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Hello again and welcome everyone to this special edition of Campus Beat. Coming up in this episode, we're pleased to present conversations we held with each of the Candidates running for AMS Executive Offices including Presidential Candidates Jana Amer and Nico Brasset Duque, candidates for Vice President University Affairs, Dreyden George and Alyssa Perisa, and the candidate for Vice President Operations, Elena Nurzynski. Let's jump into our conversation now with AMS Presidential Candidate Jana Amer. While you're here, check out our coverage of the AMS All Candidates Debate which took place on January 23rd in Goodes Commons! Thank you for joining us on CFRC's Campus Beat and our coverage of AMS and SGPS elections and referenda at Queen's University.  

Welcome to CFRC's Campus Beat and our coverage of AMS and SGPS Elections and Referenda coming up on January 29th and 30th.  In this installment of our special broadcast and podcasts, we have the available recording furnished to us by the AMS of the January 23rd AMS 2025 All Candidates' Debate, a historic event as it is the first un-slated election of Executives where candidates now run as individuals, not as slated teams of three. Unfortunately, technical issues encountered by the AMS technical team on the ground in Goodes Commons led to recording issues leading to the loss of introductory remarks, but also the loss of audio quality and feed for a brief period,  impacting opening remarks for the Candidates for Vice President of University Affairs and several of their responses to questions.  CFRC has taken steps to salvage what content we could for broadcast and we congratulate the AMS tech team on the ground who successfully remediated recording issues about 25 minutes into the debate ensuring the remaining content we will listen to is clear and for furnishing CFRC with the content.  Video of the debate is available on the AMS's Youtube page audio for this broadcast is also available on CFRC's Campus Beat podcast via Spotify, Apple Music and podcast.cfrc.ca. As some content was either not recorded or lost due to technical issues, we encourage you to download the Campus Beat AMS Executive Candidates Interviews via podcast.cfrc.ca, Spotify or Apple Podcasts where you can enjoy a full discussion with the VP University Affairs candidates. In the meantime, following the condensed remarks by VPUA Candidates Dreyden George and Alyssa Perisa at the top of this episode, we'll hear opening remarks from the Vice President of Operations Candidate Elena Nurzynski who will then field questions related to the VPOPs portfolio. After that, we'll hear opening remarks from the AMS Presidential Candidates Jana Amer and Nico Brasset Duque who will also field questions related to the role of AMS President. The AMS All Candidates debate was facilitated by moderators Andrew Anderson, AMS Chief Returning Officer, and Rebekha Feldman, AMS Chief Electoral Officer. Thank you to the AMS technical team for their hard work on the ground on January 23rd in Goodes Commons and for furnishing the recording of this historic event. Thank you for tuning into CFRC's Campus Beat today and our coverage of the AMS All Candidates debate.  We hope you enjoy the episode.

Andrew and Kevin discuss the basketball programs and the recent release of the 2024 football schedule. Plus, Kevin talks with Vice Chancellor, Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director Candice Lee. Listen to the Vanderbilt Commodores on the Vanderbilt Sports Network from Learfield. Available on 102.5 The Game/94.9 The Fan in Nashville and streaming on the Vanderbilt Athletics app.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to an inspiring episode of our podcast, where we are honored to host Dr. Fatimah Williams, Ph.D., a distinguished strategist and cultural anthropologist. Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of navigating change, optimizing performance, and sustaining well-being with this remarkable thought leader.Dr. Williams has dedicated her career to equipping high-achieving organizations and leaders with the tools and strategies they need to execute their next pivot or growth goal successfully. Her expertise in cultural anthropology allows her to understand the intricate dynamics of human behavior and provides invaluable insights on how to recalibrate for change, enhance performance and outcomes, and foster long-term well-being.With an impressive portfolio, Dr. Williams has made significant contributions to various fields. Her work has been recognized and featured in prestigious publications such as Essence Magazine, LMCTV-New York, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education, Scientific American, and University Affairs. Through her dynamic consulting and speaking engagements, she has collaborated with esteemed institutions like the National Institutes of Health, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and RWJ Barnabas Health.As an accomplished author, Dr. Williams has written three impactful books: the Professional Pathways Planner, Be Bold: Launch Your Job Search or Career Change with Confidence, and the highly anticipated Options for Success, set to be released by Oxford University Press in 2024. Her publications offer invaluable guidance and practical strategies for individuals seeking to navigate their professional journeys and achieve their goals with confidence.Dr. Williams' educational background is as impressive as her accomplishments. She holds a doctorate in Cultural Anthropology from Rutgers University, where she has honed her deep understanding of cultural dynamics and their impact on organizational and individual success. She also earned bachelor's degrees in Foreign Affairs and African American Studies from the University of Virginia.Beyond her professional achievements, Dr. Williams actively engages in the community and has served as an advisory council member of the Zimmerli Art Museum and a board member of the University of Virginia Alumni Association. She resides in Atlanta, sharing her life with her beloved rescue dog, Rey.Prepare to be captivated by Dr. Fatimah Williams as she shares her profound insights, actionable strategies, and transformative wisdom. Whether you are a leader seeking to navigate change, an organization aiming to optimize performance, or an individual striving for personal and professional success, this podcast episode promises to inspire and empower you.Join us as we unravel the secrets to recalibrating for change, unlocking your full potential, and charting a course toward sustainable success. Click the links below to learn more about Dr. Fatimah: Support the showSubscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/awaken-to-purpose-podcast/id1547740739Subscribe to the Awaken to Purpose YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrlP4_rGBiSUSC6VMhftpbA/featuredFollow me on IG: http://www.instagram.com/iamdrvernellTake the K-12 Education Market Quiz: https://bit.ly/K12EducMarketQuizTake The FREE Purpose Walk Quiz: https://vdeslonde.kartra.com/survey/ZJtoXfdP3elFPurchase my book, From Pain to Purpose: https://drvernell.com/from-pain-to-purpose/ Grab my Freebie on the 5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Pursuing Profitable Opportunities with Schools & Districts: https://bit.ly/5_Pitfalls_FreebieIf you're ready to sell to schools and districts, sign up for the Position Your Proposal with Purpose Course: https://bit.ly/P3Accelerator

Tune in LIVE for the very first episode of 2023! Stoyan's guest is Dr. Ivan Joseph. You might have seen his TEDx talk: "The Skill of Self-Confidence: with over 26 million views, that was named by Forbes as one of the 10 Best TED Talks for Graduates on the Meaning of Life

With Ziyana Kotadia and Karen Campbell. Content note: this episode addresses sexual violence. Too Scared to Learn: Women, Violence, and Education by Jenny Horsman (2013) uncovers how violence negatively impacts a student's ability to learn. It focusses on women's literacy, but the broader lesson is clear. None of us can properly learn when we're scared and targeted. This has huge implications for girls, women, and gender-diverse students in all schools, as well as huge implications for post-secondary environments like colleges and universities, where sexual violence is a particular problem. It's the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a great time to talk about ending sexual violence on campus. Our first guest is Ziyana Kotadia, an advocate and writer in her final year of an Honours Specialization in Global Gender Studies and a Minor in Feminist, Queer and Critical Race Theory from Western University and Huron University College. She's Chair of the Safe Campus Coalition and a contributor to the Our Campus, Our Safety Action Plan, a call for action from students all over Canada. Ziyana is passionate about poetry, performance, and politics and has a keen interest in exploring intersections among the worlds of academia, art, and advocacy. She was the 2021-2022 Vice-President University Affairs for Western's University Students' Council, one of the nation's leading student organizations, where she championed gender equity projects and the voices of over 35,000 undergraduate and professional students as the Chief Advocate and Stakeholder Relations Manager to the university's senior administration. Her most recent publications include her op-ed “Universities Need a Consent Awareness Week in Ontario” in the ‘Toronto Star', her second-place winning poem "Heir to A Garden Heart" in ‘Symposium', and her academic article "Poetry, Prayer, and Politics: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Womanhood in the Canadian Ugandan Khoja Ismaili Diaspora" in ‘Liberated Arts: A Journal for Undergraduate Research'. Our second guest, Karen Campbell, Director of Community Initiatives & Policy at the Canadian Women's Foundation. She speaks new research we did in collaboration with the McGill University iMPACTS initiative, documented in a report entitled: Social Media and Mobilizing Change for Community Impacts. It explores the connection between students, social media, and sexual assault on university and college campuses. Relevant links: Our Campus, Our Safety Action Plan, Social Media and Mobilizing Change for Community Impacts: Results Report Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. If you appreciate this content, if you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate at canadianwomen.org and consider becoming a monthly donor. Facebook: Canadian Women's Foundation Twitter: @cdnwomenfdn LinkedIn: The Canadian Women's Foundation Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation

Aaron sits down with William Johnson, the creator of Vancouver Tech Journal, to discuss technology, business and leadership. Specifically, the two explore technological innovations taking place in the health and agriculture sector. They also talk William being brought into a family in Canada from an orphanage in Kingston. William is a Vancouver-based writer who's contributed to local, regional and national publications. He is currently general manager of the Vancouver Tech Journal, which was recently named the top newsletter for technology news in Vancouver by the Georgia Straight. With a focus on business and technology, William's writing has been featured in outlets including Billboard, BCBusiness, Maclean's, The Globe & Mail, Daily Hive, BetaKit, Ottawa Magazine, and University Affairs. In addition, William has been a speaker on communications and innovation at events like the #BCTECHSummit, Uniting the Prairies, TechVancouver, Marketing Connect, and BC AMA's Vision conference. William previously combined his editorial work with full-time in-house jobs, most recently as director of marketing and communications at Innovate BC and head of communications at the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association. He is actively engaged in the B.C. business community, currently serving in volunteer roles with the BrainStation and the Business Council of B.C. William also studied political science at Carleton University and public relations at the University of Toronto. He is active on Twitter @notionport. You're invited to subscribe at www.vantechjournal.com Subscribe on Substack: https://aaronpete.substack.com/ Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7jl39CsCYhImbLevAF6aTe?si=dc4479f225ff440b Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/bigger-than-me-podcast/id1517645921 Listen on Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMDc3MjYyLnJzcw?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA8JKF2tT0AhUPmp4KHR2rAPkQ9sEGegQIARAC

Teachers are burned out and continue to leave the profession in droves. One of the biggest challenges is that there's so much out of our control as educators that we struggle to cope. Even before COVID wreaked havoc on our world, there was little we could do to control what happened in our day-to-day lives. What if we just let go of what we can't control and instead focus on what is within our power? That's the mindset behind this week's podcast episode with Ryan Racine, author of The Stoic Teacher.    Ryan and I talk about planning ahead for adversity, letting go of those frustrating moments, looking at situations from an outside perspective, and gifting our children with these tools that will serve them well throughout life.   We'll never know a world where we can control everything. (And do we really want to?) It's time we take a step back and live and teach from a different perspective. About Ryan Racine: Ryan Racine is a high school teacher and college instructor from Canada. He earned his master's of English language and literature from Brock University and has published in magazines such as Modern Stoicism, PACE, The Ekphrastic Review, and University Affairs. His book, The Stoic Teacher: Ancient Mind Hacks to Help Educators Foster Resiliency, Optimism, and Inne Calm, focuses on how Stoic philosophy can help teachers deal with day-to-day stresses, manage classroom behavior better, and strive to become better teachers!  Jump in the Conversation: [1:39] - What is Stoicism [4:06] - How he got involved in Stoicism [7:35] - Lessons teachers can learn from ancient mind hacks [10:15] - Premeditating for adversity [11:52] - Reframing adversity for yourself  [12:57] - Work through self-imposed obstacles [15:45] - Taking a view from above  [18:30] - How to apply these concepts with students [22:15] - Explicitly teach Stoicism vs. informal conversations [24:29] - The importance of modeling with kids [28:15] - Turbo Time [29:32] - What Ryan brings to teaching [30:10] - Fun fact about Stoics [32:38] - Ryan's Magic Wand [34:23] - Maureen's Takeaways   Links & Resources The Stoic Teacher: Ancient Mind Hacks to Help Educators Foster Resiliency, Optimism, and Inner Calm by Ryan Racine Getting to Neutral Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey Zen and the Art of Dealing with Difficult People by Mark Westmoquette Troublesome Buddhas YouTube Email Maureen Maureen's TEDx: Changing My Mind to Change Our Schools The Education Evolution Facebook: Follow Education Evolution Twitter: Follow Education Evolution LinkedIn: Follow Education Evolution EdActive Collective Maureen's book: Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids Micro-school feature on Good Morning America The Micro-School Coalition Facebook: The Micro-School Coalition LEADPrep

Reported by University Affairs, online microcredentials grew in popularity during the pandemic when organizations couldn't conduct their in-person training programs.

Ch.1: Exclusive Ipsos polling for Global News shows a deep divide in how Canadians perceive unvaccinated friends and neighbours. Guest: Sean Simpson, Vice-President of IPSOS Public Affairs Ch.2: Hundreds of British Columbia truckers took to the roads in Metro Vancouver on Saturday to protest what they say is poor highway maintenance and dangerous driving conditions. Guest: Vijaydeep Sahasi, President of the West Coast Truckers Association Ch.3: Extreme weather and wildfires in British Columbia underscore the importance of strengthening the agricultural sector‘s resilience, experts say. Guest: Andrew Bennett, irrigation designer who owns a small farm in Rossland Ch.4: The provincial government announced that it will be lifting the suspension to pay parking at hospitals in March. They say that there will be some exemptions, including for parents of kids who spend an overnight and those on dialysis.  Guest: Raji Sohal, Mornings with Simi Show Contributor Ch.5: SFU students are planning to walk out today at 11am this morning to show their concerns over returning to class while the Omicron variant continues to wreak havoc on our province.  Guest: Eshana Bhangu, Vice President of Academic and University Affairs at the UBC Alma Mater Society (AMS). Ch.6: While many are still using disposable cups and paying the city of Vancouver's 25 cent fee, there are alternatives. Some retailers are accepting reusable cups again while others are adopting cup share programs - even if they may seem like a hard sell during the pandemic. Guest: Jason Hawkins, Co-founder of Reusables.com

Set yourself up for success. Before you even make the goals and think about how to execute the big project, Dr. Fatimah is asking you, "Is the project even worth it?" Meaning are you operating on auto pilot, or are too afraid to pull the plug because the dream has changed. It could be that your dream is also too small.  If you are at a crossroads right now and have an inkling that something needs to change, this episode is for you. We discuss: 1. Pivots in career and life 2. Creating a new life after change 3. Creating a schedule that reflects your lifestyle 4. Goal setting 5. Productivity   Fatimah Williams, Ph.D. is the founder of Beyond the Tenure Track and creator of The Genius Retreat, a goal setting experience to help high achievers get off autopilot and set and achieve goals that matter. As a global speaker and coach, her professional development guidance has been featured in Essence Magazine, LMCTV-New York, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education, Scientific American, and University Affairs. She is the author of two books: the Professional Pathways Planner and Be Bold: Launch Your Job Search or Career Change with Confidence. She is a board member of the University of Virginia Alumni Association and advisory board member of the Zimmerli Art Museum Community Council. She loves living life out loud by exploring art, traveling to new cities, and being dog mom to her feisty rescue pup Rey.   Connect with Dr. Fatimah: Instagram: @fatimahphd   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395   Website: https://www.africanawoman.com/    Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/  Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/africanawoman    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://www.facebook.com/groups/africanawomanvisionaries    Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog  

Set yourself up for success. Before you even make the goals and think about how to execute the big project, Dr. Fatimah is asking you, "Is the project even worth it?" Meaning are you operating on auto pilot, or are too afraid to pull the plug because the dream has changed. It could be that your dream is also too small.  If you are at a crossroads right now and have an inkling that something needs to change, this episode is for you. We discuss: 1. Pivots in career and life 2. Creating a new life after change 3. Creating a schedule that reflects your lifestyle 4. Goal setting 5. Productivity   Fatimah Williams, Ph.D. is the founder of Beyond the Tenure Track and creator of The Genius Retreat, a goal setting experience to help high achievers get off autopilot and set and achieve goals that matter. As a global speaker and coach, her professional development guidance has been featured in Essence Magazine, LMCTV-New York, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education, Scientific American, and University Affairs. She is the author of two books: the Professional Pathways Planner and Be Bold: Launch Your Job Search or Career Change with Confidence. She is a board member of the University of Virginia Alumni Association and advisory board member of the Zimmerli Art Museum Community Council. She loves living life out loud by exploring art, traveling to new cities, and being dog mom to her feisty rescue pup Rey.   Connect with Dr. Fatimah: Instagram: @fatimahphd   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395   Website: https://www.africanawoman.com/    Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/  Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/africanawoman    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://www.facebook.com/groups/africanawomanvisionaries    Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog  

Ch. 1 This week on ‘The West Block', Transport Minister Omar Alghabra joined host Mercedes Stephenson to discuss why the federal government is reintroducing travel restrictions when most Omicron spread in Canada is community based. Mercedes also sat down with Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan to talk about her five-year plan to reshape military culture following the sexual misconduct scandal. Plus, our Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief was also able to talk to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a year-ender interview that saw the Prime Minister discuss topics such as the return of the two Michaels, and sexual misconduct in the Military Guest: Mercedes Stephenson, Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief Ch. 2 The Coquihalla highway reopens today! Commercial truck drivers can return to the Coquihalla this morning after being closed for a month the highway connecting the lower mainland and the interior is set to reopen. Road crews worked around the clock to bring the Coquihalla Highway back online — with restrictions — for Dec. 20, weeks ahead of earlier estimates of when it could be safe to drive. What will be the immediate and long-term impact for truckers? Guest: Dave Earle, President of BC Trucking Association Ch.3 Well it looks like Surrey City Council will vote on the budget on December 24th. What can we expect heading into this crucial vote for BC's second largest city? Guest: Linda Annis, Surrey City Councillor Ch. 4 New COVID-19 restrictions aimed at curbing surging case numbers amid the arrival of the Omicron variant will take effect in British Columbia today. The new restrictions are slated to remain in place until Jan. 31, 2022 unless renewed by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. Guest: Adrian Dix, BC Health Minister Ch. 5 UBC says in-person exams to go ahead, amid pressure from students to cancel them due to COVID-19 Guest: Eshana Bhangu, Vice President of Academic and University Affairs at the UBC Alma Mater Society (AMS) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vanderbilt AD Candice Storey Lee joins “From the Chair” and discusses the decentralizing of NCAA activity around allowing conferences to set the standards for educational related benefits being distributed to student-athletes, her career at Vanderbilt and the advantages of her length of time on campus, the importance of having smart people around you who are willing to challenge you in the right way, her perspective on how athletics has approached race relations and some of the major movements happening in our country, and what she would be doing if she wasn't an Athletic Director.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What are the police supposed to do? If it is really about keeping the public safe, why are some members of the public specifically targeted and subjected to frequent surveillance, and why do black Americans continue to die at the hands of the police? It's time to go beyond saying enough is enough, and to start putting policies in place so it happens never again. Tari Ajadi is dedicated, through research and activism, to seeing policing change. Approaching the nature of policing through a public health approach, Mr. Ajadi offers an approach to public safety that is, at its heart, is about building safe communities, especially for those who have been the very targets of police. Tari Ajadi is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Dalhousie University. His dissertation research compares how Black activists in municipalities in Nova Scotia and Ontario strategize to prompt change in policing and in health policy. A British-Nigerian immigrant to Canada, Tari aims to produce research that supports and engages with Black communities across the country. He has published articles in The Globe and Mail, The Chronicle-Herald, University Affairs, Canadian Government Executive, Canadian Diversity and The Tyee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Health Association of African Canadians. He is a Junior Fellow at the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance. He holds a MA in Political Science from Dalhousie University. Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter: @ProfessorHuish

Evan Solomon chats with a student at Western University on how the school community is responding to sexual violence allegations on campus. Plus, Evan breaks down the latest details on the campaign trail.  On today's show:  Cara Zwibel with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, on a teenager who is suing her school board after being barred from running for student trustee because she's not Catholic. Ziyana Kotadia, Vice-President University Affairs for the University Students' Council (USC) at Western University, on alleged sexual assault reports on campus. 'The War Room' panel with political strategists Zain Velji, Tasha Kheiriddin and former NDP leader Tom Mulcair.  Frank Graves, President of EKOS Research Associates Inc. on the rise in popularity of the People's Party of Canada. And we ask you... is it okay to go jogging without a shirt on? 

Guests on today's show include:   Dr. Brian Conway -Medical Director, Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre Eshana Bhangu - Vice President Academic and University Affairs of the AMS/Senator serving on the UBC Vancouver Senate Monica Potts - Writer in Arkansas Dan Kelly - Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), President and CEO Aaron Sutherland - Vice President, Pacific Region, Insurance Bureau of Canada David Moscrop - Author: Too Dumb for Democracy? Columnist, and political scientist  Kalyn Head - Endurance Runner See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Accessibility Collective member, Christie, chats with Morgan Lorenz, UBC's Associate Vice-President of University Affairs and Georgia Yee, UBC's Vice President of Academic and University Affairs of the Alma Mater Society. How has the pandemic affected UBC and what are UBC's future plans? Find out by listening or download the podcast!

This week, in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Dr. Bob Huish is joined by Tari Ajadi to chat about the lingering effects of neoliberalism that Britain's Margaret Thatcher brought to the International Development Discourse.  From deep austerity, to re-imagining what the nation state is, in this podcast, we discuss the Iron Lady's long legacy (intentional or otherwise) in International Development.  It's Thatcherism revisited. Tari Ajadi is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at Dalhousie University and he is a Junior Fellow at the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance.  His research looks at the barriers to, and the opportunities for, targeted policies aimed at reducing racial health inequities.  Tari has published articles in The Globe and Mail, The Chronicle Herald, University Affairs, and The Tyee. Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter:  @ProfessorHuish

Guest appearance by ASI's VP of University Affairs, Noah Marty who chats with BasicTaq (Donna Walters) about the Primary Elections, how they are different from the General Elections, why it's important, and how to vote! As well as, Sac State's NEW Vote Center is in Modoc Hall, 3020 State University Drive Music by Lame Drivers Track - Frozen Egg https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lame_Drivers/Live_on_WFMUs_Burn_It_Down_With_Nate_K_-_October_11_2015/Lame_Drivers_-_04_-_Frozen_Egg

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Day 21 of the transit strike in Metro Vancouver, as the region prepares for a potential shutdown of bus and SeaBus services on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next week. The Premier, John Horgan, is calling on both sides in the transit dispute to get back to the bargaining table this weekend. He was speaking in the past half-hour. His comments come as the Coast Mountain Bus Company has sent out a statement this lunchtime, once again calling on Unifor to agree to mediation. This particular job action will not affect SkyTrain, Canada Line, West Coast Express or HandyDART service, or contracted shuttle services in Langley and on Bowen Island. It also won't have any effect on the West Vancouver Blue Bus system, which is operated by a different company. Metro Vancouver Transit Police say they will also increase staff to deal with any crowding at SkyTrain stations. But next week's shutdown will impact the 350,000 people who take the buses every day in Metro Vancouver. So let's find out now about the contingency planning that's being put in place - and how you can get around while services are cancelled.   Guest: Shawn Chaudhry One of the people running a Facebook group for SFU carpooling Guest: Selena McLachlan Director of Marketing & Communications, Modo Guest: Matthew Ramsey Director of University Affairs at UBC's Media Relations Department                        Guest: Dave Wharf Evo's Senior Manager of Customer Operations

This week it is a window into the University class experience with Dr. Huish and Tari Ajadi. Tari offers some detailed clarification after students at Dalhousie University covered a chapter and a lecture on Colonialism in Development. If you're curious as to what we discuss in our Introduction to Development Studies courses, here's your chance to find out all about it. And what a topic! Colonialism sets the development stage in motion with painful and brutal consequences still felt to this day. Tari Ajadi is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at Dalhousie University and he is a Junior Fellow at the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance. His research looks at the barriers to, and the opportunities for, targeted policies aimed at reducing racial health inequities. Tari has published articles in The Globe and Mail, The Chronicle Herald, University Affairs, and The Tyee. Follow Dr. Huish on Twitter: @ProfessorHuish

Lindsay and Jennifer discuss getting to the root of what energizes you. Join Jennifer, Lindsay, and all your favorite guests in the AMB Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AMBcommunity/ About Jennifer: Jennifer Polk is an entrepreneur and career coach for PhDs. She is co-founder and director of Beyond the Professoriate, a mission-driven organization that supports individual graduate degree holders and partners with institutions of higher education in Canada, the United States, and beyond. Dr. Polk speaks on campuses and at conferences throughout North America on issues related to graduate education and career outcomes for PhDs, and her writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, University Affairs, Chronicle Vitae, Inside Higher Ed (with L. Maren Wood), and Academic Matters. She earned her PhD in history from the University of Toronto in 2012. https://beyondprof.com/ https://fromphdtolife.com/ https://twitter.com/FromPhDtoLife https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-polk-bab56443/ https://www.facebook.com/FromPhDToLife/

Lindsay and Jennifer discuss getting to the root of what energizes you. Join Jennifer, Lindsay, and all your favorite guests in the AMB Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AMBcommunity/ About Jennifer: Jennifer Polk is an entrepreneur and career coach for PhDs. She is co-founder and director of Beyond the Professoriate, a mission-driven organization that supports individual graduate degree holders and partners with institutions of higher education in Canada, the United States, and beyond. Dr. Polk speaks on campuses and at conferences throughout North America on issues related to graduate education and career outcomes for PhDs, and her writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, University Affairs, Chronicle Vitae, Inside Higher Ed (with L. Maren Wood), and Academic Matters. She earned her PhD in history from the University of Toronto in 2012. https://beyondprof.com/ https://fromphdtolife.com/ https://twitter.com/FromPhDtoLife https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-polk-bab56443/ https://www.facebook.com/FromPhDToLife/

On the eve of Commencement, David Williams, Vanderbilt's Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletics Director, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of graduation and how Vanderbilt strives to provide a well-rounded student-athlete experience.

Guest Gretchen Jameson, Senior Vice President of Strategy and University Affairs for Concordia University Wisconsin, talks about what makes Wisconsin a unique university! Learn more about Concordia University Wisconsin at cuw.edu. This episode is in our series of Concordia On-Air College Fair 2017. Search for the tag “college fair” to find all of the episodes.

Kieran McConnellogue is Vice President for Communication at the University of Colorado. He is responsible for communications and media relations for CU's four-campus system (Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, the Anschutz Medical Campus) with some 63,000 students and 32,000 employees. His primary communications responsibilities are with the university's president and its governing Board of Regents. He has been at CU for 11 years. Before that, he was Vice President for University Affairs at the University of Northern Colorado. He worked there for 14 years, starting as senior writer/editor and leaving as Vice President. Before his work in higher education, McConnellogue began his career as a newspaper reporter for various newspapers in Colorado. He also has been a freelance writer for a variety of magazines and provided radio essays for an affiliate of National Public Radio and Public Radio International.

Matt gets ready to be a father by painting a room; Phil picked up Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb but lost it on his bookshelf ...he’ll delay reporting back to us about what he learns/finds out. Phil then makes Matt realize that the Blue Jays season is over after the first 12 games and that the evil empire (The Yankees) have returned to dominate the division. Resilience and Mental Health in the Classroom (14:50):We wanted our first episode to initiate an ongoing conversation about the challenges students, teachers and administrators face around mental health within academic/scholastic settings. We both feel there is a persistent stigma around admitting one is “struggling” which often can create a barrier to finding help despite the growing resources provided. Phil talks about three articles related to resilience and we discussed the amorphous character of the concept. There was an historical bent to the whole discussion. Phil suggests that the concept is a static one, which made Matt think for a second before suggesting that ‘vulnerability’, a term often associated with resilience, could denote change. We looked deep into each others eye’s, agreed, somewhat (Phil wasn’t as convinced) and then settled on the idea that all students and all teachers need guides. We pondered whether resilience was a thing (materialistic) or an idea (object for analysis). Maybe it’s a multiplicity. Phil convinced Matt that we all undergo ‘switching’ between conceptualizations of resilience constantly, who then hinted at the dynamics of imposed meaning (defined by an other) and how intent and meaning interplay within an individual's experience of resilience and vulnerability. The conversation took a serious tone for a moment there. Links:•Jessica Riddell “Building resilience into the classroom” (appearing in University Affairs, April 11, 2017).  •Daniel R. Curtis “Coping with crisis: The resilience and vulnerability of pre-industrial settlements” It's a book Phil reviewed for Histoire Sociale/Social History  •Ben Anderson “What kind of thing is resilience?” (appearing in Politics, Vol.35(1), 2015) Recommendations (49:35):Matt brought in two books: 1491 by Charles C. Mann and The Plague by Albert Camus. He wants everyone to know that 1491 made him reconsider everything he learned in archaeology class, it's an account written by a science journalist about the history of North, Central and South America up to the year before Columbus and his Merry Men arrived. The political bent is that it challenges the colonialist-reading of ‘their history’. The Plague (available in audio) is the second most popular book by Camus, it's about the quarantining of a Algerian city during an outbreak of some kind of plague, but is more a vehicle for Camus to work through many philosophic themes (ugh). Phil recommended a podcast about Star Trek while Matt tried to ask questions with a straight face. Phil attempted to justify his actions (to whom, exactly?). To be continued... Concluding thought: failure can be good. Follow Semi-Intellectual Musings on Twitter: twitter.com/The_SIM_PodEmail Matt & Phil: semiintellectual@gmail.comSubscribe to the podcast: thesim.podbean.com Music: Song "Soul Challenger" appearing on "Cullahnary School" by Cullah Available at: http://www.cullah.com Under CC BY SA license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

How does this relationship continue to thrive and who keeps the cultural exchange alive? Learn more about this special relationship when Ron Comacho, host of The Business Hour talks with Thomas Tugulescu, Deputy Cultural Attaché for Educational and University Affairs with Cultural Services of the Consulat General of France in Atlanta and Michèle Olivères, President of Francophonie Atlanta.

This week my guest is David Chandross and our topic is: Gamification Research in Health Care, Addiction, and Higher Ed David has been involved in fascinating research on gamification for health professions and other big projects such as: the training of health care professionals in geriatric care; the conversion of undergraduate degree courses into gamified systems; and the gamification of drug addiction management. In today's episode we discuss such questions as: What benefits does gamification provide for health care, higher education and addiction treatment? Who is doing the cutting edge of research in Canada in this field? Which projects are you currently working on? What is the current priority in gamification research? Do gamified courses provide any measurable advantages for students? What is the future of gamification in higher education? About David Chandross, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Ed., Ph.D.: A curriculum designer specializing in gamification in the health professions. He holds a doctorate in medical education and masters degrees in both medical education and cognitive neuroscience. He was a pioneer in the field of game-based learning in the teaching undergraduate health sciences students in medical, nursing and midwifery education and then went on to participate as a researcher in the 5-year, $3M SAGE study at Simon Fraser University under David Kaufman. His early work in gamification of nursing STEM courses is documented in the February 2014 edition of the journal “University Affairs”. His current research focus is on game-based systems to increase social connectedness in seniors and the development of mastery-based systems for the improvement of cognitive performance and behavioral change in medicine. He is currently engaged in studies in the use of serious games in seniors education and social connectedness funded through Simon Fraser University and a study in the use of serious games in the management of adolescent addiction funded by the College of Family Physicians. Connect with David:  dchandross@ryerson.ca   About Your Host:  A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as a #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You, and writes The Gamification Report blog. Monica's niche isgamification used in the corporate environment for engaging and motivating your workforce. Connect with Monica (@monicacornetti) www.monicacornetti.com

This week my guest is David Chandross and our topic is: Gamification Research in Health Care, Addiction, and Higher Ed David has been involved in fascinating research on gamification for health professions and other big projects such as: the training of health care professionals in geriatric care; the conversion of undergraduate degree courses into gamified systems; and the gamification of drug addiction management. In today's episode we discuss such questions as: What benefits does gamification provide for health care, higher education and addiction treatment? Who is doing the cutting edge of research in Canada in this field? Which projects are you currently working on? What is the current priority in gamification research? Do gamified courses provide any measurable advantages for students? What is the future of gamification in higher education? About David Chandross, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Ed., Ph.D.: A curriculum designer specializing in gamification in the health professions. He holds a doctorate in medical education and masters degrees in both medical education and cognitive neuroscience. He was a pioneer in the field of game-based learning in the teaching undergraduate health sciences students in medical, nursing and midwifery education and then went on to participate as a researcher in the 5-year, $3M SAGE study at Simon Fraser University under David Kaufman. His early work in gamification of nursing STEM courses is documented in the February 2014 edition of the journal “University Affairs”. His current research focus is on game-based systems to increase social connectedness in seniors and the development of mastery-based systems for the improvement of cognitive performance and behavioral change in medicine. He is currently engaged in studies in the use of serious games in seniors education and social connectedness funded through Simon Fraser University and a study in the use of serious games in the management of adolescent addiction funded by the College of Family Physicians. Connect with David: dchandross@ryerson.ca About Your Host: A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as a #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You, and writes The Gamification Report blog. Monica's niche isgamification used in the corporate environment for engaging and motivating your workforce. Connect with Monica (@monicacornetti) www.monicacornetti.com

Today's guest is Jennifer Polk, of FromPhDtoLife.com . We talk about her journey from PhD to, well, life. We talk about coaching vs consulting, networking, informational interviews, finding the work that's right for you, and poutine. Jennifer Polk works as an academic, career, and life coach. Her clients — graduate students and PhDs — are a diverse group of individuals based all around the world, from Canada, the US, the UK, Europe, Australia, and elsewhere. Jen speaks on campuses and at conferences throughout North America on issues related to graduate education and career outcomes for PhDs, and her writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, University Affairs, Vitae, and Academic Matters. Find Jen online at FromPhDtoLife.com, which features resources for PhD career changers, and at her award-winning University Affairs blog. Join her twice a month for#withaPhD chat on Twitter, at the monthly Versatile PhD meetup in Toronto, and for Beyond the Professoriate, an annual online conference for PhDs in transition. Jen earned her PhD in history from the University of Toronto in 2012. Web links: Website, http://FromPhDtoLife.com Twitter, https://twitter.com/FromPhDtoLife Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/FromPhDToLife Storify (archived Twitter chats), https://storify.com/FromPhDtoLife About.me, http://about.me/JenniferPolk

These days we're hearing a lot of voices encouraging all of us to be entrepreneurs. And it's not just from Chamber of Commerce types these days. Even the progressive community is saying that we all need to create our own jobs. On one hand, being self-sufficient is a good thing. But maybe not entirely. Today we're going to be looking at both sides of the entrepreneurial spirit and how it's practised. Especially in progressive circles where we're likely to hear words like “social enterprise.” Things have really changed from the days when everybody had a job that they went to, with job security, benefits, and good pay. We'll also hear how one union is trying to diversify and represent some of those entrepreneurs. To celebrate this new entrepreneurship or not?  On this episode of rabble radio, we look at that from several different angles. Imre Szeman is a member of Toronto's social enterprise community, The Centre for Social Innovation. He is also Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies at University of Alberta. Dr. Szeman has written an article with Dan Harvey in a recent edition of University Affairs questioning the recent zeal at university campuses for entrepreneurial education. Called “Are We All Entrepreneurs Now?“, the article raises some of the same issues you just heard about in the interview we just did. Datejie Green —  Canadian Media Guild. In the cultural industries we've always been entrepreneurs. Except for the people who are lucky enough to have a staff job at one of the big newspapers. Or TV stations. Or the CBC. Well, times are changing for everybody, as we see fewer and fewer people in the media and culture who used to be called “employees.” With fewer and fewer employees to represent, the Canadian Media Guild is one trade union which is looking at ways to represent self employed workers in greater numbers. So, what good is a trade union to entrepreneurs with no job security, no collective bargaining? Winnipeg Social Enterprise Centre — And finally, despite all the questions we've raised in this program, we'd like to end by saying that there are a lot of great social enterprises and businesses happening across the country. What we're seeing is that starting a business isn't just something that people are doing for profits to benefit oneself and one's own family. And despite the questions raised in other parts of this program, we'd still like to recognize the good work and the good people who are doing this for the best of motives. And we want to acknowledge the success stories. Produced by the podcast The Green Planet Monitor, David Kattenburg, Executive Producer.

The answers to these questions are clear but not widely known. Juries are completely free to return any verdict they wish to return. Juries are not constrained in this by the law. There is no penalty for coming to whatever verdict the jury wishes to come to. Coming to a verdict which is at odds with the letter of the law is called jury nullification. Juries can, in effect, nullify the law. Juries, in regard to their verdicts, are free of the law and of judicial instruction. Jury nullification is not a frequent occurrence, but arises in cases where the law seems at odds with justice. The most famous case in Canada was that of Henry Morgentaler, who was tried four times for conducting abortions in the 1970s and 80s when this was clearly illegal. There was no question that Morgentaler had conducted abortions in defiance of the law; he publicly admitted to having conducted thousands of them and even conducted one on television. But none of his four juries would convict him. Why don't more people know about this power of jury nullification? Most judges want juries to follow the law and render verdicts accordingly, and they do everything they can to suppress the possibility of juries acting independently of the law. That is understandable: judges are agents of the legal system and their job is to make the system work. So they correctly emphasize the law in their instructions to juries. We ought not to expect them to do otherwise. It would seem reasonable then, that defense lawyers could tell juries that they have this right. But in Canada, lawyers are prohibited from mentioning that possibility to juries. It is all a big secret and as such, it is not available to most juries. If they do not know about this power they cannot use it. The speaker will contend that some Canadian defendants may be blocked from having the benefit of an independent jury, which arguable could be a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Speaker: Gary Bauslaugh Gary Bauslaugh is a writer and editor who spent many years as teacher and administrator in the BC College and University system, ending with a stint in 1994 to 98 as CEO of a Provincial education agency. Bauslaugh, who has a PhD in Chemistry from McGill, has written scientific research papers as well as many articles for various publications such as The Skeptical Inquirer, The Humanist, Humanist Perspectives, University Affairs and Policy Options. In the early 2000's he wrote a series of seventeen op ed articles for the Vancouver Sun. He was Editor of the magazine Humanist Perspectives (previously The Humanist in Canada) from 2003 to 2008. His boo

The answers to these questions are clear but not widely known. Juries are completely free to return any verdict they wish to return. Juries are not constrained in this by the law. There is no penalty for coming to whatever verdict the jury wishes to come to. Coming to a verdict which is at odds with the letter of the law is called jury nullification. Juries can, in effect, nullify the law. Juries, in regard to their verdicts, are free of the law and of judicial instruction. Jury nullification is not a frequent occurrence, but arises in cases where the law seems at odds with justice. The most famous case in Canada was that of Henry Morgentaler, who was tried four times for conducting abortions in the 1970s and 80s when this was clearly illegal. There was no question that Morgentaler had conducted abortions in defiance of the law; he publicly admitted to having conducted thousands of them and even conducted one on television. But none of his four juries would convict him. Why don't more people know about this power of jury nullification? Most judges want juries to follow the law and render verdicts accordingly, and they do everything they can to suppress the possibility of juries acting independently of the law. That is understandable: judges are agents of the legal system and their job is to make the system work. So they correctly emphasize the law in their instructions to juries. We ought not to expect them to do otherwise. It would seem reasonable then, that defense lawyers could tell juries that they have this right. But in Canada, lawyers are prohibited from mentioning that possibility to juries. It is all a big secret and as such, it is not available to most juries. If they do not know about this power they cannot use it. The speaker will contend that some Canadian defendants may be blocked from having the benefit of an independent jury, which arguable could be a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Speaker: Gary Bauslaugh Gary Bauslaugh is a writer and editor who spent many years as teacher and administrator in the BC College and University system, ending with a stint in 1994 to 98 as CEO of a Provincial education agency. Bauslaugh, who has a PhD in Chemistry from McGill, has written scientific research papers as well as many articles for various publications such as The Skeptical Inquirer, The Humanist, Humanist Perspectives, University Affairs and Policy Options. In the early 2000's he wrote a series of seventeen op ed articles for the Vancouver Sun. He was Editor of the magazine Humanist Perspectives (previously The Humanist in Canada) from 2003 to 2008. His boo

The answers to these questions are clear but not widely known. Juries are completely free to return any verdict they wish to return. Juries are not constrained in this by the law. There is no penalty for coming to whatever verdict the jury wishes to come to. Coming to a verdict which is at odds with the letter of the law is called jury nullification. Juries can, in effect, nullify the law. Juries, in regard to their verdicts, are free of the law and of judicial instruction. Jury nullification is not a frequent occurrence, but arises in cases where the law seems at odds with justice. The most famous case in Canada was that of Henry Morgentaler, who was tried four times for conducting abortions in the 1970s and 80s when this was clearly illegal. There was no question that Morgentaler had conducted abortions in defiance of the law; he publicly admitted to having conducted thousands of them and even conducted one on television. But none of his four juries would convict him. Why don't more people know about this power of jury nullification? Most judges want juries to follow the law and render verdicts accordingly, and they do everything they can to suppress the possibility of juries acting independently of the law. That is understandable: judges are agents of the legal system and their job is to make the system work. So they correctly emphasize the law in their instructions to juries. We ought not to expect them to do otherwise. It would seem reasonable then, that defense lawyers could tell juries that they have this right. But in Canada, lawyers are prohibited from mentioning that possibility to juries. It is all a big secret and as such, it is not available to most juries. If they do not know about this power they cannot use it. The speaker will contend that some Canadian defendants may be blocked from having the benefit of an independent jury, which arguable could be a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Speaker: Gary Bauslaugh Gary Bauslaugh is a writer and editor who spent many years as teacher and administrator in the BC College and University system, ending with a stint in 1994 to 98 as CEO of a Provincial education agency. Bauslaugh, who has a PhD in Chemistry from McGill, has written scientific research papers as well as many articles for various publications such as The Skeptical Inquirer, The Humanist, Humanist Perspectives, University Affairs and Policy Options. In the early 2000's he wrote a series of seventeen op ed articles for the Vancouver Sun. He was Editor of the magazine Humanist Perspectives (previously The Humanist in Canada) from 2003 to 2008. His boo