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The Conversation Lab

Vancouver Co-op Radio

The Conversation Lab is a monthly radio program at CFRO FM in Vancouver. It airs on the last Saturday every month at 9am and its available on community and campus radio stations across Canada as well as on your favorite podcasting platform.My focus is on giving community groups, non-profit organizations, and changemakers a voice to talk about those things that are most important to them. Learning how to build bridges into different communities seems critical as we explore the uneven development of

society & culture language learning

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49:05

Marc Serpa Francoeur & Robinder Uppal - No Visible...

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/03/06

Marc Serpa Francoeur and Robinder Uppal are documentary film makers and join us to talk about how No Visible Trauma came about, how it influenced their lives as they talk about about police brutality in Calgary.

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43:49

Tracey Saxby - My Sea to Sky

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/02/04

We discuss the environment and the work being done by My Sea To Sky in Howe Sound British Columbia. We also talk about Cop 26, Wood Fiber LNG, how climate change and racial injustice share the same roots, and how we can make a difference!

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29:16

What About Our Future

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/01/09

What about the future is an observational documentary that chronicles a group of youth environmental activists who organized a climate strike in Vancouver. This is a conversation with the Directors - Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Claudio Cruz; the Producer - Jen Muaranetz, and Naia Lee who was a "Sustainabiliteen" when this documentary was filmed.

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25:22

"Kalinga" with Kent Donguines and Robin Macaboulis

The Conversation Lab ·

2022/01/08

Kent & Robin talk about their documentary that speaks to the issues of Filipino workers in Canada, the sacrifices they and their families make, and how communities near and far support them.

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55:35

Roy Scranton & Al Gore

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/10/29

One of my most confronting moments with Roy Scranton and one of my best with Al Gore. Our world may be doomed however there is always hope.

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30:47

Shannon Walsh - The Gig is Up

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/09/26

Shannon Walsh is a filmmaker, writer and Professor in the Department of Theater and Film at the University of British Columbia. Shannon talks about The Gig is Up is a new documentary she directed about the gig economy and those people most impacted by it.

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27:10

Marion Crowe - Soar Above Stigma

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/09/05

Marion Crowe talks about the Soar Above Stigma campaign to champion messages of kindness, acceptance and compassion for indigenous communities.

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29:54

TCL John Su - Indigenous Innovations

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/06/30

John Su and Adrian Beaverbones are the co founders of Indigenous Innovations. They are committed to helping First nation communities maximize their health benefits in Edmonton and Vancouver. John talks about their friendship and their work.

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33:37

The Climate Conversation

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/06/05

The Climate Conversation is a practicum project between Everything, Podcasts, The British Columbia Institute of Technology, and CFRO FM. Spencer Hall, Yugi Hyde, Brooke McCarthy, Nathan Pond and Emily Szabo, wrote, narrated and produced this program and podcast from a vault of interviews with some of the worlds foremost experts on Climate Change.

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40:46

Tom Beakbane - Consilience - How to Understand...

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/05/30

Consilience is a new paradigm that reveals how things self-organize from the bottom up in contrast to how we communicate which is from the top down. We talk about how Tom has resurrected this concept and some of his discoveries of how to look at our world.

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35:04

Craig Johnson - Meeting the Ethical Challenges of...

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/05/23

Craig E. Johnson is a professor emeritus of leadership studies at George Fox University and the author of "Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership." Our conversation interrogates leadership and what Craig has observed in the best and worst of them.

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41:07

SpencerHall - The Jelly Fish Project

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/05/09

I’m Spencer Hall filling in for Don Shafer at the conversation lab. In 2011, Daniel Kingsbury and his band founded an organization called The Jellyfish Project, an organization that harnessed the power of live music to inspire kids to address climate change. This week his mother, Bronia Kingsbury and Naomi Fleschhut, executive director, join us to discuss the groups background, their current initiatives, and how you can get involved.

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33:39

Natasha Shrikant - Words

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/05/08

Natasha Shrikant is a communications scholar with the University of Colorado, Boulder and interested in ethnographic and discourse analysis regarding racial, ethnic and cultural identity. We discuss how to tease out difference in everyday conversations.

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37:20

Chris Mcbride & Teri Thorson - Spinal Cord Injury BC

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/02/25

Chris & Teri talk about the work they do with Spinal Cord Injury BC, the challenges they face and what it means to be human - in or out of a wheelchair.

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28:55

Terrance Kosikar - Camp My Way

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/02/21

Terrance Kosikar is a first responder and was on scene of the fatal luge accident the first day of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler. This is Terrance's story of dealing with PTSD and his dream of helping others with Camp My Way.

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31:25

Nicola Bartel - Mercy Canada

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/02/14

Nicola Bartel has been helping young women since 1996 deal with trauma, abuse, and pain. As the Executive Director of Mercy Canada, she talks about the organization and the challenges many women face in these difficult times.

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39:06

Cherie White - Steadfast Developments

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/01/31

Cherie White is a passionate visionary when it comes to social justice and business. As a long time resident in Vancouver's DTES she is committed to making a difference and talks about some of her ideas about environmentally friendly building projects.

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41:13

Michael Weib, Tonye Aganaba & Kelly Tatham - "Time to...

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/01/24

Vancouver City Councilor Michael Weib along with Tonye Aganaba and Kelly Tatham join us to unpack what went into Time to Talk. A round-table discussion in our community to talk about decriminalizing poverty and what a poverty reduction plan might look like - a sex workers safety plan, the many issues concerning missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2 spirit people - An equity framework/intersectionality toolkit - the Mayor’s overdose emergency task force, women’s equity strategy, and the

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41:53

Dr. Michelle Sholzberg - The Rapid Covid Coag Trial...

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/01/15

This is a conversation with Michelle Sholzberg about how a world wide research project came together to investigate a drug that can decrease COVID-19 complications. We talk about the trial, the issues, and chronicling this journey in the podcast series - Pillar of Hope

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40:40

Dr. Kari Norgaard - environment, race, sociology, and...

The Conversation Lab ·

2021/01/02

Kari Marie Norgaard is Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at University of Oregon. Dr. Norgaard has published and taught in the areas of environmental sociology, gender and environment, race and environment, climate change, sociology of culture, social movements and sociology of emotions. She currently has two active areas of research: work on the social organization of denial (especially regarding climate change), and environmental justice and climate work with the Karuk

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