Season Finale: In Conversation at the U SPORTS Final 8!

Season Finale: In Conversation at the U SPORTS Final 8!

We're back! For a very special finale to Season 1 of OUA: In Conversation, Griffin travelled to Kingston to take in the U SPORTS Final 8 tournament, which featured 3 different OUA schools in the competition, and collected a wide variety of guests! Thank you all for listening along with us this year. Have a great summer, and you'll be hearing from us soon here on OUA: In Conversation!

Ep. 15: In Conversation with Brianna Nicolas, Western Mustangs Lacrosse

In this week's episode of OUA: In Conversation, co-hosts Justine and Griffin chat with Brianna Nicolas of the Western Mustangs lacrosse team. Brianna talks about her undergraduate degree at Ontario Tech and what the transition to graduate studies at Western has been like, as well as why she started the Ontario Tech Black Athletes Association. She also shares how she began playing lacrosse and why she is so inspired by Olympian Simone Biles. Tune in!

Ep. 14: In Conversation for International Women's Day

Welcome back to OUA: In Conversation! This week on the podcast we have a quartet of talented women in Jessica Roque, head coach of the Waterloo Warriors women's basketball team, Mikaela Dodig of the Rams basketball team, and Princess Bernadino and Zoe Hutchins from the Laurentian Voyageurs basketball team. This roundtable discusses their experiences as women in sport, the importance of role models, and the best advice they ever received along their journey. Happy International Women's Day!

Ep. 13: In Conversation with Brigitte Lefebvre-Okankwu, Ottawa Gee-Gees Basketball

This week on OUA: In Conversation, co-hosts Griffin and Justine sit down for a chat with Brigitte Lefebvre-Okankwu from the Ottawa Gee-Gees Women's Basketball Team. Brigitte talks about her upbringing as a biracial woman, the inaugural Black Excellence Gala at U Ottawa, and opens up about her first experience with racism. Plus, she gives us the secret on what products she uses on those luscious curls. We'd love for you to tune into this episode and if you're looking for more information on Athletes for Change, you can follow @_athletesforchange on Instagram.

Ep. 12: In Conversation with Joan Chen, Western Mustangs Swimming

This week on OUA: In Conversation, Griffin and Justine sit down for a chat with Joan-Shiao Chen, a member of the Western Mustangs swim team and the President of the Mustangs Athlete Student Council to talk about swimming, leadership, diversity, and much more. Be sure to tune in, and as always, stay tuned to oua.tv for plenty of upcoming conference games and matches. Follow the Mustangs Athlete Student Council (@westernmasc) and Joan (@joanshiao) on Instagram.