U in the Ring

U in the Ring

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U in the Ring episodes

  • U in the Ring: Dec 6 mental health pilot project, a spoken word contest, and community cabbage

    This week Hugo talks to Dr. Marilyn Thorpe about a pilot project to help students with mental health issues. The Psychiatrist-led interdisciplinary team or PIT project began in 2013. It sets students up with a 30 minute assessment with a family doctor and a psychiatrist in an effort to help reduce the wait times for full psychiatric appointments.

    John Threlfal is in-studio to talk about UVic’s Diversity Writing Contest and UVic's Diversity Spoken Word Contest.

    Our reporter Miyoko is back with a feature on Community Cabbage. Members of the club serve free food behind a stand outside the Sub every Friday at noon and this is the first part of a glimpse backstage. 

    And Salma Ihsan is here with news headlines and weather.

     

    43 min
  • U in the Ring: Nov 15 Geography LNG Panel, Adele Barclay's Poetry, the Martlet

    This week Hugo speaks with Adele Barclay who just released a book of poetry - If I were in a Cage I'd Reach out for You. 

    Josh Tawse and Richie Rickard join the show from the UVic Geography Department to talk about a panel the department hosted on Liquified Natural Gas. 

    The Martlet's Editor in Cheif Myles Sauer and Reporter Cormac O'Brien are in studio for a campus news roundup. 

    37 min
  • U in the Ring: Nov 8 Party Drugs Survey, refugee food access, geog degrees in the field, food column

    This week Hugo talks to Melanie Callas about the Party Drug Survey that gets advertised on campus. Boma Brown from the Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group joins the show to talk about their research project on access to food. 
    Contributor Shaun O'Leary interviews his brother Colm O'Leary about what a geography degree looks like in the field. 
    And Miyoko is back with her food column. She explores an edible landscape this week.

    55 min
  • U in the Ring: Nov 1 Turmoil in writing departments, Cafe Scientifique, The Bell Jar, Hempology 101

    This week Hugo talks to UVic playwright and writing student, Jakelene Plan about the fallout from UBC suspending it's creative writing chair, author Steven Galloway. 

    Robert Smith? from the University of Ottawa joins the show to talk about his upcoming Cafe Scientifique talk "Top Ten Diseases of all Time." Cafe Scientifique is a series of talks intended to bring elements of research to the public. The Top Ten Diseases of All Time will be presented at Hermann’s Jazz Club on November 15.

    UVic Director of Special Collections and University Archivist Lara Wilson joins Hugo to discuss the importance of the Library's acquisition of a rare print edition of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. 

    And Editor in Chief of the Martlet, Myles Sauer is in studio to bring us up to speed on news around campus, including Hempology 101's bid to officially become a funded advocacy group. 

    50 min

About U in the Ring

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U in the Ring goes deep into issues at UVic, and investigates stories like the infamous bunny cull of 2012, the evolution of territorial acknowledgements on campus, and a crime that affected over…