Ways of Knowing
A weekly Education podcast
Ways of Knowing
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In this episode of the Peter Wall Institute's Ways of Knowing, 2021 Wall Scholar Annette Henry (Language and Literacy Education & the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, UBC) speaks with educator activist Shelley-Anne Vida
2021 Wall Scholars Tom Scholte (Theatre & Film), Khanh Dao Duc (Mathematics) and Hannah Wittman (Land & Food Systems) in conversation about a new collaboration that brings together data analysis and visualization from mathematics and the web-ba
Wall Scholar Sheila Teves, a molecular biologist at the University of British Columbia, joins fellow 2020 Wall Scholar Jennifer Black to discuss how her background as a Filipina immigrant has influenced her scientific journey and her advocacy t
With near daily calls to build back better after the pandemic, what does this mean for a world in crisis and in particular what does it mean for education? 2020 Wall Scholar Dr. Michelle Stack speaks with Dr. Cilla Ross about what happens when
In this episode, Wall Scholar Hoi Kong invites Jinpa Thupten and Jessica Main to explore the actual and potential adaptions of Buddhist practices and concepts for training in professional disciplines, including medicine and law. They also discu
Mohammed Rafi Arefin, an urban geographer and 2021 Wall Scholar, joins 2020 Wall Scholars Y-Dang Troeung and M. V. Ramana to take us on a fascinating journey through the often overlooked topic of waste. Their conversation discusses the ethics o
Dr. Carl Hansen, CEO of AbCellera Biologics, a technology company that discovered the world’s first antibody therapy authorized to treat mild to moderate COVID-19 sits down with 2020 Wall Scholars Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi and Dr. Lara Boyd for a
Welcome to the first episode of our second season of the Ways of Knowing podcast. In this episode Dr. Carla Nappi, a historian of the pre-modern world, joins 2020 Wall Scholar Dr. Carrie Jenkins to discuss what happens when academic scholarship
Y-Dang Troeung, an expert on critical refugee studies, joins Kalina Christoff to discuss what’s missing from the global refugee narrative – and the more complicated history revealed through combining scholarship and personal experience. Dr. Tro
Jennifer Black, an expert on food systems, joins Kalina Christoff to discuss the role of food in creating connections and communities, the surprising impact of school lunch programs and how the pandemic has affected food security and mental hea
Paul Keown, a specialist in immunology and transplantation, joins Kalina Christoff to discuss the many ways our immune systems contribute to our health -- from allergies and the effects of aging to our response to organ transplants and auto-imm
Diane Srivastava, an expert in ecology, joins Kalina Christoff to discuss food webs and what they can teach us about ecology, climate change, and tipping points in complex systems dynamics.
In this episode, Kalina Christoff is joined by Cole Burton, an expert on wildlife conservation who studies 'charismatic megafauna' – large-bodied terrestrial mammals, such as caribou, wolves, and lions. We humans love displaying those animals o
In this episode, Kalina Christoff is joined by sustainable building technology expert Joseph Dahmen to discuss how architecture shapes our health and society, and how our building codes and architectural practices can be improved by making them
Kalina Christoff and forest ecology expert Suzanne Simard discuss how trees communicate to each other through a sophisticated fungal network of underground connectivity. Simard shares how she arrived at the idea to start testing if trees commun
Our guests for this episode are Candis Callison and Mary Lynn Young, professors at UBC's School of Journalism, Writing and Media. Callison is also a faculty member at UBC’s Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies. Both are former journalists
Our guest for this episode is Steven Reynolds, a Critical Care Physician at the Royal Columbian Hospital. Reynolds is also a faculty member at the Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University, and a Clinical Pr
Our guest for this episode is Lisa Sundstrom, a Professor of Political Science at UBC. Sundstrom is also an associate of the Peter Wall Institute, and an expert on comparatives politics with a focus on Russia and the former Soviet Union as well
Our guest for this episode is Ninan Abraham, professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Department of Zoology at UBC. Abraham is also a member of the Infection, Inflammation and Immunity Research Group, and an expert on im
Our guest for this episode is Daniel Coombs, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at UBC and an Associate of the Peter Wall Institute (PWIAS). Coombs is also an expert on multi-scale infectious disease models and a member of the Mathema
Our guest for episode four of the Ways of Knowing podcast is 2019 Wall Scholar Tara Mayer, a Professor in the Department of History at UBC, as well as a former Wall Institute Distinguished Scholar in Residence. Mayer is a cultural historian who
Our guest for episode three of the Ways of Knowing podcast is Hannah McGregor, an Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University's Publishing Program and host of the Secret Feminist Agenda Podcast. In October of 2019, Hannah co-authored an open
Our guest for episode two is Dr. Max Cameron, a Professor in the Department of Political Science at UBC and Acting Director of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. His research focuses on comparative politics, constitutionalism,
Our guest for episode one is Dr. Michelle Stack, an associate professor in the department of educational studies at UBC. Her research centres on the role of media in education. Her book 'Global University Rankings and the Mediatization of Highe
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