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

Latest Episodes

October 18, 2023 00:36:42
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

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...

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October 11, 2023 00:30:49
Zoe Lord (Chemistry) – Testing the impact of cognitive overload on task performance in virtual reality (VR) to provide insights into VR design for chemistry education

Zoe Lord (Chemistry) – Testing the impact of cognitive overload on task performance in virtual reality (VR) to provide insights into VR design for chemistry education

Chemistry educators are turning to new technology like virtual reality (VR) to bring their students three-dimensional, interactive, and user-controlled learning environments to conceptualize molecular...

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October 04, 2023 00:36:08
David Rodrigues (Aging and Health) – Dentures and their Nutritional Impact in Older Adults

David Rodrigues (Aging and Health) – Dentures and their Nutritional Impact in Older Adults

Older adults are at an increased risk of experiencing loss of natural dentation; thus experiencing suboptimal nutritional status. So what impact do dentures have...

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September 27, 2023 00:33:00
Gabrielle Pulver (Environmental Studies) – “Water is Life”: Creative Action to Heal Bodies of Water

Gabrielle Pulver (Environmental Studies) – “Water is Life”: Creative Action to Heal Bodies of Water

We are all bodies of water, from humans, to other animals, plants, watersheds and waterways; all require water to survive and thrive. Considering ourselves...

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September 20, 2023 00:39:01
Kunal Parikh (Aging and Health) – Virtual Training Programs for Informal Caregivers of Older Adults

Kunal Parikh (Aging and Health) – Virtual Training Programs for Informal Caregivers of Older Adults

Informal caregivers of older adults often feel unprepared and underconfident in their role. Conventional (in-person) caregiver psychoeducation or skills-based interventions are difficult to accommodate...

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September 12, 2023 00:35:15
Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon – The experiences of transgender students in Catholic Secondary Schools

Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon – The experiences of transgender students in Catholic Secondary Schools

Yvonne Runstedler is doing a PhD in Human Relationships at Wilfrid Laurier University, alongside James Dixon, who is doing a BA in Christian Studies...

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