Whether you're here to spark new ideas or gain insights, these podcasts and videos offer a wealth of knowledge and inspiration for everyone.
This hub offers powerful discussions and fresh perspectives that ignite learning, curiosity, and change, featuring standout content from the EDI-R office. Together, these platforms invite audiences to explore diverse lived experiences, confront difficult conversations, and unpack the systemic forces and cultural dynamics that shape how we understand ourselves and others. The result is a space for deeper understanding and a more honest reckoning with the issues that define our shared world.
Active series
Our new podcasts that have new episodes coming out regularly. Check them out!
The Conversations We Need to Have
Monique Chambers (she/her), Senior Training Specialist, brings on guests who go beyond surface-level conversations on topics that impact us all. Each guest shares expertise and lived experience, offering diverse perspectives that deepen the discussion.
Gender Diversity Amplified
Alex Pershai (they/them), EDI-R Associate Director, has conversations with their guests about the lived experience of being a 2SLGBTQIA+ identifying individual. Their unique perspectives open up a discussion on how a variety of gender identities are represented and advocated for on campus, in Waterloo, and in society at large.
Want to record a podcast of your own? Take the mic!
Our space and podcasting gear are open for free 30-minute sessions Tuesday through Thursday, 1–3 p.m., for students, staff, and faculty. Whether you want to share a story, explore ideas, or simply experience your own voice as something others can listen to, this is your chance to recognize that what you have to say matters.
From the archive
Browse our past podcasts—series from previous years, ready to explore.
The Curve with Christopher
The Curve with Christopher is a podcast series hosted by Dr. Christopher Stuart Taylor, associate vice-president of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-racism, which features discussions about sports and its intersections with race, history, culture, and society.
Gender Equity Video Series
Amplify is a dedicated platform for University of Waterloo students to openly discuss the challenges they face in navigating academia while holding marginalized identities. This space is one to honour their journeys, discover supports and allow those of us at the margins to see our stories centred.
Amplify - Centering Stories from the Margins
Amplify is a dedicated platform for University of Waterloo students to openly discuss the challenges they face in navigating academia while holding marginalized identities. This space is one to honour their journeys, discover supports and allow those of us at the margins to see our stories centered.