The Students as Partners Podcast

Recorded live at the 2025 Students as Partners Community Forum at McMaster University's MacPherson Institute, this panel brings together two of the International Journal for Students as Partners editorial teams for a conversation about what it means to run an academic journal as a student-staff partnership. Alison Cook-Sather, Brisa Kane, Amrita "Nikki" Kaur, Samarah Maqbool, Ian Steinberg, and Vi...

The final episode of the season features the opening plenary session of MacPherson Institute's 2024 Students as Partners Community Forum. It was recorded on May 28, 2024 and was hosted by Antonio Dos Santos. The participants included Anita Acai (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University), Beth Marquis (Director of the Arts & Science Program at McMas...

Antonio has a conversation with Roselynn Verwoord, strategist for University of British Columbia’s Students as Partners Initiative, and Rohil Sharma, UBC student and SAP Initiative Coordinator. They discuss the impact of the SAP Initiative on curriculum design at UBC, the benefits of meaningful partnerships between students and faculty, and how the initiative has adapted to challenges posed by the...

Antonio has a conversation with Glenda Cox, an associate professor at the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, and Christine Immenga, the senior coordinator of student governance in the Office of Student Development, both at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. They discuss their involvement in the Students as Partners program, the integration of student partnerships in the crea...

Antonio has a conversation with Alison Cook-Sather who is the Mary Katharine Woodworth Professor of Education at Bryn Mawr College and the Director of the Teaching and Learning Institute at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges. They discuss the development and impact of SALT the "Students as Learners and Teachers" program, the importance of context to  student partnerships, the global develo...

Antonio has a conversation with Senem Karaceper (PhD student in Sociology at York University) and Sara Upshur (recent graduate of the Communication and New Media Masters program at McMaster University). They discuss the importance of building mutual respect and trust in partnership and the implications for practicing EDI principles. Students as Partners Project Profile: "The role of narrative...

Antonio has a conversation with Robert Fleisig who is an Associate Professor in the Walter G. Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology at McMaster University. They discuss the challenges and benefits of student partnership. The Students as Partners Project Profile is the "ARiEAL Outreach Program for Underrepresented High School Students" a collaboration between Maxime Dagenais...

Antonio has a conversation with Lori Goff who is the Director of the MacPherson Institute at McMaster University. They discuss the development and future MacPherson's ⁠Student Partners Program (SPP). ⁠ The Students as Partners Project Profile is "Undergraduate Burnout among Medical School Applicants at McMaster University" a collaboration between Anita Acai (Assistant Professor, Medi...

Antonio has a conversation with Beth Marquis who is the Director of the Arts & Science Program at McMaster University as well as an Associate Professor in the Arts & Science Program and the School of the Arts. They discuss the origins of the Student Partners Program (SPP). The Students as Partners Project Profile is "Health Design Fiction" a collaboration between Sean Park (Assis...