ideas without borders

By UWaterloo Engineers Without Borders

A podcast dedicated to helping listeners systemically engage with social and engineering issues. Run by the Engineers Without Borders chapter at the University of Waterloo... more

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The podcast currently has 58 episodes available.

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February 18, 2021 Ep 26, Part 4: Life in the Pandemic — India
This is another episode in our series covering student experiences through COVID-19 lockdowns around the world.
Today, Vanessa, Chloe, and JoAnn are discussing the impacts on the pandemic and the lockdown on students in India. Join us as we discuss mental health, government inaction, and the unbalanced impact of a lockdown.
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February 11, 2021 Ep 26, Part 3: Life in the Pandemic — Uganda
This is another episode in our series covering student experiences through COVID-19 lockdowns around the world.
Join Matt and Godwin for a discussion about the impacts of the Covid 19 pandemic on life in Uganda. Explore the the impacts of lockdowns and how they are interconnected to business and livelihoods, food supply, internet connectivity, politics, education and more.
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February 04, 2021 Ep 26, Part 2: Life in the Pandemic — Canada as an International Student
This is another episode in our series covering student experiences through COVID-19 lockdowns around the world.
Today, we sit down with Munira, an international student from Dubai currently living in Canada. We talk about homesickness, burnout, access to the vaccine and more!
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January 28, 2021 Ep 26, Part 1: Life in the Pandemic — China
This is the first episode in a series covering student experiences through COVID-19 lockdowns around the world.
What's life like for students on the other side of the Zoom screen? Today, we're speaking with Lia, a student at Beijing Sport University about the course of the pandemic, impacts on her life as a student, and her plans for the future.
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August 29, 2020 Ep 25: The Climate Crisis
Want to learn more about climate change and how we can help? Check out this Global Engineering Week featured podcast!
Featuring:
Michelle Angkasa: Sustainable Campus Initiative, Enviroment and Business Undergraduate Student
Brooklyn Rushton: BSc Wildlife Biology & Conservation, Masters of Climate Change Candidate, Climate Students
Lesley Johnston: Fossil Free UW, PhD. Candidate School of Public Health and Health Systems

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August 27, 2020 Ep 24: Influencers and Social Media
Are you curious about how social media might be impacting you? Let's talk about it.
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August 27, 2020 Ep 23: Special Episode with Kumvana Fellow Kabwela Malupande
Check out our podcast with a Kumvana fellow from Zambia!
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7min
August 20, 2020 Ep 22: A Professor's Perspective on Remote Teaching
As the academic world shifts to a fully-online delivery mode for classes amid this pandemic, we are joined by professors Andrea Scott and Mohammed Nassar to discuss their experience with online teaching for a term with engineering students at the University of Waterloo.
We discuss the challenges with remote content delivery, student engagement, and some interesting patterns that they noticed forming among their classes as the term progressed. As well, they offer advice for professors and students who are about to enter their first fully-online school term.
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June 01, 2020 Ep 21 Part 2: Uganda's path to clean energy access - a conversation with Marvin Tumusiime from New Energy Nexus
From firewood to solar lanterns, we explore the role of entrepreneurs in making energy cleaner, accessible, and affordable in Uganda. In this episode Simon chats with Marvin Tumusiime from ENVenture, a part of New Energy Nexus, about Uganda's energy landscape and what ENVenture is doing to help Community-Based Organizations increase access to clean energy tech in the last mile.
Interested in learning more? Links mentioned throughout this episode follow below:
Follow New Energy Nexus
Website: https://www.newenergynexus.com/
Slack Channel: http://bit.ly/joinNEnetwork

Follow ENVenture online:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ENVenture
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewEnergyNexus
Website: enventureenterprises.org
Website blog: enventureenterprises.org/blog
Business Development Fellowships: https://www.enventureenterprises.org/businessfellows
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June 01, 2020 Ep 21 Part 1: A co-op term in Uganda - as told from chapter president Mandy Coleman
Solar panels, water filters, and cook stoves in a cultural shift towards accessible clean energy: Chapter president (A-stream) Mandy Coleman chats with Simon about her experiences in working as a Business Development Fellow with ENVenture in Kampala, Uganda during one of the co-op work terms as part of her undergraduate engineering degree.
More information about the Queen Elizabeth Scholars program can be found at https://queenelizabethscholars.ca/
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FAQs about ideas without borders:

How many episodes does ideas without borders have?

The podcast currently has 58 episodes available.