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Faculty of Humanities, Brock University
Foreword introduces you to Humanities researchers at Brock University and explore how the Humanities can help us make sense of the rapidly changing world around us. Produced by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University, Canada.
Welcome to a special four-part podcast collaboration from Eve, Intersected, and the Podcast Learning Network at Brock University to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Episode one features graduate student Ryanne Logan sharing her experience as an Indigenous athlete from Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit with hosts Shannon Kerwin and Nwakerendu (Kay) Waboso.
In episode two, host Shannon Kerwin speaks first with Marc St. Pierre of Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) about how the organization implements the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action.
Episode three features host Shannon Kerwin in conversation with Dean Taylor and Brad Smith of Hockey Nova Scotia about how their organization is implementing the TRC Calls to Action, as well as their personal experiences with diversity in sport.
Finally, episode four brings Ryanne, Shannon, and Nwakerendu (Kay) back together to discuss the questions and themes arising from the interviews and how we move forward in continuing reconciliation in sport.
Episodes will be available for TRC Day on Sept. 30, 2025 on the Faculty of Humanities Foreword feed and on Eve Intersected YouTube channel.
LinksBrock honours Truth and Reconciliation with month of community programming (Brock News, 12 Sept. 2025)
The Hadiya’dagénhahs First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Centre is a space for all students to feel welcome. This non-profit organization provides cultural, social, and academic supports and events throughout the year at Brock University.
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (free PDF on NCTR website)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports (free PDF on NCTR website)
Orange Shirt Society
Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG)
Hockey Nova Scotia
Eve, Intersected (YouTube)
Podcast Learning Network podcast feed (formerly Foreword)
CreditsEve Intersected is hosted by Nwakerendu Waboso and Shannon Kerwin of Brock University. Special guests for this series are Ryan Logan, Marc St. Pierre, Brad Taylor, and Dean Smith. Produced by Andrew Camacho and Alison Innes.
View this show with subtitles at YouTube.com/@EveIntersected. Our theme music is Unstoppable Dance Show by Nexus Sound Studio and Your Black Hoodie by White Records. Used under Creative Commons Zero license from Pixabay.com
Welcome to a special four-part podcast collaboration from Eve, Intersected, and the Podcast Learning Network at Brock University to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Episode one features graduate student Ryanne Logan sharing her experience as an Indigenous athlete from Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit with hosts Shannon Kerwin and Nwakerendu (Kay) Waboso.
In episode two, host Shannon Kerwin speaks first with Marc St. Pierre of Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) about how the organization implements the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action.
Episode three features host Shannon Kerwin in conversation with Dean Taylor and Brad Smith of Hockey Nova Scotia about how their organization is implementing the TRC Calls to Action, as well as their personal experiences with diversity in sport.
Finally, episode four brings Ryanne, Shannon, and Nwakerendu (Kay) back together to discuss the questions and themes arising from the interviews and how we move forward in continuing reconciliation in sport.
Episodes will be available for TRC Day on Sept. 30, 2025 on the Faculty of Humanities Foreword feed and on Eve Intersected YouTube channel.
LinksBrock honours Truth and Reconciliation with month of community programming (Brock News, 12 Sept. 2025)
The Hadiya’dagénhahs First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Centre is a space for all students to feel welcome. This non-profit organization provides cultural, social, and academic supports and events throughout the year at Brock University.
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (free PDF on NCTR website)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports (free PDF on NCTR website)
Orange Shirt Society
Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG)
Hockey Nova Scotia
Eve, Intersected (YouTube)
Podcast Learning Network podcast feed (formerly Foreword)
CreditsEve Intersected is hosted by Nwakerendu Waboso and Shannon Kerwin of Brock University. Special guests for this series are Ryan Logan, Marc St. Pierre, Brad Taylor, and Dean Smith. Produced by Andrew Camacho and Alison Innes.
View this show with subtitles at YouTube.com/@EveIntersected. Our theme music is Unstoppable Dance Show by Nexus Sound Studio and Your Black Hoodie by White Records. Used under Creative Commons Zero license from Pixabay.com
Welcome to a special four-part podcast collaboration from Eve, Intersected, and the Podcast Learning Network at Brock University to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Episode one features graduate student Ryanne Logan sharing her experience as an Indigenous athlete from Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit with hosts Shannon Kerwin and Nwakerendu (Kay) Waboso.
In episode two, host Shannon Kerwin speaks first with Marc St. Pierre of Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) about how the organization implements the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action.
Episode three features host Shannon Kerwin in conversation with Dean Taylor and Brad Smith of Hockey Nova Scotia about how their organization is implementing the TRC Calls to Action, as well as their personal experiences with diversity in sport.
Finally, episode four brings Ryanne, Shannon, and Nwakerendu (Kay) back together to discuss the questions and themes arising from the interviews and how we move forward in continuing reconciliation in sport.
Episodes will be available for TRC Day on Sept. 30, 2025 on the Faculty of Humanities Foreword feed and on Eve Intersected YouTube channel.
LinksBrock honours Truth and Reconciliation with month of community programming (Brock News, 12 Sept. 2025)
The Hadiya’dagénhahs First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Centre is a space for all students to feel welcome. This non-profit organization provides cultural, social, and academic supports and events throughout the year at Brock University.
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (free PDF on NCTR website)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports (free PDF on NCTR website)
Orange Shirt Society
Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG)
Hockey Nova Scotia
Eve, Intersected (YouTube)
Podcast Learning Network podcast feed (formerly Foreword)
CreditsEve Intersected is hosted by Nwakerendu Waboso and Shannon Kerwin of Brock University. Special guests for this series are Ryan Logan, Marc St. Pierre, Brad Taylor, and Dean Smith. Produced by Andrew Camacho and Alison Innes.
View this show with subtitles at YouTube.com/@EveIntersected. Our theme music is Unstoppable Dance Show by Nexus Sound Studio and Your Black Hoodie by White Records. Used under Creative Commons Zero license from Pixabay.com
Welcome to a special four-part podcast collaboration from Eve, Intersected, and the Podcast Learning Network at Brock University to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Episode one features graduate student Ryanne Logan sharing her experience as an Indigenous athlete from Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit with hosts Shannon Kerwin and Nwakerendu (Kay) Waboso.
In episode two, host Shannon Kerwin speaks first with Marc St. Pierre of Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) about how the organization implements the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action.
Episode three features host Shannon Kerwin in conversation with Dean Taylor and Brad Smith of Hockey Nova Scotia about how their organization is implementing the TRC Calls to Action, as well as their personal experiences with diversity in sport.
Finally, episode four brings Ryanne, Shannon, and Nwakerendu (Kay) back together to discuss the questions and themes arising from the interviews and how we move forward in continuing reconciliation in sport.
Episodes will be available for TRC Day on Sept. 30, 2025 on the Faculty of Humanities Foreword feed and on Eve Intersected YouTube channel.
LinksBrock honours Truth and Reconciliation with month of community programming (Brock News, 12 Sept. 2025)
The Hadiya’dagénhahs First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Centre is a space for all students to feel welcome. This non-profit organization provides cultural, social, and academic supports and events throughout the year at Brock University.
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (free PDF on NCTR website)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports (free PDF on NCTR website)
Orange Shirt Society
Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG)
Hockey Nova Scotia
Eve, Intersected (YouTube)
Podcast Learning Network podcast feed (formerly Foreword)
CreditsEve Intersected is hosted by Nwakerendu Waboso and Shannon Kerwin of Brock University. Special guests for this series are Ryan Logan, Marc St. Pierre, Brad Taylor, and Dean Smith. Produced by Andrew Camacho and Alison Innes.
View this show with subtitles at YouTube.com/@EveIntersected. Our theme music is Unstoppable Dance Show by Nexus Sound Studio and Your Black Hoodie by White Records. Used under Creative Commons Zero license from Pixabay.com
Welcome to Eve Intersected, a new podcast series by Dr. Shannon Kerwin and Nwakerendu Waboso. This four part series unpacks the cultural significance of Kendrick Lamar's 2025 NFL Super Bowl halftime show.
Produced by the Podcast Learning Network, Faculty of Humanities, Brock University and published on Foreword as part of Black History & African Heritage Month at Brock.
Recorded at Brock University's Department of Digital Humanities and Makerspace as part of Black History & African Heritage Month, February 2025.
LinksListen to Eve Intersected Episode 1.
Listen to Eve Intersected Episode 2.
Listen to Eve Intersected Episode 3.
Watch Kenrick Lamar's halftime show (YouTube)
Serena Williams lets fly with volley at 'crip walk' critics at US Open (Guardian, Aug. 26, 2012)
Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show Is Now the Most-Watched of All Time (Billboard, Feb. 11, 2025)
Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' Wins Historic Pulitzer Prize In Music (NPR, April 16, 2018)
Brock joins Scarborough Charter anti-Black racism National Action plan (Brock News, Nov. 18, 2021)
Dr. Shannon Kerwin, Assistant Professor, Sport Management
CreditsEve Intersected is hosted by Nwakerendu Waboso and Shannon Kerwin of Brock University. This episode is part of a multi-part series unpacking the cultural and historical significance of Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Superbowl halftime show.
Theme music by MusicGoatBeats used under Creative Commons license zero (CC0).
Sound editing by Andrew Camacho. Executive producer Alison Innes. Artwork by Chikezie Weatherall.
Welcome to Eve Intersected, a new podcast series by Dr. Shannon Kerwin and Nwakerendu Waboso. This four part series unpacks the cultural significance of Kendrick Lamar's 2025 NFL Super Bowl halftime show.
Produced by the Podcast Learning Network, Faculty of Humanities, Brock University and published on Foreword as part of Black History & African Heritage Month at Brock.
Recorded at Brock University's Department of Digital Humanities and Makerspace as part of Black History & African Heritage Month, February 2025.
LinksListen to Eve Intersected Episode 1.
Listen to Eve Intersected Episode 2.
Watch Kenrick Lamar's halftime show (YouTube)
Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show Is Now the Most-Watched of All Time (Billboard, Feb. 11, 2025)
Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' Wins Historic Pulitzer Prize In Music (NPR, April 16, 2018)
Brock joins Scarborough Charter anti-Black racism National Action plan (Brock News, Nov. 18, 2021)
Dr. Shannon Kerwin, Assistant Professor, Sport Management
CreditsEve Intersected is hosted by Nwakerendu Waboso and Shannon Kerwin of Brock University. This episode is part of a multi-part series unpacking the cultural and historical significance of Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Superbowl halftime show.
Theme music by MusicGoatBeats used under Creative Commons license zero (CC0).
Sound editing by Andrew Camacho. Executive producer Alison Innes. Artwork by Chikezie Weatherall.
Welcome to Eve Intersected, a new podcast series by Dr. Shannon Kerwin and Nwakerendu Waboso. This four part series unpacks the cultural significance of Kendrick Lamar's 2025 NFL Super Bowl halftime show.
Produced by the Podcast Learning Network, Faculty of Humanities, Brock University and published on Foreword as part of Black History & African Heritage Month at Brock.
Recorded at Brock University's Department of Digital Humanities and Makerspace as part of Black History & African Heritage Month, February 2025.
LinksListen to Eve Intersected Episode 1.
Watch Kenrick Lamar's halftime show (YouTube)
Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show Is Now the Most-Watched of All Time (Billboard, Feb. 11, 2025)
Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' Wins Historic Pulitzer Prize In Music (NPR, April 16, 2018)
Dr. Shannon Kerwin, Assistant Professor, Sport Management
CreditsEve Intersected is hosted by Nwakerendu Waboso and Shannon Kerwin of Brock University. This episode is part of a multi-part series unpacking the cultural and historical significance of Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Superbowl halftime show.
Theme music by MusicGoatBeats used under Creative Commons license zero (CC0).
Sound editing by Andrew Camacho. Executive producer Alison Innes. Artwork by Chikezie Weatherall.
Welcome to Eve Intersected, a new podcast series by Dr. Shannon Kerwin and Nwakerendu Waboso. This four part series unpacks the cultural significance of Kendrick Lamar's 2025 NFL Super Bowl halftime show.
Produced by the Podcast Learning Network, Faculty of Humanities, Brock University and published on Foreword as part of Black History & African Heritage Month at Brock.
Recorded at Brock University's Department of Digital Humanities and Makerspace as part of Black History & African Heritage Month, February 2025.
LinksWatch Kenrick Lamar's halftime show (YouTube)
Dr. Shannon Kerwin, Assistant Professor, Sport Management
CreditsEve Intersected is hosted by Nwakerendu Waboso and Shannon Kerwin of Brock University. This episode is part of a multi-part series unpacking the cultural and historical significance of Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Superbowl halftime show.
Theme music by MusicGoatBeats used under Creative Commons license zero (CC0).
Sound editing by Andrew Camacho. Executive producer Alison Innes. Artwork by Chikezie Weatherall.
Welcome to the MAMM Report! This is the first of two episodes from the scholars behind the Mapping Ann-Marie McDonald (MAMM) project. The project explores the literary geography of Canadian author Ann-Marie McDonald's writing through the creation of interactive maps.
Today's episode features Brock University students Olivia Hay and Emily Mills discussing their experience working on this interdisciplinary project.
Credits
This episode of the MAMM Report has been recorded by Olivia Hay and Emily Mills. The MAMM Report is a part of the Mapping Ann Marie McDonald research project led by Dr. Neta Gordon, Dr. Aaron Mauro, and Dr. Ebru Ustundag at Brock University and funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Development Grant.
This episode has been produced by Alison Innes for Brock University’s Faculty of Humanities. Sound editing by Andrew Camacho. Music by Ryan Fitzgerald.
Learn more about the project at https://mamm.cfdh.ca.
Welcome to a special mini series from the Podcast Learning Network! The Podcast Learning Network (PLN) hosted a series of expert discussion panels to explore different aspects of podcasting. This episode is a live recording of the January 19, 2024 discussion about building a podcast brand and online community.
Our guest experts are:
Christine Caccipuoti is a historian (MA, Fordham University) who co-hosts and co-produces the podcast Footnoting History. Launched in 2013, Footnoting History features a rotation of historian-hosts who create short episodes covering lesser-known topics in world history for the public. It has been downloaded over 3 million times and consists of more than 280 episodes. In her capacity as a podcasting scholar, Christine co-edited Independent Scholars Meet the World: Expanding Academia beyond the Academy (University Press of Kansas, 2020) and spoken about podcasting at conferences like Intelligent Speech, Sound Education, and the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians. Further, she has explored the history and legacy of Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997” for One-Track Mind: Capitalism, Technology, and the Art of the Pop Song (Routledge, 2022) and contributed to American National Biography. More about Christine can be found at ChristineCaccipuoti.com, while Footnoting History can be found as @footnotinghistory on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
Jim Ambuske is a Historian and Senior Producer at R2 Studios, the podcast division of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. At R2 Studios, Ambuske produces, creates, and hosts narrative history podcasts for general audiences. He is the executive producer of The Green Tunnel Podcast, and is the creator, writer, and narrator of Worlds Turned Upside Down, a podcast about the history of the American Revolution. He is the former producer and host of the podcast, Conversations at the Washington Library, and with Jeanette Patrick, co-created and co-wrote the narrative documentary series, Intertwined: The Enslaved Community at George Washington’s Mount Vernon.
John R. Heckman is known to thousands online as The Tattooed Historian. Currently embarking on his inaugural year as a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Humanities here at Brock, John is adapting to his new Canadian lifestyle. Originally from Pennsylvania, USA, he has devoted himself to ensuring the accessibility of history to a wide audience through social media, gaming, live-streamed and in-person events, and his engaging podcast, The Tattooed Historian Show, where he discusses a plethora of historical topics with authors, researchers, and other leaders in their fields.
About the Podcast Learning Network
The Podcast Learning Network is funded by the Faculty of Humanities and facilitated by Alison Innes. Events are organized in collaboration with the Department of Digital Humanities, Makerspace, and Office of Research Services. Learn more and sign up for event notifications on the PLN website.
CreditsThank you for listening to Foreword!
Subtitles are available in some podcast apps. Printable transcripts available by request. Find past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
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Foreword is produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Sound editing for this episode is by Andrew Camacho. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Welcome to a special mini series from the Podcast Learning Network! The Podcast Learning Network (PLN) hosted a series of expert discussion panels to explore different aspects of podcasting. This episode is a live recording of the October 19, 2023 discussion about doing interviews.
Our guest experts are:
Cassidy Cash is a historical map illustrator and host of That Shakespeare Life, the #2 Shakespeare history podcast in the world. She is also the creator of Experience Shakespeare, a library of hands-on Shakespeare history activity kits that explore recipes, games, and crafts from Shakespeare’s plays that can be completed at home or in a classroom. Cassidy’s documentary shorts and animated films about Shakespeare’s history have won international film awards for history and animation. Her work has been featured in major publications including History Hit, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Historians Magazine, and History Today. Find out more about Cassidy and explore the life of William Shakespeare at www.cassidycash.com
Aven McMaster is the co-host of “The Endless Knot Podcast,” exploring the interconnections of etymology, history, and culture with her cohost, linguist Mark Sundaram. The pair frequently interview authors and academics on various aspects of language and the Roman world. Aven also does production work on the Alliterative YouTube channel. She has a PhD in Classics from the University of Toronto and formerly taught Latin poetry and Roman social history at Thorneloe University at Laurentian. Listen to The Endless Knot at https://www.alliterative.net
Cathy Majtenyi is a writer and journalist as well as a Communications Specialist at Brock University, where she works with Brock researchers to share their stories with the public. Cathy has worked as a freelance journalist for various media outlets, as well as a radio and TV reporter for Voice of America. She has recently published her book African Inspiration: Turning Trial into Triumph, sharing stories she covered in her 12 years of print, radio and television reporting in East Africa.
About the Podcast Learning Network
The Podcast Learning Network is funded by the Faculty of Humanities and facilitated by Alison Innes. Events are organized in collaboration with the Department of Digital Humanities, Makerspace, and Office of Research Services. Learn more and sign up for event notifications on the PLN website.
CreditsThank you for listening to Foreword!
Subtitles are available in some podcast apps. Printable transcripts available by request. Find past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
We love to hear from our listeners! Join us on Instagram @brockhumanities.
Please follow and rate us on your favourite podcasting app so you don't miss an episode!
Foreword is produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Sound editing for this episode is by Andrew Camacho. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
In the spirit of Black History and African Heritage Month at Brock, Masters student Isabelle Hill and recent graduate Christabel Oghinan take the mic to explore what Black allyship looks like in research. They spoke with Dr. Andrea Doucet, Professor in Brock’s Department of Sociology and Canadian Research Chair in Gender, Work and Care, and recent PhD grad Dr. Sadie Goddard-Durant, Director of the Office of Equity Diversity & Inclusion at Durham College about how they negotiated the supervisor-student relationship and what allyship means to them.
This is the second of a two-part conversation recorded February 2024.
LinksResearch highlights challenges faced by young Black mothers (Brock News, 28 August 2023)
A Report on the Experiences and Needs of Young Black Caribbean-Canadian Mothers in Toronto (PDF; Goddard-Durant et al 2021)
Experiences and Needs of Young Black Canadian Mothers in Toronto
TAIBU Community Health Centre
Andrea Doucet faculty profile
Black History & African Heritage Month at Brock University
CreditsThank you for listening to Foreword! Special thanks for this episode go to hosts Isabelle Hill and Christabel Oghinan; guests Dr. Andrea Doucet and Dr. Sadie Goddard-Durant, and to coordinator Dr. Shannon Kerwin. Thank you also to Shakka Licorice and Aishah Sonekan and the Brock University Black History and African Heritage working group.
Episode subtitles can be viewed when listening through the Apple Podcasts app or on Podbean. Printable transcripts available by request. Find past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
We love to hear from our listeners! Join us on Instagram @brockhumanities.
Please follow and rate us on your favourite podcasting app so you don’t miss an episode.
Foreword is produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Sound editing for this episode is by Andrew Camacho. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Welcome to a special edition of Foreword! In the spirit of Black History and African Heritage Month at Brock, Masters student Isabelle Hill and recent graduate Christabel Oghinan take the mic to explore what Black allyship looks like in research. They spoke with Dr. Andrea Doucet, Professor in Brock’s Department of Sociology and Canadian Research Chair in Gender, Work and Care, and recent PhD grad Dr. Sadie Goddard-Durant, Director of the Office of Equity Diversity & Inclusion at Durham College about how they negotiated the supervisor-student relationship and what allyship means to them.
This is the first of a two-part conversation recorded February 2024.
LinksResearch highlights challenges faced by young Black mothers (Brock News, 28 August 2023)
A Report on the Experiences and Needs of Young Black Caribbean-Canadian Mothers in Toronto (PDF; Goddard-Durant et al 2021)
Experiences and Needs of Young Black Canadian Mothers in Toronto
TAIBU Community Health Centre
Andrea Doucet faculty profile
Black History & African Heritage Month at Brock University
CreditsThank you for listening to Foreword! Special thanks for this episode go to hosts Isabelle Hill and Christabel Oghinan; guests Dr. Andrea Doucet and Dr. Sadie Goddard-Durant, and to coordinator Dr. Shannon Kerwin. Thank you also to Shakka Licorice and Aishah Sonekan and the Brock University Black History and African Heritage working group.
Episode subtitles can be viewed when listening through the Apple Podcasts app or on Podbean. Printable transcripts available by request. Find past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
We love to hear from our listeners! Join us on Instagram @brockhumanities.
Please follow and rate us on your favourite podcasting app so you don’t miss an episode.
Foreword is produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Sound editing for this episode is by Andrew Camacho. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Have you ever experienced a concussion? Or perhaps you know someone who has? Traumatic brain injury can cause issues with concentration, memory, balance, vision, speech, sleep, and mood. The symptoms are often invisible, can last anywhere from days to years, and can be difficult for others to comprehend.
Mike Griffin, has worked with students to bring that experience to the stage in his recent production of “The Mysterious Mind of Molly McGillicuddy,” performed February 15-18, 2024 at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.
Mike is a lecturer with the Department of Dramatic Arts, affectionately known as DART. He received the Faculty of Humanities’ 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award in recognition of his work helping students discover their creative voices. Mike has worked in universities, schools, and theatre companies across Canada as a theatre educator, writer, and director. He researches and teaches the theatre form Commedia dell’Arte, which flourished in Italy in the 16th to 18th centuries and is characterized by the use of masks. “The Mysterious Mind of Molly McGillicuddy” is not Mike’s first DART Mainstage production; He also wrote and directed “Pantalone’s Palace” in fall 2017.
We spoke to Mike in his office at MIWSFPA about his work on “The Mysterious Mind of Molly McGillicuddy” shortly before its opening night.
LinksMike Griffin faculty profile
Department of Dramatic Arts, Brock University
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
Brain injury and the arts research colloquium (2 February 2024)
DART students prepare for opening night (Brock News, 13 February 2024)
Innovative mainstage production explores brain injury through the arts (Brock News, 30 January 2024)
Teaching award recipient inspires students to find creative voices (Brock News, 16 June 2023)
Love and power collide in fun-filled physical theatre comedy at Marilyn I. Walker theatre (Brock News, 24 October 2017)
The Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino
CreditsThank you for listening to Foreword!
Episode subtitles can be viewed when listening through the Apple Podcasts app or on Podbean. Printable transcripts available by request. Find past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
We love to hear from our listeners! Join us on Twitter and Instagram @brockhumanities.
Please follow and rate us on your favourite podcasting app so you don’t miss an episode.
Foreword is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Series five sound editing is by Serena Atallah. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Today’s episode comes from our vault, and it is one for fans of royalty. We recorded this conversation with fourth year history student Gavin Watson last spring. Gavin found himself writing a paper on the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II when the Queen passed away in the fall of 2022. Gavin’s research examines the controversial choice to televise the coronation ceremony and the impact it had on the public in Britain and across the Commonwealth.
Gavin’s paper was published in the History department’s undergraduate journal, The General in spring 2023.
LinksThe General
Department of History
Mass Observation Archive
CreditsThank you for listening to Foreword!
Episode subtitles can be viewed when listening through the Apple Podcasts app or on Podbean. Printable transcripts available by request. Find past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
We love to hear from our listeners! Join us on Twitter and Instagram @brockhumanities.
Please follow and rate us on your favourite podcasting app so you don’t miss an episode.
Foreword is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Series five sound editing is by Serena Atallah. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Have you ever wondered what you can do with an MA in a Humanities subject? Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak invited two Brock alumnae, Shaunna Hubert and Francesca Patten to talk about how they have used their MA degrees in their careers in an online panel. Shaunna and Francesca shared how their degrees led them into unexpected careers, challenges they met along the way, and the unique benefits of a Humanities MA.
Shaunna Hubert used her MA in History to work with the Ontario provincial government in the Ministry of Francophone Affairs, the Ministry of the Attorney General, and the Ministry of the Solicitor General. Federally, she has worked on housing policy with the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and is currently a Senior Specialist at Infrastructure Canada.
Francesca Patten followed her MA in Classics with a Masters in Public Affairs, specializing in economic policy. She has worked for the Department of National Defence, Newfoundland and Labrador Housing, and the Canadian Transportation Agency. She has worked with nonprofit organizations in policy development, capacity building, and program evaluation and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Calgary.
The panel was moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Associate Professor in the Department of History.
LinksDepartment of History
Department of Classics and Archaeology
Brock Career Zone
CreditsThank you for listening to Foreword!
Episode subtitles can be viewed when listening through the Apple Podcasts app or on Podbean. Printable transcripts available by request. Find past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
We love to hear from our listeners! Join us on Twitter and Instagram @brockhumanities.
Please follow and rate us on your favourite podcasting app so you don’t miss an episode.
Foreword is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Series five sound editing is by Serena Atallah. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
In today’s crossover episode between Foreword, The Tattooed Historian, and the Brown Homestead, PhD student John R. Heckman and history MA alumna Jess Linzel take us on an audio tour of St. Catharine’s oldest house and explore what it means to preserve and study local history.
Jess Linzel (BA ’18, MA ’21) is a graduate of both the BA and MA programs in Brock’s Department of History. She has unrivalled passion for Niagara history, and she has been recognized with scholarships and awards both locally and provincially. She is now the Director of Community Engagement at the Brown Homestead in St. Catharines, where she co-supervises a team of seven staff, produces heritage restoration video content, and co-leads research initiatives at the heritage home.
John R. Heckman is a talented podcaster and a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program at Brock University. Known to thousands online as the “Tattooed Historian,” John’s mission is to make history inclusive and accessible to the public. John channels his passion for history into YouTube videos, podcasts, live-streaming, and social media content.
Links* Department of History * Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD * Tattooed Historian YouTube * Tattooed History Podcast * Brown Homestead Website * Brown Homestead Podcast * Brock grad puts local history on the map (Brock News, 25 Aug. 2023) * Grad student earns scholarship for digitizing Niagara history (Brock News, 9 June 2021)
CreditsThank you for listening to Foreword!
Episode subtitles can be viewed when listening on Podbean. Printable transcripts available by request. Find past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
We love to hear from our listeners! Join us on Twitter and Instagram @brockhumanities.
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Foreword is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
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Nick Cooper's music career has taken him around the world and back since he graduated with a Bachelor of Music in 2017. He joins us this episode to share where his music career has taken him and the joys and challenges he found along the way.
LinksNick Cooper Music (website)
@Nick_Cooper_Music (Instagram)
Nick Cooper on Spotify
Related EpisodesS2E01 Decolonizing Music with Nina Penner
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How does the study of sport history help us understand our society? This episode we speak with historian Dr. Taylor McKee, Associate Professor in the Department of Sport Management, about how understanding sport helps us understand our society. We discuss his research on violence and masculinity in hockey and the long history of advocating for change in the sport. Dr. Taylor also shares his work on the use of sports like hockey in building a national identity and colonizing Indigenous peoples.
As always, we pull back the curtain on academic work, discussing academic journals, the publishing process, and the value of sharing university research with the public.
LinksNiagara 2022 Canada Summer Games at Brock University
"The Toronto Star is making the right move by renaming the Lou Marsh trophy" by Taylor McKee (6 Oct. 2022, The Conversation)
"Rewriting the rule books: ensuring gender equity in Canadian hockey" by Taylor McKee (22 June 2022, The Conversation)
Taylor McKee's articles on The Conversation
Giancarlo, A, Forsyth, J, McKee, T & Ti Hiwi, B. “Methodology and Indigenous memory: Using photographs to anchor critical reflections on Indian residential school experiences.” Visual Studies. Winter 2021, https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2021.1878929.
McKee, T & Forsyth, J. “Witnessing Painful Pasts: Understanding Images of Sports at Canadian Indian Residential Schools.” Journal of Sport History. 46:2. (Summer 2019). 175-88. DOI:10.5406/jsporthistory.46.2.0175
"Sport of cricket uniting Brock international students" by Stephen Leithwood (13 May, 2022 The Brock News)
Journal of Emerging Sport Studies
Taylor McKee faculty profile
Department of Sport Management
Department of History
Related EpisodesS2E04 History Beyond the Classroom with Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak
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Welcome to series five! This series we will be continuing that eclectic mix of topics you’ve come to expect, but we’ll also be introducing some new episode formats as well.
Our first episode this season is recorded on location in the Visual Arts gallery at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts. The gallery is a teaching exhibition space that support course work and creative work by Visual Art undergraduate students, with special exhibits by faculty members and community artists.
Our guest this episode is Dr. Linda Carreiro, a visual artist, professor and Associate Dean of Fine and Performing Arts in the Faculty of Humanities. Linda is an interdisciplinary artist whose work uses text in sculpture and printmaking. Her work has been exhibited across Canada and internationally in solo and group exhibitions. Her awards and honours include, most recently, the 2021 Massey Visiting Scholar at Massey College, University of Toronto. She has a BFA from the University of Manitoba, an MFA from the University of Alberta, and a PhD from Cardiff School of Art & Design.
View an image of Dr. Carreiro's exhibition "Afterthoughts"
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LinksDr. Linda Carreiro faculty profile
Department of Visual Arts
VISA Gallery
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
Visual Arts exhibition presents creative exploration of death (Brock News, 3 Sept. 2023)
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Join our guest Lesley Bell as we take a "Snow walk" through Mackenzie Chown Complex to discuss artist Michael Snow's 1972-1973 installation "Timed Images," the architecture of Raymond Moriyama and the murals by James Sutherland.
View the accompanying 1970s and current images on our special episode webpage Michael Snow Art Walk.
LinksTimed Images: Michael Snow, 1972. Documentary by Lesley Bell and Tracey Van Oosten, 2021.
A flock of geese fly again at Toronto's Eaton Centre (CBC Here and Now, 8 March 2023)
Acclaimed artist Michael Snow remembered with campus art (Brock News, 13 Jan. 2023)
Celebrated Canadian artist Michael Snow's contribution to Brock revisited in new documentary (Brock News, 18 Aug. 2021)
Michael Snow's work featured at MIWSFPA (Brock News, 27 Sept. 2018)
Beloved Visual Arts staffer inspires Art History award (Brock News, 31 Aug. 2018)
MIWSFPA calls for donations to revive zine culture on campus (Brock News, 27 July 2018)
Teutloff loved art — and how it looked on Brock’s campus (Brock News, 25 Aug. 2017)
Brock University Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
Brock University Department of Visual Arts
Brock University MIWSFPA Learning Commons
Related EpisodesS4E09 Getting Lost in Mackenzie Chown with Lesley Bell
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If you're a Brock student, employee, or even visitor, chances are you have tried to navigate Mackenzie Chown Complex at some point and possibly even gotten lost. But have you ever wondered why it is built the way it is, or wondered about the art work inside it? Today's guest, Lesley Bell, has, and she's done the research to find the answers.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Canadian artist Michael Snow's 1972-1973 art installation in Mackenzie Chown (then called the Academic Staging Building), we talk with Lesley about the artist's work and his collaboration with the building's architect Raymond Moriyama. Lesley also shares some of her experiences as an art student at Brock in the 1980s, her decision to become an art librarian, and the changes she's experienced during her long career with Brock's Department of Visual Arts and the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts (MIWSFPA).
Stay tuned for an upcoming bonus episode when Lesley takes us on an audio walking tour of Mackenzie Chown Comlex and Michael Snow's art.
LinksTimed Images: Michael Snow, 1972. Documentary by Lesley Bell and Tracey Van Oosten, 2021.
A flock of geese fly again at Toronto's Eaton Centre (CBC Here and Now, 8 March 2023)
Acclaimed artist Michael Snow remembered with campus art (Brock News, 13 Jan. 2023)
Celebrated Canadian artist Michael Snow's contribution to Brock revisited in new documentary (Brock News, 18 Aug. 2021)
Michael Snow's work featured at MIWSFPA (Brock News, 27 Sept. 2018)
Beloved Visual Arts staffer inspires Art History award (Brock News, 31 Aug. 2018)
MIWSFPA calls for donations to revive zine culture on campus (Brock News, 27 July 2018)
Teutloff loved art — and how it looked on Brock’s campus (Brock News, 25 Aug. 2017)
Brock University Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
Brock University Department of Visual Arts
Brock University MIWSFPA Learning Commons
Related EpisodesS4E05 Archives & Special Collections with David Sharron
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Written texts, journal articles, and printed books are not the only way we create and share knowledge in the Humanities. The process of research creation brings together multiple disciplines to explore a more comprehensive understanding of what it means to be human. This episode, we speak with artist and researcher Julie Gemuend, who shares how she is using research creation to explore what it means to be human in the Anthropocene age, including our physical vulnerabilities and responsibilities to other beings.
Julie is a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Humanities program. She has an MFA from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and her work has been exhibited in Canada, the USA and internationally.
This conversation was originally recorded in the spring of 2022.
LinksJulie Gemuend research abstract
"Imprint" at The Image Centre
Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program
Related EpisodesS2E06 Entangled Humans with Dr. Christine Daigle
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What does the word "luxury" mean to you? In this episode of Foreword, we unpack the idea of what luxury is, how we can study it, and why studying it matters.
Dr. Jessica Clark, Associate Professor with the Department of History, and Dr. Nigel Lezama, Associate Professor of French with the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, talk about their recent joint publication "Canadian Critical Luxury Studies: Decentering Luxury".
LinksJessica Clark (faculty bio)
Nigel Lezama (faculty bio)
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Culture
Department of History
Canadian Critical Luxury Studies: Decentring Luxury (Intellect, 2022)
Business of Beauty (Bloomsbury, April 2022)
The Recipes Project
The Rise of Luxury Exhibition (The Guardian, 10 Dec. 2022)
ACUFC L’Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne
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Today we meet Dr. Lissa Paul, a researcher in children's literature, who has followed the story of 19th century writer and educator Eliza Fenwick from London to Barbados to Niagara-on-the-Lake. Lissa shares who Eliza was and how researching Eliza's story lead her to stories of fugitive slaves and current efforts to decolonize the landscape by memorializing former enslaved people in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Episode Highlights (1:23) What is children's literature? * (4:50) Life and times of Eliza Fenwick * (21:20) Eliza Fenwick in Niagara-on-the-Lake * (29:30) Researching Eliza's story * (37:20) Digitizing the Barbados Mercury and Bridgetown Gazette* and fugitive slave ads * (47:30) Work on the so-called "Negro Burial Ground" in Niagara-on-the-Lake and decolonizing the landscape * (1:01:01) Interdisciplinarity and the PhD program in Interdisciplinary Humanities
LinksLissa Paul (faculty bio)
Eliza Fenwick: Early Modern Feminist (University of Delaware Press, 2019)
Keywords for Children's Literature (New York University Press, 2021)
Children’s Literature and Culture of the First World War (Routledge, 2019)
British Library Endangered Archives Programme
University of Florida Digital Library of the Caribbean
Agents of Enslavement: Colonial newspapers in the Caribbean and hidden genealogies of the enslaved.
Memorial to People in Fugitive Ads
"Project highlighting local Black history to be discussed at public event" (Brock News, 23 Feb. 2023)
"What finding the the unmarked graves of this Black cemetery adds to the story of Niagara-on-the-Lake's history" (Niagara This Week, 12 May 2022)
PhD program in Interdisciplinary Humanities at Brock University
Related EpisodesS4E05 Archives & Special Collections with David Sharron
S1E03 Early Modern Bookscapes with Dr. Leah Knight
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What is an archive? How do papers and books wind up in one? And how is technology changing the way we collect and use archival materials? David Sharron, Head of Archives and Special Collections here at Brock University is on hand with the answers!
In this episode, David shares the joy of archival research and some of the collection's highlights, including the Terry O'Malley collection (featuring branding for the famous 1972 hockey Summit Series!) and the papers of one of Canada's early female pilots, Dorothy Rungeling, alongside treasures from the middle ages. David and his team also work closely with our students and faculty on research ranging from medieval herbals to Niagara sporting history. He'll also share with us his own archival journey--including time working at NASA-- as well as some great tips for first-time archive visitors.
Brock Archives and Special Collections is part of the Brock University Library and is located on the tenth floor of Schmon Tower. Students and community members are invited to use the archives for research. See the archive website for more information.
LinksBrock University Archives and Special Collections
The Terry O'Malley Story (Online Exhibit)
Dorothy Wetherald Rugeling (Online Exhibit)
Brock Campus News Through the Years (Online Exhibit)
Acclaimed artist Michael Snow remembered with campus art (Brock News, 13 Jan. 2023)
Learning from medieval texts (Brock News, 2 March 2022)
Canada Games Teaching Spotlight: Students explore history of sport in NOTL (Brock News, 10 Feb. 2022)
Related EpisodesS1E03 Early Modern Bookscapes with Dr. Leah Knight
S2E04 History Beyond the Classroom with Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak
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Today we're joined by Dr. Neta Gordon, Professor with the Department of English Language and Literature. We talk about her passion for teaching, particularly first year courses, and her recently published book, Bearers of Risk: Writing Masculinity in Contemporary English-Canadian Short Story Cycles (McGill-Queens, 2022). We talk about her work on author Ann-Marie MacDonald, the research and publishing process, graduate student research assistantships, and literary geography. Neta also shares some insight into her past work as Associate Dean Undergraduate Student Affairs and Curriculum for the Faculty of Humanities (2018-2022) and the place of academic integrity at all stages of research and scholarship.
LinksDr. Neta Gordon (faculty bio)
Department of English Language and Literature
Bearers of Risk: Writing Masculinity in Contemporary English-Canadian Short Story Cycles (McGill-Queens, 2022)
A Tour of Fabletown: Patterns and Plots in Bill Willingham’s Fables (McFarland, 2016)
Brock prof’s new book examines Canadian masculinity (Brock News, 6 May 2022)
English prof appointed new Associate Dean in the Faculty of Humanities (Brock News, 26 June 2018)
Brock prof’s book on WWI literature challenges ideas of Canadian identity (Brock News, 26 Nov. 2014)
Books MentionedFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald (Penguin Random House, 1997)
Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald (Penguin Random House, 2022)
Data Feminism by Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein (MIT Press, 2020)
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What was life like for children in ancient Rome? How did Romans think about the idea of family? And why should we bother studying Latin in the 21st century? Our guest this episode is Dr. Fanny Dolansky, Associate Professor with the Department of Classics and Archaeology. She shares how she became interested in Roman history, her work on childhood and Roman religion, and how the pandemic has presented her with new avenues of research.
LinksDr. Fanny Dolansky (faculty bio)
Department of Classics and Archaeology
"Brock University professor explores gender identity in award-winning paper" (Brock News, 4 February 2014)
“Religion and Divination at Court,” “Household religion and the court,” and “Public cult and the court” in The Roman Emperor and his Court c. 30 BC- c. AD 300 (B. Kelly and A. Hug eds., Cambridge, 2022)
“Different Lives: Children’s Daily Experiences in the Roman World” in Childhood in Antiquity: Perspectives and Experiences of Childhood in the Ancient Mediterranean (Routledge, 2021)
Rome: A Sourcebook on the Ancient City. Co-edited with Stacie Raucci (Bloomsbury, 2018)
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Today's episode deals with some of the heavier topics in the news cycle-- war, war crimes, terrorism, genocide, and the war in Ukraine. We speak with Dr. Gregor Kranjc, Associate Professor with the Department of History on his research into war and society and his courses on genocide, terrorism, and the Holocaust, as well as how to teach heavy topics and why studying history is important to countering conspiracy theories. We talk about the challenges of having family connections to your research topic, the importance of memorialization, and connections between landscape and identity.
Given these topics, today's episode may be upsetting to some listeners. We'll be back next episode with something a little lighter.
Links Dr. Gregor Kranjc faculty bio
Department of History, Brock University
Government of Canada War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine occurring within a complex historical framework: Brock expert (Brock News, 24 Feb. 2022)
Historical Dictionary of Slovenia (Rowman and Littleton)
To Walk with the Devil: Slovene Collaboration and Axis Occupation, 1941-1945 (University of Toronto Press)
In the Land of Ghosts: War, Memory and Reconciliation in Kocevje, Slovenia (1941-present) (in progress)
Related Episodes S2E09 on Identity and Trauma with Dr. Cristina Santos
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Witches, harpies, succubi, brood mothers--video games are known for some pretty grotesque female monsters. What do these depictions of monsters in games say about how we view and treat people with bodies that society considers "non standard"? Why do these depictions of monstrous women matter?
Associate Professor with the Centre for Digital Humanities Sarah Stang, spoke with us earlier this fall about the state of feminist scholarship in video game studies and the importance of thinking critically about the monsters on our screen. We talk about fan communities, the need for more diverse games telling different types of stories, and the responsibilities of fans and developers in creating a safe and welcoming gaming culture. Sarah also gives us a sneak peek into the new Game Studies MA program which has just started with its first student cohort this fall.
Links Dr. Sarah Stang faculty profile
Centre for Digital Humanities
Game Studies MA
New prof's research takes on video game monsters (Brock News, July 22, 2022)
Game students hit play on MA studies (Brock News, Nov. 2, 2022)
Related Episodes S1E05 Games
S2E09 Identity and Trauma
S3E05 Breaking Into the Game Industry
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We're back! Series 4 will launch Monday, Nov. 7 with a full line up of fascinating conversations with humanities researchers. We take on timely and challenging ideas in thought-provoking interviews that you don't need a humanities background to understand. Look for us in your feed every other Monday starting November 7. Subscribe in your favourite podcast app so you don't miss an episode!
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In this episode, we pass the mic to third year Interactive Arts and Science student Mitch Kogan. Mitch interviews Game Design graduate Adam Henderson (BA '20) who, along with Agusia Krzywinska (BSc '20 in Game Programming) has launched the game studio Adjective Noun.
Links Adjective Noun Studios
First cohort graduates from Brock-Niagara College GAME program (Brock News, June 26, 2020)
BA GAME Design program
BSc GAME Programming program
Interactive Arts and Science program
Centre for Digital Humanities
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Let's talk about food! English MA student Genevieve Wilson talks about food delivery services, keto diet culture, Instagram, and economics with us in this episode . Genevieve shares her ongoing research into the rhetoric and discourse around meal prep services and explores links between keto diet discourse and the far right movement.
Links Master of Arts in English
Department of English Language and Literature
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This episode we talk with English MA student Alex Wedler. Our conversation ranges from Chernobyl to Paradise Lost as we explore ideas of environment, place, and exile in literature. Alex unpacks the idea of hyper objects and how events can stick to people, as well as sharing his insights into the grad student experience.
Works Mentioned The Tiger by John Valliant
Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich
Hyper Objects by Timothy Morton
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Destiny II by Bungie
Links Master of Arts in English
Department of English Language and Literature
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Our grad series continues this episode with an exploration of the history of disability in Ontario. We speak with recent MA History graduate Carolyn Fast (BA '14, MA '21), whose MA thesis focussed on the stories of people who experienced institutionalization and explores the continuing impact of this lesser-known aspect of Ontario history.
Between 1876 and 2009, more than 50,000 people with intellectual disabilities were housed in institutions across Ontario. Carolyn shares how her research on the institutionalization experience can help us think about COVID, long term care, the housing crisis, and inclusive education.
Links The Un-Making of Difference: The Winding Road of Deinstitutionalization in Ontario, 1960-2018 Carolyn Fast (MA thesis, 2021)
Humanities Spirit of Brock winners have sights set on helping others (Brock News, June 25, 2021)
Master of Arts in History
Department of History
People First
Partners for Planning
Community Living Ontario
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Welcome to series three of Foreword! This series we will be bringing you interviews with our graduate student researchers in our Classics, History, and English MA programs, as well as our Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program.
Today's featured guest is Shakeel Ahmed, an MA student in the Department of Classics and Archaeology. Shakeel shares with us his research on homosexual culture in Ancient Athens, the importance of queer history, and how the study of the ancient world continues to be relevant to modern issues.
Some tech issues were encountered during the remote recording of this conversation. We apologize for any distraction they may cause the listener, but we trust you will enjoy the conversation regardless!
Links Department of Classics and Archaeology
MA Classics program
Faculty of Graduate Studies
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This episode is the finale of a three-episode series of “Chronicles of A Spy in Acadia”: a student-produced podcast researched, written, recorded and edited by the students of Brock University’s History 4P11 class. The podcast centers on Atlantic colonial Canada in the 18th century by looking at the events through the eyes of a real-life historical spy: Thomas Pichon.
This episode closes our interview with Thomas Pichon, his memories of the Acadian Expulsion, as well as his internalized despair, regretting his life choices and feeling sorry for himself in his old age. The major themes of this episode include religion, the Acadian expulsion and diaspora, historical literature based on the Acadians and their forced abandonment of their territory, as well as our group's sincerest thank you for your interest in our work.
Filled with quotations and the memories of Thomas Pichon’s letters and memoirs, listeners gather an understanding of the many emotions and motivations of Thomas Pichon as he spied for the British against the French and assisted to damage the lives of hundreds of innocent Acadians.
Links Beaubassin: On the Edge of Empires
Brock University Department of History
Student podcast gives voice to Acadian spy, Brock News, Jan. 27, 2022.
Sources Crowley, T.A. “Biography: PICHON, THOMAS, Thomas Tyrell,” Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto, 1979.
Webster, John Clarence. Thomas Pichon “The Spy of Beausejour,” An Account of His Career in Europe and America with Many Original Documents. Translated by Alice Webster. Shediac, NB: 1937.
Credits Interviewer 1- Yannick Interviewer 2- Micayla Narrator- Erin Ghost of Thomas Pichon- Dexter
This episode is the second in a three-episode series of “Chronicles of A Spy in Acadia,” a student-produced podcast researched, written, recorded and edited by the students of Brock University’s History 4P11 class.
The podcast series centers on Atlantic colonial Canada in the 18th century by looking at the events through the eyes of a real-life historical spy: Thomas Pichon.
This episode focuses on the ordinary people of Acadia, the Acadians and the Indigenous Mi’kmaq, and how their lives were shaped and changed by those in positions of power, like the French agent Abbé Le Loutre. Aspects of life, religion, Indigenous relations, and acts of destruction are examined through the words of the titular spy, Thomas Pichon. It also explores Pichon’s opinions and beliefs about the subjects of discussion, allowing us to understand the interviewee as well as the topics of the episode.
Filled with quotations from Pichon’s genuine letters and memoirs published after his death, listeners get a chance to not only see the true thoughts and motivations of Pichon as he betrayed France and the Acadians, but also to better understand the events that made Canada into the country it is today.
Links Beaubassin: On the Edge of Empires
@CBCNovaScotia Centuries-old cannonballs detonated in Gagetown, N.B. (Tweet) Nov. 19, 2021.
Brock University Department of History
Student podcast gives voice to Acadian spy, Brock News, Jan. 27, 2022.
Sources Crowley, T.A. “Biography: PICHON, THOMAS, Thomas Tyrell,” Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto, 1979.
Webster, John Clarence. Thomas Pichon “The Spy of Beausejour,” An Account of His Career in Europe and America with Many Original Documents. Translated by Alice Webster. Shediac, NB: 1937.
Credits Interviewer 1- Yannick Interviewer 2- Micayla Narrator- Erin Ghost of Thomas Pichon- Dexter
This episode is the first in a three-episode series of “Chronicles of A Spy in Acadia”: a student-produced podcast researched, written, recorded and edited by the students of Brock University’s History 4P11 State and Society in Colonial Canada class.
The podcast centers on Atlantic colonial Canada in the 18th century by looking at the events through the eyes of a real-life historical spy: Thomas Pichon. Thomas Pichon was a French man sent to take on a legislative position in the military Fort of Beausejour in 18th century Acadia (present-day Nova Scotia). Eager for money and prestige, however, in 1754 he was recruited to spy for the British and played a pivotal role in the French-Acadian defeat at the 1755 Siege of Beausejour.
This episode gives listeners a front row seat to history students interviewing “the ghost” of Thomas Pichon about the events of 1755 and Pichon’s life leading up to it. Pichon was known to exaggerate and be a man invested in his own self-interests, and his character beyond the grave is hardly estranged from that.
Filled with quotations from Pichon’s genuine letters and memoirs published after his death, listeners get a chance to not only see the true thoughts and motivations of Pichon as he betrayed France and the Acadians, but also to better understand the events that made Canada into the country it is today.
Links Beaubassin: On the Edge of Empires
@CBCNovaScotia Centuries-old cannonballs detonated in Gagetown, N.B. (Tweet) Nov. 19, 2021.
Brock University Department of History
Sources Crowley, T.A. “Biography: PICHON, THOMAS, Thomas Tyrell,” Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto, 1979.
Webster, John Clarence. Thomas Pichon “The Spy of Beausejour,” An Account of His Career in Europe and America with Many Original Documents. Translated by Alice Webster. Shediac, NB: 1937.
Credits Interviewer 1- Yannick Interviewer 2- Micayla Narrator- Erin Ghost of Thomas Pichon- Dexter
How are our personal and communal identities shaped by the stories we tell ourselves and the traumas we experience? Today's guest, Dr. Cristina Santos, shares how stories like Twilight, the Hunger Games, and Divergent, repackage old ideas of what it means to be a woman and how these fairytale archetypes translate into our social psyche. She will also share her latest project, which investigates the lived experiences of children of survivors of the forced disappearances in Argentina between 1976-1983 and the psychological impact trauma has on both individuals and society as a whole.
Dr. Santos’ research investigates monstrous depictions of women as aberrations of feminine nature in literature, art, and film. She has written about the folklore surrounding the notorious Bloody Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who reputedly murdered hundreds of young girls in late 16th and early 17th century Hungary, and the Latin American legend of La Llorona, a woman who drowns her children.
Her 2016 book Unbecoming Female Monsters: Witches, Vampires and Virgins explores how female monsters from literature, art, film, television, and popular culture embody social and cultural fears of female sexuality and reproductive powers. She has also co-edited volumes on cultural ideas of virginity, monsters and monstrosity in literature, and the Twilight saga.
Dr. Santos teaches in the Hispanic and Latin American Studies program in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures. She is also a faculty member with the Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program, where she teaches and supervises PhD students. She also teaches courses in the Faculty of Social Science.
Links Dr. Cristina Santos faculty bio
Unbecoming Female Monsters: Witches, Vampires and Virgins (Lexington Books, 2016)
Virgin Envy: The Cultural (In)significance of the Hymen (co-edited with Jonathan A. Allan and Adriana Spahr; University of Regina Press, 2016)
Progressive Connexions
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Hispanic and Latin America Studies
Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program
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Populism: What is it, where do we see it, and why does it work? Today's episode explores some of the nuances of this political approach and how the American shift to Trumpism impacts Canada and other countries. Guest Ibrahim Berrada also shares how misinformation arises, the risks it poses, and the need for people to work together to overcome COVID.
Ibrahim Berrada is a lecturer in Canadian Studies at Brock University and a PhD candidate at Laurentian University, where his research explores populist influence in a Canadian-American cross-border context. He is also an adjunct professor in Sociology at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, NY. In the past year Ibrahim has appeared in local and national media, including the CBC and St. Catharines Standard, many times to share his expertise and analysis of current events.
Links Ibrahim Berrada, instructor profile
Centre for Canadian Studies, Brock University
Misinformation, prolonged pandemic pose security threat in Canada: Brock experts (Brock News, Jan. 11, 2021)
Removal of Trump may be best option forward: Brock experts (Brock News, Jan. 7, 2021)
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It’s pretty fair to say that the last year has been a tumultuous one. We are still living through the pandemic, and we lived through the endless news cycles and uncertainties of the American election in 2020. Climate change is still threatening, with dramatic weather happening around the globe. But this certainly isn’t the first time that a society has lived through disruption and this episode takes a look back at history to help us understand today.
Our featured guest is Dr. Colin Rose, a professor with the Department of History and a social historian examining conflict in 16th and 17th century Italy. His 2019 book A Renaissance of Violence: Homicide in Early Modern Italy (Cambridge University Press), examines how economic decline, climate-induced drought and plague lead to the decline of social institutions and rise of interpersonal violence in 1660s Bologna.
Links Colin Rose faculty bio
Misinformation, prolonged pandemic pose security threat in Canada: Brock experts (Brock News, Jan. 11, 2021)
A Renaissance of Violence: Homicide in Early Modern Italy(Cambridge University Press, 2019)
History course provides context for current pandemic (Brock News, Sept. 17, 2020)
Violence in 17th century Italy has modern policy lessons (Brock News, Dec. 19, 2019)
Department of History
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What does it mean to be human in a post-COVID world? How are we connected to other humans? What is the role of privacy and social justice when responding to a global pandemic? What is our place in the natural world and our connection with non-human animals? What does it mean for us as humans when we see viruses jumping from the animal world to the human? These are some of the big questions philosophy researchers are asking and that we explore in today’s episode of Foreword.
Dr. Christine Daigle is a philosophy professor with Brock’s Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program and Director of the Posthumanism Research Institute. She is currently a Research Director (Core Fellow) at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies in Finland. She is also a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair on Community Sustainability research team at Brock, where she investigates the ways humans are entangled with the environment and how to frame notions of sustainability. Her research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
This conversation was originally recorded in March 2021. Some details about the pandemic may have changed. Consult your local health authority for the latest information for your area.
Links Christine Daigle faculty bio
Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD
Posthumanism Research Institute at Brock
UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at Brock
"COVID-19 vaccination requires global thinking: Brock expert" (Brock News, March 15, 2021)
"Re-opening requires us to reconsider our vulnerability, says Brock prof" (Brock News, July 15, 2020)
"Humanities prof receives prestigious fellowship in Finland" (Brock News, July 14, 2020)
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This episode is a little bit different from our usual. Instead of interviewing a researcher, we're talking with one of our graduates. April Pett graduated from our French program in 2007 and has gone on to build up a successful tour company in Paris, France. Her company, April in Paris Tours, offers private walking and chauffeured tours of the city of lights. Listen in to learn more about April’s story as she shares her journey from studying French at Brock to running her own company in France.
Links April in Paris Tours
Stepping Up Surgite (Spring 2020) page 22
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Brock University
French Studies, Brock University
Italian Studies, Brock University
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Today’s guest is the recipient of this year’s Faculty of Humanities Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak is an Associate Professor with the Department of History where her courses include 20th-century European and World History, Weimar and Nazi Germany, comparative urban history, and women’s and gender history. She has also taught a directed-reading course in historic gardening using Brock University’s community garden and directed students in research projects involving oral history.
Dr. Vlossak has been bringing her students together with members of the local community to work on Niagara history projects. This includes work with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Tennis Club and the Canada Games, which will be held in Niagara in the summer of 2022. She is the co-director with Dr. Julie Stevens (Sport Management) of the Sport Oral History Archive (SOHA), a digital, interactive archive preserving local and national sporting legacies through the collection of oral history interviews and photographs.
Links Students grow history in campus garden (Brock News, Aug. 8, 2019)
Brock History student helps save community sport memories (Brock News, Jan. 14, 2021)
Canada Games Teaching Spotlight: How Elizabeth Vlossak’s students will capture history in Niagara (Brock News, May 7, 2020)
Brock researchers looking for Canada Games stories (Brock News, July 30, 2020)
Elizabeth Vlossak faculty bio
Department of History
Courses & Projects Mentioned HIST 3F02 ‘Making History in Niagara’
HIST 4F00 'Voices from the Past: Oral History'
"Threads through Time" digital exhibit will launch spring 2022.
"Sport Oral History Archive" (SOHA) is scheduled to launch fall 2021.
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Today's interview is with Troy Ouellette, an Assistant Professor with the Department of Visual Arts, where he specializes in assemblage theory, technology and conceptual art.
Our wide-ranging conversation explores the multi-disciplinary nature of assemblage and conceptual art, touching on the environment, politics, trade, gardening, and the Bauhaus art movement. Troy discusses some of his recent pieces exhibited at the Embassy Cultural House in London, Ont., as well as his current project looking at art and disability. We also learn about the course Troy will be teaching as part of Brock's new engineering program.
Note: Troy's podcast Media, Art, Other, is now available in Brock's Digital Repository. The podcast series explores media arts, race, class, Indigeneity, identity politics, and disability arts.
Links Troy Ouellette website
Media, Art, Other
Embassy Cultural House-- Troy Ouellette
Brock University Department of Visual Arts
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
Brock University Engineering
Artists Mentioned Manuel DeLanda (assemblage artist)
Adrian Piper (conceptual artist)
Louise Lawler (conceptual artist)
Robert Barry (conceptual artist)
Jeff Wall (conceptual artist)
Conceptual art groups: Fluxus, Gutai, Dada, Neo Dada, Photoconceptualism, Land Art
Experiments in Art and Technology
Jack Burham Software Exhibition
Lev Manovich Software Takes Command
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What is literary journalism and why is it important? How does literary journalism engage with social justice issues? How do we navigate the rise of "fake news" and the decline of local journalism? How does a professor teach immersive journalism during a pandemic lockdown?
To answer these questions, our guest this episode is Rob Alexander, an Associate Professor with the Department of English Language and Literature. He specializes in the areas of rhetoric and composition and journalism studies. His research looks at how journalistic subjectivity expresses itself in literary journalism.
Rob’s scholarly work has appeared in various journals and edited books. He has written about literary journalism and ecocriticism for The Routledge Companion to American Journalism (2019) and most recently published Fear and Loathing Worldwide: Gonzo Journalism Beyond Hunter S. Thompson, edited with Christine Isager of the University of Copenhagen. His fiction work has appeared in Wild Rose Country and Prairie Fire.
Transcript available online at brocku.ca/humanities.
Links Dr. Robert Alexander, faculty bio
Department of English Language and Literature, Brock University
Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse Studies program, Department of English, Brock University
International Association for Literary Journalism Studies
International Association for Literary Journalism Studies Journal
Robert Alexander and Willa McDonald "Social Justice and Literary Journalism" (forthcoming)
John Richardson "Ballad of the Sad Climatologists" (Esquire, August 2015)
Maggie Berg and Barbara Seeber "The Slow Professor" (University of Toronto Press, 2016)
Rob Nixon "Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor" (Harvard University Press, 2013)
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What does opera look like today? What stories are being told with opera, and who is telling them? How is opera, and classical music generally, responding to social justice movements like Black Lives Matter?
Our first episode of series two features our conversation with Dr. Nina Penner, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Music and specializes in opera, musical theatre, and film music. This past year, Dr. Penner has been teaching the "Music in Global Cultures" and "Music in Western Cultures" courses and she will share how the teaching of music history in North America is changing. She will also demystify the world of opera and share with us how modern opera is responding to social justice movements.
Dr. Penner is the author of the recently published book Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater (Indiana University Press). The book is an exploration of how sung forms of drama tell stories, how music can orient spectators to characters' points of view, and how performers' choices affect not only who is telling the story but what story is being told.
Transcript available online at brocku.ca/humanities.
Links Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater (Indiana University Press)
Dr. Nina Penner faculty bio
Brock University Department of Music
"Redesigned course explores global music and identities" (Brock News 31 July 2020)
"'Opera can make us see, feel and hear the world differently': the UK's opera chiefs tell us why their art form matters" (Guardian 9 May 2014)
Christopher Jenkins “Is Classical Music Racist: An Aesthetic Approach”
The Industry’s Sweet Land (2020)
Nashville Opera, One Vote Won (2020)
Against the Grain Theatre, Messiah/Complex
Against the Grain Theatre, La bohème
Ian Cusson, new aria for Louis Riel
Ian Cusson, Fantasma (forthcoming)
Ian Cusson (and others), Namwayut, spearheaded by Marion Newman (Kwagiulth/Stó:lō)
Tapestry Opera
Key Change a podcast from the Canadian Opera Company
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Welcome to the second series of Foreword!
We’re excited to bring you even more fascinating conversation with researchers from Brock University’s Faculty of Humanities.
This past year has definitely been an interesting one. Our world has changed a lot with the COVID pandemic—we’ve been forced to reconsider how we work, how we play, and yes, how we teach and research. And while we might think of the pandemic as a science problem, it’s a Humanities problem, too, and we’ll be hearing from our researchers how the Humanities can help us understand our present and shape our future.
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The final episode in our current series features an extended interview with Dr. Leah Knight, Associate Professor with the Department of English Language and Literature.
Dr. Knight discusses her early work exploring the connections between books and botany and how her research interests transitioned into examining women’s participation in Early Modern book culture in England through the figures of Anne Clifford (1590-1676) and Hester Pulter (1605-1678). She shares what it is like to work with rare books and manuscripts and considers our modern relationship with text in print and digital formats.
Knight’s most recent project, The Pulter Project, with Wendy Wall of Northwestern University in Illinois, United States, examines the manuscripts of poet Hester Pulter. It was selected as the year’s best project in digital scholarship by the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender in 2018.
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Links Of Books and Botany in Early Modern England: Sixteenth-Century Plants and Print Culture (Routledge, 2009)
Reading Green in Early Modern England (Routledge, 2014)
Women’s Bookscapes in Early Modern Britain: Reading, Ownership, Circulation (University of Michigan Press, 2018; edited with Micheline White, and Elizabeth Sauer)
The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making ( co-directed and -edited with Wendy Wall, 2018)
Digital project gives voice to 17th century female poet (Brock News, 19 November 2018)
Leah Knight faculty profile
Department of English Language & Literature
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Welcome to the first of two special episodes of Foreword that we’re calling Unabridged. In these episodes we’ll be bringing you the full conversation I had with one of our researchers.
This episode you’ll hear our full conversation with Dr. Jason Black, Fulbright researcher with the Centre for Canadian Studies, recorded in February 2020. We wanted to bring you this conversation because Jason explains important concepts that come up in many academic disciplines and popular media, such as coloniality, decolonization, and identity. He shares how he became interested in activism and the Indigenous mascot controversy, why the language and imagery we use to talk about Indigenous issues matters, and how non-Indigenous folks can engage with these issues.
Dr. Jason Black was the 2020 Fulbright Research Chair in Transnational Studies with the Centre for Canadian Studies at Brock University. He visited from the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he is a professor and the chairperson. He holds a PhD in Rhetorical Studies from the University of Maryland and has researched and published extensively on rhetoric and discourse around LGTBQ and Indigenous activist movements. His most recent publications include Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports (co-authored with Andrew Billings) and Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric: Communicating Self-Determination. While at Brock, he taught CANA3V92 “Social Activism and Culture in Canada and the United States.”
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Links Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports (co-authored with Andrew Billings, University of Illinois Press, 2018)
Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric: Communicating Self-Determination (co-edited with Casey Ryan Kelly, Peter Lang Publishing, 2018)
Brock welcomes Fulbright Chair in Transnational Studies (Brock News)
Superbowl reignites debate over Chiefs' name (Brock News)
Professor says SuperBowl will reignite conversation around 'controversial' Chiefs name (CBC Hamilton)
Why won't the Kansas City Chiefs change their logo and symbols (CBC Here and Now)
Centre for Canadian Studies, Brock University
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We’re bombarded by images every day, whether we’re on Instagram or Twitter, reading a newspaper or Googling a recipe. Some images, like pictures of kittens, might make us feel happy. Other images, such as pictures of violence or drug use, might evoke feelings of disgust. But can those pictures also help us become more empathetic? Dr. Linda Steer from the Department of Visual Art talks about her work on drug photography and how empathy can be a complicated a thing. Join us as we consider how the images we consume can make us more empathetic to others.
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Links Entangled empathy, drug use, and photographs of suffering (International Journal of Drug Policy, Vol. 65 March 2016)
New research shows empathy can shape drug policy (Brock News)
Ohio police post graphic photo of overdosed parents in SUV with 4-year-old child in backseat (Global News)
Linda Steer faculty profile
Department of Visual Arts, Brock University
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Like most people, you might be playing a lot of games these days: board games, video games, or games on your phone. But have you thought about how those games communicate meaning? In this episode we speak with Dr. Jason Hawreliak from Brock’s Centre for Digital Humanities, about how games communicate meaning and even propaganda.
Listen on to hear more about Animal Crossing, Call of Duty, and the field of game studies.
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Links Multimodal Semiotics and Rhetoric in Videogames (Routledge 2018)
Playing video games can ease loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic (with Aaron Langille and Charles Daviau; The Conversation)
Humanities champions honoured at spring symposium (Brock News)
Centre for Digital Humanities, Brock University
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Foreword is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Sound design and editing by Serena Atallah. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
Special thanks to Brock University’s MakerSpace and Brock University Marketing and Communications for studio and web support.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
How can we get to know people from the past? Primary sources, like government records, letters and diaries, give historians valuable insight into human experiences of the past and making connections with modern crises.
Episode four of Foreword features a conversation with Danny Samson, an Associate Professor of History, about his work on Acadian and Nova Scotian colonial history and shares how historians use primary sources to build a more thorough understanding of past events.
Samson discusses his most recent work with his fourth year students on the Acadian expulsion from modern-day Prince Edward Island, which has been receiving international scholarly attention. He shares how his students completed their online project an interactive website Ile St-Jean: The Expulsion of 1758, which details the forcible deportation of thousands of Acadians from modern-day Prince Edward Island using primary forces, despite having their semester disrupted by the pandemic.
Samson also talks about his ongoing project studying the diary of James Barry, a nineteenth-century miller in rural Nova Scotia. Analysis of Barry’s diary shows his connection with intellectual ideas and debates and politics in pre-Confederation Nova Scotia, as well as giving insight into the role of the miller in a small rural community.
Find a full transcript at https://brocku.ca/humanities/foreword
Links Ile St-Jean: The Expulsion of 1758 (2020)
History course gains international scholarly attention for groundbreaking work (Brock News, 20 May 2020)
Daniel Samson faculty profile
@ruralcolonialns Daniel Samson on Twitter; see also #JamesBarryDiary
Department of History
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Foreword is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Sound design and editing by Serena Atallah. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
Special thanks to Brock University’s MakerSpace and Brock University Marketing and Communications for studio and web support.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
As we live more of our lives online, data privacy issues become more important. Who is collecting our data and what are they doing with it? Aaron Mauro, Assistant Professor with the Centre for Digital Humanities, spoke about identity and surveillance captalism with social media intern Hayley Wilhelm for this bonus mini episode.
Links Working from home during the pandemic creates new cybersecurity threats (The Conversation, 9 April 2020)
Coronavirus contact tracing poses serious threats to our privacy (The Conversation, 10 May 2020)
Canadians need to consider implications of COVID-19 surveillance, says Brock prof (Brock News, 21 April 2020)
@onthename Aaron Mauro on Twitter
Dr. Aaron Mauro website
Centre for Digital Humanities
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This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
You’ve heard of landscapes and seascapes, but have you ever head of bookscapes? Today’s researcher investigates the history of reading and attempts to unravel the complex relationship between women and written text in Early Modern Britain. Dr. Leah Knight from the Department of English Language and Literature spoke with us about textual culture and her digital project featuring the unpublished manuscript of 17th century poet Hester Pulter.
Dr. Knight studies early modern English poetry, prose, and the culture they emerge from. She’s authored two books, Of Books and Botany in Early Modern England and Reading Green in Early Modern England, which were both awarded the annual book prize of the British Society for Literature and Science.
More recently, Dr. Knight has been investigating the history of reading, examining the evidence of reading materials, habits, and experiences associated with Anne Clifford (1590-1676).
She has also turned to the long-neglected manuscripts of the poet Hester Pulter (1605-1678) and has launched a digital project with Dr. Wendy Wall of Northwestern University that was selected as the year’s best project in digital scholarship by the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender in 2018.
Find a full transcript at https://brocku.ca/humanities/foreword
Links Of Books and Botany in Early Modern England: Sixteenth-Century Plants and Print Culture (Routledge, 2009)
Reading Green in Early Modern England (Routledge, 2014)
Women’s Bookscapes in Early Modern Britain: Reading, Ownership, Circulation (University of Michigan Press, 2018; edited with Micheline White, and Elizabeth Sauer)
The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making ( co-directed and -edited with Wendy Wall, 2018)
Digital project gives voice to 17th century female poet (Brock News, 19 November 2018)
Leah Knight faculty profile
Department of English Language & Literature
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This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Before COVID-19 took over our news headlines, Canadians were worried about other issues. There were bushfires in Australia, impeachment in the United States, and royals leaving the United Kingdom. Here in Canada, one of the growing issues making headlines was the spreading demonstrations in support of the Wet’suwet’en protest against Coastal Gaslink Pipeline in BC.
At the time, Brock’s Centre for Canadian Studies was hosting a researcher in Indigenous activism as part of the international Fulbright program. Dr. Jason Black from the University of North Carolina was at Brock to work on research for his new book project.
Today’s episode features a conversation with Jason we recorded in February, when the Kansas City Chiefs had just won the Super Bowl and the COVID-19 pandemic crisis had not yet disrupted the school year. At the end of our conversation, we have an update from Jason on how the pandemic situation is impacting Indigenous activism.
Dr. Jason Black was the 2020 Fulbright Research Chair in Transnational Studies with the Centre for Canadian Studies at Brock University. He visited from the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he is a professor and the chairperson. He holds a PhD in Rhetorical Studies from the University of Maryland and has researched and published extensively on rhetoric and discourse around LGTBQ and Indigenous activist movements. His most recent publications include Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports (co-authored with Andrew Billings) and Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric: Communicating Self-Determination. While at Brock, he taught CANA3V92 “Social Activism and Culture in Canada and the United States.”
Find a full transcript at https://brocku.ca/humanities/foreword
Links Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports (co-authored with Andrew Billings, University of Illinois Press, 2018)
Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric: Communicating Self-Determination (co-edited with Casey Ryan Kelly, Peter Lang Publishing, 2018)
Brock welcomes Fulbright Chair in Transnational Studies (Brock News)
Superbowl reignites debate over Chiefs' name (Brock News)
Professor says SuperBowl will reignite conversation around 'controversial' Chiefs name (CBC Hamilton)
Why won't the Kansas City Chiefs change their logo and symbols (CBC Here and Now)
Centre for Canadian Studies, Brock University
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This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
What image comes to mind when you hear the word Vikings? A violent warrior society, raiding and pillaging? A seafaring people trading and migrating across vast distances of the North Atlantic?
Vikings have a hold on the popular imagination, but new directions in Norse studies might just challenge our preconceptions of who and what the Vikings were. We spoke with professors Andrew McDonald and Angus Somerville from Brock University's Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies about their research into gender roles in Viking society.
Dr. Andrew McDonald is a professor with the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Department of History. In July 2019, Professor McDonald launched his book The Sea Kings: The Late Norse Kingdoms of Man and the Isles c. 1066-1275, which went on to be shortlisted for Scotland’s prestigious Saltire Society Literary Awards.
Dr. Angus Somerville is a retired professor of English. He taught Old Norse, Anglo-Saxon, and Middle English language and literature while at Brock and won two awards for his teaching. Professor Somerville has published on authors Evelyn Waugh, Robert Graves, Martin Seymour-Smith, and Michael Polanyi. He has worked for almost forty years on The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary (published by Oxford University Press).
Professors McDonald and Somerville co-authored the book The Vikings and Their Age and have recently released an updated edition of their textbook, A Viking Age Reader, with University of Toronto Press.
Find a full transcript at https://brocku.ca/humanities/foreword
Links The Sea Kings: The Late Norse Kingdoms of Man and the Isles c. 1066-1275 (Andrew McDonald, John Donald/Birlinn, 2019)
A Viking Age Reader, Third Edition (Angus Sommerville and Andrew McDonald, University of Toronto Press, 2020)
The Vikings and Their Age (Angus Sommerville and Andrew McDonald, University of Toronto Press, 2013)
The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press)
Andrew McDonald faculty profile
Brock prof returns to land of Vikings for book launch (Brock News, 24 July 2019)
Viking book shortlisted for prestigious prize (Brock News, 11 Nov. 2019)
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Brock University
Faculty of Humanities, Brock University
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Foreword is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Sound design and editing by Serena Atallah. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
Special thanks to Brock University’s MakerSpace and Brock University Marketing and Communications for studio and web support.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Welcome to a brand new podcast from the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University!
Foreword will introduce you to Humanities researchers at Brock and explore how their work can help us make sense of the rapidly changing world around us.
Together, we'll explore the place of Humanities in the modern world.
Find our footnotes, links to more information, transcripts, and past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
We love to hear from our listeners! Join us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @brockhumanities.
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Foreword is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Our sound design and editing is by Serena Atallah. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
Special thanks to Brock University's MakerSpace and Brock University Marketing and Communications for studio and web support.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.