UnCover

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UnCover

University College Equity Commission

9 episodes

8 months ago

It’s Part 2: Electric Boogaloo! After saying goodbye to Mike, Sean and Aviral pick up right where he left off for a wide-ranging conversation. Sean is currently an organizer with Students Mobilizing Against Systemic Hardship, so go check them out (he says, self-servingly). Check out SMASH UofT! We at the UnCover Podcast are producing and studying on the lands of the Huron-Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabe, and the Mississaugas of the Credit River. We live under the Dish With One Spoo...

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Episodes (9/9)

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Solidarity Across Movements: A candid conversation with Sean Ihn

2 years ago

35 minutes

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Food Insecurity and UofT: A deep-dive with Mike Lawler & Sean Ihn

In the first of this two-parter, we spoke to Mike Lawler and our first returning guest, Sean, both grad students and former residence dons. From some truly horrifying tales from the ground to dealing with Kafkaesque bureaucracy, the often under-discussed food insecurity crisis continues to persist across UofT’s residence halls. This might just be the worst of all worlds, but it doesn’t have to be! Check out Part 2, where Sean and I get into solidarity-building between various student activist...

2 years ago

1 hour 12 minutes

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"What is the next step?": Teagan De Laronde on Truth & Reconciliation

In this interview, we sit down with Teagan – a citizen of Red Sky Métis Independent Nation, a multi talented activist, and a recent UofT grad – to gain her perspective on UofT’s action and inaction with respect to supporting Indigenous students, following through on its Calls to Action, encouraging its faculties to incorporate Indigenous history and knowledge into classrooms. What’s Teagan’s best piece of advice on how to be a part of the solution and not perpetuate colonial harm? Start...

2 years ago

33 minutes

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Curating Resistance: Erin Storus & “These Walls Hold our Wounds”

In our first official episode of the season, Lucy and Subhi sit down with Erin Storus, an independent curator and student within the Master’s of Visual Studies and Curatorial Studies at the University of Toronto. Her recent exhibit, “These Walls Hold Our Wounds,'' features three arpilleristas – Soledad Fátima Muñoz, Bélgica Castro Fuentes, and Amaranta Ursula Espinoza Arias. These women use textile works, called arpilleras, as testimonies to their lived experiences during both the bruta...

2 years ago

48 minutes

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“We’re Making a Narrative, You Guys”

Welcome back to UnCover! We’re so happy to be reunited to introduce our new series all about student stories of campus activism. Listen to Lucy, Subhi, and Aviral as we discuss what we’re looking forward to this season, the problem of “collective amnesia,” and how we were recently given an AWARD for our podcast. Follow us on Instagram @equity.uclit Have a story to share? Email us at uc.uncover@gmail.com We at the UnCover Podcast are producing and studying on the lands of the Huron-...

2 years ago

11 minutes

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So, *some* of us got back to campus…now what?

Join co-hosts Layla and Aviral as they delve into the struggles of being back on campus and transitioning to in-person classes. This episode includes interviews with Shreya Vohra and Sanskriti Maheshwari, the Co-Presidents of the Indian Student Society of UofT, in which they discuss talk the stress placed on Indian students trying to come back to campus for in-person classes. They also chat with Dr. Bill Ju about the online learning experience from the perspective of teaching staff and facult...

3 years ago

1 hour 23 minutes

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Enough is Enough. Sexual Assault and Racism in the Faculty of Music

Join Aynur as she delves into the extensive accounts of sexual assault, racism, and abuse from students, alumni, and faculty within UofT’s Faculty of Music. Featuring an interview with the President of the Faculty of Music’s Undergraduate Association (FMUA), Ness Young, this episode seeks to educate, expose, and reflect on how this specific Faculty and the University at large are addressing cycles of abuse and assault. We at the UnCover Podcast are producing and studying on the lands of the H...

3 years ago

1 hour 15 minutes

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Campus Safety Part One: What it be & What it do

Visit the links in our bio to listen to Layla and Aviral as they delve into the history and purpose of Campus Safety. We at the UnCover Podcast are producing and studying on the lands of the Huron-Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabe, and the Mississaugas of the Credit River. We live under the Dish With One Spoon Treaty, the Williams Treaties, and Treaty 13. As part of these Treaties, we must work “in the spirit of peace, friendship, and respect” to be truthful about our positionality a...

3 years ago

47 minutes

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Campus Safety Part Two: Saving the Day or Saving Face?

So, now that we know what exactly the ‘Campus Safety Special Constable Service’ is, and a little bit more about the role they play in policing us students, let's hear how Campus Safety’s attempts at protection can be a little unsatisfactory. In this second part of our two part series on Campus Safety, join Aynur as she interviews a student and residence don who had a recent experience with Campus Safety that was memorable for all the wrong reasons. We highly encourage you to check out part on...

3 years ago

57 minutes