A discussion with Professor Sandra Bucerius about the largest mixed methods study on Canadian prisons in the history of Canadian criminology, including Canada’s much overlooked remand prisons. Dr Bucerius is the Director of the Centre for Criminological Research, the principal investigator for a $2.5 million SSHRC Partnership Grant on the intersecting issues of justice and injustice, and a Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta.

In this episode, we chat with Professor Kisha Supernant about Indigenous-led and community-engaged archaeology, and the work of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology (IPIA). Dr Supernant is the Director of the IPIA and a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta. The IPIA Guide to Good Relations when working with Indigenous communities is being released this month.

A discussion with Professor Jennifer Jennings on gender and entrepreneurship, and how and why women and men do things differently in starting a business, here in Canada and elsewhere. Dr Jennings is a professor in the Alberta School of Business and Canada Research Chair in Entrepreneurship, Gender and Family Business at the University of Alberta.

A discussion with Professor Yasmeen Abu-Laban about research of impact on refugee reception, immigration and multiculturalism, and the benefits of collaboration with and across other disciplines and with practitioners. Dr Abu-Laban is a professor of political science and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights at the University of Alberta.

In this episode, we chat with Professor Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez about the value of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, the building of relationships, and the connections to be made between Indigenous women in Canada and Mexico. Dr Altamirano-Jiménez is a professor of political science and Canada Research Chair in Comparative Indigenous Feminist Studies at the University of Alberta.

A discussion with Professors Mark Gierl and Cheryl Poth on the value of research to improve how we test to assess achievement, from elementary school through to university and beyond. Dr Gierl is a professor of educational psychology and Canada Research Chair in Educational Assessment and Dr Poth is a professor of education and the Acting Director of the Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation in Education (CRAME) at the University of Alberta.

In this episode, we chat with Professor Joanne Weber about the value of visual design for teachers of both deaf and non-deaf students, and the value of storytelling and the theatre arts to enhance curriculum and pedagogy. Dr Weber is an associate professor of education and Canada Research Chair in Deaf Education at the University of Alberta. For the deaf community, a transcript of this episode is available here.