el CafeciTO

Episode 5 is the second part of Lina de Guevars’s inspiring life and theatrical career. The renowned theater director tells el CafeciTO about the beginning of her company, Puente Theater. For this project, she decides to foreground the talents of refugee and migrant non-actors, coming from Latin America. Lina reflects on how important this project was for women to tell their own life stories and on the challenges that the theater company encountered. We hope you enjoy this episode! 🌊☕️

In this episode Sebas chats with Chilean actress and theater director Lina de Guevara. Lina reminisces about her childhood in Santiago, and her theatrical training in the University of Chile. The renowned theater director tells El CafeciTO about how her educational career as a theater teacher in Valdivia got abruptly interrupted by the Chilean coup. After fleeing Chile, Lina came to Victoria to become a pioneer of Latin American theater in Canada. This is the first of two episodes about Lina de Guevera’s impressive artistic career. Follow us to listen to part 2 next week. We hope you enjoy this episode! 🌊☕️

In this episode Sebas chats with visual artist and painter Jesus Mora. Jesus talks about his impressive work, the Codices Michoacán, a document that illustrates the rich and complex history of his father’s birthplace. The artist also discusses how this work came to be and offers us a different way to think about the processes of field work, research and historical documentation. El CafeciTO highly recommends heading to campus to visit the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, where Jesus’ Codices Michoacán resides. We hope you enjoy this episode!

For episode 2, Sebas catches up with Marisol Diaz, a student from the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program. Marisol tells us about her experience as a student here at UofT. We also get to learn about her work as an Outreach Coordinator at the Caribbean Studies program. Marisol will be graduating from the university soon, and we, as el Cafecito, would like to congratulate her on this big achievement! We hope you enjoy the episode! 🌊☕️

Welcome to Episode 1 of Season 7! El CafeciTO (Summer Edition): Voices of Latin America.

In this episode Sebas talks to Puerto Rican professor and media personality José Rivera González, who teaches International Studies and Global Communications at Universidad Sagrado Corazón. The Profe gives us his take on Puerto Rican politics and identity. He also reflects on his work in the media, and shares how he began his journey as an opinionated Puerto Rican who has strong convictions about the island. We hope you enjoy the episode. Stay tuned for more!! 🌊☕️🇵🇷

S06E21- Episode 21 is the last episode of Season 6. Sarah and Sebas reflect on the past season, give a little sneak peek of Season 7, and discuss their summer plans. We wanted to thank our listeners for tuning in every Tuesday! We hope you enjoy the episode ☕️🌎

S06E20- In this episode, Sarah and Sebas get to know Professor Luis Van Isschot, our program’s newly appointed Associate Chair. He talks about his trajectory as a historian and human rights observer, his work with Latin American human rights movements in Colombia, and his new role at the Latin American Studies program. Lastly, the chair tells us about the courses he is currently teaching. We hope you enjoy this episode. ☕️🌎.

S06E19- In this episode, Sebas sits down with graduating LAS undergrads Mateo Peña and Fabiola Cruz. The grads talk about their undergrad experience and share their course recommendations. They also give us some strategies that helped them get through their U of T journey. Fabiola and Mateo discuss their participation with RefugeAid U of T, a student-run organization that offers support and resources to refugees living in the city.

Sebas recorded this interview in the throws of the end of semester and forgot to ask the podcast’s most essential question: what are the guests favorite coffee drink and spot in the city, so we are including it here in the episode description. El CafeciTO wants to wish the new grads an exciting next phase of their lives. Congratulations Fabiola and Mateo. ☕️ 🌎

Fabiola’s fav coffee spot-Scarborough: Oishiii Sweets: Americano w/milk.

Fabiola’s fav coffee spot Downtown: Rustle & Still Cafe: Iced ube latte

Mateo’s fav coffee spots: Starbucks or Balzac’s

Mateo’s coffee order: Iced Brown Sugar Oat Shaken Expresso (Starbucks); Iced salted Carmel latte (Balzac’s)

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S06E18-In this episode, Sebas sits down with Mariana Medellin Canales, a Mexican born multi-disciplinary artist and undergraduate student at UofT. Mariana tells us about her philosophy and approach to art making. She also shares her perspectives on culture and identity, reflecting on art’s transformative potential. Listeners be on the lookout! If you are lucky, one day you will see one of Mariana’s art installations unexpectedly popping up in different places across Turtle Island. We hope you enjoy this episode. ☕️🌎

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S06E17- In this episode, Sebas and Sarah talk to Christie Lazo, a Peruvian M.A. candidate at OISE. Christie also hosts and produces her own podcast: Vida with Christie. Today, we will talk about Chrities’s research in the pedagogies of decolonizing motherhood, her work with intergenerational trauma among first generation immigrant families, and her social media efforts to make academia more accessible. We hope you enjoy the episode! ☕️🌎