The second episode of Research Chat Season 2 features Deb Shelley, who shares her research with Esther Hayford, who is a PhD Candidate in the Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University.

Both researchers’ use their personal experiences to focus their research interests.

The first episode of Research Chat Season 2 features Esther Hayford (she/her), a PhD Candidate in the Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research focuses on African girls and activism in high schools in Ontario. Esther is completing her data collection with Dr. Ann Curry-Stevens and Dr. Edward Shizha at Laurier. In episode 1, Esther shares her research with Deb Shelley, who is completing the Masters of Community Music program at Laurier.

Both researchers’ use their personal experiences to focus their research interests to make a difference in the lives of others.

The sixth episode of Research Chat features Laura MacGregor, who successfully defended a PhD dissertation in Human Relations at Martin Luther University College and Laurier in 2019. Her interview on Research Chat focuses on interconnection between mothers and children and how this interrelationship informs maternal caregiving decisions when caregiving complex-care children.

The fifth episode of Research Chat features Nicole Luymes who completed her PhD in the Department of Kinesiology. Her article and interview on Research Chat focuses on the effects of community-based physical activity, using the Movin’ and Groovin’ program as a case study, for young people with developmental disabilities.

The fourth episode of Research Chat features Allison Petrozziello, a feminist migration researcher and human rights advocate who is pursuing a PhD in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and is affiliated with the International Migration Research Centre. A specialist in gender, migration, human rights, and development, she will speak about her research on the exclusion of migrant and refugees’ children from birth registration and how it creates a risk of statelessness.

EPISODE SUMMARY

The third episode of Research Chat features Peter Fisher, PhD in management in the Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource program at Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Laurier. He will speak about his research into how to avoid bias and improve corporate hiring practices.

The second episode of Research Chat features Kai Reimer-Watts, a PhD student in Community Psychology program at Laurier and a doctoral fellow at the Viessman Centre for Engagement and Research in Sustainability (VERiS). He will speak about his research into the power of cultural signposts in response to our shared climate emergency.

The first episode of Research Chat features an introduction to the project and Olga Kanj, graduate of Lazaridis School of Business and Economics PhD in Management (Finance) speaking about diversity and corporate governance.

Dr. Jonathan Newman, Vice-president research and Dr. Douglas Deutchman, associate vice-president and dean of Laurier’s Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS) introduce Research Chat.