In episode one of her new podcast, Maydianne Andrade, the Canada Research Chair in Integrative Behavioural Ecology and the vice-dean of faculty affairs and equity at U of T Scarborough brings listeners into her neighborhood and on a trip to her local grocery store. Producer: Lisa Lightbourn Host & Writer: Maydianne Andrade

The global pandemic has altered much of our daily lives – school, work, shopping, how we connect with family and friends – and is shaping how we view our future. In a new weekly podcast, Andrade, the Canada Research Chair in integrative behavioural ecology and vice-dean of faculty affairs at equity at U of T Scarborough, explores how we're coping with this "new normal" and what kind of future we're building in the process. Over the next few weeks, Andrade will introduce listeners to members of her family, her students, and some of her faculty colleagues, as she investigates how people have found ways to connect, even as the pandemic has kept them apart. Producer: Lisa Lightbourn Host & Writer: Maydianne Andrade