ideas without borders

ideas without borders

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  • 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. 

    Any feedback? Questions? Contact us at https://uwaterlooewb.wixsite.com/podcast

    25 min
  • 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.

    Any feedback? Questions? Contact us at https://uwaterlooewb.wixsite.com/podcast

    19 min
  • 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!

    Any feedback? Questions? Contact us at https://uwaterlooewb.wixsite.com/podcast/contact

    26 min
  • 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.

    Any feedback? Questions? Contact us at https://uwaterlooewb.wixsite.com/podcast/contact

    11 min
  • 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



    42 min
  • 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.

    56 min
  • 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

    1 hr 2 min
  • 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/

    33 min

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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