Podcasts about msvu

On the phone-in: Our guest is Chaimaa Yassin, a senior research director at the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Listeners share their thoughts on income inequality. And off the top of the show, we speak with Meredith Ralston from MSVU about the results of the federal election.

Today, the East Coast Prison Justice Society released a series of calls to action, including ending police deployment to wellness checks and to launch a civilian crisis response team. This comes after two deaths in HRM where police attended wellness checks and a conducted energy weapon (aka taser) was deployed to subdue the individual. Sheila Wildeman is the chair of the East Coast Prison Justice Society and a professor of law at Dalhousie University. El Jones is one of the authors of the 2022 report, Defunding the Police: Defining the Way Forward for HRM and a professor at MSVU. Jamie Livingston is a criminology prof at SMU. They all spoke with Alex Guye about the calls to action, in particular the civilian crisis team, just before we went to air.

On today's episode of I Got Time Today, KBTHABANDHEAD talks about the recent LA Honda BOTB field rankings, Mississippi Valley State President Trump's Inauguration Fail,  New Orleans Mardi Gras madness, and Travis Scott's "4x4" band challenge.

On the phone-in: Christine McLean who is chair of the Child and Youth Study Program at MSVU in Halifax answers questions about gentle parenting. And off the top, we speak with Ann de Ste Croix who's the executive director of the Transition House Association of NS. She discusses the high number of IPV homicides recently in NS.

Yangsta is a hip-hop artist and radio/podcast personality from Dartmouth Nova Scotia. He is an avid supporter of the local NS hip-hop scene and has been releasing music for over a decade. Yangsta's musical style is inspired by the likes of Will Smith, 2Pac, Jay-Z, Notorious BIG and other notable figures of old school 90s rap era. A lyrical perfectionist, Yangsta prefers to write bars on a pen and a pad vs. freestyling songs. The polished and to-the-point song structure in all of his music serves as a testament to his effort towards creating the best music. Yangsta co-hosted a popular radio show on 88.1fm CKDU called “Pyrate Radio”, a one-hour-long local hip hop show alongside Vadell Gabriel. Over the eight years of the show being active, the duo brought on countless guests from the local music community to showcase their content and talents, including the Blackout Podcast's host. Yangsta & Vadell also performed and DJ'd at various venues across the city such as the Gottingen 250 festival, “Family Over Fame” day, The Coast's “Food Truck party” and “Multi-cultural night” at MSVU. Yangsta's latest project “Tales From the Dark Side” #TFDS is a testament to his lyricism and life experiences as a resident of Dartmouth. The gritty yet energetic sounds of the project is an accurate reflection of life in the Dark Side and the unique vibe the city has. A must listen. Check him out @theyangsta7

On the phone-in today: Author Ian Sutton who wrote "Pardon Our Dust: Decisions for the End of Life", discusses green burial options including the lesser known process of aquamation. And off the top of the show, we speak with professor Alex Khasnabish from MSVU about the sharp rise in the number of hate crimes being reported by the Halifax Police. And we also hear an update from PEI about the Sir John A. MacDonald statue which is currently in storage.

Jacquelyn Miccolis is a social entrepreneur committed to using creativity to drive positive change. In 2019, she founded Sparkles n' Sawdust Studio, an award-winning venture recognized for its significant community impact. After navigating the challenges of the pandemic, Jacquelyn launched Supernova Events to support the creative economy in Atlantic Canada, including key initiatives like the Supernova Market and Conference. With diplomas in community development and office administration and a psychology background from MSVU, she has refined her skills as a leader and community builder. This summer, Jacquelyn will release her debut book, Unfiltered Wisdom: A How-To Guide for Creative Entrepreneurs, offering practical insights for innovators and available exclusively on Amazon. Jacquelyn eagerly welcomes opportunities for new creative projects, speaking engagements, and initiatives that foster community-building efforts. Learn more @thesupernovamarket

If we spend any length of time in space, it will affect the body. The question is how? Biology professor Dr. Tamara Franz-Odendaal just got half a million dollars to find out the impact of space travel on bone health.

Alex Khasnabish, who's a professor of Anthropology at Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, explains the complex issues surrounding the attack over the weekend by Hamas militants in Gaza on Israel. We hear an update about vandalism in the veteran's section of Forest Hill Cemetery in Fredericton. And on the phone-in: Wildlife biologist Bob Bancroft answers your questions.

Robert Berard from Mount St. Vincent University discusses the complex reasons for the current shortage in teachers. Berard has nearly 50 years experience in the education sector. And on the phone-in: Dr Ken Rockwood and Dale Morehouse in NB answer questions about Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

About our Guest:Denver Hilland grew up in the GTA and was a professional level ballerina until she left for university. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Kinesiology and Physical Education from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a Master of Arts Health Promotion from Dalhousie University.Denver served as the Project coordinator for the Early Childhood Collaborative Research Centre at MSVU, a Health Promoter for the Health for All Family Health Team, and is now a Health Promotion Specialist for PSP Health Promotion in Petawawa.Denver met her partner before he joined the military. He was called up to basic about five months into their relationship.  They've been together for four and a half years. They were posted to Petawawa in September 2021 while Denver was six months pregnant. Prior to this posting they had a long distance relationship as her partner completed his DP1, with working in Halifax while he was at Borden.Contact us: We would love to hear from you.  If you are a Military Family Member that wants to share your experiences and lessons learned, email us at Podcast.Feedback@PetawawaMFRC.com 

Raina Norman has been working as a mermaid from Halifax for 14 years.She married her mer-wrangler and co-owner and they have a baby they named River. She completed her education at MSVU and published three books about her mermaid life.When she's not working as a mermaid she enjoys scary movies, walking in nature, and podcasts!Find out more @hfxmermaid

It's a first for two Nova Scotia Universities as they move to help First Nations students on campus. Emily Pictou-Roberts has been named Resident Nsukwi' (Auntie in Residence) at University of King's College and Mount Saint Vincent University.She is from the Mi'kmaw community of Millbrook First Nation.The role goves her the opportunity to provide cultural, emotional, and spiritual support for Indigenous and other students on campus. And it's another step towards recognizing our shared history and honouring the spirit of being treaty people.

It all started as a way to open the floor to questions about race and racism because people were listening to dubious sources. Ajay Parasram is an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University. He and Mount Saint Vincent University Professor Alex Khansnabish came up with an idea to offer what they called Safe Space for White Questions. That ended up becoming a YouTube Channel and led them to their new book published by Fernwood. "Frequently Asked White Questions" is the ten most common questions they took and it was a way to offer education without condition. And they could do it in a way that was not designed to embarrass or inflame and to use humour to also foster understanding and pull people into anti-racist behaviour.

Last year, tuition-waiver programs for former youth in care took off among post-secondary institutions in Atlantic Canada. MSVU was the first... with schools like Dalhousie, CBU, and NSCC following suit in adopting the programs (along with wrap-around services) to help students succeed. MSVU professor Jacquie Gahagan is leading two research studies into how these programs are working for students who take advantage of them.

We speak with Robert Bernard, the executive director of the NS Indigenous Tourism Enterprise Network. He's also a key player in the new Kinu Tourism Program at MSVU. The program will help encourage Indigenous tourism entrepreneurs and include more Mi'kmaq history in tourism experiences. And on the phone-in: Aaron Publicover -- appliance repair.

Hear how Dartmouth filmmaker Hannah Minzloff and MSVU nutrition professor Phillip Joy have teamed up to shed light on disordered eating in the 2SLGBT+ community, through an educational documentary series called Wicked Bodies.

Acadia University masters student Noémie Bergeron-Germain and MSVU associate professor Christine Lackner talk about their research into how a person's executive function - memory, reasoning, planning and more - can be affected by racial trauma.

MSVU anthropologist Alex Khasnabish, who studies social movements, tells us what he sees in the tactics used by convoy protesters in Ottawa and elsewhere. Plus, we ask him about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time ever.

Msit No'Kmaq is a book that draws together stories from dozens of young Indigenous people who sailed on a tall ship from Halifax to France back in 2017. The collection will officially launch on Tuesday at Mount Saint Vincent University. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Brennan Googoo, who lives in Millbrook First Nation, and was on the voyage, and Shane Theunissen, an associate professor at MSVU, who co-edited the book.

Eleftherios Michalopoulos, a recent graduate of Mount Saint Vincent University, spoke with host Jeff Douglas about his passion for education and what he's learned about living a fulfilling life.

The Liberal Candidate being told to step aside because of online images has revived the conversation about sexuality and double standards. Meredith Ralston is a professor of women's studies at Mount Saint Vincent University. She researches women in politics and has written a book called Slut-Shaming, Whorephobia, and the Unfinished Sexual Revolution.

 Danielle Bird is an Intuitive and Mental Health Advocate. After overcoming decades worth of morphing diagnoses & mental challenges (anxiety, depression, eating disorders, social anxiety, complex PTSD, self-harm, etc.), she now teaches & inspires others to remember how powerful they truly are when it comes to healing and transformation.  She recently graduated from MSVU with a Bachelor of Honours in Psychology & Neuroscience.  She is a FUTURE licensed therapist and practicing astrologist/intuitive. Y You can find more about her on her Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, or Podcast ~ all linked below: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birddaniellee/ (https://www.instagram.com/birddaniellee/) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI0diwHvWVOIb_HRwPLPkBw (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI0diwHvWVOIb_HRwPLPkBw) Podcast: https://birddaniellee.podbean.com/ (https://birddaniellee.podbean.com/) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@birddaniellee (https://www.tiktok.com/@birddaniellee) Support this podcast

We've heard from the politicians about the promises they are making as they spend our dollars. It's important to hear from others who know about the impact it will have on families and children. The Early Learning and Child Care announcement this week happened at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax. That facility is home to the Child Study Centre. It's also where Dr. Christine McLean is an associate professor and an expert in the field of early childhood education specifically in the areas of play-based learning.

MSVU's Robert Berard discusses the ramifications and possible fixes for the abundance of online learning during the pandemic, we hear how busy gardening centres are on PEI and on the phone-in, gardening expert, Marjorie Willison, shares her expertise

Danny De Palma, the newest Head Coach of the Men's Basketball program at Mount Saint Vincent University, joins host Tyler Bennett for Episode 19 in Season Three of the Four Quarters Podcast, powered by Four Quarters Media!  To get things started, Bennett and De Palma discuss their mutual love for the Marvel Universe, which includes the new series on Disney+ that have been coming during the pandemic.  De Palma shares who his favourite Marvel character is, and it's one that may come as a surprise.  Then, De Palma discusses his coaching journey, from the C.P. Allen Cheetahs and Basketball Nova Scotia to Acadia University, and eventually MSVU.  During his trip down memory lane, De Palma discusses the topics of 'finding your niche' and 'player development'.  To close, Bennett and De Palma discuss the Mystics' men's basketball program, the 2021-22 recruiting class, and why now was the right time for De Palma to make the jump to a Head Coach role.  (MUSIC: bensound.com)

Guest: Dr. Maya Eichler, Leads the Centre for Social Innovation and Community Engagement in Military Affairs at Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada Research Chair in Social Innovation and Community Engagement & Associate Professor of Political and Canadian Studies and Women’s Studies at MSVU. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The CCAA Women's Basketball Spotlight Series makes its final stop on the journey across Canada, as MSVU Mystics Women's Basketball Head Coach Mark Forward the Four Quarters Podcast, powered by Four Quarters Media! In Part Five of the five-part series, Forward and host Tyler Bennett kick off the chat by taking a look at Mark's career with the Mystics and in the ACAA, one that started as a player with the Men's Program before joining the Coaching Staff. Forward shares his thoughts on what has made the Mystics program such a success over the years. Then, Bennett and Forward discuss the Mystics in the community, and how giving back is a key piece of the culture at Mount Saint Vincent University. The Spotlight Series is designed to showcase each and every league in some way, and the CCAA Women's Basketball Spotlight Series showcases all five leagues from across Canada. (MUSIC: bensound.com)

Today, using a student-generated interview guide, I will be having a conversation with Terri Roberts. Terri is currently a part-time graduate student at MSVU working on her MA in Women & Gender Studies. Her thesis, The Pink Dumbbell Problem, is about gender and agnotology in the fitness education industry. She is a full time fitness instructor and is also a course conductor for the Nova Scotia Fitness Association. Her side-gig is writing children's books about Celtic mythology which introduce the Gaelic language. Students prepared for creating this interview guide by reading “Throwing like a Girl: A Phenomenology of Feminine Body Comportment Motility and Spatiality,” Published by Iris Marion Young in 1980. To quote Young, her paper “seeks to begin to fill a gap that […] exists in existential phenomenology and feminist theory. It traces in a provisional way some of the basic modalities of feminine body comportment, manner of moving, and relation in space. It brings intelligibility and significance to certain observable and rather ordinary ways in which women in our society typically comport themselves and move differently from the ways that men do.” Young is interested in the embodiment of norms experienced by women who are, quote, “situated in contemporary advanced industrial, urban, and commercial society.” She argues that even the experiences of women in our society who live against feminine norms of body comportment have their lives situated and given meaning by these norms. Students created interview questions that in many cases were informed by the Young reading but that would nonetheless make sense to listeners unfamiliar with Young’s work.

This week Brian and Jeremie sit down with Meredith. She is pursuing her Master’s at MSVU in Dietetics and her research revolves around weight bias in healthcare. We touch on the BS of BMI, set weight, intuitive eating and more. More importantly we touch the biases that fat people face in the healthcare system. To quote Meredith, "I can argue until I am blue in the face that fat people can be healthy (which they can!), but sometimes talking about health masks the real issue, which is that people of all sizes deserve respect and fair treatment, regardless of their health status." This is is a conversation made to make you think, but what we hope everyone takes from this one is that language and compassion are everything! For more info check out Merediths blog post over at www.sickboypodcast.com/blog  Patreon: patreon.com/sickboy Tickets: sickboypodcast.com/shows

This week Brian and Jeremie sit down with Meredith. She is pursuing her Master’s at MSVU in Dietetics and her research revolves around weight bias in healthcare. We touch on the BS of BMI, set weight, intuitive eating and more. More importantly we touch the biases that fat people face in the healthcare system. To quote Meredith, ""I can argue until I am blue in the face that fat people can be healthy (which they can!), but sometimes talking about health masks the real issue, which is that people of all sizes deserve respect and fair treatment, regardless of their health status."" This is is a conversation made to make you think, but what we hope everyone takes from this one is that language and compassion are everything! For more info check out Merediths blog post over at www.sickboypodcast.com/blog

This week Brian and Jeremie sit down with Meredith. She is pursuing her Master’s at MSVU in Dietetics and her research revolves around weight bias in healthcare. We touch on the BS of BMI, set weight, intuitive eating and more. More importantly we touch the biases that fat people face in the healthcare system. To quote Meredith, ""I can argue until I am blue in the face that fat people can be healthy (which they can!), but sometimes talking about health masks the real issue, which is that people of all sizes deserve respect and fair treatment, regardless of their health status."" This is is a conversation made to make you think, but what we hope everyone takes from this one is that language and compassion are everything! For more info check out Merediths blog post over at www.sickboypodcast.com/blog

Preseason PR, Austin Mention Interview, In the News- Super Bowl, MSVU, Astros , KD

Preseason outlook- New Year New Teams, Ring Ceremony, Building the Brand at Champions, Special Guest Rafael Farely, In the News- Titans, Texans Meltdown, MSVU

Stories about his time at an HBCU and some other black history.Visit https://thelionsdenstl.wixsite.com/home.Visit https://anchor.fm/altitude-adjustment2.Music by Fred Walker, Bits & Pieces. Used with permission.

Stories about his time at an HBCU and some other black history. Visit https://thelionsdenstl.wixsite.com/home. Visit https://anchor.fm/altitude-adjustment2. Music by Fred Walker, Bits & Pieces. Used with permission. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/altitude-adjustment2/support

Ashley Avery is a feminist writer, poet and advocate living in KJIPUKTUK (Halifax).She holds a BA in Women’s Studies from MSVU and previously completed a Diploma in Social Service Work in Toronto. She is a former member of the Hali Slam team and a competitor at the 2017 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. Her visual poetry installation titled “Elements of Rape Culture” was featured at the Mount Saint Vincent community art gallery and in 2018 she was commissioned to collaborate with a lucky director (read: myself) on a docupoem titled “How Will You Honour Your Land?” for the Lunenburg Documentary Film Festival.Ashley has performed her poetry at numerous protests and community events across Nova Scotia. She uses spoken word as a form of activism to bring injustice to centre stage and speak truth to power. She is the former women and youth services coordinator at a local non-profit serving criminalized women. She is now the access to justice coordinator at the newly formed Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia where she is managing the #TalkJustice initiative— a community engagement strategy centring the voices of the public in the justice system and giving community a platform to share their stories with the ultimate goal of improving their experiences.When she isn’t snuggling her dog Jaxon or driving her daughter to extracurricular activities, she is probably watching Netflix or plotting her next move.In this episode, we talk about how everything, poetry, #TalkJustice and a lot more.Check her out @_a.avery_

DIGITAL DIARY is an intimate platform for you to access to my dream world. Hangout with me and my new friend Jacqueline who is a fellow Student at MSVU in Halifax. She's a Women's + Cultural Studies major, focusing on Women in Film. We talk all things Feminism, Media, Tv, Movies, our childhoods &...snacks. Duh~ Thanks for listening in on entry 2!

This year, we distill the best moments from 76 holiday greeting videos that were published by colleges and universities across Canada in December 2015, and select a few as “Best in Class” for their categories. Please “take twenty” with us, and enjoy! If you’re creating your own holiday greeting video, be sure to animate your logo with snowflakes and sleighbells. Your task is to convey best wishes on behalf of the campus community, most often featuring the president as spokesperson. A snowy Canadian winter is a natural, non-denominational symbol of winter break, and so many holiday greeting videos feature footage of campus wrapped in a blanket of snow. Perhaps last year was particularly green, since quite a few videos faked the snow – from Royal Roads to Western (which got Best in Class for this category.) The simplest way to incorporate the many voices on campus is to feature a collage of photographs, either taken throughout the year, or staged using holiday props. More popular is the “Holiday Shout-Out”, a compilation of many staff and students sharing their holiday wishes, often in a range of languages and reflecting a variety of traditions. (Humber College gets Best in Class for this category, although there are plenty of other great examples. VIU deserves honorable mention for involving their “Extreme Science” team. uWindsor produced a very slick multilingual video, but Queen’s ultimately got Best in Class for the sheer range of voices and their enthusiasm.) A variation on the “shout-out” is the “on-the-street Q&A”, and again there are plenty of great examples. Many ask students and staff what the holidays mean to them, or what they are looking forward to about the holidays. (SFU gets Best in Class for this category, for a polished and energetic video asking staff and students about their gift to the world.) Many institutions showcase the skills and talents of their students and alumni in their holiday greetings. Sheridan has a tradition of animated videos, and Mohawk of very polished musical greetings. Last year we saw alumni talents featured by NSCC, ECUAD, Ryerson, and Georgian as well. (We awarded Mohawk Best in Class for their musical videos, and even behind-the-scenes video.) Special mention goes to MSVU's recruiters, who clowned around while demonstrating their gift-wrapping skills. We saw tree-trimming parties at King’s and CBU, among others, but uVic took it to a new level with their best-in-class approach to symbolic ornaments and student sound bytes. A close runner-up was George Brown, which created a strong example as well. Santa Claus made an appearance at Douglas, posing for photos with all the good little girls and boys. At Niagara, gifts were delivered by Basil, the greenhouse cat. Brock staged a "parking miracle". A staffer named Lori played Secret Santa at Durham, while Lassonde tackled intergenerational peace and understanding with a defense of Millennials. UNB created an emotional thank-you from scholarship recipients to donors. But our favourite in this category was a wordless music video from uLeth, featuring gorgeous cinematography and Tyrone Wells’ song “Christmas at Home.” (Unfortunately UofL has just recently deleted their upload.) Some institutions promote professional, accomplished singers of Christmas Carols, while many publish videos of enthusiastic amateurs. Some try to stay in key, while others focus on having fun. NSCC shared a sign language caroling performance. Waterloo's Faculty of Environment rewrote “Winter Wonderland” with a “green” focus. Algoma staff participated in a collective reading of “The Grinch”. Bow Valley “put a bow on it.” Fleming produced their own version of Jimmy Fallon’s “Thank You Notes.” RDC parodied “The Night Before Christmas.” Definitely Best in Class for the parody category, however, was a version of the “12 Days of Christmas” by the Film & Video students at CNA. (Of course I can’t resist including uMich Engineering's Star Wars parody, “The Holiday Jedi Rap.”) You can watch the original, unedited versions of these holiday videos in our 2015 Holiday Videos playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYULq5f-_JsusgbW1V8BNfSd On behalf of everyone here at Eduvation, and from my family to yours, I want to wish you a truly peaceful holiday season, and a happy and prosperous 2017! We’re already assembling a YouTube playlist of 2016 holiday videos, so please add yours here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYW50HvU2lrHm_DURpmz8jqk&jct=HCQjNaZ4OsE7aqyhuMM-_4ox4oMGcg (We’ll summarize them for next year’s holiday special.)

This year, we distill the best moments from 76 holiday greeting videos that were published by colleges and universities across Canada in December 2015, and select a few as “Best in Class” for their categories. Please “take twenty” with us, and enjoy! If you’re creating your own holiday greeting video, be sure to animate your logo with snowflakes and sleighbells. Your task is to convey best wishes on behalf of the campus community, most often featuring the president as spokesperson. A snowy Canadian winter is a natural, non-denominational symbol of winter break, and so many holiday greeting videos feature footage of campus wrapped in a blanket of snow. Perhaps last year was particularly green, since quite a few videos faked the snow – from Royal Roads to Western (which got Best in Class for this category.) The simplest way to incorporate the many voices on campus is to feature a collage of photographs, either taken throughout the year, or staged using holiday props. More popular is the “Holiday Shout-Out”, a compilation of many staff and students sharing their holiday wishes, often in a range of languages and reflecting a variety of traditions. (Humber College gets Best in Class for this category, although there are plenty of other great examples. VIU deserves honorable mention for involving their “Extreme Science” team. uWindsor produced a very slick multilingual video, but Queen’s ultimately got Best in Class for the sheer range of voices and their enthusiasm.) A variation on the “shout-out” is the “on-the-street Q&A”, and again there are plenty of great examples. Many ask students and staff what the holidays mean to them, or what they are looking forward to about the holidays. (SFU gets Best in Class for this category, for a polished and energetic video asking staff and students about their gift to the world.) Many institutions showcase the skills and talents of their students and alumni in their holiday greetings. Sheridan has a tradition of animated videos, and Mohawk of very polished musical greetings. Last year we saw alumni talents featured by NSCC, ECUAD, Ryerson, and Georgian as well. (We awarded Mohawk Best in Class for their musical videos, and even behind-the-scenes video.) Special mention goes to MSVU's recruiters, who clowned around while demonstrating their gift-wrapping skills. We saw tree-trimming parties at King’s and CBU, among others, but uVic took it to a new level with their best-in-class approach to symbolic ornaments and student sound bytes. A close runner-up was George Brown, which created a strong example as well. Santa Claus made an appearance at Douglas, posing for photos with all the good little girls and boys. At Niagara, gifts were delivered by Basil, the greenhouse cat. Brock staged a "parking miracle". A staffer named Lori played Secret Santa at Durham, while Lassonde tackled intergenerational peace and understanding with a defense of Millennials. UNB created an emotional thank-you from scholarship recipients to donors. But our favourite in this category was a wordless music video from uLeth, featuring gorgeous cinematography and Tyrone Wells’ song “Christmas at Home.” (Unfortunately UofL has just recently deleted their upload.) Some institutions promote professional, accomplished singers of Christmas Carols, while many publish videos of enthusiastic amateurs. Some try to stay in key, while others focus on having fun. NSCC shared a sign language caroling performance. Waterloo's Faculty of Environment rewrote “Winter Wonderland” with a “green” focus. Algoma staff participated in a collective reading of “The Grinch”. Bow Valley “put a bow on it.” Fleming produced their own version of Jimmy Fallon’s “Thank You Notes.” RDC parodied “The Night Before Christmas.” Definitely Best in Class for the parody category, however, was a version of the “12 Days of Christmas” by the Film & Video students at CNA. (Of course I can’t resist including uMich Engineering's Star Wars parody, “The Holiday Jedi Rap.”) You can watch the original, unedited versions of these holiday videos in our 2015 Holiday Videos playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYULq5f-_JsusgbW1V8BNfSd On behalf of everyone here at Eduvation, and from my family to yours, I want to wish you a truly peaceful holiday season, and a happy and prosperous 2017! We’re already assembling a YouTube playlist of 2016 holiday videos, so please add yours here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYW50HvU2lrHm_DURpmz8jqk&jct=HCQjNaZ4OsE7aqyhuMM-_4ox4oMGcg (We’ll summarize them for next year’s holiday special.)

In this week's Ten with Ken, we sum up some recent higher ed social media trends and memes, from the #MannequinChallenge to MUN's reality TV webcast, "The New Class," and much more! #MannequinChallenge: After the Pokémon Go craze of July and August, the next viral sensation to hit the inter webs was the #MannequinChallenge. It was apparently started by high school students in Jacksonville FLA in early October. Within a month it was being replicated by college football teams, NFL teams, leading political candidates, pop music stars and the US First Lady. The first Canadian PSE campus to upload a #MannequinChallenge video to their official YouTube channel appears to be La Cité Collègiale. Their culinary students were featured in a video on Nov 9. MSVU students jumped on the bandwagon a day later. A Collège Boréal student association video followed a week later. But by far the biggest, most ambitious #MannequinChallenge we've seen involved 750 staff and students at Brock University. The #Mannequin videos we featured in this episode are collected in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYVSWaOnbWUbXGGD62QwQMp_ Let us know if there was another we should have seen, by commenting below! #TBT: St Lawrence College released a series of short alumni profiles in early November, explicitly leveraging the "Throwback Thursday" meme. We've made a playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYVWsDOh51Y0uMEYa4Rl2DSo Global Oil Thigh: Queen's University Advancement collected clips of alumni worldwide participating in a rendition of the school's gaelic fight song, the "Oil Thigh." Although low-res and uneven in quality, it does convey the school spirit of alumni, as a small celebration of Queen's 175th anniversary. https://youtu.be/DorpBgaxujU MUN's "The New Class": Memorial University of Newfoundland launched a really interesting experiment in student blogging: a weekly web series produced by and starring students. "The New Class" follows the experiences of 10 new students at MUN, from mental health challenges to exhilaration about the weather, outsized characters to more mundane accounts of school strengths. Check out the episodes here: https://youtu.be/vkDLQ-UFvEY?list=PLzixCJnFSSVgTTSLou7kxKLvC4HJoOICj Cute Kids: As part of their 50th anniversary communications program, Ontario's Colleges released a video this month featuring adorable kids talking about the future, their career plans, and their (limited) understandings of what college offers. https://youtu.be/Ja967dYPVvg Women are Powerful: Mount St Vincent University released a 2-min video this month to thank Hillary Clinton for her efforts on the campaign trail and in particular her concession speech empowering young women. It connected to MSVU's history as a women's college (from 1873-1967) and the honorary degree it awarded to a much younger Hillary Clinton in 1995. https://youtu.be/7VTKWBGKDyA So in addition to our April Fool's special https://youtu.be/v-dSiWr3KHM and our Back to School episode https://youtu.be/Ci3YPzohbLM , this rounds out our coverage of social media this year. Aside, of course, from our upcoming annual Holiday Special! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss it, here on YouTube, or on iTunes, or by email (for exclusive early access) at http://eduvation.ca/subscribe/

In this week's Ten with Ken, we sum up some recent higher ed social media trends and memes, from the #MannequinChallenge to MUN's reality TV webcast, "The New Class," and much more! #MannequinChallenge: After the Pokémon Go craze of July and August, the next viral sensation to hit the inter webs was the #MannequinChallenge. It was apparently started by high school students in Jacksonville FLA in early October. Within a month it was being replicated by college football teams, NFL teams, leading political candidates, pop music stars and the US First Lady. The first Canadian PSE campus to upload a #MannequinChallenge video to their official YouTube channel appears to be La Cité Collègiale. Their culinary students were featured in a video on Nov 9. MSVU students jumped on the bandwagon a day later. A Collège Boréal student association video followed a week later. But by far the biggest, most ambitious #MannequinChallenge we've seen involved 750 staff and students at Brock University. The #Mannequin videos we featured in this episode are collected in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYVSWaOnbWUbXGGD62QwQMp_ Let us know if there was another we should have seen, by commenting below! #TBT: St Lawrence College released a series of short alumni profiles in early November, explicitly leveraging the "Throwback Thursday" meme. We've made a playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYVWsDOh51Y0uMEYa4Rl2DSo Global Oil Thigh: Queen's University Advancement collected clips of alumni worldwide participating in a rendition of the school's gaelic fight song, the "Oil Thigh." Although low-res and uneven in quality, it does convey the school spirit of alumni, as a small celebration of Queen's 175th anniversary. https://youtu.be/DorpBgaxujU MUN's "The New Class": Memorial University of Newfoundland launched a really interesting experiment in student blogging: a weekly web series produced by and starring students. "The New Class" follows the experiences of 10 new students at MUN, from mental health challenges to exhilaration about the weather, outsized characters to more mundane accounts of school strengths. Check out the episodes here: https://youtu.be/vkDLQ-UFvEY?list=PLzixCJnFSSVgTTSLou7kxKLvC4HJoOICj Cute Kids: As part of their 50th anniversary communications program, Ontario's Colleges released a video this month featuring adorable kids talking about the future, their career plans, and their (limited) understandings of what college offers. https://youtu.be/Ja967dYPVvg Women are Powerful: Mount St Vincent University released a 2-min video this month to thank Hillary Clinton for her efforts on the campaign trail and in particular her concession speech empowering young women. It connected to MSVU's history as a women's college (from 1873-1967) and the honorary degree it awarded to a much younger Hillary Clinton in 1995. https://youtu.be/7VTKWBGKDyA So in addition to our April Fool's special https://youtu.be/v-dSiWr3KHM and our Back to School episode https://youtu.be/Ci3YPzohbLM , this rounds out our coverage of social media this year. Aside, of course, from our upcoming annual Holiday Special! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss it, on YouTube, iTunes, or by email (for exclusive early access) at http://eduvation.ca/subscribe/

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Listen to Frosh week highlights brought to you by the musical talents of Hermit, EMC and DJ Shinook. This is the first ever MSVU Students' Union Podcast. CrowRadio is going to be a monthly undertaking bringing you news, comedy and music for your entertainment.Crow Radio 1 - Frosh Edition 07-08Produced by: Bruno Perron & Mike McguireMusic by: HermitWritten by: Bruno PerronVocals by: EMC, Hermit, MontrealDAN and DJ ShinookCuts by: DJ Shinook