In this special episode episode of The Scoop, host Dinah Jansen is joined by Thomas Park, Dr. Courtney Czto and Noah Weisbord for a roundtable discussion about anti-Asian racism.  Canada, like the US, has recently seen an uptick in anti-Asian racism since the onset of COVID 19.

Dr. Courtney Szto of the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University is an expert in activist driven research that explores the relationship between physical cultures and intersectional justice and who has written extensively on the experiences of South Asians on the hockey rink, a well-known site of Canadian cultural citizenship.  Thomas Park, Vice President of the Business Development Bank of Canada, Chair of the Banff Forum and alumnus of McGill, Harvard and Dartmouth  recently penned an op-ed in the Toronto Star entitled “The Era of the Model Minority ends in the face of anti-Asian racism.”  Noah Weisbord is an Associate Professor in the Queen’s University Faculty of Law, a leading expert on  individual criminal responsibility leading to aggressive war with a research focus on criminal law in the management, reflection and even exacerbation of intergroup conflict.

Each share their thoughts on the roots of anti-Asian racism to the present day; discuss political, press and police responses to violence directed at Asian Canadian community members; share ideas on the divisions and solidarities between these communities and with other racialized groups in Canada; and also discuss ways in which we can build a safer more inclusive culture and society.

Our current housing crisis is the culmination of years of policy decisions and economic crisis. What are some tangible solutions that could get us out of it? Guests Dr. Martine August and Steve Pomeroy share their insight and provide their thoughts on what we should be doing to ensure a home for all.

Why are we in a housing crisis and how did we get here? Part 1 of this two-part series explores the roots of Canada’s housing crisis with guests Justin Wiebe and Dr. Martine August.

In this segment, we chat with Teagan Neufeld, Executive Member of the Laurentian University Graduate Students’ Association about the closure of 69 academic programs, the firing of 100 faculty members and 3 dozen staff members, and the impact these cuts may have on graduate students, their research, and their funding.

In this segment, we sit down with Dr. Kristin Moriah of Queen’s University to discuss the recent shooting of 20-year-old, Daunte Wright that took place on April 11 in Minneapolis.

In this segment of The Scoop, we sit down with Paige who volunteers with Special Olympics Kingston to chat about their native perennial seed sale that is in support of the organization’s programs. To buy your seeds for only $5, click here!

In this segment of The Scoop, Jessica Somersall sits down with QBAS (Queens Black Academic Society) President Catherine Haba to discuss QBAS’s 2021-2022 executive hiring process. Applications to be a part of QBAS’s executive team closes on April 16th’2021, you can find the application on their Instagram page.

In this segment, Kirsi Hunnako, Executive Director of Kingston Arts Council joins us to chat about KAC’s launch of the first round of Resiliency Grants that will support individual professional artists in Kingston to continue to work and to work safely in their artistic practice.  Learn more about the grants, how local artists can apply and other ways KAC supports arts in the community.

In this segment of The Scoop, Jessica Somersall sits down with Sandra Yaacoub of Queen’s University to discuss her research paper titled “ Using Variations in High Arctic Vegetation Spectral Properties to Predict Various Types of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Variables”.

In this segment of The Scoop, we sit down with Sam Azin of Queen’s University to discuss his research paper titled “Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic disparities in diagnosis, treatment, and survival of patients with breast cancer”.