ideas without borders

Enjoy this episode on reading and it's perks! For any questions or concerns, reach out to [email protected] to get in touch with Maisha. 

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In this episode  we discuss Mother Child programs in the Corrections Service Canada with Dr. Carlie Leroux-Demir. We discuss what they are, how they work, how effective they are and what they can tell us about classism in Canada.

They say 40% of the world’s food never makes it to feeding our populations. Surely we can’t be just tossing half of our groceries in the garbage all the time. Where are the missing meals? In this episode we dive into the reason farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are losing their harvested crop and the challenges of solving this issue. 

How much do you know about microplastics? What are people trying to do about them, and how can you get involved? In this episode, we sit down with our guest Karen Wirsig, the Plastics Program Manager for Environmental Defence to explore all about microplastics and how 

Environmental Defence is trying to tackle the issue of microplastic pollution.

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For more information on Environmental Defence and plastic pollution: https://environmentaldefence.ca/campaign/ending-plastic-pollution/

Karen Wirsig's blog: https://environmentaldefence.ca/blog/?blog=1331

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Take a gander at our episode all about how the pandemic impacted education and the general school experience. 

0:10 - Intro 

1:25 - Elementary School Perspective 

4:25 - Middle School Perspective

7:14 - High School Perspective 

13:15 - Household Dynamics

14:00 - Adjusting to an Online Setting

16:25 - University Perspective

18:30 - How to make the transition out of the pandemic easier

What is “impact”? How does it make us happy about what we do? Is there a way to ensure we are always making the difference we want to see? In this episode, several EWB UW chapter presidents join Simon in a (virtual) fireside chat to discuss the idea of Effective Altruism (EA) and their experiences with a Stanford University EA fellowship they recently completed.

Episode Links & Resources:

Learn more about the Effective Altruism Fellowship here: https://www.effectivealtruism.org/virtual-programs/introductory-program/

Contact Jeff for more inquiries at [email protected]

Join the Waterloo Effective Altruism Community Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/EAWaterloo

Peter Singher's Effective Altruism TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diuv3XZQXyc

The 80,000 hours Project: https://80000hours.org/

One-For-The-World Pledge: https://donational.org/oftw-waterloo

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Around this time last year, there was an incredible outcry regarding discrimination against African Americans with regards to police brutality as a result of the inhumane and unjust murder of George Floyd. Many wrongful incidents just like this one were also documented, pushed to the forefront on social media and served as inspiration for this series. We'll be finishing this series on the Black perspective and we have 3 amazing guests who will be sharing their thoughts and opinions with you. 

We hope that all of us gain a bit more perspective, understanding, and begin addressing our internalized biases. 

Additional Resources to Learn More:

This episode focuses on the South Asian perspective and covers how media impacts colorism, stereotypes and there is also a bit of an analysis of what was shared at 21:20. 

If you have any questions or comments about what we have discussed in this episode, feel free to reach out to Amilah and/or Sandra on Instagram.

Amilah: @mimiavenge

Sandra: @sandra.d_

Additional Resources:

Have you noticed how media portrays certain demographics of people? If you think about it a little, you might realize that religious minorities like Muslims are usually on the receiving end of negative media representations and here is an episode all about it. 

If you have any questions about the discussion we had, feel free to reach out to Ayesha, Sobia, or Anusha on Instagram!

Ayesha: @discarded_drafts

Sobia: @sobiamahmood.art 

Anusha: @anusha.alamgir

To see some real/accurate representations of Muslims today check out @macmsamirror on Instagram and the novel The Translator by Leila Aboulela! 

To see some more positive representation of Muslims, feel free to do a quick Google search for Ibtihaj Muhammad, Linda Sarsour, and  Huda Quhshi. To learn more about Islam, search for the works of Dr. Imam Omar Suleiman, Nouman Ali Khan, Yasmin Mogahed, and Mufti Menk. 

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWtOlwv3Qg8

Music from: https://www.bensound.com/

Recently, there has been an overwhelming outcry on social media regarding media inaccuracies, how these inaccuracies perpetuate negative stereotypes and lead to discrimination. For this reason, we've created a 4-part series on media narratives and systemic discrimination to shed some light on these issues and learn more about one another. 

This episode is about the East Asian perspective and honestly, I learned a lot!

If you would like to talk to either Khanh or Toby regarding anything we discussed in this episode, feel free to reach out to them on Instagram!

Khanh:  @khanh.ns.dinh

Toby:  @t0bylii

To learn more about East Asian issues, Toby has provided some great resources you can find on Instagram! 

@nextshark

@asianfeed

@representasianproject

Music from: https://www.bensound.com/