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Below the RadarArt Mamas — with Damla TamerIn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Damla Tamer, a visual artist and sessional lecturer at UBC whose work explores the affective conditions of labour under late capitalism, and the evolution of forms of civil protest within the contemporary political history of Turkey. Damla is also a founding member of the Art Mamas artist collective, which aims to create support networks for artist caregivers, while critically exploring the place of motherhood and care work within the dominant culture of art production.
Am and Damla discusses her recent exhibition at Access gallery, which explored...
2024-12-1727 min
Below the RadarOn Crystals, Vampires and Tennis – with Mena El ShazlyIn this episode of Below the Radar, host Am Johal sits down with Mena El Shazly, a visual artist specializing in moving image creation, curation, and programming. Her practice speculates on notions of presence and transcendence in the digital world, exploring how processes of decay provide alternative forms of transformation and regeneration. They discuss her approach to time-based media, how the collaborative Death Spells project explores the ancient Egyptians afterlife obsessions, the Sudanese Crystalist movement, and how a teenage visit to Dracula’s castle unexpectedly waylaid her tennis career, steering her toward a life in art.
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2024-12-0336 min
Below the RadarTheory of Water — with Leanne SimpsonLeanne Betasamosake Simpson, renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer, and artist, joins us on this week’s episode of Below the Radar. Am Johal and Leanne chat about her creative process, the significance of Nishnaabeg thought and practice in her work, and some upcoming projects including her newest book Theory of Water, set to be published in Spring of 2025.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/253-leanne-simpson.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/253-leanne-simpson.html
Resources:
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: https://www.leannesimpson.ca/
Leanne Simpson: Listening in Our Present Moment: https://www.yo...
2024-10-0824 min
Below the RadarThe Politics of Love — with Michael HardtThis week on Below the Radar we’re joined by Michael Hardt, political theorist and Professor at Duke University. Am and Michael discuss the political concept of love, Michael’s research on revolutionary movements in the 1970s, as well as his past writing with the late Tony Negri, and how they continue to think together.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/248-michael-hardt
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/248-michael-hardt
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Michael Hardt: https://scholars.duke.edu/person/hardt
The Subversive Seventies: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-subversive-seventies-9780197674659
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2024-08-2757 min
Below the RadarPLACE: SCA Re-Orientation Day 2023This episode of Below the Radar is a special live recording from SFU School for the Contemporary Arts’ 2023 Re-Orientation Day, an all-day event designed to welcome SCA students, faculty, and staff back to campus for the fall semester.
The 2023 theme was on “Place,” and the Vancity Office of Community Engagement convened a panel of speakers across the arts, academia, and community engagement to speak on community engaged practices in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Our host Am Johal is joined by Wendy Pedersen of the Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative, SFU Professor of Geography Nick Blomley, musician and facilitator Khari Wendell McLelland, dancer...
2024-08-201h 16
Below the RadarCommunity-Centred Curating — with Moroti GeorgeCurator, writer, and educator Moroti George joins our host Am Johal on this episode of Below the Radar. Moroti is the curator at The Black Arts Centre in Surrey, BC and the Director/Curator of Gallery Gachet in downtown Vancouver. Together, they chat about how Moroti became interested in the arts, their experience working in two different art spaces, and their approach to curating in Greater Vancouver.
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Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/237-moroti-george.html
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Gallery Gachet: https://gachet.org/
Gallery Gachet’s...
2024-03-1243 min
Below the RadarHow to Live at the End of the World — with Travis HollowayThis week on Below the Radar, we are joined by Travis Holloway: a poet, translator, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Farmingdale, and author of the book How to Live at the End of the World: Theory, Art, and Politics for the Anthropocene (Stanford University Press, 2022). Am and Travis discuss noticing patterns in contemporary art making during the climate crisis. Travis also shares about translating the work of philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, the importance of friendship with all living beings, and the process of publishing a book.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/233-travis-holloway.html
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2024-01-3045 min
Below the RadarSee How We Run! Conversations with Arts and Cultural WorkersWelcome to See How We Run! An original Below the Radar mini-series featuring conversations with arts and cultural workers in Vancouver. In this first episode, co-hosts Julia Aoki, Kathy Feng, and Samantha Walters introduce the series and what’s to come. In each episode, they’ll speak to artists, consultants, administrators, and advocates about how art and culture is made and sustained in Vancouver.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/see-how-we-run/227-see-how-we-run.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/227-see-how-we-run.html
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Gallery Gachet: https://gachet.org/
Hives for Humanity: https://www.hive...
2023-11-2119 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourHalf in Half 20: I'm not for StupidityI'm back, sit back and relax.
From Bill Mahar + Howard Stern to many more...Catch up with last week THIS WEEK!
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2023-09-2521 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourHalf in Half 19: Lonely LingoI'm back, sit back and relax. Catch up with last week THIS WEEK!
I follow up last week, discuss my anxious day at school and much more...
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2023-09-1825 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourHalf in Half 18: People in PowerI'm back, sit back and relax. Catch up with last week THIS WEEK!
Kutcher, Kunis, Masterson and much more...
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2023-09-1023 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourHalf in Half 17: Good for themI'm back, sit back and relax. Catch up with last week THIS WEEK!
From being locked out to typical stuffffff...
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2023-09-0434 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourHalf in Half 16: Historic PhotoThe elephant in the room to iconic mug shots...
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2023-08-2830 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourHalf in Half 15: Fires + CompassionFrom wildfires to rudeness...
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2023-08-2129 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourHalf in Half 14: TWO Hour WaitFrom the movies to bad service...
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2023-08-1419 minHalf In Half x SIMPHourHalf in Half 13: Away From Those Guys
From gangs to stupid quotes...
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2023-07-3121 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourHalf in Half 11: Sticky Fingies
From strikes in North America to dirty medical procedures, Matthew, discusses last week's news this week. We going 4k now! :)For 30mins join MattThe one that brought you:SIMPHour | The VANCITY Dispatch | TOTAL FUT TALKVideo EPs on Spotify+YouTubeAll episodes are streaming on popular podcast platforms.https://linktr.ee/VANCITYDispatchMatthew@matthewrachmat https://linktr.ee/matthewrachmat
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2023-07-1729 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourHalf in half 10: The Port's IntentionsFrom cool names to Taylor Swift, Matthew, discusses last week's news this week.
For 30mins join Matt The one that brought you: SIMPHour | The VANCITY Dispatch | TOTAL FUT TALK Video EPs on Spotify+YouTube All episodes are streaming on popular podcast platforms. https://linktr.ee/VANCITYDispatch Matthew @matthewrachmat https://linktr.ee/matthewrachmat
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2023-07-1027 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourHalf in Half 9: Of Course Jimmy Pesto
Matthew discusses recently what he heard about the Jimmy Pesto voice actor, a recent awkward introduction, bumping into people on transit and more!
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2023-06-2627 min
All Things Fitness and WellnessWalking for Wellness Goes Viral | Inside the Phenomenon of Vancity Girls Who WalkJoin Maryam, the Founder of VanCity Girls Who Walk, in this captivating podcast interview on All Things Fitness and Wellness. VanCity Girls Who Walk is a culturally diverse, body positive, and disability conscious walking community in Vancouver. Discover how this inclusive group creates a safe and empowering space for individuals of all ages to connect, build friendships, and foster mental and physical health through gentle movement in nature.VanCity Girls Who Walk is more than just a walk—it's a movement towards a connected and friendlier city. Join us today and become part of a community that ce...
2023-06-1429 min
Shift podcast: Helping you rethink business transformationVancity: Leading with purpose in an increasingly complex worldThis podcast mini-series is dedicated to discussing Canadian insights from PwC’s 26th Annual Global CEO Survey. In this episode of CEO Viewpoints, host Andrew Dooner, a partner in PwC’s global corporate strategy practice, sits down with Christine Bergeron, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vancity to discuss the power of being a purpose-led organization while navigating key issues like economic uncertainty, transforming for the future and ESG matters like climate change. Christine talks about Vancity’s integrated approach to thinking about people, planet and profit and how embedding purpose into the business strategy enables sustainable outcomes....
2023-05-3122 minHalf In Half x SIMPHourHalf in Half 8: Where's My RamenFor 30mins join Matt
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2023-05-2921 min
Below the RadarUkraine: Dispatches from the Place of Imminence — with Svitlana MatviyenkoOur host Am Johal is joined this week by Dr. Svitlana Matviyenko, Professor of Critical Media Analysis in SFU’s School of Communication and Associate Director of The Digital Democracies Institute. Svitlana talks about her experiences living in Ukraine over the past year, documenting a rising militarization and being attentive to the social changes that war imposes. Am and Svitlana also discuss the asymmetrical cases of misinformation between Ukraine and Russia, as well as how the invasion has merged her research interests of media and cyberwar. This episode was recorded on February 21st, 2023.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/va...
2023-03-0755 min
Below the RadarLive Recording: Voices of the Street Podcast at HorizonsIn the summer of 2021, Megaphone Magazine piloted its first podcast mentorship series, inspired by the writings and themes of the 2021 edition of the Voices of The Street anthology, “INSIDE we are all the same.”
This special episode of Below the Radar is a live recording of a conversation between our teammate Paige Smith, Megaphone Magazine’s Julia Aoki, and Megaphone vendor and storyteller Yvonne Mark, as they discuss the creation of the Voices of the Street podcast, which was featured on Below the Radar the previous year. Julia, Yvonne and Paige discuss the goals of the podcasting project, the power of aud...
2023-01-1733 min
Below the RadarThe Climate Imaginary: Earth Ethics, Spirituality, and Social Justice — with Karenna GoreOn the seventh and final episode of The Climate Imaginary, a Below the Radar series, Am Johal is joined by Karenna Gore, the founder and executive director of Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. In their conversation, they discuss the intersection of environmental ethics and theology, the wisdom contained in tradition, and the need for a new relationship between humans and nature – one not based on domination. Through the contemplation of faith and ecological responsibilities, this episode puts forward alternative ways to resist the climate crisis.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/the-climate-imaginary/198-karenna-gore.ht...
2022-12-1349 min
ContributorsTriple Bottom Line - How Vancity’s unique business model drives profit and changeIn this episode, Russell sits down with Christine Bergeron, the President and CEO of Vancity. As a values-based financial cooperative, Vancity uses its assets to improve the financial well-being of its members and their communities. The company puts its members, their communities, and the planet at the centre of everything they do by giving back 30% of their profits to members and communities every year. With over 500,000 members, Vancity is a profitable co-op that’s taking action on climate change, affordable housing, and reconciliation through a decision making process that depends on an impact lens. Despite being local to British Co...
2022-11-3028 min
Half In Half x SIMPHour"I was so jealous!"; "No I don't." - VCD 6Your friends MATT+DAN are here fully as VANCITY Dispatch! All episodes are streaming on popular podcast platforms. https://linktr.ee/VANCITYDispatch
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2022-10-2757 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourTOTAL FUT TALK 5: Ballon d'or; Xavi + Trophies; Klopp xenophobic?Your friends MATT+DAN are here fully as VANCITY Dispatch! All episodes are streaming on popular podcast platforms. https://linktr.ee/VANCITYDispatch
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2022-10-2739 min
Half In Half x SIMPHour"No I don't want a.."; "How do you define?... Depends on who you're asking.." - VCD 5Your friends MATT+DAN are here fully as VANCITY Dispatch!
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2022-10-1959 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourTOTAL FUT TALK 4: How To Help Bring the Beautiful Game HomeSo this was filmed a couple weeks back, sorry friends, it's midterm season! So we'll say it's because we want you to study but NOOOOO it's just because SOMEBODY was busy!! It's okay though, here at VCD we understand almost as much... ALMOST...as much as we joke around.
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2022-10-1845 min
Half In Half x SIMPHour"Why didn't the Queen...?"; "They just use it as an OUT." - VCD 4Your friends MATT+DAN are here fully as VANCITY Dispatch!
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2022-10-0759 min
Below the RadarBob Williams Unplugged — with Bob WilliamsBob Williams is the writer of the book Using Power Well: Bob Williams and the Making of British Columbia, which describes his many political contributions to British Columbia. In this episode, our host Am Johal sits down with Bob to discuss his public life and the political impacts that his decisions continue to have.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/188-bob-williams.html
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Using Power Well: Bob Williams and the Making of British Columbia: https://harbourpublishing.com/products/9780889714243
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2022-10-041h 00
Half In Half x SIMPHourTOTAL FUT TALK 3: "Man I HATE ****"Oct 1 '22 VANCITY Dispatch Presents episode 3 of TOTAL FUT TALK
Our HATE for which player? Why does Arsenal and it's players not get proper respect? AND MORE!
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2022-10-0358 min
Half In Half x SIMPHour"Jabba the Hutty"; "OMG...no comment" - VCD 3Your friends MATT+DAN are here fully as VANCITY Dispatch!
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2022-09-2158 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourTOTAL FUT TALK 2: "Plastic Fans" "Oil Money"Filmed on Sep 16 '22
VANCITY Dispatch Presents episode 2 of TOTAL FUT TALK
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2022-09-2046 min
Half In Half x SIMPHour"I Have a" *Cut*; "They Don't Exist" - VCD 2Your friends MATT+DAN are here fully as VANCITY Dispatch! All episodes are streaming on popular podcast platforms.
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2022-09-1451 min
Below the RadarScience Fiction & Social Justice — with Walidah ImarishaSituated within the current context of police brutality, for-profit prisons, and excessive incarceration rates, Am Johal sits down with educator, writer, and public scholar, Walidah Imarisha.
Walidah describes her creative works involving ideas and futures of police and prison abolition, including her book Angels with Dirty Faces, and her current work developing Space to Breathe – a film that looks back on our present moment of the abolitionist movement from a future where police and prisons have been abolished. She also shares her collaboration with adrienne maree brown in the creating the Octavia's Brood, an anthology inspired out of their desire to...
2022-09-1326 min
Half In Half x SIMPHour"Are we ignorant?" "We're not shooting on..." - VCD 1Your friends MATT+DAN are here fully as VANCITY Dispatch! This is the pilot episode and man did they have FUN!
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2022-09-0255 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourTOTAL FUT TALK 1: "How about...?" "No comment."Filmed on 27/AUG/22
Our first episode fully as VANCITY Dispatch, MATT + DAN discuss recent football/soccer news with our TOTAL FUT TALK series!
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2022-08-3144 min
Half In Half x SIMPHourSIMPHour: The Last Hour W/VANCITY Dispatch (The Rebrand)*quick disclaimer: we apologize for the audio, there was a recording error on the software being used, it'll be nice and crisp next week :)*
This week your friend at SIMPHour, Matthew, gets to know the new co-host, Daniel. This will be the last episode of this podcast being called SIMPHour, afterwards, we'll be transitioning to becoming VANCITY Dispatch.
We decided to do this as we're going to expand on the topics discussed in SIMPHour and because of the drastic changes on camera and behind camera since the original incarnation of SIMPHour.
In the end, if yo...
2022-08-251h 23
Below the RadarThe Trip Diary: A City in Transit — with Peter V. HallOn this second episode of The Trip Diary, Steve Tornes speaks with Dr. Peter V. Hall about the Employer Transit Subsidy Study, a research project which examined the factors that encourage people to switch from driving to public transit and who, even if you made transit free, would still not use public transit.
Compared to our last episode on equity, this research is quantitative and numbers based, and yet, even though it involved big data, it still cares deeply about equity. Peter further discusses how the study was used to inform collective bargaining questions and was designed with a social...
2022-07-1235 min
Below the RadarThe Trip Diary: Geographies of Identity — with Lori Macdonald and Sadia TabassumOn this first episode of The Trip Diary, Steve Tornes speaks with Lori Macdonald and Sadia Tabassum about their research on transit-based mobility through an equitable lens. Lori discusses how recent migrants to the City of Vancouver learn and familiarize themselves to a new public transportation network, while Sadia describes how transit spaces affect women of colour in different ways, pushing back against the concept of the “universal transit user”. Both Lori and Sadia discuss their research methods and how they approach the study of personalized experiences. The episode ends with a series of policy recommendations.
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2022-07-051h 01
Below the RadarHonouring Indigenous Children & Motherhood — with Angel Gates and Eva TakakanewContent Warning: The stories in this series deal with difficult and sometimes traumatic topics. This episode in particular discusses substance use, family separation and residential schools. Please practice self care, stop listening, and seek help if you need to. Scroll down to find links to available supports.
For the final installment of the Voices of the Street podcast series, host Angel Gates invites Megaphone author Eva Takakanew into conversation about her powerful writings.
As longtime friends, Angel and Eva share and discuss pieces of writing that shine a light on the traumatic histories and ongoing impacts of the Indian Residential...
2022-03-2220 min
Below the RadarVoices of the Street: Empty Inside — with Angel Gates and Peter ThompsonContent Warning: The stories in this series deal with difficult and sometimes traumatic topics. Please practice self care, stop listening, and seek help if you need to. Scroll down to find links to available supports.
Storyteller, actor and activist Angel Gates invites Megaphone author Peter Thompson into conversation about his poem, “Empty Inside.” Peter’s piece, published in the 2021 Voices of the Street anthology, is a poetic contemplation of loneliness and isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
They discuss feelings of anxiety and longing for simple connection and interaction during lockdown. Peter also speaks to the devastating wildfire, fueled by climate change...
2022-03-1517 min
Below the RadarVoices of the Street: My Mother’s Comfort — with Nicolas Leech-Crier and Eva TakakanewContent Warning: The stories in this series deal with difficult and sometimes traumatic topics. This episode in particular discusses substance use, family separation and residential schools. Please practice self care, stop listening, and seek help if you need to. Scroll down to find links to available supports.
The fourth episode of the Voices of the Street podcast series features a conversation on Indigenous honour, healing and empowerment, with your host, Nicolas Leech-Crier.
Nicolas interviews Voices of the Street contributor Eva Takakanew about her written piece, “My Mother’s Comfort,” a deeply personal poem and reflection on drug use and the interg...
2022-03-0816 min
Below the RadarVoices of the Street: Without Prejudice — with Yvonne Mark and Dennis GatesContent Warning: The stories in this series deal with difficult and sometimes traumatic topics. Please practice self care, stop listening, and seek help if you need to. Scroll down to find links to available supports.
For the third installment of the Voices of the Street podcast, we have a candid and heartful conversation between host Yvonne Mark and Megaphone writer Dennis Gates in response to his piece “Without Prejudice,” published in the 2021 Voices of the Street anthology.
In his piece, Dennis writes about his experiences of anti-Indigenous discrimination and injustice within the court system and the deep-felt impact of incarceration on h...
2022-03-0112 min
Below the RadarVoices of the Street: The Din from Within — with Jules ChapmanContent Warning: The stories in this series deal with difficult and sometimes traumatic topics. Please practice self care, stop listening, and seek help if you need to. Scroll down to find links to available supports.
Be transported into the soundscapes of two different poems. This installment of the Voices of the Street podcast is produced by Jules Chapman, a writer and peer support worker who is deeply involved in the Downtown Eastside community.
Jules reads from the Voices of the Street anthology, sharing Elaine Schell’s “The Din from Within” and the original poem that Jules was inspired to write in res...
2022-02-2206 min
Below the RadarVoices of the Street: Why I Choose to Stay — with Nicolas Leech-Crier and Mr. EssentialContent Warning: The stories in this series deal with difficult and sometimes traumatic topics. Please practice self care, stop listening, and seek help if you need to. Scroll down to find links to available supports.
The Voices of the Street podcast makes its debut on Below the Radar! Over the next six weeks, follow along as Megaphone storytellers weave tales and read from the 2021 Voices of the Street anthology. In this first installment, we hear from poet, writer, actor, research tech and overdose responder Nicolas Leech-Crier, in conversation with your host for this episode, Mr. Essential.
Nicolas shares his journey...
2022-02-1512 min
Below the RadarRussian Influence in Eastern Europe — with Rumena FilipovaWriter, researcher, and Chairperson of the Institute for Global Analytics, Rumena Filipova joins host Am Johal to discuss her latest book, Constructing the Limits of Europe: Identity and Foreign Policy in Poland, Bulgaria, and Russia since 1989. Rumena speaks to how dominant conceptions of national identity have shaped the foreign policy behaviour of the Balkan states, Hungary and Russia. She explores the internal politics of European Union member states, the competing regional forces of Europeanization and their impact on traditions of national identity.
Am and Rumena discuss the rise of right-wing populism worldwide and how climate change could exacerbate existing geopolitical...
2022-02-0340 min
Below the RadarTerror Capitalism and Uyghur Dispossession — with Darren BylerSociocultural anthropologist and assistant professor at SFU’s School for International Studies, Darren Byler joins Am Johal to speak about his latest book, “Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City.” Darren describes how China surveilles and dispossesses Uyghur populations through a mass digital surveillance system, connecting it to the war on terror. Darren and Am also discuss the similarities and differences between the colonialism of China with India, Israel, and other Western countries.
Finally, the conversation goes into how Uyghur men protect their wellbeing by developing anti-colonial friendships. The conversation also highlights how many Han Chinese people are bu...
2022-02-0140 min
Below the RadarBadiou, Universalism and Racial Politics — with Elisabeth PaquetteContinental philosopher and assistant professor of Philosophy and Women Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina, Elisabeth Paquette, joins Am Johal to speak about her latest book, Universal Emancipation: Race Beyond Badiou.
Elisabeth speaks about some of her transformative moments as a continental philosopher, including an essential question posed to her by Paget Henry, and her experience joining the Black Lives Matter Charlotte Protests in 2016. Her and Am also speak about the important questions surrounding ideas of justice, how justice can be emancipatory, and the ways that states fail in enacting justice — due to its deep foundations upon race an...
2022-01-2523 min
Below the RadarExperimental Pedagogy & Art — with Alessandra PomaricoIn this episode, we spoke with Alessandra Pomarico about creating collaborative art for social change, both before and during the pandemic. The show begins by talking about friendship and different collectives in Italy and New York, before moving on to new ways of thinking which combine resistance and existence (re-existence). Centring re-existence in Latin American ideas and the Zapatista movement, Alessandra puts forward a new way of learning through collective living and collaborative art spaces.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/155-alessandra-pomarico.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/155-alessandra-pomarico.html
Resources:
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2022-01-1844 min
Below the RadarVancouver Podcast Festival: Podcasting Climate ChangeThe climatic events of 2021 (heat, fires, floods, storms) have brought home the reality of climate change like never before — and the urgency for media to address this crisis couldn’t feel greater. But how do we talk about the climate emergency in ways that move us away from despair and disaster coverage? How can podcasts shift the conversation in ways the mainstream media cannot or refuses to do? How do we talk about climate justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and de-colonizing media?
For this special release, tune into the live event recording from Podcasting Climate Change, a session at the 2021 Vancouver Podcast Fest...
2022-01-041h 11
Below the RadarLGBTQ2S+ Health: Impacts of Stigma — with Travis SalwayTravis Salway, a social epidemiologist and Assistant Professor with SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences, joins Am Johal in a conversation about syndemic theory, the state of conversion therapy in Canada, and LGBTQ2S+ affirming healthcare.
Going in-depth about the structural health disadvantages of LGBTQ2S+ people and the multiple epidemics concurrently affecting them, Am and Travis discuss how Canada still needs to do more to achieve an equal society. Travis also speaks to the current limitation of data collection for this vulnerable population and how he and his team are working to create visual tools to help keep people in...
2021-11-3031 min
Below the RadarLabour Studies & Justice for Workers — with Kendra StraussThe director of the SFU Labour Studies program, Kendra Strauss, joins Am Johal in a conversation about systemic challenges facing workers, and the ways in which workers shape economies and exercise power in the workplace.
Honing in on issues of precarious work, low wages, technological change, contracting out, and the devaluing of feminized work like care work, Am and Kendra discuss trends in labour studies and how they impact migrant and racialized workers. Kendra also speaks to how labour studies as a discipline can work in-step with labour organizers and workers to strive towards a just transition, to create better...
2021-11-2324 min
Below the RadarWomen, Work, More: Working Mothers & the Pressures of Motherhood — with Amanda WatsonSFU Sociology and Anthropology Professor Amanda Watson, joins Alyha Bardi to speak about her recent book, 'The Juggling Mother: Coming Undone in an Age of Anxiety.'
Amanda speaks about our cultural fascination with the figure of the juggling mother, explores the ableism and racism behind this depiction, and scrutinizes the immense pressures of motherhood that are often ignored — from juggling work and home life, to breastfeeding, to acting unencumbered at work.
Amanda also discusses depictions of mothers as the “gender neutral CEO” — and explores how misogyny, white liberal feminism, and gender socialization, have led us to accept these very ideas in...
2021-11-1653 min
Below the RadarWomen, Work, More: Young Women Navigating Food Service — with Kaitlyn MatulewiczWomen, Work, More kicks off with an investigation into the experiences of young women in the workplace. Host Alyha Bardi speaks with Kaitlyn Matulewicz, a labour organizer with a background in labour law, who is also the Executive Director of the Worker Solidarity Network. They speak about the unique barriers and harassment experienced by young women working front-of-house positions in the food service and hospitality industry.
Kaitlyn speaks to gendered power dynamics in restaurants, issues around shift scheduling and tip-out practices, and how women workers are pushing back and finding ways to resist the culture of harassment. She also points...
2021-11-0440 min
Below the RadarToast, Jams & Anti-Fascist Karaoke — with Andrea CreamerAn artist, community organizer, and a former staff member and longtime friend of SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Andrea Creamer joins Below the Radar to catch up with your host, Am Johal. They talk grassroots arts organizing, her experiences as a fine arts student in SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts and at the University of Toronto, and taking a community-centred approach to healthcare and wellness.
Andrea has a long history of working in community and bringing arts programming to the public. They chat about her involvement in the artist-run Toast Collective in East Van, as well as S...
2021-10-2637 min
Below the RadarDesigning Equitable Spaces — with Anthonia OgundeleAm Johal is joined by Ethọ́s Lab founder Anthonia Ogundele on this episode of Below the Radar. Anthonia shares about her career in emergency management and sustainability and the origins of Ethọ́s Lab. Anthonia also discusses the inequalities of the education system with respect to STEAM and innovation programs, and the importance of centering the Black experience when creating spaces for youth.
Ethọ́s Lab is a non-profit social enterprise that is developing an online collaborative platform and creative co-working spaces for youth ages 13-18 that foster the exploration of culture and STEAM.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/va...
2021-04-0727 min
Below the RadarCooperative Economics — with Elvy Del BiancoElvy Del Bianco of Vancity Credit Union speaks to the power of cooperatives to help communities meet their own needs. He is in conversation with host Am Johal about the role coops can play in the production of social goods, and how they can support communities of entrepreneurs, small businesses, non-profits, and workers through solidarity and infrastructure. They also discuss the Vancity Emilia-Romagna Co-operative Study Tour and how this particular area of northern Italy has what Elvy calls, “the most significant cooperative economy on earth.” It’s also a region that sees some of the lowest poverty rates and highest levels...
2020-10-0623 min
Below the RadarPodcasting as Scholarship — with Hannah McGregorWith the rise of podcasting as a forum for academic conversations and as a teaching tool, Hannah McGregor of SFU’s Publishing department set out to investigate — and enact — podcasting as a form of scholarly communication, knowledge mobilization, and open pedagogy. Hannah is in conversation with host Am Johal about her research into the exciting potentials of scholarly podcasting, and the power of the podcast as a grassroots, decentralized medium.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/72-hannah-mcgregor.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/72-hannah-mcgregor.html
About Hannah McGregor:
https://hannahmcgregor.com/
Open P...
2020-09-0827 min
Below the RadarPaying the Land — with Joe SaccoAm Johal is joined by Maltese-American cartoonist Joe Sacco, renowned for his long-form graphic journalism and field work in conflict zones and places where people are facing displacement and dispossession. They discuss his new book, “Paying the Land,” dealing with the painful history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and resource extraction in northern Canada, as well as overarching themes of dispossession, the violence of settler-colonialism, and the bonds between people and land that are prominent in his work. Joe also shares some of his upcoming projects and touches on the intensification of political tensions in Portland, OR, where he live...
2020-08-2725 min
Below the RadarYouth in Policymaking — with Aida MwanziaJackie Obungah is in conversation with Aida Mwanzia about the importance of centering Black youth and community perspectives in policymaking. Aida speaks about a policy brief she wrote advocating for a cap on international student tuition, as well as her experience working with Ethọ́s Lab to create accessible and inclusive tech spaces.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/70-aida-mwanzia.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/70-aida-mwanzia.html
Read Aida’s policy brief on international student tuition:
https://levelvf.ca/project/building-an-ethical-relationship-between-the-province-of-british-columbia-and-international-students/
More about Ethọ́s Lab:
https://solidstate.coop/ethoslab
Bio:
Wit...
2020-08-2028 min
Below the RadarSinging Through the Dark: And Other Pandemic Pleasures — with Vanessa RichardsHow do we come together to make and enjoy art in a time of physical distancing? Interdisciplinary artist and community organizer Vanessa Richards joins host Am Johal in his backyard for a physically distanced conversation about convening community through music during the pandemic. They discuss the challenges and opportunities of practising community-engaged arts over these past months; Vanessa’s experiences of virtually leading Van Van Song Society and Dancing in the Dark; and how Vancouver is responding to and participating in this moment of heightened community action for racial justice.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/pa...
2020-08-1841 min
Below the RadarBlack Youth in Community Organizing — with Ayaan Ismaciil and Natasha MhuriroOn this episode of Below the Radar, our guest host, Jackie Obungah, is joined by Ayaan Ismaciil and Natasha Mhuriro. They discuss the importance of starting a Black in BC Mutual Aid fund during the pandemic as a means of community support and sustenance. Ayaan and Natasha also talk about finding a balance between student life and community organizing. Both Ayaan and Natasha are members of the African Students Association at SFU and have been part of several student organizing initiatives on campus. In this conversation, they also explore the continued solidarity between Indigenous and Black communities in working towards...
2020-08-1130 min
Below the RadarEnding Fentanyl Contamination Deaths — with Ann LivingstonOn this episode of our Below the Radar Conversations Series, our host Am Johal is joined by Ann Livingston, community organizer and drug user activist. Ann is the co-founder of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, and is currently the Executive Project Coordinator of the BC-Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors. Am and Ann discuss the two current public health emergencies: the COVID-19 pandemic and the fentanyl contamination deaths in BC.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/pandemic-conversations/67-ann-livingston.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/67-ann-livingston.html
You can find...
2020-08-0740 min
Below the RadarCommunity Engagement in Muslim Communities — with Amal GhazalOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Amal Ghazal, Director of the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, and Associate Professor in the Department of History at SFU with a focus on the modern history of the Middle East and Africa. Born in Lebanon, she has studied at the American University of Beirut and moved to Canada in 1996 to complete her MA and PhD at the University of Alberta. Prior to joining SFU, she was a faculty member at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. Amal has been the Director of the Centre for Comparative...
2020-08-0520 min
Below the RadarDesigning for Social Intervention — with Kenneth BaileyOn this episode of Below the Radar, we speak with Kenneth Bailey, the co-founder of the Design Studio for Social Intervention. With our host Am Johal, he discusses how social justice issues have been exacerbated during the pandemic and protests in support of racial justice and defunding the police.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/pandemic-conversations/65-kenneth-bailey.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/65-kenneth-bailey.html
You can learn more about Design Studio for Social Intervention: https://www.ds4si.org/
Design Studio for Social Intervention's book Ideas-Arrangements-Effects: https://www.ds4si...
2020-07-3021 min
Below the RadarSocial Media and Revolution — with Adel IskandarOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Adel Iskandar, Middle East media scholar and Assistant Professor of Global Communication at Simon Fraser University’s School of Communication. He is the author and co-author of several works, including “Egypt In Flux: Essays on an Unfinished Revolution” (2013, AUCP/OUP), “Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation”, (2010, University of California Press) and “Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network that is Rattling Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism" (2002, Basic Books). His research primarily involves media, identity and politics. Adel is also the co-editor of online publication “Jadaliyya,” and academic pod...
2020-07-2855 min
Below the RadarRhetoric and Pedagogy — with Dan AdlemanOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal sits down with Dan Adleman, an Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Toronto. He has also previously taught at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design. Dan received his PhD from the University of British Columbia in 2016, in his dissertation he explores new-rhetorical approaches to American fiction grappling with the emergence of a new media environment at the turn of the millennium. Alongside Am Johal, he is the co-founder of Vancouver Institute...
2020-07-2122 min
Below the RadarCommunity-Engaged Dance — with Karen JamiesonIn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal sits down with Karen Jamieson, Vancouver-based dancer and choreographer. Karen's company Karen Jamieson Dance works with residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside through community engagement and cross cultural dancing, and is recognized nationally as groundbreaking. Additionally, her work, "Sisyphus," was named one of the 10 Canadian choreographic masterworks of the 20th century by Dance Collection Danse. Karen has be recognized for her talent and dedication to her field, receiving the Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award in 2013, honoured with the Isadora Award in 2016, and in 2018 she was inducted into the Canadian dance hall...
2020-07-1433 min
Below the RadarFentanyl Contamination Deaths during COVID-19 — with Garth MullinsOn this episode of Below the Radar's Pandemic Conversations series we talk with Garth Mullins, documentarian, community organizer, and host and executive producer of the podcast CRACKDOWN. Garth and our host Am Johal talk about how the overdose crisis in Vancouver has been affected by COVID-19, and the positive affects that listening to drug user activists can have on the safety of the community.
CRACKDOWN is a new, monthly podcast about drugs, drug policy and the drug war led by drug user activists and supported by research. Each episode will tell the story of a community fighting for their lives...
2020-07-1225 min
Below the RadarReading the Political Moment — with Michael RobersonOn this episode of our Below the Radar Conversations Series our host Am Johal speaks with public health practitioner, activist and LGBTQ community leader Michael Roberson. They talk about how to read the current political times.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/pandemic-conversations/60-michael-roberson.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/60-michael-roberson.html
Bio:
Michael Roberson created The Federation of Ballroom Houses, co-created the National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Group and the nationally diffused CDC behavioral change HIV prevention intervention “Many Men, Many Voices.” Currently, he consults for several national community-based organi...
2020-07-1036 min
Below the RadarThe Garbage Queen — with Louise SchwarzOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal speaks with Louise Schwarz, founder and co-owner of Recycling Alternatives. Am and Louise talk about the cultural shift surrounding recycling from 1989, when Recycling Alternatives was founded, and today. They also discuss the future of recycling and waste management, and what policies might help keep more waste out of landfills.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/59-louise-schwarz.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/59-louise-schwarz.html
You can learn more about Recycling Alternatives here:
https://recyclingalternative.com/
Bio:
Louise Schwarz grew up...
2020-07-0711 min
Below the RadarA Joyful Militant — with carla bergmanOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal and guest host Fiorella Pinillos are joined by carla bergman, an independent scholar, filmmaker and producer. Alongside videomaker Corin Browne, carla is the co-director of EMMA Talks, a mini-art-festival and speaker’s series by women. With Nick Montgomery, she is the co-author of Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times. Recently, through TouchWood Editions, carla published Radiant Voices, a collection of essays inspired by EMMA Talks. Am, Fiorella and carla chat about previous projects such as the Purple Thistle Institute and EMMA Talks, as well as some upcoming pr...
2020-06-3022 min
Below the RadarAdvocating for Women During COVID-19 — with Janice AbbottOn this episode of Below the Radar, we are joined by Janice Abbott, the CEO of Atira Women’s Resource Society. Our office’s Program Assistant Paige Smith sits down with Janice to discuss how the pandemic has affected the work of Atira in combatting violence against women. Janice discusses the many diverse initiatives Atira has, including their popup refuge SisterSquare for women in the Downtown Eastside, their expansive housing support systems, and their new safety protocols. With reports indicating an increase to support lines for women experiencing violence, Janice also provides tips for what we can all do to supp...
2020-06-2517 min
Below the RadarWorking in Community — with Jackie WongOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal and guest host Rachel Wong are joined by Jackie Wong. Jackie currently is the Director of Communications and Race Equity Project Director at Hua Foundation and is a long-time collaborator and friend of SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Together, they talk about Jackie’s past work as a journalist, the current work that she does in Chinatown with regards to decolonization and working with youth, and how her different experiences have shaped her approach to the work and research she does.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/v...
2020-06-2320 min
Below the RadarResearch in the Service of Community — with Tiffany Muller Myrdahl and Brett StoudtOn this special edition of Below the Radar, guest host Tiffany Muller Myrdahl (SFU Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies and SFU Urban Studies) interviews Brett Stoudt. Brett came to Vancouver in early 2020 to give a workshop on participatory action research based on the work and research that he does at the City University of New York. In this episode, Tiffany and Brett talk about what participatory action research is, the Public Science Project and Morris Justice Project, and what it means to do research with and for the community rather than on it.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca...
2020-06-1639 min
Below the RadarCOVID-19 and Community Organizing — with Kimberley WongOn this episode of our Below the Radar Conversations Series, our host Am Johal chats with Kimberley Wong. Kimberley currently sits as the Chair of the City of Vancouver's Chinatown Legacy Stewardship Group, the co-chair of Vancouver Just Recovery Coalition, and the Community Development Coordinator for the Hua Foundation. Kimberley talks with Am about her current work in Chinatown and how its been affected due to COVID-19.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/pandemic-conversations/54-kimberley-wong.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/54-kimberley-wong.html
You can learn more about Hua Foundation by...
2020-06-1015 min
Below the RadarCOVID-19 and Selenium — with Dr. Ethan TaylorIn this episode we talk with Dr. Ethan Taylor, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of North Carolina. With our host Am Johal, he discusses the current research on selenium as an anti-pathogenic factor in emerging zoonotic viral infections, such as COVID-19.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/pandemic-conversations/53-ethan-taylor.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/53-ethan-taylor.html
Bio:
Dr. Ethan Taylor is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. His current research focus is on...
2020-06-0538 min
Below the RadarCOVID-19 and Inequities in Health — with Meaghan ThumathWelcome to the fourth episode of our Below the Radar Conversations Series. Today we talk with Meaghan Thumath, a clinical scientist at the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity and clinical associate professor at UBC’s School of Nursing. With our host Am Johal, she discusses her previous international work studying and combatting pandemics and how this has informed her current understandings of COVID-19, both globally and locally here in Vancouver, Canada.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/pandemic-conversations/51-meaghan-thumath.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/51-meaghan-thumath.html
Learn more ab...
2020-05-2728 min
Below the RadarFar Out: Outer Space Law — with Michael ByersOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Michael Byers, an author and professor of Political Science at UBC, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law. He is also the co-director of the Outer Space Institute, a transdisciplinary international network for space studies. Michael’s work focuses on international law, climate change, the Arctic and outer space. He sits down with Am to chat about Arctic sovereignty, international cooperation, space law and issues in outer space. He is currently under contract with Cambridge University Press for a book en...
2020-05-2625 min
Below the RadarWorking the Front Lines During COVID-19 — with Dr. Kevin PattersonIn this episode of our Below the Radar Conversations series we speak with ICU physician and writer Dr. Kevin Patterson about what he has learned working in the front lines during COVID-19. He chats with Am Johal about planning for a second wave, what we can learn from past pandemics, the relationship between this outbreak and climate change, and how we can improve our local healthcare systems here in Vancouver, Canada.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/pandemic-conversations/49-kevin-patterson.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/49-kevin-patterson.html
Read Dr. Kevin Patterson's...
2020-05-2329 min
Below the RadarSocial Transformation — with Tara MahoneyOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Tara Mahoney, the Research and Engagement Coordinator of SFU’s Community-Engaged Research initiative team (CERi). Tara holds a PhD from SFU’s School of Communications, is also a research fellow in climate change communications at the David Suzuki Foundation and is the creative director of Gen Why Media. She sits down with Am to talk about her research in the recent years, involving the emerging forms of participatory political culture in Canada.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/48-tara-mahoney.html
Read the tran...
2020-05-1927 min
Below the RadarCommunity-Engaged Research — with Stuart Poyntz and Joanna HabdankThis episode of Below the Radar features two members of SFU’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative, or CERi: co-director Stuart Poyntz and program manager Joanna Habdank. Both Stuart and Joanna bring their own experiences and expertise to CERi with hopes to create more opportunities for research that is respectful, ethical, and collaborates with community members. They discuss with host Am Johal what Community-Engaged Research is and how SFU is answering the call to provide more opportunities for collaboration in research with communities.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/47-stuart-poyntz-joanna-habdank.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/va...
2020-05-1238 min
Below the RadarCOVID-19, Geopolitics and Climate Change — with Paul RogersThis is the second edition of our Below the Radar Conversations. In this episode, Am Johal speaks with Paul Rogers on COVID-19 and how it impacts geopolitics and climate change.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/pandemic-conversations/46-paul-rogers.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/46-paul-rogers.html
Paul Rogers is professor emeritus in the department of peace studies at Bradford University in the UK. He is openDemocracy's international security adviser, and has been writing a weekly column on global security since 2001; he also writes a monthly briefing for the Oxford Research Group...
2020-05-0530 min
Below the RadarUrban Intimacy — with Hilda Fernandez and Fernanda SouzaOn this episode of Below the Radar, we welcome psychoanalyst Hilda Fernandez and clinical counsellor Fernanda Selayzin Souza who practice in Vancouver. Both Hilda and Fernanda dive into a discussion around urban intimacy and the good life, including how technology impacts intimacy and relationships, the potential mainstreaming of polyamory, and the differences across generations and cultures that change the way we relate to others and ourselves.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/45-hilda-fernandez-fernanda-souza.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/45-hilda-fernandez-fernanda-souza.html
You can learn more about the work, practice and research...
2020-04-281h 18
Below the RadarThe World Health Organization and COVID-19 — with Dr. Kelley LeeIn this first episode of our Below the Radar conversations series, we hear from Dr. Kelley Lee, Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance at Simon Fraser University. In this conversation, she chats with Am Johal about the World Health Organization and COVID-19.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/pandemic-conversations/44-kelley-lee.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/44-kelley-lee.html
Bio:
Dr. Lee is trained in International Relations and Public Administration with a focus on international political economy. She spent over twenty years at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine...
2020-04-2141 min
Below the RadarAndrew Petter on the Engaged UniversityOn this episode of Below the Radar, we are joined by SFU President, Andrew Petter. For 10 years, Andrew has led SFU in becoming Canada’s Engaged University. Prior to that, Andrew had extensive teaching experience as a faculty member at the University of Victoria as well as serving the province as an MLA with a variety of cabinet portfolios during his time in office. Am Johal talks to Andrew about the experiences he had prior to coming to SFU, what it’s been like to serve as SFU’s president, and why SFU will always be a big part of his li...
2020-04-1438 min
Below the RadarCowboys, Mermaids, and Interdisciplinary Art — with Barbara AdlerOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Barbara Adler, interdisciplinary artist, programmer and SFU’s School for Contemporary Arts’ Professional Development Coordinator. Barbara’s artistic work has been presented at The Vancouver Folk Festival, Ballet BC, the Vienna Literature Festival and many more. She currently produces the weekly performance series Sawdust Collector, which showcases experimental and improvised works by established and emerging artists. She holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/42-barbara-adler.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancit...
2020-03-3117 min
Below the RadarAdvocating for Drug Policy Reform — with Scott BernsteinOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Scott Bernstein, the Director of Policy at Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, a project based at the Faculty of Health Sciences at SFU. He has also done work with Pivot Legal Society in Vancouver and internationally with Open Society Foundations in New York. Together, Am and Scott talk about his work involving harm reduction, decriminalization and drug regulation policies, and discuss potential regulation models with studies such as the North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) and Study to Assess Longer-term Opioid Medication Effectiveness (SALOME).
Full episode details...
2020-03-1732 min
VanCity Bhangra EntertainmentEvery Body Clap Your Hands by Karan Virdi (Gidha/Bhangra Mix)Performed by Manjot Bal and VanCity Girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSEENS9Lf7w
2020-01-1205 min
Below the RadarOn Andean Horror: The monster always represents the fear we repress — with Maria Cecilia SabaOn this episode of Below the Radar, our Communications Coordinator Rachel Wong sits down with Maria Cecilia Saba to talk about Andean horror films. Maria Cecilia currently is the Teen Programs Coordinator at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, but previously she worked as the Interim Program Coordinator for our office. We talk to Maria Cecilia about what got her interested in researching two Peruvian-Andean horror films for her Master’s thesis, what her personal experience with horror films are, and how she came to understand the viewing of horror films as a visceral journey and cathartic experience.
Full episode de...
2019-10-2941 min
VanCity Bhangra EntertainmentVanCity Bhangra @ Bruin 2019 (Second Place) - DJ GBXVanCity Bhangra @ Bruin 2019 (Second Place) - DJ GBX by VanCity Bhangra Entertainment
2019-06-2411 min
VanCity Bhangra EntertainmentVanCity Bhangra @ Bhangra State of Mind 2019VanCity Bhangra mix made by:
DJ GBX
Devinder Bhullar
Goodfella
2019-02-0608 min
Below the RadarA History of Community-Building in BC — with Bob WilliamsFrom 312 Main and the future of public infrastructure in Surrey, to his “mad socialist period” in Dave Barrett’s NDP government. Am Johal interviews former city planner, MLA, and cabinet minister Bob Williams about his long and storied history of government work and community development in BC.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/4-bob-williams.html
Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/4-bob-williams.html
Bob gave a public talk on the future of Surrey at SFU last fall. Check out the video recording here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgQJLv5eFt8&feature=youtu...
2018-11-2630 min
Below the RadarWhy Vote ‘Yes’ to Proportional Representation? — with Maria DobrinskayaWith a referendum on Proportional Representation looming, BC will decide whether or not to move to a new way of electing our provincial government — or stick with our current First Past the Post system.
Our first guest is Maria Dobrinskaya, BC Director of the Broadbent Institute. Maria shares why she is advocating for BC residents to vote ‘Yes’ to PR when they mail in their ballots this month. She is interviewed by your host, Am Johal, the director of SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement.
Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/1-maria-dobrinskaya.html
Read the transcri...
2018-11-0537 min
VanCity Bhangra EntertainmentVanCity Bhangra @ Bhangra State of Mind 2018 (FIRST PLACE) Ft. DJ GBX & DJ DavidCredits:
3:51-4:01 - @dj-hsk-2
0;00-2:29 - DJ David
2:29-5:47 - @dj_gbx
5:47-7:12 - DJ David
7:12-8:42 - @dj_gbx
2018-03-1308 min
VanCity Bhangra EntertainmentPrabhjit Singh - Goriye (Jhumar)Prabhjit Singh - Goriye (Jhumar) by VanCity Bhangra Entertainment
2018-01-2504 min
VanCity Bhangra EntertainmentLegacy Of VanCity Bhangra Girls 2017 Ft. DJ GBXMix Credits:
Mooho Boldi - 0:46 - DJ Birdzilla
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