Beyond the Jargon

Who comes to mind when you think about playwrights? Authors like William Shakespeare tend to dominate the conversation, but this doesn’t reflect the incredibly diverse history of playwriting.

In this episode, English master’s student Mahayla Galliford discusses her work on Lady Rachel Fane’s May Masque, a play written by a fourteen-year-old girl roughly 400 years ago.

Music credits:
“Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 'Italian' - I. Allegro vivace” by Felix Mendelssohn, performed by The Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Licensed under CC PDM 1.0
www.classicals.de

“String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, American - I. Allegro ma non troppo” by Antonín Dvořák, performed by The Musopen String Quartet
Licensed under CC PDM 1.0
www.classicals.de

“armonk” courtesy of mobygratis

Resources:
Linked Early Modern Drama Online: https://lemdo.uvic.ca/lemdo/
Mahayla's bio for LEMDO can be found on this link (Student and Early Career Team Members): https://lemdo.uvic.ca/lemdo/ECRs.html
Kent History and Library Centre: https://www.kentarchives.org.uk/collections/getrecord/GB51_U269_3_2_60

Works Cited:
Bishop, Tom. “Lady Rachel Fane’s Apethorpe Masque, May 1627. Transcription and Modernisation from the MS and the ELR text of Marion O’Connor.” Unpublished MS, 2023.
Findlay, Alison. Playing Spaces in Early Women’s Drama. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
O’Connor, Marion, 2006. “Rachel Fane’s May Masque at Apethorpe, 1627.” English Literary Renaissance, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 90–113, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6757.2006.0073a.x.
O’Connor, Marion, 2015, ed. Entertainments and Poems by Lady Rachel Fane. Malone Society Collections 17. Malone Society, 2015, pp. 151–195.
Pollock, Linda A. With Faith and Physic: The Life of a Tudor Gentlewoman, Lady Grace Mildmay, 1552–1620. Collins & Brown, 1993.
Williams, Deanne. Shakespeare and the Performance of Girlhood. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
A very short podcast episode might be of interest to listeners, the episode discusses Alison Findlay’s staging of the masque in 2025: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lady-rachel-fanes-household-masque-behind-the-scenes/id1377754037?i=1000698052567

Produced by Isobel Barlow-Busch

What does justice mean, and who gets to define it?

In this episode, Law and Society PhD student Aaron Leakey discusses his work on “the justice gap”: the disconnect between how legal institutions administer justice and how people who have experienced violence actually perceive justice. Through his work with the Access to Justice Center for Excellence (ACE) legal design lab at UVic, Aaron explores how to create legal systems that are more responsive, empowering, and centred around survivors’ lived experiences.

Learn more about Aaron’s ongoing research on participatory legal design methodology, and take part in the study, here:
https://tinyurl.com/2s3w8me7

Music credits:
“Empire and sky” courtesy of mobygratis

Produced by Isobel Barlow-Busch

How do scientists keep track of wild animal populations? One common method is tagging, but things can get complicated when those tags fall off.

In this episode, Math and Statistics PhD candidate Arjun Banik discusses his work developing mathematical models to better understand tag loss in wildlife studies.

Read about Arjun’s work on Dolly Varden, a species of Arctic fish, here: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjfas-2025-0047

Music credits:
“hollywood” courtesy of mobygratis

Produced by Isobel Barlow-Busch

This week’s episode explores one of the great unifiers of the human experience: sleep!

Stephanie Engstrom, an Anthropology master’s student, shares her research on how our sleep patterns have changed throughout history and what that might mean for getting a better night’s sleep today.

Music credits:
"Be My" by Outback x Angela – listen here: https://cfuv.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-cfuv-mar-1st-2019
“m disco 1” provided by mobygratis

Produced by Isobel Barlow-Busch

How do you learn an Indigenous language when there aren’t any first language speakers around to help? In this episode, Nicki Benson, a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, shares how adult learners are finding creative, community-driven ways to bring Indigenous languages back into daily life.
 
 Want to learn more?
 Explore NEȾOLṈEW̱, an Indigenous language revitalization project Nicki collaborated with: netolnew.ca

Check out this guide for engaging with Indigenous languages: https://netolnew.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Indigenous-Languages-CCUNESCO-english-web.pdf

Read through Nicki's paper on Advanced Indigenous Language Learning: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/CJAL/article/view/33396

 Music featured in today’s episode:
 "Present" by 1000 Petal Lotus – listen here: https://cfuv.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-cfuv-may-18th-2018
 
Produced by Isobel Barlow-Busch

How did colonialism unfold off the coast of the Pacific Northwest? Jesse Robertson, a PhD student in the Department of History, explores how encounters between Indigenous mariners and colonial newcomers at sea shaped the course of history. From shipwrecks to shifting power dynamics, we dive into how the ocean became a central stage for colonial encounters.

Want to learn more?
You can find Jesse on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-robertson-b91012189/

Music featured in today’s episode:
"Present" by 1000 Petal Lotus – listen here: https://cfuv.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-cfuv-may-18th-2018

Produced by Isobel Barlow-Busch

What if we could make chemical reactions faster, cleaner, and smarter? This week, I’m joined by Ian Chagunda, a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry, who studies catalytic reactions—key processes behind the production of everything from medicines to materials. Using mass spectrometry, he uncovers their hidden mechanisms to make chemistry more efficient and sustainable.

Want to learn more?
Check out Ian’s research on his website: www.ianchagunda.com

Music featured in today’s episode:
"Present" by 1000 Petal Lotus – listen here: https://cfuv.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-cfuv-may-18th-2018

Produced by Isobel Barlow-Busch

How does the growth of cities affect the lakes around us? Biology master’s student Ashley Mickens is using a small but mighty fish—the threespine stickleback—to investigate how urban development impacts freshwater ecosystems on Vancouver Island.

Want to learn more?
Tune in to Ashley’s podcast, OceanBites Out Loud: https://oceanbites.org/oceanbitesoutloud/
Explore blog posts about marine science research at OceanBites: oceanbites.org

Music featured in today’s episode:
"Present" by 1000 Petal Lotus – listen here: https://cfuv.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-cfuv-may-18th-2018

Produced by Isobel Barlow-Busch

Immigrating to a new country is never easy, and for Sikh women in Canada, the experience comes with its own unique challenges. Jasmine Padam, a master’s student in the Department of Sociology, explores the stories of Sikh women in the Lower Mainland to fill a critical gap in our understanding of immigration. We discuss how history, policy, and community shape their experiences—and why their voices are essential to the conversation.

Want to learn more?
Here are a few Instagram accounts that explore Sikhism, the Sikh diaspora, and Indian history:
@sikhexpo
@sikhheritagebc
@brownhistory
@brownhistorypodcast

Music featured in today’s episode:
"Present" by 1000 Petal Lotus – listen here: https://cfuv.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-cfuv-may-18th-2018

Produced by Isobel Barlow-Busch 

This week, we’re exploring how education policies can shape a student’s future—especially for those new to the country. Alycia Garcia, a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, breaks down how American educational policies impact newcomer students and what that means for their learning, belonging, and success.

Want to learn more?
Check out Alycia’s podcast, Teaching Appeal: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teaching-appeal/id1794920227

Music featured in today’s episode:
"Present" by 1000 Petal Lotus – listen here: https://cfuv.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-cfuv-may-18th-2018

Produced by Isobel Barlow-Busch