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Pandemic Parenting, Part II
Season 2 Episode 11
On Part II of our pandemic parenting series, we talk to Dr. Yolande Bouka (@YolandeBouka), Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies…
4 years, 4 months ago
Pandemic Parenting, Part I
Season 2 Episode 10
We're talking about Pandemic Parenting. We will be talking about the compromises we’ve had to make, the hard decisions we’ve had to take, and also, m…
4 years, 4 months ago
After Hours
Season 2 Episode 9
On this extended year-end episode, Dr. Rita Dhamoon, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria, and Dr. Nisha Nath (@nna…
4 years, 5 months ago
Anatomy of Academic Advice
Season 2 Episode 8
Oh advice. It seems like you can’t turn a corner without someone telling you how you’re professor-ing or grad schooling wrong. Sometimes it’s a colle…
4 years, 6 months ago
Anatomy of Academic Advice
Season 2 Episode 4
Oh advice. It seems like you can’t turn a corner without someone telling you how you’re professor-ing or grad schooling wrong. Sometimes it’s a colle…
4 years, 6 months ago
#AskAnAcademicAuntie - Now Problems, Later Problems
Season 2
On this #AskAnAcademicAuntie, a listener asks "how do you maintain a sense of peace in the face of such enormous stress?" Joining us to answer this q…
4 years, 6 months ago
Hierarchies of S**t
Season 2 Episode 7
We talk a lot about toxic work environments and strategies of survival. But there are moments when you just have to leave. And that is what today’s e…
4 years, 7 months ago
Academic Jobs
Episode 6
In this episode, we are talking about the academic job market! We challenge the notion that academia is meritocratic. We highlight how fraught applyi…
4 years, 8 months ago
#AskAnAcademicAuntie - Gratitude and Gifts
Season 2
This is #AskAnAcademicAuntie, our bonus mini-episodes where we take your questions and try to impart a little auntie wisdom. Have a question? Send a …
4 years, 8 months ago
The Chair
Season 2 Episode 5
Season 2 premiere! We take a deep dive into The Chair, the new Netflix series starring Sandra Oh about the first woman of colour chair of the English…
4 years, 9 months ago