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Below the Radar checks in with Simon Fraser University's recently installed president and vice-chancellor, Joy Johnson. Stepping into her new role in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Joy speaks to how SFU is working to meet the current challenges it is facing, from adapting to online learning and an added strain on mental health, to addressing systemic racism and inequality within the university and beyond.In this episode, Joy shares her vision for a more equitable, inclusive, and connected SFU, centering the student experience and community partnerships. We hear about some of Joy's hopes for SFU's future medical school and the proposed Burnaby Mountain gondola. She also speaks about her background as a nurse and public health researcher interested in the social determinants of health.Resources:— About Joy Johnson: https://www.sfu.ca/pres/the-president/about-joy.html— Joy Johnson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drjoyjohnson— "SFU names Joy Johnson as its 10th president and vice-chancellor" via SFU News: https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2020/01/joy-johnson-named-sfus-10th-president.html— "Coast Salish motifs at the heart of new SFU chancellor and president regalia" via SFU News: http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2020/10/coast-salish-motifs-at-the-heart-of-new-sfu-chancellor-and-presi.html— Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at SFU: https://www.sfu.ca/edi.html— Burnaby Mountain Gondola: https://www.sfu.ca/gondola.html
Author (aut): Joy Johnson, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Kathy Feng, Author (aut): Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2021-01-19
SFU librarian Baharak Yousefi joins Am Johal on Below the Radar to discuss critical librarianship, interrogating the entrenched systems and structures of libraries. She speaks to issues around the way librarians are schooled, the commodification of knowledge, and the need to make libraries welcoming spaces to all.Baharak also shares her love of books and culture that brought her to librarianship and talks about the popular One Book One SFU events she planned and hosted through the SFU Library. Am also asks her about her fondness for Vancouver’s West End and the neighbourhood’s quirky design gems.
Author (aut): Barharak Yoursefi, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Kathy Feng, Author (aut): Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2020-12-03
In this episode of Below the Radar, Brandon Yan, the executive director of Out on Screen, joins producers Fiorella Pinillos and Paige Smith to discuss his work in film education dialogue and fostering inclusive spaces for youth. Brandon speaks to supporting queer and trans youth in schools by bringing queer joy into classrooms, working collaboratively to push forward policy change, and reimagining the future of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Brandon also shares his path of embracing his identity as a queer, mixed-race person, and his experience running for city council in Vancouver.
Author (aut): Brandon Yan, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Kathy Feng, Author (aut): Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2020-12-10
“Cities are fundamentally about people.” Mary Rowe joins Below the Radar to discuss the pandemic moment as an opportunity to reimagine how we live together in an urban environment. She and Am Johal are in conversation about the urgent need to build social solidarity around collective disaster, honing in on how people are in relationship with their community at the hyperlocal level.As the president and CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute, Mary’s recent work is concentrated on urban planning in disaster times, building social infrastructure, and helping cities recover and re-emerge from COVID-19 more connected, more resilient, and more empowered to effect change locally.
Author (aut): Mary Rowe, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Kathy Feng, Author (aut): Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2020-12-15
Below the Radar explores immigration and connecting to community and social justice movements through art with Adriana Contreras, a visual artist and storyteller who captures dialogues as they unfold as a graphic recorder with Drawing Change.Adriana is in conversation with co-hosts Fiorella Pinillos and Melissa Roach about her journey with visual arts and dance as a first generation immigrant from Colombia. Adriana tells us how her love for the arts has shaped her career, sharing her experiences of working as a visual artist and communicator at the intersection of art and social change.
Author (aut): Adriana Contreras, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Kathy Feng, Author (aut): Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2020-12-22
Below the Radar has partnered with the Or Galley to bring you recordings of the Gas Imaginary Conversations series. This is the second of two talks from The Gas Imaginary, presented by the Or Gallery. This event was recorded virtually on Dec. 5, 2020. In this panel, Rachel O'Reilly, Tania Willard and Kanahus Manuel—with moderation by Denise Ryner of Or Gallery—discuss the ongoing challenges of asserting land rights and the protection of water from each of their respective contexts. The speakers address the role of artistic practices and visual culture in making such struggles resonate with communities, both at home and across distance. About The Gas Imaginary:A multi-disciplinary project using poetry, collaborative drawings, installation, moving images, and lectures to unpack the broader significance of 'settler conceptualism', the racial logic of the property form and fossil fuel-based labour politics as capital reaches the limits of land use. In ongoing dialogue with elders of Gooreng Gooreng country and settler women activists, where fracking was approved for mass installation in 'Australia', new elements of this work address the threatened destruction to 50% of the Northern Territory.The Tiny House Warriors: Our Land Is Home Is A Part Of A Mission To Stop The Trans Mountain Pipeline From Crossing Unceded Secwepemc Territory In British Columbia. Ten Tiny Houses Will Be Built And Placed Strategically Along The 518 Km Trans Mountain Pipeline Route To Assert Secwepemc Law And Jurisdiction And Block Access To This Pipeline.— Donate to Tiny House Warriors: https://www.classy.org/give/267006/#!/donation/checkoutSeed is Australia's first Indigenous youth climate network. The organisation is building a movement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people for climate justice with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Their vision is for a just and sustainable future with strong cultures and communities, powered by renewable energy. — Donate to Seed Mob: https://www.seedmob.org.au/donate— The Gas Imaginary Project page: https://thegasimaginary.orgalleryprojects.org/ — Or Gallery Exhibition page: http://www.orgallery.org/past/814/the-gas-imaginary— Rachel O'Reilly: www.rachel-oreilly.net Watch the video recording of this conversation here (closed captioning included in video): https://thegasimaginary.orgalleryprojects.org/talks/
Author (aut): Tania Willard, Author (aut): Kanahus Manuel, Author (aut): Rachel O'Reilly, Author (aut): Johal, Am, Author (aut): Fiorella Pinillos, Author (aut): Melissa Roach, Author (aut): Paige Smith, Author (aut): Kathy Feng, Author (aut): Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2021-03-25
Author (aut): Cameron, Keri, Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Chouinard, Vera, Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Johnston, Rory, Author (aut): Casey, Victoria
Date created: 2014
Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Johnston, Rory, Author (aut): Adams, Krystyna, Author (aut): Whitmore, Rebecca
Date created: 2015
Author (aut): Adams, Krystyna, Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Johnston, Rory
Date created: 2015
Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Kingsbury, Paul, Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Johnston, Rory
Date created: 2010
Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Cameron, Keri, Author (aut): Chouinard, Vera, Author (aut): Johnston, Rory, Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Casey, Victoria
Date created: 2012
Author (aut): Johnston, Rory, Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy
Date created: 2010-10-06
Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Turner, Leigh, Author (aut): Johnston, Rory, Author (aut): Kingsbury, Paul
Date created: 2011-01
Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Johnston, Rory, Author (aut): Kingsbury, Paul
Date created: 2011
Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Johnston, Rory, Author (aut): Kingsbury, Paul
Date created: 2011-09
Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Johnston, Rory, Author (aut): Kingsbury, Paul
Date created: 2011-09
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Author (aut): Kingsbury, Paul, Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Johnston, Rory, Author (aut): Adams, Krystyna
Date created: 2012
Author (aut): Johnston, Rory, Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Fraser, Henry, Author (aut): Labonté, Ronald, Author (aut): Adams, Krystyna
Date created: 2012
Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Turner, Leigh, Author (aut): Johnston, Rory
Date created: 2013
Author (aut): Johnston, Rory, Author (aut): Crooks, Valorie A., Author (aut): Snyder, Jeremy, Author (aut): Fraser, Henry, Author (aut): Labonté, Ronald, Author (aut): Adams, Krystyna
Date created: 2013