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The official podcast of the Society of Graduate Students at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. We aim to showcase the innovative research that graduate students are conducting at Western University and appeal to various audiences including those within and beyond the academic community.
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Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
This episode welcomes Javier Alvarez, a PhD student in anthropology, studying Mapudungun — the language of the Mapuches. Mapuches are an indigenous community that inhabited South America way before colonization, and is currently established in central Chile and southwest Argentina. Javier shares with hosts Charan and Laura his intentions to cooperate with the Mapuches in order to develop and promote strategies to revitalize Mapudungun.
Recorded on September 17, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Peter Baker speaks with Ariel Frame and Charan Mandur about his ongoing Biology MSc research on lake trout from Lake Ontario. Peter explains how he studies lake trout to determine how a thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency, caused by the consumption of invasive prey fishes, impacts fish health and behavior. Moreover, Peter discusses aspects of fishing which influence ecosystem conservation.
Recorded on September 13, 2022.
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
In today’s episode, hosts Claire Bottini and Carly Charron talk with Natalia Parra about her anthropological studies on Canadian refuges immigration process. Natalia particularly focuses on the experience of Columbian women refugees in Canada and the asylum adjudication system that determines who is “worthy” to be considered a refugee and who is not.
Recorded on September 6, 2022.
Produced by Jordan VanderBurgt.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Recorded on August 30, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
On this episode of #GraduatedLife, hosts Charan Mandur and Amalie Hutchinson chat with Dr Christina Booker. Christina graduated with her PhD in Chemistry in 2012, and now works as a faculty member at Western, developing new teaching strategies. She shares with us ways to balance work and family life, advice for making career connections, and more.
Recorded on August 22, 2022
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
This week, hosts Ana Moyer and Amalie Hutchinson interview Reese Gartly. Reese is completing her M.Sc. in the biology department. We discuss her work making computer models for spider body-size, and learning more about how spiders perceive the world around them using eight of their body parts... not the eyes, the legs! Listen in for some cool facts about spiders, how your stiff knee probably won't help you predict the weather, and how to catch a spider, if that's what you're after.
To learn more about Reese's research, you can follow her on Twitter @rgartly
Recorded on August 23, 2022.
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
On this episode of our #GraduatedLife series, hosts Jordan VanderBurgt and Carly Charron chat with Patrick Langille. Patrick finished his MSc in biology in 2016. After deciding that research wasn't for him, he took off to New Zealand, completed teacher's college, and became a science teacher. Patrick shares how his career took shape, gave advice for current grads who might not be loving what they're doing now, and how he was able to persevere and find the job he was meant for.
Recorded on August 17, 2022.
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
To continue our #GraduatedLife series, hosts Jordan VanderBurgt and Claire Bottini interview Tara Saab. Tara graduated with her MA in geography in 1999. We learn that even a grad degree in geography won't necessarily keep you on the map you started on! Tara now works as a project manager at a hospital in Ontario, and she shares how skills she learned at UWO helped her navigate a somewhat off-road career trajectory.
If you have more questions for Tara, you can send her an email at tsaab@gbhs.on.ca
Recorded on August 8, 2022
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
This week, Claire Bottini and Ariel Frame discussed with Olivia Siemons, a Master student in Biology, her work on genes and behaviour in female fruit flies during reproduction. In this episode, Olivia describes how a specific gene influences female receptivity to males courting and how difference in species may affect this behaviour. We continue with discussing about species evolution and techniques to study gene functions.
To hear more from Olivia, check out her Instagram @oliviasiemens or email her osiemons@uwo.ca
Recorded on August 9, 2022.
Produced by Ariel Frame.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
For the first episode of #GraduatedLife, Charan Mandur and Ariel Frame interview Dr. Geoffrey Hayes. Dr. Hayes completed his PhD in history at UWO in 1992. He shares with GradCast how he found his way to Western, what brought him to his current faculty position at the University of Waterloo, and life and grad school advice from someone who's been there.
Recorded on August 4, 2022
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.