We talked to Courtney Skye, a public policy analyst and activist. She is Mohawk, Turtle Clan, from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, and is a research fellow at the Yellowhead Institute and the co-host of the Red Road podcast. She discusses the report she spearheaded highlighting major gaps of reported COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities & barriers to getting this information. Report: “Colonialism of the Curve: Indigenous Communities & Bad Covid Data.”https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/05/12/colonialism-of-the-curve-indigenous-communities-and-bad-covid-data/ Follow…

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We chat to Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, James R. Johnston Chair of Black Canadian Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Dr. Dryden discusses how the ongoing disproportionate impact of COVID-19 within Black communities is rooted in a larger Canadian conversation about racism and data that is often dismissed. This interview is the first of a 2-part investigation on the lack of race-based data collection re:COVID19…

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We chat with Neuroscientist, #Scicommer and Digital Media Producer Dr. Samantha Yammine, known to thousands of her followers as Science Sam @heysciencesam How can we leverage social media to engage often forgotten audiences with vital information, while combatting misinformation that’s intrinsic to those platforms?

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We spoke to Liz Neeley, Executive Director of the Story Collider who recently wrote a piece in The Atlantic called How to Talk About the Coronavirus: Four ways to help those around you be better informed about the pandemic. Liz shares shares her tips for how we can communicate more empathically and constructively with ourselves and others during this pandemic. Twitter: @lizneeley https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/how-talk-about-coronavirus/609118/ https://www.storycollider.org/

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We chat to science communicator (Producer at Science Friday) Kyle Marian (@kylemarian)who co-created Asians Strike Back: A Coronavirus Comedy & Science Show. How can comedians, scientists and artists come together to tackle misinformation, xenophobia & reclaim narratives with comedy? Additional notes ThisNow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuIHXFfz-o0 The Daily episode "I became a person of suspicion": https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/podcasts/the-daily/racism-chinese-coronavirus-asian-americans.html Code Switch episode "When Xenophobia Spreads Like A Virus": https://www.npr.org/2020/03/02/811363404/when-xenophobia-spreads-like-a-virus Transcripts available: https://www.broadscience.org/new-audio-distancing

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The new Broad Science minisode about communicating inclusive science in the time of COVID-19" Guest: Andre Picard acclaimed health columnist at The Globe and Mail discusses what it’s like to be a science journalist right now and how Canada is really doing in terms of communicating about COVID19, and what we need to be doing better. @picardonhealth Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oxQodUjjf1g3teFPluHp0_80_pbX2gMq/view?usp=sharing Every Monday at 11am on CKUT 90.3fm

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Confabulation and Broad Science Presents Bodies. This show explored the theme of Bodies. Storytellers spoke about bodies both as human and celestial shells, as well as exploring the forms that define our lives. Storytellers: Alice Fleerackers (00.35) Fleerackers is a freelance writer, a researcher at the ScholCommLab, the Communications Officer at Art the Science, and a Science in Society Editor at Science Borealis. She’s also a doctoral student at Simon Fraser University, where she is…

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On this episode, it’s all about ethics in AI! We’ll be sharing different stories about how AI is being used, what the pitfalls are, and who in the field is trying to make changes.  We chat to the next generation of AI experts to understand how their institutions are preparing them(or not) to use AI ethically. Surya Mattu, a data scientist who was part of the Pulitzer nominated Propublica investigation “Machine Bias”, talks to us…

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Broad Science and Confabulation return on stage for the theme of It’s a Phase: Stories of stage, changes and transformations. Storytellers: Dr. Kika Tuff, Founder of the Impact Media Lab https://www.impactmedialab.com/ Dr. Cristian Zaelzer, Founder & President of the Convergence Initiative https://www.convergenceinitiative.org/

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Journalists Elsie and Giannouli discuss nanoparticles and creating sustainable chemistry with PhD student Alexandra Gellé. Based at McGill, Alex specializes in the field of Green Chemistry, focusing on developing more sustainable and safer alternatives to chemical reactions that already exist. Alex is also the director of Pint of Science Canada and a contributing writer for many outlets, including the Science Network and The Conversation Canada. You can follow Alex on twitter: @AlexGelle

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