Urbanism in times of war & crisis

On the rights of Indigenous People (& Canada’s role)

Picking the brain of Indigenous rights expert Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot on the rights of Indigenous People, UNDRIP and the responsibilities of Canada and its residents.  Dr. Lightfoot spoke at the Peter Lougheed Leadership College Public Lectures [https://www.ualberta.ca/en/peter-lougheed-school-leadership/lougheed-speaker-series/index.html]

Preserving Queer History (& Edmonton's role in it)

Picking the brain of Edmonton historian Ron Byers [https://ronbyers.com/] on why it's vital to keep queer legacies alive and build on them in Edmonton and beyond. *He spoke at a 2026 Pride Month event at the University of Alberta, organized by the Non-Academic Staff Association [https://nasaunion.ca/] (NASA).

Urbanism in times of war & crisis

Picking the brain of Canadian-Danish urban designer, Mikael Colville-Andersen [https://www.colville-andersen.com] on how natural disasters, recession, war and even pandemics alter how we build cities.

Back when weather forecasting was sexy

Picking the brain of Western University History professor, Alan MacEachern in the first decades of the Meteorological Service of Canada—when what seemed like science fiction became reality.

Métis family roots in art and architecture

Picking the brains of Member of the Order of Canada, visual artist Christi Belcourt [http://christibelcourt.com/] and architect, Tiffany Shaw [https://tiffanyshaw.ca/about] about how their Métis heritage and culture inform their work.