Episode 39: Asian Heritage Month
Santa Ono and guest Henry Yu, the principle of St. John’s College, discuss Asian Heritage Month, which is taking place against a background of anti-Asian racism, and racism against other ABIPOC groups and individuals, as well as the continued tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the transcript here.
Episode 38: Steven Point
In Episode 38 of the Blue & Goldcast, Santa talks to UBC Chancellor Steven Point about his distinguished career and his philosophy of life. Download the transcript here.
Episode 37: Margaret Moss
In this episode of the Blue & Goldcast, Santa talks to Margaret Moss, the Interim Associate Vice-President, Equity & Inclusion, about her current role and her work with UBC’s First Nations House of Learning. Download the transcript here.
Episode 36: Julio Montaner – Bringing Passion and Energy to HIV/AIDS research
Dr. Julio Montaner is the director of the British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the chair in AIDS research and head of the division of AIDS in the faculty of medicine at the University of British Columbia. He discusses highlights of his distinguished career as one of the world’s foremost AIDS/HIV researchers. Download the […]
Episode 35: Research cluster Ars Scientia pairs physicist and artist for collaborative research
Ars Scientia is an ongoing UBC research excellence cluster which pairs scientists and artists, challenging them to create work that stepped outside of their respective disciplines and bridge the academic gap between arts and science. Today, Santa speaks to Daniel Korchinski and Josephine Lee. Daniel, a physicist, and Josephine, an artist were paired together to […]
Episode 33: Scholarly Integrity at UBC
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/episode-33-scholarly-integrity?si=a6bc94a56cd442dab6b3271282ef1b3d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing In the first episode of the Blue and Goldcast for 2022, Santa talks with two scholars working to improve scholarly integrity at UBC. Dr. Ross Hickey is an associate professor in the Faculty of Management and the Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science at UBC’s Okanagan campus Jacqui Brinkman is the Director of […]
Episode 32: Peter Klein on the Future of Journalism
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/episode-32-peter-klein-on-the-future-of-journalism In this episode, Santa talks to Peter Klein from the UBC School of Journalism about his current projects and the future of journalism. Download the transcript here.
Episode 29: Cycling for Mental Health
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/episode-29-cycling-for-mental-health?si=ed71ce56f0924687bc7731d466d3531e In this episode of the Blue and Goldcast, Santa Ono chats with UBC Okanagan student Mikey Friedland, who has just returned from an epic bicycle ride to the Arctic Ocean to raise funds and awareness of mental health issues. Download the transcript here
Episode 27: Ethics in Business
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/episode-27-ethics-in-business In this episode of the Blue & Goldcast, Santa talks to the directors of the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics about why ethics matter in business more than ever. Download the transcript here.
Episode 26: Handel Wright on Anti-Racism and Inclusion at UBC
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/blue-gold-26-handel-wright-on-anti-racism In this episode of the Blue & Goldcast, special guest Dr. Handel Wright discusses anti-racism, Black Studies, and his own journey with Santa Ono. Download the transcript here.
Episode 25: Glenn Regehr on Education for Health Professionals
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/episode-25-glenn-regehr-on-education-for-health-professionals?in=ubc_blue_and_goldcast/sets/blue-and-goldcast In this episode of the Blue & Goldcast, Santa talks to Dr. Glenn Regehr is a researcher in health professions education in the Faculty of Medicine. Download the transcript here.
Episode 23: Fatherhood and Masculinity in the 21st Century
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/blue-gold-episode-23-fatherhood-in-the-21st-century?in=ubc_blue_and_goldcast/sets/blue-and-goldcast In this episode of the Blue and Goldcast, Santa talks to UBC’s Dr. David Kuhl about his research into fatherhood and masculinity. Dr. Kuhl holds the Mohammad H. Mohseni Foundation Chair in Men’s Health, Integrity and Wellbeing at Vancouver Coastal Health with support from the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation. Download the transcript here.
Episode 22: A new COVID-19 diagnostic tool
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/blue-and-gold-episode-22-a-new-covid-19-diagnostic-tool In this episode of the Blue and Goldcast, Santa talks to Karen Cheung and Lukas Chrostowski about their new platform technology and biosensor that can be used as a COVID-19 diagnostic tool. Download the transcript here.
Episode 21: Species at Risk
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/blue-and-gold-21-species-at-risk UBC’s Vancouver campus sits at the tip of one of the most important estuaries in the province, the Fraser River. In this estuary alone, there are 102 species at risk of extinction. My guest today, Tara Martin of the Faculty of Forestry, studies this area, as well as how to best save species at […]
Episode 19: Kevin Golovin’s Cool COVID Protection
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/episode-19-cool-covid-19-protection In this episode, Santa talks to UBC Okanagan professor Kevin Golovin about his anti-fouling and anti-fogging face shields and his “cool” research. Download the transcript here.
Episode 18: Everything You Wanted to Know About UBC’s Senates!
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/episode-18-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-ubcs-senates UBC Okanagan professors Jan Cioe and Jannick Eikenaar talk to Santa about the university’s senates and why they matter. Download the transcript here.
Episode 17: Introducing the CanMask!
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/episode-17-compostable-masks I’m joined by UBC engineering professors Johan Foster and Orlando Rojas who have been working with a multidisciplinary team of researchers and scientists to design what may be the world’s first fully compostable and biodegradable medical mask—the CanMask. Download the transcript here.
Episode 16: EDI in Applied Science
https://soundcloud.com/ubc_blue_and_goldcast/episode-16-sheryl-staub-french I’m joined by Sheryl Staub-French, the Associate Dean of UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science to discuss the Faculty’s equity, diversity, and inclusion strategies. Here at UBC, we’re committed to doing better by all of our students, faculty, and staff. That means advancing and prioritizing our understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion, or EDI, not […]
Welcome Back to the Blue & Goldcast!
I’m delighted to let you know that the Blue and Goldcast, my regular podcast series where I sit down with students, faculty and staff to discuss a wide range of topics, has resumed after taking a short break. We’ve recorded several new episodes, which will be released over the next few months (we’ll be recording […]
Episode 8: Mental Health
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 […]