The JCR: A Massey Podcast
The JCR, a Massey Podcast — where people and ideas intersect – is a project of the graduate students at Massey College at the University of Toronto. We share our research, ideas, projects and passions through interviews and commentary. Join us on our journey. Theme Music: Sam Little / Artwork: Joe Costa / Production Team: Pranjal Tiwari, Associate Producer; Joe Costa, Technical Producer; Kim Kierans, Executive Producer. Massey College https://www.masseycollege.ca is a graduate residential college at the University of Toronto that “strives to empower the next generation of thinkers and leverage the great intellectual wealth of interdisciplinary, intergenerational, inclusive and informed community in service to the public good.”
Episodes
In this episode, Sina Sayyad, a medical student at the University of Toronto and Junior Fellow at Massey College, speaks to Dr. Naheed Dosani, a leader in health equity. He founded and leads the PEACH program – Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless – an outreach program that goes to patients in their environment. Dr. Dosani discusses PEACH’s journey, key lessons learned and ad...
Join Junior Fellow Sarah Semchism and audience members for an afternoon of classical music recorded at Massey College. Hosted by Violetta Kurkurina, a Master’s student in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Toronto, the concert features performances by fellow student musicians Cathy Wang, Victoria Jiang, and Yanfeng Charlie Pan. Through performance and conversation, the musici...
In this episode of The JCR: A Massey Podcast, Junior Fellow and biomedical engineer Megh Rathod speaks with Hugo Higueros, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, about his work developing new tools to monitor kidney health. The conversation explores many of the vital roles that kidneys place including in ...
In this episode of the JCR: A Massey Podcast, Junior Fellow Sarah Semchism speaks with Western University professor and Massey Senior Fellow, Dr. Lisa Cameron about how genetics and the environment shape asthma. Dr. Cameron breaks down why treatments don’t work the same for everyone and how new, more personalized approaches could change the future of care.
#uof #masseyco...
In this episode of “The JCR: A Massey Podcast,” Junior Fellow Rodginie Dorcent sits down with Sanjana Jones, a Master of Public Health candidate at Uof T to explore Black women’s health in Canada. From community-centred research, the importance of language in research and advocacy, to mentorship, creativity, and care, this conversation highlights why listening to lived experience is essential to building equ...
In this episode of The JCR: A Massey Podcast, Junior Fellow Rowan Munson speaks with Dr. Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann, Assistant Professor in Media Studies (Critical Platform Studies) at the University of Toronto about his research in South America into worker-led technology development.
#labour #AI #massycollege #uoft #mediastudies #technology #computer #coo...
In this episode of The JCR: A Massey Podcast we’re taking a walk or at least talking about what it’s like to take a walk, a really long walk. Massey College Junior Fellow Ben Pulver speaks with Senior Fellow Kim Kierans about her pilgrimage across Spain in the fall of 2025, 38 days and 700 kilometres walking The Camino Frances.
#walking #camino #spain #pilgr...
This episode of the JCR: A Massey Podcast discusses research to improve the accuracy of pulse oximeters in measuring oxygen saturation across various skin types. Massey College Junior Fellow Brohath Amrithraj speaks with Megh Rathod, a Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto and Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research about his work to adapt pulse oximeters to account for a person’s skin thickness,...
In this edition of The JCR: A Massey Podcast, Junior Fellow Margaret De Leon speaks with UofT professor, Dr. Robert Gibbs about his latest book, “What a University Could Be.” They discuss his proposal to introduce rigorous research and the logic of inquiry into the undergraduate curriculum.
@uofT @masseycollege #education #undergraduate #university #research
Jane Zhao, fifth year health policy PhD candidate at the University of Toronto (UofT), speaks with Dr. Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, the Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at UofT about navigating academic leadership, improving health systems, and what’s he’s reading.
#UofT #MasseyCollege #DLSPH #Publichealth #academy #university #health #healthpolicy&nb...
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