Brains on Campus
Listening in to the thinkers working and speaking at the University of Alberta. There’s no shortage of great minds to pick with 400 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in 18 faculties across five campuses.
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Unfulfilled promises of Edmonton pits (opens the original)
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Picking the brains of former Downtown Business Association Director Puneeta McBryan , City Councillor Ashley Salvador and Omada Commercial's Eric Slatter about pits in Edmonton. Moderated by Taproot Edmonton's Stephanie Swensrude . *The in-person event was hosted by Taproot Edmonton and Edmonton Pit Tour in August 2026.
Big Tech, bigger questions in Alberta (opens the original)
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Picking the brains of Keepers Of The Water Executive Director Jesse Cardinal, Geophysicist and Host of The Gravity Well podcast Jenny Yeremiy, along with Olds Resident and Olds Transparency Project member Carol Edwards, about data centres in Alberta. *The in-person event was held in St. Albert and organized by Give Voice in August 2026.
The eras of a forced Holodomor cover up (opens the original)
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Picking the brains of Dr. Henry Prown , Dr. Ruslan Siromskyi and Anneliese Schenk-Day about the massive man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933. *The online colloquium was organized by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
The Future of Alberta’s NDP under Nenshi [PART 2] (opens the original)
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Picking the brains of Mikayla Resists , Des Bissonnette , Youssef Deyab and Annie McKitrick on if the current NDP leader, Naheed Nenshi , can truly meet the moment in Alberta and provide a real alternative to the UCP. This is the second half of the session with the first half available via Episode 21: The Future of Alberta’s NDP under Nenshi [PART 1] *The virtual town hall was organized by Edmonton’s chapter of the Rose Caucus ‘ public town hall via Zoom (recorded on July 24, 2026)
The Future of Alberta’s NDP under Nenshi [PART 1] (opens the original)
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Picking the brains of Mikayla Resists , Des Bissonnette , Youssef Deyab and Annie McKitrick on if the current NDP leader, Naheed Nenshi , can truly meet the moment in Alberta and provide a real alternative to the UCP. *The virtual town hall was organized by Edmonton’s chapter of the Rose Caucus ‘ public town hall via Zoom (recorded on July 24, 2026)
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