Best UBC Okanagan Library Podcasts (2025)

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Poetry and pollinators: Engaging the community through art 29:07

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5+ y ago29:07

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Nancy Holmes, Associate Professor in Creative and Critical Studies, discusses the community-engaged art projects that she has worked on including Border Free Bees, a project to raise awareness about the native bee population in the Okanagan.By UBCO Library

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Water in our everyday lives: The sensory storytelling project 18:01

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Fiona McDonald, assistant professor, Community, Culture and Global Studies discusses the sensory storytelling project and sound portraits of water, an interdisciplinary, collaborative, and community-based project exploring the perceptions of water in our everyday lives.By UBCO Library

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Faith and relationships: Novel reflections 26:10

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Alison Conway, Professor, English and Gender and Women Studies at UBC Okanagan explores how issues of interfaith marriage can be understood and contemporized through the 18th century novel.By UBC Okanagan Library

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Dressing resistance: Gender, fashion, and culture 33:03

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Ilya Parkins, Associate Professor, Gender and Women's Studies discusses issues of gender and resistance expressed through fashion.By UBC Okanagan Library

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Beyond Pedagogies: Open Access and Open Education Resources 41:15

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Participatory Action Research: Knowledge Sharing Between the Academy and Indigenous Populations 38:12

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Mike Evans, Professor and Associate Dean (Research, Graduate, and Post-Doctoral Studies) with the Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Sciences explores issues of knowledge sharing, open access, and research outputs when working with indigenous communities.By UBC Okanagan Library

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The Science of Soundscapes: Systems Creating Expressions of Mood and Text 24:11

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Miles Thorogood, Creative Technologist specializing in developing computational assistive technologies, and Instructor cross-posted between Creative Studies and Computer Science, walks through his creation of soundscapes, art and technological literacies.By UBC Okanagan Library

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Communication Conundrums: Mapping Dialogue to Diverse Audiences 17:11

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Karen Hodges, Conservation Biologist and Professor in the Department of Biology at UBC Okanagan, discusses how scientists can adapt their language to better address the impact of their research to a variety of audiences.By UBC Okanagan Library

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Science, Literature and Politics: Tracing a Culture of Science 21:08

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Greg ?Garrard, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies Professor in the Department of English at UBC Okanagan, explores cultural reactions to science through literature and the ramifications of politicizing science.By UBC Okanagan Library

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Systems of Knowledge: Science in Modern Medical Education 20:52

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Segun Oyedele, Anatomy Instructor and Course Director with UBC's Southern Medical Program, discusses shifting pedagogies and the challenges of accessible science in the classroom and practice.By UBC Okanagan Library

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Unifying Literacies: Linking Ideas to Explain our World 19:59

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Richard Federley, Research Support Specialist with the Office of Research Services at UBC Okanagan, engages in mapping concepts, novel applications of ideas, and the need to critically evaluate the world around us and the theories that describe it.By UBC Okanagan Library

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Shifting Perspectives: Psychoactives, Medicine, and Drug Culture 22:32

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Zach Walsh, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at UBC Okanagan, addresses an increased interest in medicinal psychoactive drug usage, how this engages our drug literacy, and shifts notions of medicinal and recreational uses of drugs.By UBC Okanagan Library

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Non-Canonical Explorations: Interweaving Fiction, Science and Literacy 25:18

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Ben Tippett, Sessional Instructor in Physics and Mathematics at UBC Okanagan explores bridging science and fiction and making science accessible for an adult audience to enhance society's science literacy.By UBC Okanagan Library