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Nov 11, 2024

This episode kicks off the Westcoast Women in Engineering Science and Technology's 'Rethinking Racialized Language' campaign, launching on November 20, 2024.

Throughout the month, we’ll hear from panellists challenging colonial language, like the term 'whitepaper', as well as discuss ways to promote inclusive language...


Oct 7, 2024

In this episode, we speak with Severine Pinte. 

She is a distinguished winemaker with a Master’s degree in viticulture and oenology from the National School of Agronomy in Montpellier, in southern France. 

With over 26 harvests of experience, she has worked in various wine regions. However, the Okanagan region and...


Sep 17, 2024

In this episode, we speak with Hallee Fried, who, along with her husband Jeff, co-owns Farmstrong Cider Company, based in Armstrong, British Columbia.

But, her passion for working the land began long before she started cider-making. Agriculture and farming have been a part of her life for as long as she can remember.

In...


Aug 19, 2024

In this episode, we speak with professor of Zoology at the University of British Columbia and the director of the Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Dr. Diane Srivastava. 

She also runs the Srivastava Community Ecology Lab where her team studies how ecological communities and food webs are structured, how...


Jul 15, 2024

In this episode, we speak with Canadian social scientist and professor at McMaster University. Dr. Ingrid Waldron. 

She is the founder of the ENRICH Project, which focuses on environmental racism and injustices in marginalized communities, particularly Indigenous and Black communities.

Dr. Waldron is the author of the...