AJ Stadnyk takes on the role as host this episode as they interview Luam Araya, a Biochemistry Masters student at the University of Alberta on their journey in navigating the science world as a queer scientist. We ask them about what it’s like finding spaces of belonging, what the STEM world can do to make spaces more inclusive for queer folks and the importance of having successful queer folks to look up to.

During this episode, 2SLGBTQIA+ is replaced with the word queer and queer community. We would like to recognize that queer can be a heavy word for some folks. Queer in this context is defined as a word that describes sexual and gender identities other than straight and cisgender. For more information about the term queer check out this link: https://lgbtqhealth.ca/community/queer.php

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Produced and edited by Hannah Bayne, AJ Stadnyk and Helen Yip.