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In this episode of the Lockdown podcast, host Julia Cawthorn speaks with and Rebecca about their experiences as Asian women in Canada amid a wave of anti-Asian violence in North America and on enduring stereotypes of race and gender surrounding Asian women. Click to listen to “Lockdown” Julia is a recent... More

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Podcast: Pandemic Personally

Listen to the first episode of the new podcast Pandemic Personally, in which Aidan Battley meets with people who tell unique and unconventional stories to inspire us in the middle of a pandemic. Click to listen to “Pandemic Personally”: Aidan Battley is a fourth-year Bachelor of Communications and Media Studies student at... More

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Podcast: How COVID-19 Impacted me as A Chinese International Student in Canada

What was it like to be a Chinese international student when COVID-19 broke out? Mozzi Li, a Chinese student in Canada, shares her experience of racism and her crippling fear of being targeted amid rising anti-Asian sentiments. Click to listen to "How COVID-19 impacted me as a Chinese international-student in Canada": Mozzi Li is... More

Sunday, October 4, 2020

Podcast: The world blames COVID on young people – But “If we had the option to sit on our asses, we damn well would”

Calista Davis is a university student with two minimum wage jobs and an immense amount of debt. In this podcast, she speaks about her experience surviving through COVID_19. When the world has pointed the finger at the people in their twenties for spreading the disease, young people such as Calista have actually had no... More

Saturday, September 26, 2020

Podcast: COVID-19 Attacks Educational Institutions

Following Covid-19, post-secondary institutions have found themselves in a race to adapt to COVID's rippling impact through their educational systems. The new changes have induced many uncertainties and challenges for students. Through her position as the VP Community Engagement for CUSA at Carleton University, Morgan Mckeen shares in this podcast... More

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Podcast: A Casual Roadside Abduction and the Federal Occupation of Portland

Over the past two months, demonstrations have gripped the streets of Portland in outrage over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd. The demonstrations have intensified after federal law enforcement officers were dispatched to halt the protests. Sid Boegman in this podcast looks at state violncee against the protestors in Portland and... More

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

The Poverty Report: “It’s not something I really wanted to tell people”

What happens if you suddenly become disabled and unable to work and earn a living? That’s what recently happened to 19-year-old ‘Jess’ after he was seriously injured in a cycling accident. With a concussion and broken collar bone, Jess, who was formerly healthy and fit, was suddenly forced to do something he never expected... More

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Podcast: Social media, politics and the ‘freedom to hate’

ALiGN Media Lab founder and director Merlyna Lim was interviewed by Dr. Jemma Purdey from Talking Indonesia in a podcast on social media, politics and the ‘freedom to hate’. Please click the link below to listen. Excerpt from Talking Indonesia website: The Jakarta gubernatorial election, held earlier this year, was perhaps the most divisive... More

Thursday, September 7, 2017

The Poverty Report: “What Makes Me Sad …”

As part of a new ongoing series, “The Poverty Report: Systems, Narratives, and People,” Kathy Dobson recently sat down with two women, who have lived with poverty, and asked them two questions: What are some of the common misconceptions people seem to have about those living with poverty? What do you wish you... More

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Lim’s inaugural lecture: Roots, Routes, and Routers

Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Chair in Digital Media & Global Network Society, delivers her Public Inaugural Lecture: Roots, Routes & Routers at Carleton University on November 6th, 2014. Lim makes the point that social media is neither the harbinger of social movements and social change nor just a passive and neutral medium. People and... More