Métis family roots in art and architecture

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.

How we form memories

Picking the brains of U of A Psychology department associate professor, Peggy St. Jacques on how we form memories and recall them.

Avoiding the AI push in classrooms + Animals in wartime

Picking the brains of MacEwan University sessional instructor Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson on what she’s doing instead of policing and punishing the use of AI in her classroom. Plus, Swedish Defence University’s Arita Holmberg and Wilfrid Laurier University’s Tanya Richardson explain how animals are impacted by armed conflict .

Switching to an Alberta police service to reform the force

Picking the brains of University of British Columbia law professor and member of the Canadian-Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission, Emma Cunliffe. Listen as she works through fundamental questions about the role, oversight and education of police in a democratic society and what this could mean for Alberta.  Her talk is the 2026 Merv Leitch QC Memorial Lecture at the U of A’s Faculty of Law.