Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences was hosted at UBC from June 1-7th, 2019. As delegates shared big ideas, Santa and Margot discuss the future of higher education with Jessica Riddell of Bishop's University. In this episode you'll hear: Laura Yvonne Bulk, Occupational Therapist and UBC PhD Candidate, discusses her Congress presentation on blindness, belonging and the academy. Professor Jessica Riddell on the importance of undergraduate teaching and how putting Shakespeare on...

Emily Jenkins still remembers the basketball coach that changed her life. Now, she’s an assistant professor at UBC’s School of Nursing, and works in youth mental health. Emily joins Santa and Margot to discuss how she wound up in this career, her collaborative work with young people, and how universities can help students and faculty experiencing mental illness. If you’re at UBC and looking for mental health support, you can find resources on campus here Published on MAY 23, 2019 In this...

Why are younger Canadians feeling more squeezed than ever before? In this episode, UBC Associate Professor and founder of Generation Squeeze, Paul Kershaw, discusses the barriers between advocacy and academia. And we meet the new co-host of the Blue & Goldcast, Allard School of Law professor Margot Young. In this episode you will hear: Meet Blue and Goldcast's new co-host Margot Young, of the Allard School of Law. Paul Kershaw of Generation Squeeze describes the generational...

In this episode you'll hear: Laura Yvonne Bulk, Occupational Therapist and UBC PhD Candidate, discusses her Congress presentation on blindness, belonging and the academy. Professor Jessica Riddell on the importance of undergraduate teaching and how putting Shakespeare on trial had unexpected results for her students at Bishop’s University. Documentarians Nettie Wild and Betsy Carson discuss how their views on environmental films have changed. The Blue and Goldcast is a monthly podcast...

Emily Jenkins still remembers the basketball coach that changed her life. Now, she’s an assistant professor at UBC’s School of Nursing, and works in youth mental health. Emily joins Santa and Margot to discuss how she wound up in this career, her collaborative work with young people, and how universities can help students and faculty experiencing mental illness. If you’re at UBC and looking for mental health support, you can find resources on campus here Published on MAY 23, 2019 In this...

Why are younger Canadians feeling more squeezed than ever before? In this episode, UBC Associate Professor and founder of Generation Squeeze, Paul Kershaw, discusses the barriers between advocacy and academia. And we meet the new co-host of the Blue & Goldcast, Allard School of Law professor Margot Young. In this episode you will hear: Meet Blue and Goldcast's new co-host Margot Young, of the Allard School of Law. Paul Kershaw of Generation Squeeze describes the generational...

Can parking garages help us tackle climate change? On this episode, we look at how UBC has turned itself into a Living Lab. UBC Mechanical Engineering Professor Walter Merida explains to Santa Ono how UBC experiments with itself -- with its buildings, its operations, and its surroundings -- to develop innovative green technologies. In this episode you’ll hear: Walter Merida showing how UBC is developing a new energy grid around a parking garage. A description of the way UBC is transformed...

Dave Ng, a biologist and associate director of the Michael Smith Labratories and Allen Sens, a Professor of Teaching in UBC's political science department are charting a new path for higher education in Canada. Their innovative course, ASIC 200, explores global issues from both a science and humanities lens. On the fifth episode of the show, Santa and Jen talk to Dave and Allen about what they've learned from teaching this course.  This episode also features UBC Music student John Stetch.   ...

In the fourth episode of The Blue and Goldcast, Jen and Santa talk about women in STEM, the importance of mentorship, and ways for institutions like UBC to encourage diversity. They hear a story from UBC Mathematics Professor, Stephanie van Willigenburg, about her struggle to find a place in a disproportionately-male field.  In this episode you will hear: An interview Dr. Stephanie van Willigenburg UBC Alumni and filmmaker Nimisha Mukerji. And a short radio piece produced by Erin Ward. *...

As the NHL and NFL struggle with an epidemic of concussions, we talk about brain science and sports policy. Santa, Jen and their guest, Dr. Naznin Virji-Babul, discuss mysteries of the brain, the social impact of concussions, and the role that Universities like UBC should play in making sports safer. This episode's featured artist is Sam Tudor. Watch the music video for his song "New Apartment" here.   

Will artificial intelligence usher in the next industrial revolution? In this episode, we look at the social, political, and economic consequences of AI. We profile UBC professor’s quest to make a ‘smart wheelchair’ for patients in long-term care. In this episode you'll hear: Alan Mackworth talks about his journey from creating soccer-playing robots to making smart wheelchairs. Our producers test out a smart wheelchair and meet the team behind their development at the Institute for...

Welcome to the University of British Columbia's Blue and Goldcast. Each month, UBC President Santa Ono and UBC Assistant Professor Jennifer Gardy discuss big issues in higher education, including: student diversity, international engagement, research ethics, and many others. First off, we’d like to acknowledge that the UBC campus sits on the traditional, ancestral, and unseeded territory of the Musqueam people. In this episode, we focus on how indigenous research methodologies are...