Leaning In and Speaking Out – The Research Connection Podcast

Join BU CARES Research Centre hosts Jackie Kirk and Michelle Lam as they talk with Natasha Ofwono and Rachel Svistovski about a recent research project out of Southwest Horizon School Division, exploring what they learned in a year of pandemic education.

Our first international episode! Join Elder and Storyteller Kevin Tacan and Doug Cronin as they discuss what it means to tell stories in good and ethical ways, and what implications ethical storytelling holds for researchers and community members.

In 2018, researchers and community partners compiled a report addressing the sexual exploitation of children and youth in Brandon, MB. (Read the Report). To follow up to that report, and highlight the current realities of that topic, Jackie and Michelle discuss sexual violence and exploitation with podcast guests Carolyn Blaine (Social Worker, Brandon School Division) and Candice Waddell (Faculty of Health Studies, Brandon University).

What steps are Indigenous communities taking to revitalize their languages? What programs and efforts are already underway? What kinds of research projects are supporting these initiatives? How are land and language intertwined? What are the challenges and how can they be overcome? Join Jackie and Michelle and listen in to this important conversation.

We have a new name! Welcome to the Leaning in and Speaking Out Podcast! This episode features Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook and Katherine Macfarlane as we discuss equity in schools. We also invite you to a fun launch event to celebrate our new podcast name!

In this episode, Jackie and Michelle discuss stress and burnout with psychotherapist and BU Instructor Julia Senchuk.

In this episode, Jackie and Michelle discuss Indigenizing education with Niigaan Sinclair (University of Manitoba), Laurie Bachewich (Rolling River School Division), and Dr. Heather Duncan (Brandon University). Listen to hear more about what words like "Indigenizing" and "Decolonizing" mean, ways to move forward, and experiences with a school and community that decided to work together to improve outcomes for Indigenous students.

In this fifth and final installment of the men’s mental health Movember podcast series, guest host and Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Nursing Candice Waddell-Henowitch talks about rural men’s mental health service use and provision with Janet Smith, of Klinic Community Health.

In this fourth instalment of the Movember men’s mental health series, guest host and Centre for Critical Studies in Rural Mental Health RA Madeleine Kruth talks about newcomer men’s mental health with Local Immigration Partnership’s Coordinator Enver Naidoo. To learn more about newcomer men’s mental health experiences in Brandon, visit https://www.centreforruralmentalhealth.com/centre-reports; to learn more about the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation’s Local Immigration Partnership, visit https://bnrc.ca/

In this third installment of the Movember Men’s Mental Health series, Centre for Critical Studies in Rural Mental Health research assistant Mairo Ahmadu talks about the mental health experience of male international students with guest and BU student Jorge Lozano.