Thank you to Izzy Almasi, Adaezejeso Ezeaku, and Deborah Ogilvie for their wonderful work on this episode. This podcast would not be possible without them. This podcast is supported by a President's Strategic Framework Impact Fund grant and by the Faculties of Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, and Engineering and Computer Science. For more information about UVic Bounce or to leave a comment or question about this podcast, please email us: [email protected]  Follow us on Instagram @uvicbounce

Cover Art: Chrystal Phan

Insta: @chrystalphan_art

www.chrystalphan.ca

Music: Frazey Ford, "Azad," U Kin B the Sun

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We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

UVic President Kevin Hall is an innovative academic leader and civil engineer known for his strong commitment to sustainability, innovation, community engagement, and an unwavering belief in truth, respect and reconciliation, equitable access to education, and equity, diversity and inclusion.

Throughout his career at three world-class institutions, Hall has served at many levels and functions—most recently as the vice-president and senior deputy vice-chancellor of global engagement and partnerships at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia.

Hall has made a global impact as a civil engineer with a focus on water quality, environmental monitoring and water and health in marginalized communities.

Thank you to Izzy Almasi, Adaezejeso Ezeaku, and Deborah Ogilvie for their wonderful work on this episode. This podcast would not be possible without them. For more information about UVic Bounce or to leave a comment or question about this podcast, please email us: [email protected]  Follow us on Instagram @uvicbounce  

UVic Bounce is recorded on the unceded and unsurrendered territories of the WSÁNEĆ and Lekwungen peoples, whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Cover Art: Chrystal Phan

Insta: @chrystalphan_art

www.chrystalphan.ca

Music: Frazey Ford, "Azad," U Kin B the Sun

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We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Andrew Murray came to UVic in 1990 to do an MA. After beginning a PhD in 1992, he gradually morphed into a sessional instructor and then a continuing sessional. He taught his first class for the English Department in Fall 1995 and has been teaching ever since. In 2014, Andrew was hired as an Assistant Teaching Professor with his primary responsibilities being in the Division of Academic Writing, now the Academic and Technical Writing Program. Andrew's doctoral dissertation was on representations of reading in Chaucer, but his primary focus now is teaching, particularly ATWP 101, ATWP 135 and ENGL 146 and ENGL 200A. Andrew brings energy, enthusiasm, and kindness to every class he teaches. His interests include Chaucer, the pedagogy of teaching writing and literature, contemporary fiction in English, and the Arsenal Football Club.

Thank you to Izzy Almasi, Adaezejeso Ezeaku, and Deborah Ogilvie for their wonderful work on this episode. This podcast would not be possible without them. For more information about UVic Bounce or to leave a comment or question about this podcast, please email us: [email protected]  Follow us on Instagram @uvicbounce  

UVic Bounce is recorded on the unceded and unsurrendered territories of the WSÁNEĆ and Lekwungen peoples, whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Cover Art: Chrystal Phan

Insta: @chrystalphan_art

www.chrystalphan.ca

Music: Frazey Ford, "Azad," U Kin B the Sun

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We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Victoria Wyatt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Victoria. She teaches courses on responses of Indigenous artists to colonization in North America, and on visual studies and the impact of the Internet. She received the Faculty of Fine Arts Award in Teaching Excellence in 2017 and the Harry Hickman Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching and Educational Leadership in 2020.

Thank you to Izzy Almasi, Adaezejeso Ezeaku, and Deborah Ogilvie for their wonderful work on this episode. This podcast would not be possible without them. For more information about UVic Bounce or to leave a comment or question about this podcast, please email us: [email protected]  Follow us on Instagram @uvicbounce  

Cover Art: Chrystal Phan

Insta: @chrystalphan_art

www.chrystalphan.ca

Music: Frazey Ford, "Azad," U Kin B the Sun

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We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Cynthia Spada is a sessional lecturer in the English and ATWP departments and also teaches literature and writing at Royal Roads University. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Floating World, a novel, and The Demimonde in Japanese Literature, an academic monograph, and she has published short pieces of creative writing in various genres. She is currently working on a historical novel based on her family's experiences in the Polish resistance and a collection of creative nonfiction essays that explore the intersection of environmental and medical humanities and the mysterious processes of healing. For the latter, she draws on her own history of mental illness and lupus.  Thank you to Izzy Almasi, Adaezejeso Ezeaku, and Deborah Ogilvie for their wonderful work on this episode. This podcast would not be possible without them. For more information about UVic Bounce or to leave a comment or question about this podcast, please email us: [email protected]  Follow us on Instagram @uvicbounce  

Cover Art: Chrystal Phan

Insta: @chrystalphan_art

www.chrystalphan.ca

Music: Frazey Ford, "Azad," U Kin B the Sun

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We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Adaezejeso Ezeaku is a recent graduate from UVic with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. She is currently the UVic Bounce Student Ambassador, a role that came to be after her experience with overt anti-black racism on campus. After this incident, she joined the UVic Reflection and Challenge Committee (RCC) to help create action-oriented plans to tackle issues of racism, inclusion, and diversity on campus. Her experiences with racism and her passion for healthcare and its systemic role in the broader community led her to a path in the legal profession. In the future, she hopes to obtain a legal education and pursue a career in medical and animal law where she can advocate and create policies that are fair, humane, and just.

Thank you to Izzy Almasi, Adaezejeso Ezeaku, and Deborah Ogilvie for their wonderful work on this episode. This podcast would not be possible without them. For more information about UVic Bounce or to leave a comment or question about this podcast, please email us: [email protected] Follow us on Instagram @uvicbounce

Cover Art: Chrystal Phan

Insta: @chrystalphan_art

www.chrystalphan.ca

Music: Frazey Ford, "Azad," U Kin B the Sun

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We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Bill Bird has taught Computer Science (and occasionally Software Engineering) at UVic since 2015. He often teaches the introductory computer programming courses for Engineering students (CSC 111 and CSC 116), as well as higher-level courses in Algorithms and Systems. Like many instructors at UVic, he had never taught (or taken) an online course when 2020 began, but finished the year teaching hundreds of first year students over Zoom.

Thank you to Izzy Almasi, Adaezejeso Ezeaku, and Deborah Ogilvie for their wonderful work on this episode. This podcast would not be possible without them. For more information about UVic Bounce or to leave a comment or question about this podcast, please email us: [email protected] Follow us on Instagram @uvicbounce

Cover Art: Chrystal Phan

Insta: @chrystalphan_art

www.chrystalphan.ca

Music: Frazey Ford, "Azad," U Kin B the Sun

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We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Deborah Ogilvie earned a BA (2013) and MA (2021) in English from the University of Victoria, and an MA in Children’s Literature from Simmons University in Boston (2016.) To Deborah’s surprise, life didn’t pause during her studies, and instead threw some unexpected events her way. She spends most of her time these days having conversations about dinosaurs with her very favourite plot twist, who is about to turn six. 

Thank you to Izzy Almasi, Adaezejeso Ezeaku, and Deborah Ogilvie for their wonderful work on this episode. This podcast would not be possible without them. For more information about UVic Bounce or to leave a comment or question about this podcast, please email us: [email protected] Follow us on Instagram @uvicbounce

Cover Art: Chrystal Phan

Insta: @chrystalphan_art

www.chrystalphan.ca

Music: Frazey Ford, "Azad," U Kin B the Sun

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We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Dr. Stephen Ross is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Victoria. Stephen has always been a bit obsessive and anxious, from his early days as a “gifted” student (translation: anxious and people-pleasing) to his on-again/off-again relationship with academia—about which he remains profoundly ambivalent to this day. That journey has taken him from Chilliwack, where he grew up, to Burnaby for his undergraduate studies, and Kingston, Ontario for his MA and PhD, before bringing him back to Victoria for his career. He considers himself to have won the lottery in this last step in particular. As a professor at UVic, he especially values building relationships with students, and sees the role of teaching literature as inevitably bound up with the project of acquiring and spreading wisdom. His motto and future epitaph is “how hard can it be?”

Thank you to Izzy Almasi, Adaezejeso Ezeaku, and Deborah Ogilvie for their wonderful work on this episode. This podcast would not be possible without them. For more information about UVic Bounce or to leave a comment or question about this podcast, please email us: [email protected] Follow us on Instagram @uvicbounce

Cover Art: Chrystal Phan

Insta: @chrystalphan_art

www.chrystalphan.ca

Music: Frazey Ford, "Azad," U Kin B the Sun

frazeyford.com

We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Izzy Almasi is a recent graduate from UVic, having completed a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Film Studies. Before becoming an Associate Producer and Audio Editor for UVic Bounce's "Waving, Not Drowning," Izzy worked on podcasts as an audio production volunteer and interviewer through the campus radio station CFUV. Through her co-op with Perpetual Motion Productions, she continued to hone her audio skills as an Associate Producer on the podcasts Skaana and Orca Bites. In the last two years of her undergrad, Izzy also wrote for the student blog MyUVic Life. Though her post-graduate plans are not yet set in stone, Izzy hopes to continue to pursue her passion for learning and education through law school or a Master's degree. She hopes to develop a career where she can combine her love of storytelling and creativity, with activism and social justice.

Thank you to Izzy Almasi, Adaezejeso Ezeaku, and Deborah Ogilvie for their wonderful work on this episode. This podcast would not be possible without them. For more information about UVic Bounce or to leave a comment or question about this podcast, please email us: [email protected] Follow us on Instagram @uvicbounce

Cover Art: Chrystal Phan

Insta: @chrystalphan_art

www.chrystalphan.ca

Music: Frazey Ford, "Azad," U Kin B the Sun

frazeyford.com

We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.