Campus Beat

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Anne Ellis, Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Biomedical and Molecular Sciences at Queen’s University and lead researcher on a new study on Covid-19 transmission and immunity among 500 Faculty of Health Studies students. Dr. Ellis and her large team of colleagues received over $223,000 in federal funding to conduct this study that will involve student subjects across several FHS departments. Dr. Ellis chats with us about how the study will be conducted, the outcomes it is expected to achieve, and critically, as how it will inform pandemic management policies and procedures implemented by Universities and Public Health Units as Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer noted about the study.

In our first segment of this episode, we are joined by Karen Bertrand, Vice Principal (Advancement) at Queen’s University. From Bertrand, we learn about the extraordinary $14,000 gift to Food Banks Canada made recently by the Class of 2020. The donation is part of a new initiative entitled #180For180 that marks the University’s 180th year. Bertrand also talks about this Queen’s initiative that asks new graduates — and anyone who would like to join them — to turn something 180 degrees for good by volunteering for 180 minutes. In the second segment of this episode, we chat with Dr. Richard van Wylick, Associate Dean (Professional Development) & Associate Professor General Pediatrics in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s. We chat about the collaborative work Dr. Wylick and his teammates in FHS conducted with peers at other medical schools in Canada to develop a critical and innovative new curriculum to be implemented across all medical schools in Canada that will ensure future physicians are better prepared to address the opioid crisis.

Dr. Bishal Gyawali, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences and Clinical Fellow, Department of Oncology joins us in this episode. We chat about the recent study called “An Analysis of Contemporary Oncology Randomized Clinical Trials from Low/Middle-Income vs. High Income Countries” published in the latest virtual edition of JAMA Oncology. This international study was led by Dr. Christopher Booth, Professor of Oncology and Public Health Sciences and Canada Research Chair in Population Cancer Care alongside Drs. Gyawali & Nazik Hammad from Queen’s alongside Drs. J. Connor Wells, Shubham Sharma, Joseph C. del Paggio, Wilma M. Hopman, Deborah Mukherjj, S. Pramesh, Ajay Aggarwal, and Richard Sullivan. The team’s pivotal research has revealed that current cancer research efforts do not match the global burden of deaths from the disease. Dr. Gyawali talks about the impetus behind the study, its pivotal results and implications, and recommendations for cancer research moving forward.

In this episode, we chat with Dr. James Reynolds, Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies at Queen’s University. From him, we learn about the process of implementing a new tuition policy whereby international PhD students will be assessed the same tuition as that of domestic students commencing Fall 2021. Dr. Reynolds talks about the tasks of Working Group on Graduate Student Success, difficulties international PhD students have faced including financial barriers, and overall SGS goals for international graduate student success.

In this special extended episode of Campus Beat, we have an extraordinary conversation with Jacalyn Duffin MD, PhD, Emerita Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at Queen’s University and recent induction as a Member of the Order of Canada. We chat about this important achievement but spend much of our conversation talking about a lifetime of research adventure. Dr. Duffin shares her story of how as a young, underemployed hematologist living in France went to Sorbonne to study the History of Medicine. We also learn about the fascinating story of how the Vatican tapped her medical expertise and testimony that ultimately led to the canonization of Marie-Marguerite d’Youville. We learn more about her deep catalogue of research and writing producing numerous books ranging on subject matter such as medical miracles, pandemics, a recent memoir published on behalf of a friend, and a fascinating tale about a Canadian medical expedition to Easter Island in the mid-1960s, an expedition that left unfinished business-business that Dr. Duffin herself explored in that remote Chilean territory. Finally, we also learn about her advocacy around the need to remediate shortages of prescription drugs. This is a joyful conversation about a lifetime of research adventure. Put on a pot of coffee, get cozy, and enjoy!   *Note…due to a second province-wide Cogeco internet outage occuring just prior to this conversation, scrambling for an internet connection led to off site recording with a laptop and no studio mics. Another adventure!

On January 18th 2021, Queen’s University announced that it has partnered with five other universities to create a new fellowship program expanding opportunities for Indigenous and Black students pursuing doctoral degrees in engineering. Dr. Kevin Deluzio, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s University joins us in this episode. From him, we learn a great deal about the new Indigenous and Black Engineering and Technology Momentum Fellowships (IBET) which address an urgent need to encourage, support and improve inclusion to the pursuit of doctoral studies in engineering by under-represented groups that have been ignored as potential candidates for academia, thus eliminating representation that has hindered Canadian Indigenous and Black student enrolment in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) programs. In this conversation, Dr. Deluzio sheds light on how and why conversations about representation began among the six institutions, the current landscape of Black and Indigenous representation in Engineering, how IBET will change this landscape, and how the new program will work in practice with the overall aim to mentor and train new generations of Black and Indigenous faculty increasing diversity in Canadian technology industries as graduates enter the workforce with degrees from STEM programs.

In this episode, we have two great conversations. First we welcome Dr. Jane Philpott, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine at Queen’s University and former Minister of Health and Minister of Indigenous Services for the Government of Canada. Dr. Philpott chats with us about the upcoming Bell Let’s Talk: Mental Health in Diverse Communities virtual event that she is moderating on Friday January 22nd at noon. We learn about the roundtable speakers, some of the challenges diverse communities face and the impact on mental well-being that they will discuss and we even get a few great tips from Dr. Philpott herself on staying well in isolation. In the second portion of our program, we feature a conversation with Dr. Kornel Wolak, Concert Clarinetist and Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the Dan School of Drama and Music at Queen’s University. Dr. Wolak chats with us about the innovative new online Music Mentorship Program geared towards high school students with artistic inclinations that he and his colleague Michael Bridge have launched in collaboration with the Dan School, The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, and the Faculty of Arts and Science. Dr. Wolak elaborates on what the program has to offer youth thinking about careers in music with guidance from industry professionals. Following our chat in the broadcast version aired January 20th 2021 on CFRC 101. 9 FM, we also featureda lovely song performed by Kornel Wolak and Chris Donnelly from their collaborative album Common Ground (Alma Records, 2013) The song is called Tico Tico No Fuba written by the Brazilian composer, Zequinha De Abreu.    

Professor David McDonald (Global Development Studies) returns to Campus Beat to discuss Public Banks and Covid 19: Combatting the Pandemic with Public Finance, the groundbreaking follow-up to his co-edited collection Public Water and Covid: 19 Dark Clouds and Silver Linings. In this episode, we learn about public banks and their significance and their role in relieving financial challenges for households, small businesses and even whole communities. We learn more about what authors in this collection suggest about best practices and areas for improvement vis-a-vis response to the global pandemic and changes that might be made to make public banks more equitable, democratic and sustainable moving forward.

Dr. Chris Simpson, Vice-Dean (Clinical), School of Medicine at Queen’s University, Medical Director of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Association and cardiologist at Kingston Health Sciences Centre has been appointed as Ontario Health’s Executive Vice-President, Medical, effective February 1, 2021. Dr. Simpson, who will overtake his new position on February 1st 2021 while still maintaining a faculty position at Queen’s and his clinical work at KHSC, takes a break from his very busy schedule to chat with us about his new role; the critical balance between his research, administrative work and critical practice; leadership and goalsetting; and even some advice for students thinking about careers in medicine. Following our talk with Dr. Simpson, this episode also has news updates from around campus including information on university closure and access during the provincial lockdown until January 23rd, the appointment of five female academics at Queen’s to the Royal Society of Canada, and an upcoming SGPS townhall meeting on January 9th 2021.  

Dr. Katherine McKittrick, Professor of Gender Studies and researcher in the areas of black studies, anti-colonial studies, cultural geographies and gender studies joins us for the first 45 minutes of this special extended edition of Campus Beat. McKittrick chats with us about the new Black Studies program at Queen’s University scheduled to launch in Fall 2021, the motivations behind the program’s development, the ins and outs of creating a brand new minor, and the importance of interdisciplinarity in Black Studies. After our conversation with Dr. McKittrick, our chat with Matthew Duda, PhD Candidate in the Department of Biology begins around the 45 minute mark. Duda joins us to talk about his research team’s recent discovery that a storm petrel seabird colony in Atlantic Canada is now only 16% of its potential size, and that this small size is likely the result of nearby European settlement from over 200 years ago. Join us and learn more about the discovery, the science behind it, and the implications for both research and conservation.

Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University joins us in this episode. Drummond discusses a white paper he co-wrote that calls for revolutionizing Canada’s approach to seniors’ care entitled ‘Aging Well.” He talks about the current state of care for Canadian seniors, issues COVID-19 has revealed, the costs and benefits of long term care vs. home care, Canada’s need for investing in homecare, and the ultimately the long term implications and costs future generations will bear.   Image by Jovan Matic.  

On this week’s episode, we chat with Brielle Thorsen, Master of Applied Science Candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, the Student Programs and Outreach Assistant, Aboriginal Access to Engineering, and Winner of the $30,000 Order of the White Rose Scholarship from Polytechnique Montreal. Polytechnique created the scholarship as a to the victims as well as the wounded, the families, the faculty members, the employees and the students who were forever affected by the Dec. 6th 1989 Montreal Massacre. White roses have become the symbol of Polytechnique Montréal’s commemorative activities to mark the tragedy. The 30,000 scholarship is awarded annually by the Polytechnique administration to a woman engineering student who intends to undertake graduate studies in engineering (master’s or PhD) at the institution of her choice, in Canada or elsewhere in the world. Ms. Thorsen chats with us about her research, her work on Aboriginal Access to Engineering, the scholarship she has won, and the challenges she and other women and Indigenous peoples have faced building careers in STEM disciplines. After our chat with Ms. Thorsen, around the 18:40 mark, we open a new segment with Nikolas Yuen, Kingston-based vocal artist, actor, and host of CFRC’s jazz program Shed Progressions (Mondays, 11 PM EST). Nik joins us to chat about MAW: A Community Celebration of Vocal Arts taking place December 12th 2020. When we think of the vocal arts, we tend to think of singing – the sonically pleasing, broadly accessible, and widely popular sounds that vocalists make. But what about other vocal arts and practices, to which some dedicate themselves with all of the passion and hard work of the most celebrated singers. Are bird calls, auctioneering, ventriloquism, and sound healing somehow the products of a lesser commitment to craft? The Kingston Frontenac Public Library, King Con, and the Tone Deaf Festival are co-presenting Georgia Webber’s immersive concert series, “MAW,” which will attempt to answer this question and the celebrate the human voice in all its permutations. Often blurring the roles of audience and performer, “MAW: A Community Celebration of the Vocal Arts” brings together an array of vocalists to perform and reflect on their vocal arts. At this Kingston edition of MAW audiences will hear from local artists like Nik Yuen who chats with us here about his vocal arts, his artistic work in the community, and his craft.

Dr. Ian Garner, Academic Skills Outreach Coordinator in Student Academic Success Services at Queen’s University returns to Campus Beat in this episode. Garner chats with us about obstacles students face in staying well, organized and prepared for exam writing especially in light of the new challenges COVID-19 has presented. He also talks about Test Anxiety, how students can recognize it and ways to address this common experience. Garner also talks about the many resources and services available virtually for students to help them survive and thrive this exam season. Following our discussion with Dr. Garner, this episode also features campus news updates on the University’s new food service partnership with Aramark Canada, NSERC’s new research award named for Nobel Laureate Dr. Arthur McDonald, and Queen’s students Matthew Hynes and Jevon Marsh’s selection as 2021 Rhodes Scholars.    

Dr. Chrisopher Deluca, Professor in the Faculty of Education and Associate Dean School of Graduate Studies at Queen’s University joins us in this installment of Campus Beat. Deluca chats with us about an article he recently co-wrote with Profs. Don Klinger (University of Waikato) and Louis Volante (Brock University) in The Conversation entitled “University Admissions Tests Like the SATs Are under Scrutiny Especially in the Age of Covid-19.” In our conversation, Deluca explains what college and university admissions tests like SATs and ACTs actually measure, why these tests have come under scrutiny and how COVID 19 has amplified this scrutiny. In particular, we chat about arguments for and against testing as an objective metric upon which students are evaluated in light of the equity issues and disparities including racial and cultural bias testing may both reveal and exacerbate. Finally, Deluca also sheds light on the critical role teachers can and do play in assessments for students while offering advice to parents of teens thinking about applying to study at a university. https://podcast.cfrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mp3-Chris-Deluca.mp3        

Emelie Chhangur, the new Director and Curator of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University joins us for this episode! Chhangur who joined the Agnes on October 1st, Chhangur is a leading voice for experimental curatorial practice in Canada and is celebrated nationally and internationally for her process-based, participatory approach to curating and will now steer the Agnes as it moves to revitalize and expand its space thanks to a multi-million dollar grant from Bader Philanthropies Inc. Chhangur chats with us about these themes as well as her expertise and artistic passions, initiatives that excite her most, and adjusting to a new life and career at Queen’s during the pandemic.

Dr. David McDonald, Professor in the Department of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University joins us in this episode. Dr. McDonald sheds light on the new collection he has co-edited entitled Public Water and Covid 19: Dark Clouds and Silver Linings. The chapters in this free e-book released November 9th 2020 provide the first global overview of the response of public water operators to the Coronavirus pandemic, highlighting the challenges these operators face and how they have responded in differing circumstances. Dr. McDonald chats with us about the book, magnifying some of the disparities in relation to water access and water operator preparedness and response that COVID-19 has magnified, the kinds of responses and collaborations that are underway, the role played by consumers, and stones left unturned with research including public banks, the topic of the forthcoming companion volume to Public Water and Covid 19.

In this episode of Campus Beat, we are joined by Dr. Mark Walters, Dean and Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University. We discuss the motivations and recommendations made to remove Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. MacDonald’s name from the law school’s building at Queen’s. Mark sheds light on the work of the Advisory Committee including the public consultation process, the Committee’s final report, and recommendations made by Dr. Walters and Principal Patrick Deane to the Queen’s Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees approved the decision to remove MacDonald’s name on Monday October 19th 2020.  

Erin Leblanc, Adjunct Lecturer and Director of Strategic Program Development and Accreditation at the Smith School of Business and co-host of CFRC’s weekly program Gender Talk” joins us in the virtual studio for this episode. She chats about her newly released memoir, Stranger in the Mirror: The Search for Me, and sheds light on her teaching at Queen’s and her advocacy work in the transgender community. She also talks about gender dysphoria, how her book serves as a non-prescriptive guide for folks experiencing gender dysphoria and also their allies, finding one’s authentic self, and finding support through gender dysphoria.

In this episode, we chat with Maggie Doidge, co-chair of Queen’s Dancerema about their upcoming Quest4CF event. Queen’s Dancerama is a club that aims to raise money for CF Canada.

Maleeka Thaker (Sci ’19), Master’s student in the School of Environmental Studies chats with us in this segment about bird collisions into campus windows, her research in this area, and the prevention project she has launched in collaboration with the Office of Sustainability at Queen’s University involving the placement of dotted film into some building windows around campus.

Dr. Mark Richardson, Education and Outreach Officer for the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute (the McDonald Institute) joins us in this episode. Mark talks about upcoming Fall 2020 events such as Art of Dark Matter (October 30th), collaborations with the Agnes Etherington Art Centre on the Drift Artist in Residence Exhibit as well as a new partnership with Let’s Talk Science and more! Register now for the Art of Dark Matter Event…free art supplies need to come to your mailbox! Register here!

In this episode, Dr. Myra Hird, Professor of Environmental Studies, Director of the Canada Wasteflow Program, Queen’s National Scholar and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada joins us in the virtual CFRC studio. Prof. Hird talks about the Federal Government’s October 7th ban of single use plastics in Canada by the end of 2021, potential unintended consequences of this ban on the environment, businesses and consumers, the work researchers like her do to identify and develop sustainable alternatives, and a few preliminary insights on her upcoming book entitled Canada’s Waste Flows with McGill-Queen’s University Press.    

Join us for an exclusive Campus Beat interview with Professor Arthur McDonald, Nobel Laureate in Physics and the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics, Emeritus in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy at Queen’s University. Professor McDonald chats with us about his collaborative work with Canadian and international colleagues on the Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM) project. Canadian members of the MVM announced today (Sept 30th 2020) that Health Canada has given Vexos Inc. authorization to manufuacture and supply 10,0000 ventilators in Canada to treat patients most severely affected by the COVID-19 virus. Professor McDonald discusses the work, how his expertise in particle astrophysics translates into the research and development of a critical medical device, the processes for selecting a manufacturer and moving the prototype into the manufacturing phase now that Health Canada has approved the production of this life-saving equipment.    

Dr. Jane Philpott, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine at Queen’s University joins us in our virtual studio for this special episode of Campus Beat. Dr. Philpott shares details about her co-edited multidisciplinary collection Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19 (University of Ottawa Press 2020) including the book’s development, organization, and overarching goals. Further, she discusses her personal experience on the front lines, experiences she also recounts in her own chapter contribution, “A View from the Front Lines of a COVID-19 Outbreak”. A fascinating discussion about this freely downloadable collection available from the OUP’s Open Access Collection and from which students, academics and members of the general public can greatly benefit.

Join us for a great conversation with Dr. Lee Airton, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education at Queen’s University. Their latest co-edited collection with Dr. Susan Wooley (Colgate University) entitled Teaching about Gender Diversity: Teacher-Tested Lesson Plans for K-12 Classrooms with Canadian Scholars Press was released in August 2020. Dr. Airton chats about this innovative collection for teachers (one that includes lesson plans!), sheds light on how gender diversity is and can be taught among different age groups and across different subjects, and also provides advice to parents on how to reinforce gender diversity learning at home. Learn more about Dr. Airton’s extensive research, advocacy and more by visiting leeairton.com!  

Welcome back to Campus Beat! We’re launching Season Three today with an outstanding conversation with Dr. Mark Green, Queen’s University Provost & Vice Principal (Academic). Mark shares much about himself, his research and his role as Provost at the University. Further, he discusses exciting 2020-21 university initiatives and sheds much light on Queen’s University’s work to safely deliver its programming and to ensure student and community health and safety through the academic year. Campus and Kingston community members can find the most up-to-date information on COVID safety measures on the Queen’s University Website.    

Beth Blackett of Health Promotion Special Projects at Student Wellness Services (Queen's University) joins us via telephone. She provides insights into the challenges to wellness students face during exam periods, and especially during the Coronavirus pandemic. She shares information with us on the resources for wellness students on and off campus can access in addition to other resources including career counselling, services which can be accessed remotely through the SWS Website.

Queen's University Professors Courtney Szto (Kinesiology) and Sam McKegney (English) join us in this episode. They provide insights on the Policy Paper on Anti-Racism in Canadian Hockey they co-authored with Michael Auksi at McGill University and Bob Dawson of Boxscore World Sportswire. Listeners learn about barriers to inclusion in Canadian hockey and recommendations these researchers have put forward to foster inclusivity in a beloved Canadian sport.

Susan Belyea, Director, Ban Righ Centre joins us in studio! She tells us all about the much beloved Queen's landmark, the Ban Righ Centre, the little brick house on Bader Lane many students over many decades have come to know and love. From Susan, we learn about the outstanding programming and services the Ban Righ Centre offers to support mature female students, self-identified women, and students with children at Queen's University. Download the podcast to learn more about student advising, bursaries, the noon hour speakers' series, tasty free soup, and the upcoming 2020 Spring Awards Celebration in April! Stay in the know about what's coming up at Ban Righ by following them on Facebook!

Tracey Guptill and Liam Bidmead, two actors in the upcoming performance of Cellar Door Project and AnArc Theatre performance of Our House at The Grad Club between March 4th and 13th join us in studio. They chat about the work done to develop this live performance meditation on the cyclical nature of civic engagement in public spaces, a site-specific play at The Grad Club starring Mariah Horner, Tracey Guptill, Liam Bidmead, and Kay Kenney at everyone's favourite Queen's University pub and restaurant. We also get the inside scoop on the amazing labs emergent from the project including a movement lab, soundscapes lab, and colLaboratory, a community thought lab process developed from Guptill's graduate thesis research in the School of Environmental Studies at Queen's. Information about tickets can be found here

Melinda Knox, Associate Director - Research Profile and Initiatives and Kayla Dettinger, Research Promotions Coordinator with University Relations at Queen's University join us in this episode. Together, they tell us all about the 2020 Art of Research Photo Contest now underway at Queen's. We learn about the contest's inspirations and the ways in which researchers use photography to communicate and tell stories about their research. We also learn about the various categories researchers can enter, the ways in which the University leverages the amazing photographs to promote research, and details about entering the competition. Deadline is March 12th! Submit today! About the photograph: "Love Under the Microscope” by Dalila Villalobos As pathologists in training, we are constantly reminded that both human cellular responses and the most deadly medical conditions can be unexpectedly beautiful under the microscope. We are trained to be detail oriented and to understand disease in all its forms because abnormalities will only present to the eye that knows what to look for. This photo captures a normal prostatic gland with its characteristic double layer and irregular branching. The moment we diagnose a benign condition in a patient that is anxiously awaiting results is always rewarding. But, if, on top of that, we see heart-shape glands, it is inspiration. Location of photograph: Kingston Health Sciences Centre Researcher Affiliation: MD, Resident, Anatomical Pathology Submission Year: 2018-19

Tricia Baldwin, Director at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts at Queen's University joins us again in our studios. She chats with us about the Human Rights Arts Festival currently underway at the Isabel until April 2020. From her, we learn much about the performances, the human rights and social justice issues the performances address, and the power of art and performance to activate social change. For more information about this fabulous Festival and to get tickets, please visit The Isabel's website!

Mona Rahman, Education Coordinator for the Islamic Society of Kingston joins us in this episode. She discusses the Vigils taking place at Queen's University and the Islamic Society of Kingston to remember the Quebec City mosque shooting on Jan. 29th 2017 that claimed the lives of six men, Ibrahima Barry, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Abdelkrim Hassan, Azzedine Soufiane, and Aboubaker Thabti.

In this episode, Dr. Mark Richardson, Education and Outreach Officer and Professor Mark Chen, Department of Physics, Queen's University join us in studio. They discuss the exhibits, demonstrations, and the featured presentations that Professor Chen and Professor Cathy Crudden (Department of Chemistry) will present at the upcoming Ignite: Research Stores to Inspire Generations event at Kingston Public Library on January 30th.

Tom Hewitt, Chief Development Officer for Queen's University joins us in studio. He talks about the Queen's Career Apprenticeship Program: Kingston (QCAK) and the many career-launching opportunities in which graduating Arts and Science students at Queen's University can participate. Listeners can learn about the Program's funding and partnerships, what types of apprenticeships are available in 2020, and how to apply.

Jan Allen, Director at Agnes Etherington Art Centre joins us in this episode. She discusses the Innovation in a Collections-Based Exhibition award granted to the Agnes by he Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG) for the gallery's The hold: movements in the contemporary collection (2018), the Lifetime Achievement Award given to her by the OAAG, and the Arts Champion Award she received at the City of Kingston's 2019 Mayor's Arts Awards on December 2nd. She also talks about her three-decade long career path at the Agnes, the amazing exhibitions she has curated and organized, and the evolving, evocative and multi-disciplinary nature of contemporary art. Photo by Tim Forbes

Dr. Richard Birtwhistle, Emeritus professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences at Queen's University and Chair of the Task Force Thyroid Dysfunction working group joins us in studio. Dr. Birtwhistle talks about thyroid dysfunction, the work his task force has done developing new guidelines against thyroid dysfunction testing, the impacts of testing, and the importance in guideline development in ensuring medical practitioners stay current in medicine.

Did you miss the Installation Ceremony of Queen's University's new Principal, Dr. Patrick Deane on November 12th 2019? CFRC 101.9 FM was on site to record the Installation featuring a moving speech by Principal Deane and the presentation of Honorary Degrees to Daniel Woolf and John Joseph Borrows. Tune in and catch up on this wonderful moment in Queen's University history!

Jean Pfleiderer, Associate Director-Human Rights Advisory Services at Queen's University joins us in studio in this episode. She talks about the Positive Space Program at Queen's, its motivations and evolution over the last two decades, and recent celebrations of the Program's 20th anniversary at Mitchell Hall. For more information about the Positive Space Program and to participate visit the website.

Professor Tony Noble, Scientific Director and Mark Richardson, Education and Outreach Officer, McDonald Institute join us in studio. Professor Noble chats with us about the science of detecting dark matter and Richardson shares details about the upcoming Dark Matter Day events happening at Stirling Hall at Queen's University on November 9th.

Join us for a special Homecoming Week episode of Campus Beat with Rignam Wangkhang (ArtSci '13), Talent Development Lead with CBC. He was on campus on October 8th speaking at the Queen's Student Alumni Association (QSAA) Backpack to Briefcase: Telling Your Story event. He sheds light on the talk he did for student to teach them how to talk about their Queen's experience in an employable way.

Assistant Dean Corinna Fitzgerald, Student Life and Learning joins us in studio. She sheds much light on an exciting new Queen's University initiative, The Promise Scholars Program. Learn more about opportunities for first-generation students from the Kingston area at Queen's to take advantage of a fully-funded university experience!

Stewart Langley, 2019-20 Pathy Fellow and JP Dobson, Program Assistant join us to chat about Stewart's Pathy Fellowship work with Kingston's Ryandale Shelter to develop innovative solutions to chronic homelessness in addition to details from JP about the Fellowship program, the upcoming application deadline, and the amazing opportunities these fellowships offer graduating students to launch career paths while building communities.

September 25th 2019 - Linda Mussell, Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholar in Political Studies at Queen's University joins us in this episode. She talks about her research in justice and corrections policy and the recent article she published in The Conversation, an article that launched a massive conversation on the ethics of using prisons as sites of entertainment including a recent benefit concert at Kingston Penitentiary.

Dr Jacquelyn N. Coutré, Bader Curator and Researcher of European Art at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen's University joins us in studio. She chats with us about the art of curation, her passion for Dutch and Flemish works, and her curated exhibition launching September 19th: Leiden circa 1630: Rembrandt Emerges.

Korey Pasch, PhD Candidate in Political Studies at Queen's University joins us in studio. At the time of recording, Hurricane Dorian was rolling along Florida but the fascinating things Korey tells us about the financialization of natural disasters and the apparent 'progressive' stance Big Insurance necessarily takes in the face of climate change translates well to understanding preparedness, construction and reconstruction around any disaster worldwide. Really fascinating, informative and certainly interdisciplinary discussion! Check it out today!

Patrick Deane, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University joins us in studio at the beginning of the new academic year! Principal Deane shares much with us about his teaching, research and leadership experience and passions while giving us insights on his transition from McMaster to Queen's and some of his goals to achieve during his term. He even shares a bit about himself, his hobby farm, his love of Bach, and his Border Collies! Music: Gabriel Fauré - Requiem : 'In Paradisum'

Christy Scott, Socio-Cultural Chair for the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) Orientation Committee joins us today! Christy gives us the lowdown on all of the fun activities ArtSci frosh can expect and for returning students to enjoy also! Cha Gheill! Music: Bon Iver, "Holyfields" Shotgun Jimmie, "401" YoungGuv, "Roll with Me"

Dr. Phidelia Doegah, Research Fellow with the Queen Elizabeth Scholars Program at Queen's University this summer joins us to share insights about the research related to maternal health she and members of the QES team are conducting.

Susan Bazelely, PhD Candidate (Geography and Planning) and co-Coordinator of Kington's Lower Burial Ground Restoration Society joins us in studio. She sheds light on her research and the work students and community volunteers are doing in the dark recesses underneath St. Paul's Anglican Church in order to clean up and restore monuments and grave markers in Ontario's oldest Anglican cemetery.