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It’s Part 2: Electric Boogaloo! After saying goodbye to Mike, Sean and Aviral pick up right where he left off for a wide-ranging conversation. Sean is currently an organizer with Students Mobilizing Against Systemic Hardship, so go check them out (he says, self-servingly).Check out SMASH UofT!We at the UnCover Podcast are producing and studying on the lands of the Huron-Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabe, and the Mississaugas of the Credit River. We live under the Dish With One Spoon ...

In the first of this two-parter, we spoke to Mike Lawler and our first returning guest, Sean, both grad students and former residence dons. From some truly horrifying tales from the ground to dealing with Kafkaesque bureaucracy, the often under-discussed food insecurity crisis continues to persist across UofT’s residence halls. This might just be the worst of all worlds, but it doesn’t have to be! Check out Part 2, where Sean and I get into solidarity-building between various student activist...

In this interview, we sit down with Teagan – a citizen of Red Sky Métis Independent Nation, a multi talented activist, and a recent UofT grad – to gain her perspective on UofT’s action and inaction with respect to supporting Indigenous students, following through on its Calls to Action, encouraging its faculties to incorporate Indigenous history and knowledge into classrooms. What’s Teagan’s best piece of advice on how to be a part of the solution and not perpetuate colonial harm? Start...

In our first official episode of the season, Lucy and Subhi sit down with Erin Storus, an independent curator and student within the Master’s of Visual Studies and Curatorial Studies at the University of Toronto. Her recent exhibit, “These Walls Hold Our Wounds,'' features three arpilleristas – Soledad Fátima Muñoz, Bélgica Castro Fuentes, and Amaranta Ursula Espinoza Arias. These women use textile works, called arpilleras, as testimonies to their lived experiences during both the bruta...

Welcome back to UnCover! We’re so happy to be reunited to introduce our new series all about student stories of campus activism. Listen to Lucy, Subhi, and Aviral as we discuss what we’re looking forward to this season, the problem of “collective amnesia,” and how we were recently given an AWARD for our podcast. Follow us on Instagram @equity.uclitHave a story to share? Email us at uc.uncover@gmail.comWe at the UnCover Podcast are producing and studying on the lands of the Huron-Wendat, ...

Join co-hosts Layla and Aviral as they delve into the struggles of being back on campus and transitioning to in-person classes. This episode includes interviews with Shreya Vohra and Sanskriti Maheshwari, the Co-Presidents of the Indian Student Society of UofT, in which they discuss talk the stress placed on Indian students trying to come back to campus for in-person classes. They also chat with Dr. Bill Ju about the online learning experience from the perspective of teaching staff and facult...