We're back! For a very special finale to Season 1 of OUA: In Conversation, Griffin travelled to Kingston to take in the U SPORTS Final 8 tournament, which featured 3 different OUA schools in the competition, and collected a wide variety of guests!

Thank you all for listening along with us this year. Have a great summer, and you'll be hearing from us soon here on OUA: In Conversation!

In this week's episode of OUA: In Conversation, co-hosts Justine and Griffin chat with Brianna Nicolas of the Western Mustangs lacrosse team. Brianna talks about her undergraduate degree at Ontario Tech and what the transition to graduate studies at Western has been like, as well as why she started the Ontario Tech Black Athletes Association. She also shares how she began playing lacrosse and why she is so inspired by Olympian Simone Biles. Tune in!

Welcome back to OUA: In Conversation! This week on the podcast we have a quartet of talented women in Jessica Roque, head coach of the Waterloo Warriors women's basketball team, Mikaela Dodig of the Rams basketball team, and Princess Bernadino and Zoe Hutchins from the Laurentian Voyageurs basketball team. This roundtable discusses their experiences as women in sport, the importance of role models, and the best advice they ever received along their journey. Happy International Women's Day!

This week on OUA: In Conversation, co-hosts Griffin and Justine sit down for a chat with Brigitte Lefebvre-Okankwu from the Ottawa Gee-Gees Women's Basketball Team. Brigitte talks about her upbringing as a biracial woman, the inaugural Black Excellence Gala at U Ottawa, and opens up about her first experience with racism. Plus, she gives us the secret on what products she uses on those luscious curls. We'd love for you to tune into this episode and if you're looking for more information on Athletes for Change, you can follow @_athletesforchange on Instagram.

This week on OUA: In Conversation, Griffin and Justine sit down for a chat with Joan-Shiao Chen, a member of the Western Mustangs swim team and the President of the Mustangs Athlete Student Council to talk about swimming, leadership, diversity, and much more. Be sure to tune in, and as always, stay tuned to oua.tv for plenty of upcoming conference games and matches.

Follow the Mustangs Athlete Student Council (@westernmasc) and Joan (@joanshiao) on Instagram.

This week on OUA: In Conversation, co-hosts Justine and Griffin are joined by D'on Duncan from the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks men's basketball team. D'on opens up about his family background, his path within basketball, how he became involved with Ontario Tech's Black Athletes Association, and the work this organization is doing in the community.

For more on the "Shoot for Change" basketball game between D'on's Ridgebacks and Taijon's Nippising Lakers, be sure to follow Athletes for Change on Instagram (@_athletesforchange) and Ontario Tech's Black Athletes Association (@ontariotechbaa). 

It's an extra special treat here on OUA: In Conversation! Griffin recently got the chance to sit down with former Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks star Liz Knox to discuss many things, including her decorated OUA career, her experiences in professional hockey her role with the PWHPA, and her new podcast. For more of Liz and more women's hockey, be sure to listen to The Knoxy & Kax Show!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/39WoeZDFHueyTakLDczPjk?si=c61671ee268c4a0e

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-knoxy-kax-show/id1606824877

This week on OUA: In Conversation, Justine and Griffin are joined by Taijon Eccleston-Graham from the Nipissing Lakers Men's Basketball Team. Taijon is an active student leader in the community, having founded NUBASE (Nipissing University Black Association for Student Expression), and an OUA-wide organization called Athletes for Change. Taijon opens up about his experience as a Black student-athlete, the importance of using his platform, and the lasting impact he hopes to leave in his community.

If you're looking for ways to get involved in the fight for change and want to keep up with all the events Taijon is involved with, please see the links below:

NUBASE: nubase.org, @_nubase (Instagram)

Athletes for Change: athletesforchange.net, @_athletesforchange (Instagram)

Lakers LockerRoom podcast: @lakerslockerroom (Instagram)

Personal: @_taijongraham12 (Instagram)

This week on OUA: In Conversation, Justine and Griffin are joined by Payton Shank, a student leader and student-athlete, to discuss mental health in sports, along with other topics such as her involvement in the OUA's Black, Biracial, and Indigenous Task Force, her playing career, and more.

If you are an Ontario post-secondary student in need of someone to talk to, please call 1-866-925-5454 or text GOOD2TALKON to 686868

If you or a loved one are in urgent need, please call 1-833-456-4566 or visit www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/

We're back! This week on OUA: In Conversation, Justine and Griffin sit down with TWO GUESTS to talk about the OUA season being delayed once again and how they have reacted to the news of the last few weeks. Brock basketball's Mackenzie Robinson and Rams basketball's Kaillie Hall tell us about their workload, being leaders in a paused season, and of course, whether their thoughts on the OUA being ELITE. Be sure to tune in!