel disease.
Canada has the highest prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the world; 1 in 140 Canadians suffer from the disease. One of the...

Grad Chat – 26th October 2021, Using your graduate journey to help you plan ahead
Homecoming and the importance of alumni connections, what an IDP can do to help you in your journey, our new professional development framework and...

Grad Chat 19th October 2021 – Emily Cervenka and Kristen Hayward, Biology – Queen’s Outdoor Field Experience Initiative (QOFEI)
When you see barriers to getting involved in field research, what do you do about it? Emily and Kristen share their passion that resulted...

Yuxi Zhang, PhD in Biomedical Engineering: Reducing the Foreign Body Immune Response towards Biomaterial
Overview: My research topic is around the foreign body reaction (FBR) which describes a patient’s biological response to an implanted material or device, and...