Against the Current
News from Vancouver and Lower Mainland. Brought to you by the News Collective at CiTR 101.9 FM.
Episodes
February 28, 2023 • 60 mins
This week, we spoke to the student coordinators of UBC's Psychology of Love student-directed seminar, Rayyan Basheer and Tenniel Cowen, about why they started this course and what it has been like for them. We also spoke with Abeera Irfan, an upcoming TEDxUBC speaker about how food can be a storytelling device.
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February 14, 2023 • 60 mins
This week, we spoke to four of the upcoming speakers for TEDxUBCs upcoming conference: Daniel Shirvani, Prishita Agarwal, Theodore You and Aaron Skinner (@ASkinnerScience on Twitter) and suggested 5 different events you can attend in the Metro Vancouver area in honour of Black History Month.
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February 7, 2023 • 60 mins
This week is Fundrive at CiTR! Please consider donating if you are in the position to do so :) This week, we interviewed Kathleen Zaragosa, co-founder of the Sliced Mango Collective. SCM is an arts and culture dedicated to creating a space for community building among Filipinx youth. We also interviewed Erin Woodward, founder of The Gloss. The Gloss is a global book club community that has several chapters in Canada including one i...
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January 31, 2023 • 60 mins
This week, we spoke to Angela Sterritt about her new position at the 2023 SFU Library's Nonfiction Writer in Residence. We also spoke to three nursing students (Nicole, Sunny, and Fiona), Michelle Tan (a former nursing instructor) and Christine, a registered nurse about the pandemic's impact on nursing students.
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January 24, 2023 • 60 mins
Happy New Year everyone! For this week's episode, we covered the opening reception of the Chinatown Looks: An intergenerational disposable camera project by Yarrow Intergenerational Society and spoke with Jessica Kim and Spencer Iven, the co-directors of the Student Press Freedom Act, about their campaign.
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December 20, 2022 • 60 mins
Since the New Year is approaching fast, we wanted to dedicate this weeks episode to some unconventional resolutions you can adopt for the upcoming year.
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December 15, 2022 • 60 mins
This week, we spoke with Adam Huizinga, a representative from CUPE 2278, to learn more about the campaign.
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December 10, 2022 • 60 mins
This week, we spoke with the co-president of the UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights club about their community organizing efforts over the past term.
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December 8, 2022 • 60 mins
This week, we spoke with the co-president of the UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights club about their community organizing efforts over the past term.
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November 29, 2022 • 60 mins
For this week's episode, we interviewed UBC Professor Dr. Mark Harris about the UBC Social Justice Institute's letter of support for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice doctoral student, Mamadou Ba - a Black anti-racist activist who has been targeted by the alt-right movement in Portugal.
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November 22, 2022 • 60 mins
During this week's episode, we spoke to several members of UBC's delegation to the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference about their experience at COP27. For our second segment, we spoke to Dr. Corey McAuliffe, CIHR Health System Intervention Postdoctoral Fellow at The Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division and Professor at UBC about academic burnout.
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November 15, 2022 • 62 mins
This week, we’re covering the student worker unionization campaign at UBC including updates from CUPE 2278’s latest bargaining session with UBC. We’ll also be talking about efforts to promote healthy masculinity at UBC with the Sexual Assault Support Centre and the UBC Vancouver Infraternity Council then ending off with a conversation with Ubyssey Blog and Opinion editor, Iman Janmohamed, about a recent article of hers about polici...
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November 1, 2022 • 60 mins
During this week's episode, we had a conversation with UBC Persian Club President, Ava Tabatabaei, about the UBC Persian Club's efforts to support the Iranian community both in the Vancouver area and in Iran during this time of social unrest.
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October 25, 2022 • 65 mins
For this episode, we interviewed several Iranian community members in the Metro Vancouver Area and the UBC Persian Club about their thoughts on the recent events in Iran including the passing of Zhina "Mahsa" Amini and the local community's response to these events.
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October 18, 2022 • 60 mins
For our episode this week, we had an interview with the co-President of Sprouts, Gizel Gedik a student-run organization at UBC about food insecurity on campus. We also had an informal conversation between a few of our News Collective members about navigating studying, exams and midterms season.
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October 11, 2022 • 60 mins
During this week's episode, we focused on the 2022 Vancouver municipal election. Our first segment included an interview with independent Vancouver mayoral candidate, Imtiaz Popat, about his platform and campaign. We also hosted a roundtable discussion with several UBC students about the issues that mattered to them during this election season and provided some information around how to participate in the election.
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March 31, 2022 • 52 mins
Tune in to this week's episode to listen to Dr. Andrew Weaver's talk, titled "Back to the Future: Revisiting Climate Change a Decade Late." Dr. Weaver is a professor in the Earth and Ocean Sciences department at University of Victoria and served as the leader of the BC Green Party from 2015-2020.
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March 29, 2022 • 79 mins
The News Collective organized a panel titled "Different Approaches to Reporting in Indigenous Communities" featuring Jerome Turner (Journalist), Delee Nikal (Content Creator), & Nicolas Crier (Storytelling and Community Networking Liaison). Tune in to listen to this enriching conversation where the panelists share their perspectives on storytelling & lived experiences; reporting with care; intricacies around language; and more.
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March 24, 2022 • 53 mins
Tune in to this week's talk to listen Professor Benjamin Perry talk about Opioid Crisis in Canada and his new book titled, "Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada’s Opioid Crisis."
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March 17, 2022 • 28 mins
~Graduation time is nearing for many students~ So, this week, Maneevak and I sat down with Hima Kattumuri to talk about his new podcast, UBSEE. Through his podcast, Hima aims to make the job application process more accessible to students. Tune in to hear Hima share his insights about everything related to job search!
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