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Girls on the page and stage with Mahayla Galliford
Who comes to mind when you think about playwrights? Authors like William Shakespeare tend to dominate the conversation, but this doesn’t reflect the incredibly diverse...
Reimagining justice with Aaron Leakey
What does justice mean, and who gets to define it? In this episode, Law and Society PhD student Aaron Leakey discusses his work on “the justice gap”: the disconnect be...
Tracking wild animals with Arjun Banik
How do scientists keep track of wild animal populations? One common method is tagging, but things can get complicated when those tags fall off. In this episode, Math a...
Rethinking our sleep patterns with Stephanie Engstrom
This week’s episode explores one of the great unifiers of the human experience: sleep! Stephanie Engstrom, an Anthropology master’s student, shares her research on how...
Indigenous Language Revitalization with Nicki Benson
How do you learn an Indigenous language when there aren’t any first language speakers around to help? In this episode, Nicki Benson, a PhD student in the Department of...
Colonial Navigation with Jesse Robertson
How did colonialism unfold off the coast of the Pacific Northwest? Jesse Robertson, a PhD student in the Department of History, explores how encounters between Indigen...
Catalyst Chemistry with Ian Chagunda
What if we could make chemical reactions faster, cleaner, and smarter? This week, I’m joined by Ian Chagunda, a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry, who studies...
Aquatic Ecology with Ashley Mickens
How does the growth of cities affect the lakes around us? Biology master’s student Ashley Mickens is using a small but mighty fish—the threespine stickleback—to invest...
Sikh Immigration with Jasmine Padam
Immigrating to a new country is never easy, and for Sikh women in Canada, the experience comes with its own unique challenges. Jasmine Padam, a master’s student in the...
Educational Policies with Alycia Garcia
This week, we’re exploring how education policies can shape a student’s future—especially for those new to the country. Alycia Garcia, a PhD student in the Department ...
Galaxy Clusters with Max Kurzner
In today's episode, we’re zooming out from individual stars to entire galaxies! Max Kurzner, a PhD student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, takes us on a jo...
Star Formation with Breanna Crompvoets
This week on Beyond the Jargon, we’re looking to the stars—literally! Breanna Crompvoets, a PhD student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, joins us to break d...
Kinesiology with Sophia Mastrangelo
This is the last episode of Beyond the Jargon 2024! Our final guest is Sophia Mastrangelo, a 2nd year Master's student in Kinesiology. This was a super interesting f...
Psychology - Lifespan Health and Development with Tara Cooper
The guest for this episode is Tara Cooper, who is a 2nd year master’s student in the department of Psychology, specifically in Lifespan Health and Development. I invit...
Musicology with Cleo Yong
On the second episode of Beyond the Jargon Season 10, I spoke to Cleo Yong. Cleo is a second-year master’s student in musicology, focusing on a very interesting piece ...
Coastal Climate Solutions Leaders with Luke Seybold
Beyond the Jargon exists to give a platform to graduate students at UVic so they can discuss their research in an accessible and non-formal way. I will be interviewin...
Graduate Student Perspectives on Indigenous Research Methodologies: Indigenous Youth-Led (Re)search & Sexuality
In this episode, Olvie talks about her thesis project related to Indigenous Youth-Led (Re)search & Sexuality. Olvie also shares reflections about the Indigenous Resear...
The Sociology of Healthy Aging and Assistive Technology
Thomas recently completed his Master’s in Sociology. He and I have been working on a project related to older adults and the use of technology to support aging in plac...
Dual Public Health Emergencies in British Columbia
This episode features the research interests and work from Daniel Gudino, a graduate student affiliate and research assistant at the Canadian Institute for Substance U...
Amplifying Trans Voices: Community-Based Research
In this episode, Eli, an international graduate student of the Social Dimensions of Health program at UVic, shares key terminology regarding LGBTQ2+ themes and other i...