A conversation with Sarah Krotz, director of the Centre for Literatures in Canada, who talks about her love of learning and her research into how we inhabit our landscape. She details how the CLC reaches across faculties and communities through its research and its interactions with authors.

A conversation with Dominique Reill, the new director of the Faculty of Arts' Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies. In this episode, learn about the extraordinary connections between research, arts, history and cultural exchange at the Institute and in Professor Reill's own wide-ranging academic work.

A discussion with Dean Robert Wood, who is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. In this episode, Dean Wood talks through the strategic directions of the Faculty of Arts, the breadth of research and creativity within the faculty, and the impact the Arts has both institutionally and on broader society.

Marking the first anniversary of SSH: Podcast, this episode kicks off a new chapter as we welcome Professor Temitope Oriola, associate dean, research for the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, as host of the podcast. Learn more about Professor Oriola and what’s up and coming this season.

A discussion with Dean Fiona Kelly about her work in family law and law reform, the legal regulation of assisted reproduction, donor linking laws, and the need for interdisciplinarity in research to address the complexities of modern families. Professor Kelly is Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta.

In this episode, we chat with Professor Michael Bucknor about the transnational connections between Black writers and Black communities and the importance of these connections for creating an ecosystem for Black writers. Dr Bucknor is a Canada Research Chair in Black Global Studies and Decolonial Practice and a Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta.

A discussion with Professor Joshua St Pierre about disfluency studies, the Stuttering Commons project, and his work to provide accessible public resources about speech disabilities. Dr St Pierre is a Canada Research Chair in Critical Disability Studies and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta.

A discussion with Professor Sarah Nickel about the stories of Indigenous women’s activism and achievement, and the value of bringing historical training into community. Dr Nickel is a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Politics and Gender and an Associate Professor in the Department of History, Classics and Religion at the University of Alberta.

A discussion with Professor Sandra Bucerius about the largest mixed methods study on Canadian prisons in the history of Canadian criminology, including Canada’s much overlooked remand prisons. Dr Bucerius is the Director of the Centre for Criminological Research, the principal investigator for a $2.5 million SSHRC Partnership Grant on the intersecting issues of justice and injustice, and a Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta.

In this episode, we chat with Professor Kisha Supernant about Indigenous-led and community-engaged archaeology, and the work of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology (IPIA). Dr Supernant is the Director of the IPIA and a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta. The IPIA Guide to Good Relations when working with Indigenous communities is being released this month.