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Dear Beth...A Women in Law PodcastCreating a Seat at the Table: A Roundtable DiscussionIn this special episode of Dear Beth, A Women in Law Podcast, we share a recording of the official student book launch of Creating a Seat at the Table: Reflections from Women in Law which took place October 16th, 2023 at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law. This live recording features hosts Beth Bilson and Jen Quesnel in conversation with five dynamic women all working in diverse areas of law and or academia. The lively and candid discussion focuses on ways to advance inclusion in the legal profession and includes questions from those in the aud...
2024-01-1553 min
Dear Beth...A Women in Law Podcast"The Otherside: what does being an accomplice look like?"The term “ally” is often used to describe the ways in which people can support those from marginalized and underrepresented groups. But in an era of increasingly divisive politics, and heightened discrimination and prejudice, does being an ally go far enough? In this episode of the “Dear Beth” podcast, we explore what it means to be an accomplice: someone willing to take risks (personally and professionally) in order to stand up for (and stand with) people from marginalized and underrepresented groups. Special co-host Lawren Trotchie, a Métis lawyer, joins Leah Howie and Jen Quesnel in the stu...
2023-12-151h 12
Dear Beth...A Women in Law Podcast"Never Use Others for Kindling"In this episode we explore what covert forms of silencing are used against women in the law, and how sometimes, these efforts may be undertaken by other women. Hosts Brea Lowenberger, co-editor of “Creating a Seat at the Table: Reflections of Women in Law”, and Jen Quesnel are joined by Brooke Johnson Isaak, a criminal lawyer. Brooke shares some of her own experiences with overt and subtle forms of silencing including having her workwear criticized. Brooke also shares a personal story in which an encounter with a legal hero took a turn for the worse. We g...
2023-11-1546 min
Dear Beth...A Women in Law Podcast"It’s never too late to be who you might have been"Dear Beth…A Women in Law Podcast kicks off its premiere episode with feature guest Adrienne Forgeron of The Gentle Lawyer. Co-hosts Jen Quesnel and Leah Howie, co-editor of “Creating a Seat at the Table: Reflections of Women in Law”, sit down with Adrienne and explore the motivation that draws women towards the legal profession, and in some cases, what ultimately drives them away. Through a thoughtful and reflective conversation, they’ll also talk about the importance of ensuring one’s career aligns with one’s values, and not the other way around, how the most important marker of success is not...
2023-10-1338 min
Let's Talk Housing: A Podcast by BC HousingS2E1 - From Shelter to Home: Joe's StoryLike many communities across BC, Quesnel is facing an increasing number of people that are precariously housed. This episode explores the challenges of moving from a shelter to permanent housing, and the role of homelessness outreach workers in supporting people at risk and those experiencing homelessness. Sara is joined by Joe, a shelter guest at Quesnel Shelter and Support Society and Jen Gardiner, a Homelessness Prevention Program outreach worker living in northern BC. Joe and Jen talk about how access to housing could change to help people experiencing homelessness.
Guests include:
Jen Gardiner, Homelessness Prevention Program...
2022-10-1121 minLet's Talk Housing: A Podcast by BC HousingS2E1 - From Shelter to Home: Joe's StoryLike many communities across BC, Quesnel is facing an increasing number of people that are precariously housed. This episode explores the challenges of moving from a shelter to permanent housing, and the role of homelessness outreach workers in supporting people at risk and those experiencing homelessness. Sara is joined by Joe, a shelter guest at Quesnel Shelter and Support Society and Jen Gardiner, a Homelessness Prevention Program outreach worker living in northern BC. Joe and Jen talk about how access to housing could change to help people experiencing homelessness.
Guests include:
Jen Gardiner, Homelessness Prevention Program...
2022-10-1121 min
Researchers Under the ScopeWhat I Did Last Summer: Cuting C-section infections with Belma KamencicOur podcast host, Jen Quesnel, has undergone two Caesarian sections -- lifesaving interventions that deliver babies safely. She's not alone. In Saskatchewan, roughly one quarter of mothers giving birth are doing it via abdominal surgery. More than one in three births in British Columbia are C-sections. After avoiding driving, stairs, and lifting anything heavy for a month or so, most mothers recover smoothly. But some don't. Belma Kamencic spent her past two summers analyzing those with surgical site infections. She then conducted interviews with dozens of mothers with infected i...
2021-08-1516 min
Researchers Under the ScopeDr. Sarah Donkers: Keeping Brains On During a Pandemic LockdownSarah Donkers is a physiotherapist and specialist in neurology who had to rethink everything when the Covid-19 lockdown slammed doors shut this spring. Donkers couldn't stop thinking about her patients, and the care they were now missing. As she tells host Jen Quesnel, her team went on to design online movement and expert masterclasses for more than 800 Saskatchewan people with MS, with spinal cord injuries, and with Parkinson's disease. "It was two-way learning," Donkers said, as she documented the effect of the advice and emotional connections her patients made with each other during...
2020-09-2715 min
Researchers Under the ScopeSuppressing the Coronavirus: Dr. Joyce WilsonJoyce Wilson leads the team of virologists and geneticists searching for antiviral drugs we can repurpose to stop COVID-19 infections from spreading. Using a $449,000 grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Wilson and her team use genomic tools to identify pathways the virus uses as it hijacks cells in the human body. As she tells host Jen Quesnel, from there her team will narrow down antiviral therapeutics that slow or inhibit COVID-19 infections.
2020-08-0213 min