GDP - The Global Development Primer
157 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Global Development Primer podcast is about all issues in Global Development. Your host is Professor Bob Huish, broadcasting from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The podcast covers a wide range of issues in International Development and features the work of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers from around the world.
This is your podcast to learn more about the latest and most pressing issues in Global Development.
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It's Well Beyond Viruses: The Face of Global Digital Security Threats in post-Pandemic World .
September 01, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 53.8 MBIn 1993 the Canadian Broadcast Corporation ran a brief clip about how something called "The Internet" was connecting millions to talk about sports scores, recipes, philosophy and gossip. In the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, almost everyone depended upon the internet in order to get through it. The deep dependency on cyber technology and connectivity raises security concerns. As Mark Raymond shares with GDP, these concerns are far more concerning than the idea of sinister hackers and henchmen un...
🎓Teach by Example: Tips for Teaching Online During COVID-19 🎓
August 25, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBFor this episode of GDP, we're happy to share a cross-over podcast from the series Radio FASS, a podcast from Dalhousie's Faculty of Arts & Social Science about teaching in an online world. As many university educators are teaching online, Radio FASS serves as a space to share thoughts and tips about on-line learning. For this Episode, Chef Ben Kelly joins the podcast to talk about how he, as a TV cooking show chef, works to engage his audience through video demonstrations and online chats. ...
Why Social Justice is the Best Medicine During a Pandemic.
July 21, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBDuring the COIVID-19 pandemic, it is telling to see who is faring well, and who is suffering greatly. Like most matters in health, social justice, structural violence and colonial legacies matter enormously in determining health outcomes. For over 30 years, Partners In Health has put social justice at the forefront of health, arguing that good health can be a reality for all regardless of wealth. National Director of PIH in Canada, Mark Brender, offers some thoughts about Social Justice m...
WE Have a Problem! Taking a closer look into Canada's WE Charity Controversy.
July 14, 2020 14:00 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBIn July 2020 Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a funding commitment of $900 Million to the WE Charity to administer bursaries for students who volunteered a certain number of hours. Critics immediately called out the lack fo transparency around this deal, and other charities were outraged that they were not approached and that all of the eggs went into the WE Charity basket. But beyond the finances, there are deeper issues to discuss about the WE Charity and the ME to WE ...
A River Runs Through It: Geopolitics, Climate Change and Development in South Asia.
July 07, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 44 MBClimate change and geopolitics come together in this episode where we chat about water security, politics and development with Dr. Doug Hill in the department of geography at the University of Otago, in Dunedin, New Zealand. Many see tensions in Asia as the consequence of geopolitical borders, but as Dr. Bob Huish chats with Dr. Doug Hill, it becomes clear that important waters that traverse borders and disputed territories play an enormous role in shaping International Development in Asia ...
🇷🇼There's Nothing Healthy about Gender Inequality: Understanding the gender-dynamics of health & health care in Rwanda. 🇷🇼
June 30, 2020 14:00 - 19 minutes - 37.8 MBThe social determinants of health are complicated, interconnected, and tremendously important for measuring and shaping health outcomes for everyone. Researchers talk a lot about how good housing, good food, and good air all lead towards better health. But what about gender? Germaine Tuyisenge explains why gender matters so much for the health and well-being of all - by sharing with us her research in Rwanda. Germaine Tuyisenge is a Ph.D. candidate in health geography at Simon Fraser U...
"Get Off Your Donkey": How to build a career in social entrepreneurship and international development.
June 23, 2020 14:00 - 21 minutes - 39.9 MB"Working with communities", "social entrepreneurship", "consulting with the UN" are all terms students in International Development have heard and use. But how to get started? In this episode Soudeh Jamshidian joins Dr. Bob to chat about how she has worked on various social entrepreneurship initiatives as well as with the United Nations, and founding her own organization "Peace Geeks"? How to engage in global development through social entrepreneurship? It's easy, according to Soudeh. "...
🥕The Adventures of Herbert Gro-cart and Friends: Mobile Urban Agriculture in Vancouver" 🥕
June 16, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 34.5 MBUrban gardening dates back to ancient times. Community gardens are increasingly celebrated as a means to improve food security in urban settings, and especially for those experiencing economic hardship. However, many homeless persons are mobiles, and gardens are not. Kate Elliott joins us on GDP to share a story about making the gardens themselves mobile. The Gro-Carts of Vancouver are changing geographies of food security, homelessness, and indeed, happiness and community. You won't w...
Into the Online World: How to Approach Online Learning Environments.
June 12, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this BONUS GDP podcast, we chat with Rob Belliveau from https://yclo.ca/ to discuss tips and tricks for profs taking their courses online for the Fall 2020 term. Rob discusses how teaching philosophies and learning goals do not have to change in an online world, and in fact they can be strengthened. If you're planning a course for Fall 2020, check out what Rob has to say, and feel free to get in touch with him directly: [email protected] Robert Belliveau is a full time Training Officer with...
Dr. Travel Agent: Exploring the serious shortcomings of medical tourism.
June 09, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 58.3 MBTeeth cleaning, knee surgery, plastic surgery, organ transplants, and a miscellany of other medical services can all be acquired overseas...for a price! Medical tourism is the practice of crossing borders in order to receive medical care. In some ways, it is an ancient practice. But, in an era of deep public investments in health care services in rich and poor countries alike there comes risks, opportunities, and consequences for all involved. In this episode of GDP we are joined by Dr. V...
📖 Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs from Delhi to Detroit are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley (An Interview with the Author) 📖
June 02, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 45.8 MBCool apps, nifty phones, fancy technology and even electric cars have often been born out of start-ups in California's Bay Area. According to Alex Lazarow, the global landscape of start ups is changing. Opportunities for venture capitalism, innovation, and investment are increasingly taking place in the Global South. In this podcast, we explore why Silicon Valley may be too old school for today's global start-up entrepreneurship. Alexandre (Alex) Lazarow is the author of Out-Innovate: H...
Asia's Recovery from COVID-19: The Role of the Asian Development Bank.
May 26, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 59.6 MBThe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be under-estimated for Asia - the world's largest developing region. The social and economic impacts of COVID-19 for those living below the poverty line in Asia and the Pacific will be substantial. So what are development actors doing about it? In this episode of GDP, we're happy to have Bart Édes joining us to talk about the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and how this regional development bank is planning to address the post-pandemic developme...
Turned Upside Down: How Universities Are Coping With COVID-19.
May 12, 2020 13:18 - 15 minutes - 29 MBIt’s season 4 of the Global Development Primer. And needless to say, we’re starting this season in a state that no one saw coming: The COVID-19 pandemic. There are no bystanders to this crisis. It has impacted everyone on earth in some way. University communities were among many who had to rethink "business as usual", and in this podcast Dalhousie University President Deep Saini is here to talk about how this experience played out within the university, and to offer advice for students going...
🇨🇺Cuban Medical Internationalism 2.0: The Development of Cuban medical outreach from the Americas to the Pacific. 🇨🇺
April 28, 2020 15:00 - 17 minutes - 31.8 MBFor over 60 years Cuba has offered medical outreach and assistance to other countries in the Americas & Africa. More recently the cooperation has grown to include countries in Asia, and now the Pacific. In this episode, Dr. Bob Huish reflects on researching Cuban medical internationalism for the past 15 years. He argues that Cuba's solidarity and outreach is truly on a global scale, but serious challenges to the development model have arisen as well. In particular the economic collapse ...
Beyond GDP: Why International Development needs a new way to measure success.
April 20, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBBhutan has a Gross National Happiness index. The United Nations sought the development of the Human Development Index. The exclusive World Economic Forum ran a series about the end of the "love affair" with GDP. In this season 3 finale, Dr. Anders Hayden joins Dr. Bob Huish to talk about why development needs to go beyond GDP, what the consequences of it are, and what why we should all rethink development. Anders Hayden is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at D...
🇹🇳The Right to Rave: The Development of Youth Activism in Tunisia 🇹🇳 .
April 13, 2020 18:00 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBThe Jasmine Revolution took place in Tunisia in January of 2011. It led to the democratization of the country and to open elections. How? Matt Gordner is a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto, who is doing research in Tunis about the impacts of youth-led activism in Tunisia. In this podcast he explains that activism is no accident, and that it is not just about public protests. Activists build and share skills, tactics, and innovations to pressure governments for change. In the c...
🇬🇹In Search of Providence: Mayan Border Crossings in a time of marginality, violence & exclusion. 🇬🇹
April 06, 2020 18:00 - 33 minutes - 59.6 MBGuatemalans have been coming to Providence Rhode Island for decades, changing the land, life, and landscape of the U.S.'s smallest state. So too has this changed the geography of Guatemala as people continue to make their way to la "costa norte". Patricia Foxen has followed this pathway of migration for two decades, and in doing so exposes a challenging experience that is embedded in geographies of exclusion, especially for Mayan Guatemalans. According to Foxen, a Trump Whitehouse has wor...
Addressing COVID-19 Globally and Locally: A panel discussion wrap up.
March 28, 2020 17:55 - 22 minutes - 42.3 MBThe panelists take questions from viewers about what other countries are doing in the face of the pandemic, what to expect in the weeks ahead, and why we should be venerating our nurses, doctors, grocery store workers, Uber Eats drivers, and anyone else who is on the front lines of this global crisis. This podcast is part of a special GDP Roadshow series featured a COVID-19 video panel with the Canada International Council and the MacEachen Institute of Public Policy & Governance. Check...
Risk Governance or Risky Governance: How to Approach Uncertainty and the Precautionary Principle during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 28, 2020 17:27 - 22 minutes - 43 MBWhat makes for good policy during times of pandemics and other such emergencies when it comes to managing risk? How do we normalize risk, and how do we measure it? In this podcast, Kevin Quigley gets into the nuts and bolts of how policy makers approach risk, and how they should approach it during the pandemic. Kevin Quigley is the scholarly director at the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance and a professor in Dalhousie’s School of Public Administration, Faculty of Man...
How to go beyond fighting illness to start caring for people: Why the Trump Whitehouse approach to COVID19 is a risk to itself and to the world.
March 28, 2020 17:02 - 14 minutes - 28.2 MBQuarantines are ancient methods of public health, and they come with ancient problems such as isolation, marginalization, and stigma. During the Spanish Flu pandemic, most of the world was already sick and poor by today's standards. In 2020 the world has never been more inequitable in terms of health and wealth outcomes. So what happens when quarantines are ordered on societies facing deep inequality? And what happens when divisive political leaders spout misinformation that contradicts ...
We're hoping to have some positive results soon. Developing a vaccine for COVID-19.
March 28, 2020 16:38 - 20 minutes - 39.1 MBDr. Alyson Kelvin's research couldn't be more vital and important. Her research team is preparing evaluations and clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine. But how do viruses and vaccines work? And how does this COVID-19 virus work? If you have 20 minutes, she'll take you through the details. You won't want to miss this excellent, factual, and crystal clear presentation on the virology of COVID-19. Dr. Alyson Kelvin's research investigates the intersection of host age and previous infect...
Outbreaks start at 4:30pm on Friday: Behind the Scenes of Pandemic Planning.
March 28, 2020 15:52 - 21 minutes - 39.8 MBOn this special GDP Roadshow podcast, Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed takes us into the details of pandemic planning, and how real life never "follows the plan". COVID-19 is Dr. Watson-Creed's 3rd outbreak. She takes us into the details of planning for disease outbreaks and coping with pandemics. Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed is the acting Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health for the province of Nova Scotia and served on the One Nova Scotia Coalition. She is a dedicated leader and is passionate advo...
🇬🇹Rolling the Dice on the Dinner Plate: The Development of Agriculture Financialization in Guatemala. 🇬🇹
March 23, 2020 16:00 - 37 minutes - 69 MBSince when did grocery stores in Global North start selling mortgages, credit cards & loyalty programs? For Dr. Ryan Isakson, it's a telling example of how financialization, meaning how corporations increase their influence in our lives, is ever increasing. So too, is it occurring in the Global South, even with small-scale farmers in rural Guatemala. In this podcast, Ryan Isakson talks about the risks of financialization and how it is playing out in rural Guatemala. Ryan Isakson holds a ...
🇬🇹Journeys Of Development in Guatemala. George Lovell discusses his book: A Beauty that Hurts. 🇬🇹
March 16, 2020 17:00 - 37 minutes - 69 MBEduardo Galeano said that Dr. W. George Lovell "did not choose Guatemala for his career, but the land, in a magic way, chose him to tell us about the shining voices that whisper in the darkness." In this episode, recorded in Antigua de Guatemala, Dr. Bob Huish chats with George Lovell about the 4th edition of his book "A Beauty that Hurts", which tells the story of how processes of 16th century colonialism in Guatemala continue to shape the land and life of the country today. The book's 4t...
Martyrdom? Peace-building? Community Resilience? The Development of Masculine Identities of Activism in the Middle East:
March 10, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes - 67.3 MBWhen you think about activism in the Middle East, what are the first things that come to mind? Emma Swan asks us to consider, and then reconsider the very images that just came to your mind. Having worked in Israel & Palestine, Emma's research looks at how colonialism impacts the male gender identity of the Palestine Resistance movements. In this episode, GDP is delighted to feature Emma's research to understand how resistance and activism unfold in Middle East and beyond. Emma Swan is a ...
The Iron Lady's Legacy on Development: Thatcherism, Neoliberalism, and Austerity. 🇬🇧
March 03, 2020 16:00 - 35 minutes - 65.3 MBThis week, in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Dr. Bob Huish is joined by Tari Ajadi to chat about the lingering effects of neoliberalism that Britain's Margaret Thatcher brought to the International Development Discourse. From deep austerity, to re-imagining what the nation state is, in this podcast, we discuss the Iron Lady's long legacy (intentional or otherwise) in International Development. It's Thatcherism revisited. Tari Ajadi is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at Dalhousie...
Hungry for Food Sovereignty in Development
February 24, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBJohnny McPherson read about how important organic agriculture was, and is, to food security in Cuba. But when he went to Havana, expecting to see bounties of organic produce, the unavoidable quantity of street pizzas and ham sandwiches made him curious. Does organic agriculture really keep Cuba fed? Maybe the question wasn't so much about understanding food security, as much as food sovereignty In this episode, Dr. Bob Huish chats with Johnny McPherson about food sovereignty, what it is, ...
💔 Chocolate 🍫, Flowers 💐, Diamonds 💎& Disappointment 😔: Why the Political Economy of Love Ruins the Romance of Valentine's Day 💔
February 15, 2020 19:00 - 29 minutes - 54.7 MBThere's no better way to ruin the romance of Valentine's day than with this GDP podcast. Chocolate, Flowers and Diamonds are all "traditional expressions" of love and affection, and they are all connected to problematic commodity chains. Dr. Laura Parisi joins us at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia to take us through the reasons why some of the most popular valentine's day gifts can come with a heavy price tag (that goes well beyond 2 months of salary). Dr. Laura ...
🥰 What's Love Got to Do with Development? 🥰
February 14, 2020 16:00 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBSeason 3 kicks off on Valentines Day 2020 with Dr. Bob Huish offering Dr. John Cameron flowers and chocolates over a chat about the importance of Love in International Development. Mad Scientist Rick Sanchez called love "a chemical reaction that compels animals to breed", but Dr. Cameron's new line of research shows us that love is far more than that. It is essential for human capabilities, part of cosmopolitan theory, and there are positive ways of building it, protecting it, and even dis...
🎶 🎸 Developing the Music of GDP: An Interview with TAS & The Semi-Superheroes 🎸 🎶
February 05, 2020 16:00 - 15 minutes - 21.8 MBThe music you hear on The Global Development Primer is original work from none other than good friend and BINGO colleague, TAS, from TAS & The Semi-Superheroes. Dr. Bob Huish wanted original music for GDP that captured some of the deeper themes of the podcast series. TAS & the Semi-Superheroes came through cutting three unique themes. Tune in to this trailer to learn more about the creative inspiration around the theme music, and how the music embraces concepts of global development. ...
🇨🇭🚂 The Last Train to Davos: A Bonus Podcast about the World Economic Forum. 🚂 🇨🇭
January 22, 2020 23:38 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBDid you get your invitation to the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland? Neither did we. This exclusive annual meeting sets out to discuss some of the world's greatest challenges to economic and social development. World leaders, rock stars, economists, royalty, CEOs, and anyone willing to pay the $72,000 to attend (that's $52,000 for the annual membership to the forum, and another $19,000 to attend the event) can make their way to Davos for a week-long exclusive mixer. For years ...
🇨🇺 Classic cars, hand-rolled cigars, thatched-roof bars and...mid-term exams? The Development of Study Abroad Tours in Cuba. 🇨🇺
January 13, 2020 16:00 - 37 minutes - 69 MBAbout 2 million people visit Cuba every year. Classic cars, hand-rolled cigars, and thatched-roof bars are popular sites on the tourist track. But hundreds of students and professors from around the world come to Cuba to hit the books - even students from the United States. In this bonus episode of GDP Dr. Sarah Blue chats with Dr. Bob Huish about leading study tours to Cuba. Both Dr. Sarah & Dr. Bob have years of experience in organizing university study tours to Cuba. This bonus epis...
The Challenging Racism Project: Exploring the Consequences of Racism in Development.
January 11, 2020 18:00 - 24 minutes - 44.7 MBRacism is a problem everywhere, and it is increasingly finding its way into politics around the world, including Australia. In this Season 2 finale, Dr. Bob Huish talks with Prof. Kevin Dunn at Western Sydney University about the "Challenging Racism Project". It's a project that documents the poor attitudes that some people have towards others, but also to understand the disadvantages and experiences resulting from racism, especially when it comes to immigration. Kevin Dunn is Dean and Pro...
🎵Vacation is all I ever wanted.🎵 The Delicate Balance of Tourism and Development.
January 10, 2020 19:00 - 35 minutes - 65.9 MBTourism can be hard on sensitive ecosystems. Imported food, carbon miles, water, sanitation, and single use plastics are all problems. But you'll never guess what plastic item for tourists is actually causing a lot of grief for environmental sustainability. Tune into to hear Dr. Bob Huish chat with Dr. Regina Scheyvens about her research on tourism and development in the Pacific. Regina Scheyvens is Professor and Co-director of the Pacific Research and Policy Centre at Massey Universit...
A Place without Time: Health, Development, and Climate Change in Kiribati.
January 09, 2020 17:00 - 26 minutes - 48.9 MBThis is, without doubt, the most remote Podcast that you'll hear on the series. Dr. Bob Huish joins Dr. Sharon McLennan & Cristine Werle in Kiribati, a country in the Pacific Ocean that is only 2 - 3 meters above sea level. The three met to learn about Cuban Medical Cooperation in the Pacific, and quickly became aware of the serious health and development challenges that impact Kiribati today. Cristine Werle is a Master’s Student at Massey Univeristy in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Her...
🇨🇺 Havana nights and Moscow Days: The Development of Cuba - Russia Relations. 🇨🇺
January 08, 2020 21:00 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBThe Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, ending a long-standing special relationship with Cuba. The fall of the wall thew Cuba into an economic tailspin in the 1990s, and it signalled many to think that Cuba was on the look out for new partners in new places. In this special series podcast on the Cuban Development Model Dr. Bob Huish connects with Dr. Mervyn Bain about just how deep relations run between Moscow and Havana. Even though economic chaos ensued in the 1990s, it did not mean the end ...
🇨🇺 The Development of Cuba's Emergency Readiness in an era of Climate Change. 🇨🇺
January 07, 2020 19:10 - 23 minutes - 19.2 MBMaster's graduate Jessica Hirtle has been through hurricanes, and she has been to Cuba. It didn't take her long to notice that Cuba seems to be better prepared to handle hurricanes and natural disasters than many other areas in the Caribbean and even in North America. In this episode Jessica Hirtle sits down with her Master's Supervisor Dr. Bob Huish to talk about her primary research on Cuba's emergency management and preparedness system. As they discuss, Cuba provides an important example...
🇨🇺🏳️🌈 The Development of Cuba's Gay Revolution. 🏳️🌈🇨🇺
January 06, 2020 20:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBIn Cuba in the 1960s an 1970s gay men could be sent to work camps for "re-education". Hostilities and discrimination against the gay community were widespread in the 1980s and 1990s as well. However, today Cuba has one of the most progressive approaches to LGBTQ+ rights in the Americas. In this podcast Dr Bob Huish talks with Dr. Emily Kirk to discuss how attitudes and policies changed in Cuba from being incredibly repressive to forwardly progressive. Dr. Emily Kirk is a Research Fe...
🇨🇺 Cuba's Healthy Development. 🇨🇺
January 05, 2020 18:00 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBAlmost 20 years ago Dr. John Kirk encouraged (Dr.) Bob Huish to head to Cuba to pursue research for the first time. Since then the two have worked closely together on issues of Cuba's place in the global health landscape. Both have published books on Cuban Medical Internationalism and dozens of articles on the subject. In this podcast they sit down for a half hour to discuss why Cuba sends thousands of doctors overseas, why Cuba offers medical scholarships to students from around the worl...
Inequity, Injustice, & Indifference. The Heart and Soul of Neoliberal Development.
January 04, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes - 58 MBOn this episode, recorded in Blackball New Zealand, Dr. Bob Huish talks to Dr. Sean Connelly about neoliberalism. What is it? What has it done, and what are the outcomes of this economic theory turned ideology? No better place to discuss this concept than in the birthplace of New Zealand's labour movement. Sean is a senior lecturer at the University of Otago in the department of geography. He looks at community response to sustainability challenges. He is co-editor of the Convergence of S...
What's it like being a front-line Humanitarian Development Worker? Watch M*A*S*H.
January 03, 2020 18:00 - 31 minutes - 57.9 MBIn this episode Dr. Bob Huish talks with Jessica Cadesky in Vancouver to talk about her experiences as a worker with the Red Cross, and UN agencies working on gender and violence prevention. Jessica's research looks at gender in post-conflict settings, and how humanitarian programs need to be mindful of gender in their scope and approach. Jessica is a gender and violence prevention specialist with over a decade of experience with the United Nations & The Red Cross. She is a Ph.D. Candida...
Who Votes for Democracy? The Place of "Democracy Assistance" in International Development.
January 02, 2020 16:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MBDemocracy is a precious thing and it takes work to build it and to protect it. In our kick-off episode of season 2, Dr. Bob Huish talks to Dr. Gabrielle Bardall about "Democracy Assistance" in International Development. Working in post-conflict, and authoritarian states, Dr. Bardall has on the ground experience of enhancing democratic processes and elections around the world. Dr. Gabrielle Bardall is a Research Associate with the Center for International Policy Studies at the University of ...
It's season two of Rick and Morty! No, wait! It's season two of GDP - The Global Development Primer.
December 23, 2019 16:00 - 2 minutes - 3.51 MBIt's Season 2 of GDP. Here's what to expect: More development in action podcasts by practitioners who lend advice on how to get jobs in the development field. And a block set of episodes dedicated entirely to the Cuban development model. 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺 Season 2 episodes start on January 2, 2020. Tune in, check it out, and follow along on Twitter: @ProfessorHuish
A Power No Government Can Suppress: Activism as Development.
November 19, 2019 15:39 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBIn 2019 we witnessed protests in Chile, Hong Kong, Lebanon, and even Nova Scotia. Why are these protests occurring, and how effective are they in making transformative change? In this "In the Now" bonus podcast on GDP, Dr. Bob Huish speaks with Dr. Jon Langdon about the efficacy of activism today. Knowing the local matters when it comes to Activism & Development, and in this conversation we discuss the bigger issues that go beyond street-level protest. What makes for successful activism?...
School is Out! A Bangladesh University for Women brings about Impressive Development Goals.
November 08, 2019 21:54 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBIt's the finale for Season 1 of GDP. Dr. Bob Huish calls up two good friends in Fiji, Dr. Sara Amin & Dr. Christian Girard. Both have teaching experience at the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, which offers fully-funded scholarships to incredibly talented women from across Asia. In this conversation, Sara & Christian share stories and reveal important insights into innovative teaching for gender and development. Dr. Christian Girard is an independent researcher and development pra...
Development is Just so Modern: Modernization theory 101.
November 08, 2019 21:09 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this episode Dr. Matthew Schnurr joins Dr. Bob Huish to chat about modernization theory. Like other episodes in this first season, we're covering the groundwork for theories of International Development that have transformed the lives of millions for better and worse. Matthew Schnurr is an environmental geographer with research and teaching interests in environment and development. His research looks at political ecology, ecology, agricultural biotechnology, farmer-decision making and e...
Feminist Foreign International Assistance Policy: Development's new era?
November 08, 2019 20:47 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBCanada has a Feminist Foreign International Assistance Policy that focuses on peace, security, violence issues, and economic empowerment that puts poverty alleviation at the heart of the policy. Dr. Laura Parisi joins Dr. Bob Huish in this episode to talk about the details, and how effective this approach is to International Development. Dr. Parisi is Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Gender Studies with a cross-appointment in the Department of Political Science at the Uni...
Disabilities within International Development: Chronicles of Nigeria.
November 07, 2019 20:47 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBDisability issues are some of the most understudied and neglected areas of International Development. In this episode recent MA graduate Anu Oduwole talks to Dr. Bob Huish about her work in studying disability issues in Nigeria. In Nigeria, persons with disabilities face enormous challenges, and the state is doing very little to ensure their well being. Anu talks to GDP about this situation and what needs to be done. A recent graduate of the Master’s Program in International Development...
Colonialism: Global Development's Painful Origins.
November 07, 2019 20:05 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBThis week it is a window into the University class experience with Dr. Huish and Tari Ajadi. Tari offers some detailed clarification after students at Dalhousie University covered a chapter and a lecture on Colonialism in Development. If you're curious as to what we discuss in our Introduction to Development Studies courses, here's your chance to find out all about it. And what a topic! Colonialism sets the development stage in motion with painful and brutal consequences still felt to th...
Diamonds and Development Are Forever?
November 07, 2019 18:50 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBIn this episode Dr. Bob Huish makes his way to Blackball New Zealand to catch up with long-time friend Prof. Tony Binns. Prof. Binns talks to us about his time and work in Sierra Leone, a country deeply impacted by conflict, food security challenges, and the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Prof. Tony Binns is the Ron Lister Chair of Geography at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. He has worked in the field of Geography and International Development Studies for 40 years, and he has pu...