Research Chat
30 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago -Research Chat showcases research contributed by Laurier’s graduate students who share their work in their own words.
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Research Chat is a partnership between the Office of Research Services, the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, and the Laurier Library.
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Episodes
How Municipalities Respond to Homeless Encampments
May 03, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBThe episode features: Hannah McGurk, (she/her) who completed her Master's degree in the Applied Politics program at Laurier. She is interviewed by Emily Kraemer, (she/her), who completed her Master's degree in the Applied Politics program at Laurier. Her research generated a report that analyzed municipal responses to homeless encampments. The report emerged from a community-engaged research project with the Region of Waterloo and provides a comparison of encampment protocols among six...
Measuring Inclusion to Make Effective Municipal Policy
May 01, 2023 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBThis episode features: Emily Kraemer (she/her), who completed her Masters degree in the Applied Politics program at Laurier. She is interviewed by Hannah McGurk, who completed her Masters degree in the Applied Politics program at Laurier. Emily’s research focused on diversity in municipal policy settings and how diversity enriches good decision-making at the municipal level. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) is available from wlu.ca/Research-C...
Equal Employment Opportunities for All
April 26, 2023 12:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBThis episode features: Hari KC, (he/him) is a Post-doctoral Fellow working at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University. His recently completed PhD research explored international migration flows, centred on Nepal. He is interviewed by Ali Hosseini, (he/him), a PhD student in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) is available from wlu.ca/Research-...
Acceptance of Democratic Values in Afghanistan
April 24, 2023 12:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBThe episode features: Ali Hosseini, (he/him), a PhD student in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. He is interviewed by Hari KC, (he/him) a Post-doctoral Fellow working at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research focuses on the failure of the international community to assist Afghanistan citizens in accepting democratic values. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) is...
Improving Environmental Impact Assessments
April 19, 2023 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBThe episode features: Carolyn Brown, (she/her) a PhD student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences at Laurier. She is interviewed by Carla Johnston, (she/her) a PhD student in Global Governance at the School of International Policy and Governance at Laurier. Her research focuses on making Environmental Impact Assessments as valuable and informative as possible to address developments' environmental impacts. Specifically, she focuses on fish health near the Mactaquac Hydroe...
Voices Missing from Global Food Policy Discussions
April 17, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBThe episode features: Carla Johnston, (she/her) a PhD student in Global Governance at the School of International Policy and Governance at Laurier and a member of the Northern Food Systems Research Group,Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. She is interviewed by Carolyn Brown, (she/her) a PhD student in the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Laurier. Her work examines the link between global and local food policy and ensures Indigenous knowledge and voices are incl...
A Better Way for Firms to Model Credit Risk
April 12, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.21 MBThis episode features: Hiromichi Kato, (he/him) is a PhD student in the Department of Mathematics. He is interviewed by Patrícia Ferreira, (she/her) a PhD student in the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences and 2022 WinS Hypatia winner. His research uses the power of math to inform financial market decisions to better reflect today's real financial markets. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) is available from wlu.ca/Research-Chat
Why do Animals have Stomachs?
April 10, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBThe episode features: Patrícia Ferreira, (she/her) is a PhD student in the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences and 2022 WinS Hypatia winner. Her research uses the power of CRISPR gene editing to create fish that have no stomachs and then uses these animal models to explore why organisms have stomachs and what the implications are of having a stomach, or not. She is interviewed by Hiromichi Kato, (he/him) a PhD student in the Department of Mathematics. Additional information a...
Can High-Intensity Exercise Help Navigation?
April 05, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBThe episode features: Gabe Massarotto, (he/him) a MSc student in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at Laurier. He is interviewed by Seth McCarthy, (he/him) a PhD student in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at Laurier. His research focuses on the effect of high-intensity exercise on learning and memory. This research, which uses 3D technology to test memory recall, may help explain why high-intensity exercise can benefit memory and navigation recall....
Why Exercise Takes Away Appetite
April 03, 2023 12:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBThe episode features: Seth McCarthy, (he/him) a PhD student in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at Laurier, and is part of Dr. Tom Hazell’s Energy Metabolism Research Laboratory. He is interviewed by Gabe Massarotto, a MSc student in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at Laurier. His research focuses on the role of lactate, a substance produced in the body when we exercise, and when/if/how we experience hunger after exercising. Additional informatio...
Global Health Policies and African Women Refugees’ Mental Health and Well-being.Rosemary Dupuis, Balsillie School of International Affairs
October 21, 2022 18:00 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBThe episode features: Rosemary Dupuis, a human rights advocate and feminist pursuing her Ph.D. in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University. She is interviewed by Tin Vo, an equity-focused researcher and public health practitioner who is pursuing a PhD in Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work. Her current research nexus is violence against women and girls, human rights, and trauma/resilience-...
Impacts of Climate Warming on Nutrient Availability in Peatlands in Northwest Territories. Caitlyn Lyons, Biological and Chemical Sciences
September 07, 2022 12:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBThe episode features: Caitlyn Lyons, a northern ecologist and environmentalist passionate about sustainability and science communication who is pursuing a PhD in Biological and Chemical Sciences at Wilfrid Laurier University. She discusses her research measuring the impacts of climate warming on the aboveground plant communities in the Northwest Territories. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) available from wlu.ca/Research-Chat
Discrimination, belonging, and meaning in 2SLGBTQ+ leisure spaces among diverse 2SLGBTQ+ people. Tin Vo, Faculty of Social Work
August 03, 2022 20:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBThe episode features: Tin Vo, an equity-focused researcher and public health practitioner who is pursuing a PhD in Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work. Tin shares his dissertation research which examines intersectional discrimination of LGBTQ2S+ people and their social and mental health well-being within LGBTQ2S+ leisure spaces. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) are available from wlu.ca/Research-C...
Monitoring Lake Ice Thickness from Space in the Northwest Territories. Gifty Attiah, Geography and Environmental Studies
June 22, 2022 18:00 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MBThe episode features: Gifty Attiah is an international student pursuing a PhD in Geography, a joint program run by Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo. Gifty is part of the Remote Sensing of Environmental Change lab and has a particular interest in using geospatial tools to solve environmental and climate issues. She shares her current research focused on monitoring lake ice thickness in the Northwest Territories using remote sensing and modeling. Additional informa...
Breaking Through Barriers: Exploring Social Enterprise Programs as an Employment Intervention for Reintegrating Women in Ontario. Ali Diebold, Faculty of Social Work
June 07, 2022 19:30 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBThe episode features: graduate research emerging from Laurier Brantford-based research community. Ali Diebold, pronouns she/her, is a feminist community-based researcher, social worker, and human rights advocate who is pursuing a PhD in Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) available from wlu.ca/Research-Chat
By-Law Enforcement Responses to Homelessness and Homeless Encampments in Ontario. Natasha Martino, Criminology.
May 30, 2022 15:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBThe episode features: Natasha Martino, a researcher in the realm of homelessness and policing, pursuing a Master of Arts in Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Natasha’s research interests are homelessness, enforcement agents, including police, by-law, and private security, social control, regulation, and marginalization. Her research focuses on the role that by-law enforcement and municipal ordinances play in the social control and management of homelessness and homeless encampmen...
Overcoming the unseen: The effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the well-being of Canadian workers. Tyler Pacheco, Social psychology.
April 25, 2022 06:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBThe episode features: Tyler Pacheco, a PhD student and social psychologist who is working on the research team exploring “Overcoming the unseen. The effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the mental health of Canadian-based workers. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) available from wlu.ca/Research-Chat
Exploring the History of Infectious Disease in the Era of COVID-19. Eric Story, History
April 11, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThe episode features: Eric Story, a historian of infectious disease in the 20th century and outreach manager of the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly shaped his current dissertation project, which explores the history of tuberculosis in the era of the First World War and the ways in which masculinity shaped the Canadian state’s response to the disease in war and its aftermath. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant l...
Supporting the Success of New Immigrants to Canada. Ali Jasemi, Psychology
March 28, 2022 04:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBThe episode features: Ali Jasemi, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University at the Language & Literacy lab under Dr. Alexandra Gottardo’s supervision. Ali's research is a deeper exploration of the psychological, social, and academic factors that influence general mental health and well-being interplay with the successful cultural adjustment and second language learning of immigrants to Canada. Additional information about the research and transcript...
Exploring how to Integrate and Support International Students into Canada’s Economy. Nelson Graham, Balsillie School of International Affairs
March 16, 2022 17:20 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBThe episode features: Nelson Graham, pronouns he/him, is a PhD candidate in the Global Governance program of the Balsillie School of International Affairs, hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University. His research investigates the increasing role that higher education intuitions have on the Canadian immigration system. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) available from wlu.ca/Research-Chat
Singing Ourselves to Death. Deb Shelley, Community Music
February 21, 2022 13:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBThe episode features: Deb Shelley (she/her), who is completing her Master of Arts in Community Music at Laurier, interviewed by Esther Hayford, who is a PhD Candidate in the Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University. She shares her research investigating the lives of those who choose to sing bedside someone who is dying: what motivates them, and what keeps them doing it. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) available from ...
Exploring the activist experiences of African Canadian Girls in Ontario’s high schools, Esther Hayford, Faculty of Social Work
February 14, 2022 13:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBThe episode features: Esther Hayford (she/her), a PhD Candidate in the Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University. In episode 1, Esther shares her research with Deb Shelley, who is completing the Masters of Community Music program at Laurier. Her research focuses on African girls and activism in high schools in Ontario. Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) available from wlu.ca/Research-Chat
Episode 6: interconnection between mothers and complex-care children. Laura MacGregor, Martin Luther University College
January 21, 2022 22:23 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBThe episode features: She shares her experiences at Laurier and how she came to study at Martin Luther University College. She explains the topic of her research and her personal connection to her research topic. Her interview concludes with some details about her son Matthew. Additional information about the research and transcript available from wlu.ca/ResearchChat
Episode 5: The effects of community-based physical activity. Nicole Luymes, Kinesiology
January 21, 2022 22:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBThe episode features: Nicole Luymes who completed her PhD in the Department of Kinesiology. She shares her experiences at Laurier during her studies and how the Movin' and Groovin' program evolved from her research interests. Her interview concludes with a discussion of inclusion for children in physical education classes. Additional information about the research and transcript available from wlu.ca/Research-Chat
Episode 4: Birth Registration as Bordering Practice. Allison Petrozziello, Balsillie School of International Affairs
September 30, 2021 18:15 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBThe episode features: Allison Petrozziello, a feminist migration researcher and human rights advocate who is pursuing a PhD in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and is affiliated with the International Migration Research Centre. She shares her experiences at Laurier and how she came to study in the PhD in Global Governance program and her academic influences including Dr. Jenna Hennebry, Dr. Margaret Walton-Roberts, Dr. Alison Mountz, Dr. Rianne Mahon, Dr. ...
Episode 3: Improving corporate hiring practices. Peter Fisher, Lazaridis School of Business & Economics
August 05, 2021 04:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBThe episode features: o an interview with Peter Fisher, PhD in management in the Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource program at Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Laurier. He shares his experiences at Laurier and how he came to study at Laurier. o Next he explains his on-going research into how organizations can find the right person for a particular job. o His interview concludes with an discussion of interviewing processes including using AI for hiring. o Additiona...
Episode 2: Leveraging the power of cultural signposts in response to our shared climate emergency
March 19, 2021 00:35 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBThe second episode of Research Chat features: an interview with Kai Reimer-Watts, a PhD student in Community Psychology program at Laurier and a doctoral fellow at the Viessman Centre for Engagement and Research in Sustainability (VERiS). He shares his experiences at Laurier and how he came to study in the community psychology program at Laurier. Next he explains his on-going research into the power of cultural signposts in response to our shared climate emergency. After explaining what ...
Episode 2: Leveraging the power of cultural signposts in response to our shared climate emergency. Kai Riemer-Watts, Community Psychology
March 19, 2021 00:35 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBThe second episode of Research Chat features: an interview with Kai Reimer-Watts, a PhD student in Community Psychology program at Laurier and a doctoral fellow at the Viessman Centre for Engagement and Research in Sustainability (VERiS). He shares his experiences at Laurier and how he came to study in the community psychology program at Laurier. Next he explains his on-going research into the power of cultural signposts in response to our shared climate emergency. After explaining what ...
Episode 1: Introduction to Research Chat and Olga Kanj, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics
November 20, 2020 16:11 - 24 minutes - 22 MBThe first episode of Research Chat features: a welcome from Johnathan Newman, Vice-president: research and Douglas Deutschman, Associate Vice-president and Dean, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, who briefly outline the goals for the podcast. an interview with Olga Kanj, a recent graduate of the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics PhD in Management (Finance). She shares her research findings on how ethnic diversity on corporate boards affects risk related decisions in i...
Introduction to Research Chat
November 16, 2020 05:00 - 7 minutes - 7.08 MBDr. Jonathan Newman, Vice-president research and Dr. Douglas Deutchman, associate vice-president and dean of Laurier’s Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS) introduce Research Chat.