Campus Beat

Professors Monica LaBarge (Smith School of Business) and David Murakami Wood (Surveillance Studies) join us for a special Campus Beat: In the News episode.  LaBarge talks about the strategies various companies use to convince consumers to purchase their holiday products over those of their competitors.  Murakami Wood follows with a discussion about gift giving in the era of privacy issue...

December 5th- In this episode, Tom Hewitt (Chief Development Officer, Office of Advancement), and Lindsey Fair (Director, Marketing & Communications, Faculty of Arts and Science) join us discuss the Queen’s Career Apprenticeship: Kingston program.  Geared toward linking graduating students in the Arts and Humanities with local businesses in Kingston, QCA:K provides mentorship and skills-b...

Stephanie Lambropoulos (QUCO President), Shannon Hughes (Marketing Director), and Kelsey Loucier (Conductor) join us to discuss their roles with the Queen’s University Chamber Orchestra.  Each of these three students teach us a lot about the great effort it takes into organizing 95 musicians and executing perfect performances twice annually in Grant Hall at Queen’s University.&nbs...

Chloe Lowry and Kaitlyn Tresidder, two extraordinary PhD students in Neuroscience at Queen’s University join us in studio to discuss the Brain Bee neuroscience competition for high school students!  Lowry and Tressider co-chair Brain Bee Kingston, help high school students learn the basics of neuroscience, and prepare them for competition at the local, national and international levels! They...

https://podcast.cfrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cb-podcast-Thrive.mp3 Sydney Downey, staffer in Queen’s Human Resources and Committee member for the Thrive Initiative at Queen’s joins us in studio to discuss mental wellness and fitness and the many activities the Thrive Committee is engaged in to facilitate wellness among faculty, staff and students at Queen’s!

  Melinda Knox and Adrian Kelly of University Research Services join us in studio to discuss the many services offered at URS, the ways in which URS promotes research and researchers at Queen’s University, and upcoming initiatives including a public lecture series and a new research website!

JP Dobson, Program Assistant for Oceanpath and Katie Fizzel, Experiential Learning Projects Coordinator for Career Services at Queen’s University join us for this Campus Beat episode.  They discuss the Oceanpath Fellowship, an innovation experiential learning opportunity for graduating undergrad and Master’s students, how and why students should apply, and the kinds of life and ca...

Yinka Adegbusi and Asha Gordon, co-Presidents of the newly launching Queen’s Black Alumni Chapter joined us via telephone ahead of Homecoming Weekend at Queen’s University to discuss QBAC, it’s mission, ways for Black Alumni to connect with each other and advice they have for current Queen’s students!

https://podcast.cfrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jeremy-mosher-cbpodcast.mp3 Jeremy Mosher, President of the Queen’s University Alumni Association joins us in studio to talk about QUAA, why Alumni should stay connected with and give back to Queen’s and shares insights about Homecoming Weekend activities happening at Queen’s from October 19th-21st 2018!

Dr. Sue Fostaty-Young joins us in studio for a discussion about her new role as Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning at Queen’s University, the innovative new directions in research CTL will embark upon in its new Five Year Plan, and of course the wonderful suite of teaching and learning services and resources available to faculty, teaching assistants and teaching fellows. https://podc...

Kevin Collins from the Queen’s University Student Experience Office joins us in studio to share insights and details about the Queen’s Cares alternative reading week program for undergraduate and graduate students at Queen’s interested in community engagement at local, national, and international levels. https://podcast.cfrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cb-podcast-collins.mp3

Join us for the second half of a great conversation with whole SGPS Executive! Amidst their very busy schedules, they’ve taken the time to tell us all about their respective roles, committee work, and goals for this year as a team. Learn more about Your SGPS and tune in! https://podcast.cfrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cbpodcastspgs2.mp3

Part One of a lovely conversation with the entire SGPS Executive (Society of Graduate and Professional Students) at Queen’s. Listeners will get all the details on opt-in/opt outs, services and benefits offered by the SGPS and how to get involved with committees and the governing Council!

September 12th – Carly D’Amico, Promotions and Administrative Coordinator at Student Academic Success Services (SASS) joins us in studio to share with undergraduate, graduate, domestic, and international students all the details on the wealth of resources SASS offers at Queen’s University. She shares insights on what students can expect from 1:1 consultations, ongoing and upcoming workshops, and t...

https://podcast.cfrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cbC.Aivalis-podcast.mp3 September 5 – Dr. Christo Aivalis (PhD’15), historian and current SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto joins us in studio to discuss themes and arguments raised in his new monograph, The Constant Liberal: Pierre Trudeau, Organized Labour, and the Canadian Social Democratic Left (UBC Press 2018) ahead of h...

https://podcast.cfrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aliciaboutilier-podcast.mp3 August 22nd – Alicia Boutilier, Chief Curator & Curator of Canadian Historical Art at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre joins us in studio to discuss the recent pilot project Art Worlds: A User’s Guide in collaboration with the Smith School of Business MBA Program. She also discusses exhibitions now under way as of A...

August 8th – Chloe Beisheim of the Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre Summer Initiative program (QICSI) and two very enthusiastic venture teams join us in studio! Ms. Beisheim talks about the Queen’s Innovation Centre and its programming including the upcoming Summer Pitch Competition taking place at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts on August 23rd 2018. Then we hear from two...

July 25th – Jamaican-Canadian sculptor Tau Lewis , the 2018 Stonecroft Artist-in-Residence at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University joins us today in studio.  Lewis talks about her body of work, her method and inspirations, her work with Kingston-based Roots and Wings , a grassroots community group that works towards making space for racialized girls in Kingston, and her upcoming...

Photo by Alistair Maitland Photography   Want to learn more about Indigenous Alternative Dispute Resolution?  Find out more from Jane Glassco Northern Fellow & this year’s ADR James L. Thistle Q.C. Law Student Essay Contest winner, Don Couturier, a student in the Queen’s University Faculty of Law .  Mr. Couturier discusses ADR, his paper, his studies, and his goals in this installment of...

June 27th -Kanonhysonne (Janice Hill), Director of Indigenous Initiatives at Queen’s University joins us again in studio.  We discuss the new partnership between Queen’s University and Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na Language and Culture Centre to deliver a Mohawk Language and Culture certificate program in Tyendinega Mohawk Territory.  Students who complete the program can later apply their credits tow...

Dr. Meghan Fitzpatrick, the SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow in War Studies at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario joins us to discuss her scholarship and her recent book, Invisible Scars: Mental Trauma and the Korean War. https://podcast.cfrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/May16campusbeat-podcastmegan-fitzpatrick.mp3

https://podcast.cfrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/datadaypodcastcambusbeat.mp3 April 25th – Francine Berish, the Geospatial Data Librarian and Sarah Bartlett, the Open Scholarship Services (OSS) Intern with Queen’s University Library visit us to discuss the upcoming Queen’s University Data Day event taking place at Douglas Library in May. They also share insights on the services faculty, staff, s...

https://podcast.cfrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gagebenyoncbpodcast.mp3 April 18th – Gage Benyon (ArtSci ’19) joins us to talk about his work as a student caller and Communications and Scheduling Coordinator with Queen’s Telefundraising Services under the University’s Office of Advancement. He also shares insights on managing a busy work schedule with a very busy undergraduate academic calendar...

Queen’s University Particle Astrophysicist (Emeriti) and Nobel Prize Laureate Arthur McDonald joins us in studio for a ‘crash course’ on the work he and his team performed in the discovery of neutrino mass and the implications for furthering scientific research. Emergent scholars will also benefit from his sage advice – research is ‘darn good fun’!

A Tale of Two Rectors. March 28th – Queen’s University Rector Cam Yung (Sci ’18) and Rector Elect Alexandra da Silva (ArtSci ’20) join us in studio to chat about the Agnes Benedickson Tricolour Award reception that CFRC broadcast live on its airwaves on April 7th. They discuss the role the Rector plays in representing all graduate and undergraduate students at Queen’s and the kinds of activities t...