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  • Psychology of Love and Food as a Storytelling Device

    28 FEB 2023 · This week, we spoke to the student coordinators of UBC's Psychology of Love student-directed seminar, Rayyan Basheer and Tenniel Cowen, about why they started this course and what it has been like for them. We also spoke with Abeera Irfan, an upcoming TEDxUBC speaker about how food can be a storytelling device.
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  • TEDxUBC and Black History Month Events

    14 FEB 2023 · This week, we spoke to four of the upcoming speakers for TEDxUBCs upcoming conference: Daniel Shirvani, Prishita Agarwal, Theodore You and Aaron Skinner (@ASkinnerScience on Twitter) and suggested 5 different events you can attend in the Metro Vancouver area in honour of Black History Month.
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  • Sliced Mango Collective, The Gloss, Book Clubs and Black History Month

    7 FEB 2023 · This week is Fundrive at CiTR! Please consider donating if you are in the position to do so :) This week, we interviewed Kathleen Zaragosa, co-founder of the Sliced Mango Collective. SCM is an arts and culture dedicated to creating a space for community building among Filipinx youth. We also interviewed Erin Woodward, founder of The Gloss. The Gloss is a global book club community that has several chapters in Canada including one in Vancouver. The second half of our episode today focused on discussing other book clubs you can join in the Metro Vancouver area and a segment dedicated to highlighting local Black scholars and Black Canadian authors in honour of Black History Month.
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  • Angela Sterritt and Covid's Impact on Nursing Students

    31 JAN 2023 · This week, we spoke to Angela Sterritt about her new position at the 2023 SFU Library's Nonfiction Writer in Residence. We also spoke to three nursing students (Nicole, Sunny, and Fiona), Michelle Tan (a former nursing instructor) and Christine, a registered nurse about the pandemic's impact on nursing students.
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  • Chinatown Looks Project and Student Press Freedom

    24 JAN 2023 · Happy New Year everyone! For this week's episode, we covered the opening reception of the Chinatown Looks: An intergenerational disposable camera project by Yarrow Intergenerational Society and spoke with Jessica Kim and Spencer Iven, the co-directors of the Student Press Freedom Act, about their campaign.
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  • Not Your Typical New Years Resolutions

    20 DEC 2022 · Since the New Year is approaching fast, we wanted to dedicate this weeks episode to some unconventional resolutions you can adopt for the upcoming year.
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  • CUPE 2278

    15 DEC 2022 · This week, we spoke with Adam Huizinga, a representative from CUPE 2278, to learn more about the campaign.
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  • UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights

    10 DEC 2022 · This week, we spoke with the co-president of the UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights club about their community organizing efforts over the past term.
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  • UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights

    8 DEC 2022 · This week, we spoke with the co-president of the UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights club about their community organizing efforts over the past term.
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  • Solidarity Campaign for Mamadou Ba

    29 NOV 2022 · For this week's episode, we interviewed UBC Professor Dr. Mark Harris about the UBC Social Justice Institute's letter of support for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice doctoral student, Mamadou Ba - a Black anti-racist activist who has been targeted by the alt-right movement in Portugal.
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