Toban Talks

Toban Talks

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Toban Talks episodes

  • TobanTalks... 2024 UMSU Elections: Community Representative Candidates

    This episode features…

    2024 UMSU Elec­tions — Can­di­dates for Com­mu­ni­ty Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Roles:

    -Black Stu­dents’ Rep­re­sen­ta­tive: Clif­ford Emelum­ba, Damilo­la Ojo

    -Indige­nous Stu­dents’ Rep­re­sen­ta­tive: Michaela De Hoop

    -Women’s Rep­re­sen­ta­tive: Heav­en Kaur

    -Inter­na­tion­al Stu­dents’ Rep­re­sen­ta­tive: Dhru­vi Shah, Kru­pa Mashru

    -Racial­ized Stu­dents’ Rep­re­sen­ta­tive: Christa­bel Attoni-Oteari

    -Acces­si­bil­i­ty Rep­re­sen­ta­tive: Ekamjit Singh

    Don’t for­get to vote today & tomor­row (March 7 & 8)! 

    30 min
  • TobanTalks... 2024 UMSU Elections: Executive Position Candidates

    This episode features…

    2024 UMSU Elec­tions — Can­di­dates for Exec­u­tive Roles:

    -Pres­i­dent: Joy Okafor, Divya Sharma

    -Vice Pres­i­dent Uni­ver­si­ty Affairs: Rach­hvir Dhaliwal

    -Vice Pres­i­dent Exter­nal Affairs: Prab­h­noor Singh

    -Vice Pres­i­dent Finance and Oper­a­tions: Adil Hay­at, Car­olyn Wang

    -Vice Pres­i­dent Stu­dent Life: Bolu Akindele, Michael Prokipchuk

    Don’t for­get to vote on March 7 & 8! Plus, tune in next week to hear from your can­di­dates for com­mu­ni­ty rep­re­sen­ta­tive roles. 

    30 min
  • TobanTalks... Aurora Changes & Equity in Cancer Care

    This episode features…

    -Elfie Smith, U of M asso­ciate reg­is­trar and direc­tor of ser­vice records

    -Vic­to­ria Nel­son, a U of M stu­dent pur­su­ing a master’s in human rights

    - Tara Hor­rill, U of M assis­tant pro­fes­sor in the col­lege of nursing

    34 min
  • TobanTalks... Good Will closure, potential Winnipeg Transit strike, and Arctic climate systems

    This episode features…

    -Gil Car­roll, co-founder and book­ing agent with First Date Tour­ing, co-artis­tic direc­tor of Real Love Win­nipeg, and musi­cian in the band Liv­ing Hour

    -Avery Sel­by-Lyons and Imti­az Mah­mud, Mas­ter of human rights students

    -Michael Jack, chief admin­is­tra­tive offi­cer for the City of Winnipeg

    -Chris Scott, Amal­ga­mat­ed Tran­sit Union Local 1505 (ATU 1505) pres­i­dent and busi­ness agent

    -Lau­rie Schnarr, vice-provost of students 

    -Alex Craw­ford, U of M research asso­ciate in the Cen­ter for Earth Obser­va­tion Science

    30 min
  • TobanTalks... Religion with Coffee & Harm-Reduction Collab

    This episode features…

    -Ken­neth MacK­endrick, head of the reli­gion depart­ment and asso­ciate professor 

    -Nicole Goulet, a reli­gion instructor

    -Lizzie Mag­a­ji, Stu­dent Well­ness Cen­tre (SWC) assistant

    -Alex Rana, UMSU 2SLGBTQIA+ rep­re­sen­ta­tive and co-pres­i­dent of RPC 

    30 min
  • TobanTalks... Sweat Bees, Sports Psychology, & Soccer

    This episode features… 

    -Jason Gibbs, asso­ciate pro­fes­sor in the depart­ment of entomology 

    -Ben Schel­len­berg, assis­tant pro­fes­sor in the fac­ul­ty of kine­si­ol­o­gy and recre­ation management 

    -Kari­na Bagi, UM wom­en’s soc­cer goalie 

    29 min
  • TobanTalks... Media Literacy for Journalists, Educators, Activists, & Consumers

    This episode features…

    -Cecil Ros­ner, devel­op­er and instruc­tor of new media lit­er­a­cy program

    Ros­ner is a jour­nal­ist of 40+ years, a pri­or man­ag­ing edi­tor for CBC Man­i­to­ba, and an exec­u­tive pro­duc­er of The Fifth Estate.

    -Rod Las­tra, act­ing dean of extend­ed edu­ca­tion at U of M

    +U of M’s extend­ed edu­ca­tion will be run­ning a media lit­er­a­cy pro­gram that aims to
    help peo­ple iden­ti­fy fake news and eval­u­ate the cred­i­bil­i­ty of con­tent in media using inves­tiga­tive jour­nal­ism techniques.

    +The pro­gram is designed for a diverse audi­ence: jour­nal­ists, edu­ca­tors, activists, con­sumers, and more!

    +Infor­ma­tion about the new media lit­er­a­cy program!

    30 min

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