The Knowledge Exchange: A Partnership-in-Action Podcast

Dr. Barbara Lee

Exploring the multi-faceted applications and influences of research, The Knowledge Exchange: A Partnership-in-Action Podcast highlights community-university partnerships. With social work and allied health scholars across British Columbia and their community partners, join us as we delve into what it means to practice community engagement and knowledge exchange and mobilization.   Website: https://blogs.ubc.ca/swkx/ Photo by Sandra Filipe on Unsplash

  1. May 25

    Embedded Research and Evaluation in Integrated Youth Services with Foundry

    In this episode, we speak with Dr. Skye Barbic and Dr. Julia Langton from Foundry, which offers integrated youth services through a province-wide network of health and social services for young people and their families in British Columbia. Skye is an Associate Professor in the University of British Columbia’s Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy and Foundry’s Head Scientist. Julia is the Director of Research, Evaluation and Data at Foundry. In this episode, you’ll hear about Foundry’s embedded program of research and evaluation and how youth and families are involved in both research and service design; how COVID-19 shaped their work and relationships with communities; and how research supports accountability to young people and communities in BC.

    44 min

  2. Apr 27

    Transforming Child Welfare: Queering Child Welfare and Child Well-Being (Part 2)

    This episode is Part 2 of a special two-part feature from the Centre for the Study of Services to Children and Families’ annual Transformative Child Welfare Panel, held on February 27, 2026.   In this second half, we move into an open and unstructured Q&A with panelists Kayla Kenney, Kristi Pinderi, Marko Aguilar Maurer, Emma McIlroy, and Kyle Turone. Building on the research and reflections shared in Part 1, this conversation creates space for deeper dialogue on practice, policy, and lived experiences related to 2SLGBTQ+ children and youth in the child welfare system; offering further insights and considerations for how child welfare systems can continue to evolve in more inclusive, affirming, and responsive ways.   If you haven’t yet listened to Part 1, we recommend starting there for the full introduction and overview of the panel.

    33 min
  3. Transforming Child Welfare: Queering Child Welfare and Child Well-Being (Part 1)

    Mar 30

    Transforming Child Welfare: Queering Child Welfare and Child Well-Being (Part 1)

    This episode is a special edit of the Centre for the Study of Services to Children and Families’ annual Transforming Child Welfare Panel event which was held on February 27, 2026. This year, the panel presentation focused on queering child welfare and child well-being, and featured researchers and graduate students whose research examines the experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ children and youth. The topics ranged from foster caregivers supporting 2STNBGD youth in care, the experiences of former 2SLGBTQ+ youth in care, queering children’s rights, to challenging assumptions of the child welfare system, and healthcare social work practice with younger trans and gender diverse people. Joined by Kayla Kenney, Kristi Pinderi, Marko Aguilar Maurer, Emma McIllroy, and Kyle Turone, the panelists share their findings from their research and discuss the ways in which the child welfare system has evolved, and the ways that the system can continue to still evolve to better support 2SLGBTQ+ children and youth.

    37 min
  4. Rahi Care: Supporting Punjabi and South Asian Communities

    Feb 9

    Rahi Care: Supporting Punjabi and South Asian Communities

    In this episode, we’re joined by Gary Thandi and Dr. Nitasha Puri. Gary is a social worker with over twenty years of experience in social services and counselling, and he is the Executive Director of Moving Forward Family Services, a non-profit counselling organization. Dr. Puri is a family physician with training in addiction medicine. She works with Fraser Health, and she is also a Clinical Associate Professor in UBC’s Department of Family Practice. Their conversation centers on their decade-long partnership and the Rahi Care Program (RCP), a community co-created initiative supporting Punjabi and South Asian communities impacted by substance use. You’ll hear how they bring social work, primary care, and community organizations into the same room to reduce barriers; how the program is designed with community members; and how they find a way to make support happen in real life for individuals and families.

    44 min

  5. 12/15/2025

    Seeing the Whole Person: What Students Learn When Patients Become Mentors

    This episode features Mandy Young, parent of a medically and behaviourally complex child and a long-time partner with the University of British Columbia’s Patient and Community Partnership for Education (PCPE). Mandy has volunteered for over a decade in the Interprofessional Health Mentors Program, both as a Health Mentor for health care students and as a Community Engagement Coordinator. Joining her is Lelainia Lloyd, a rare disease and disability advocate with 13 years of experience as a Health Mentor. Also with us is Pooja Kadakia, now a first-year internal medicine resident in Winnipeg, who joined the program as a student mentee three years ago. Together, they reflect on how the Health Mentors Program fosters interprofessional learning, reshapes students’ professional perspectives, and improves the way that healthcare providers can interact in the system with their patients and with their colleagues.

    37 min
  6. Evidence-Informed Mental Health Social Work: Insights from the 2025 Inspiring Social Worker of the Year with Brandon Wong, MSW

    11/24/2025

    Evidence-Informed Mental Health Social Work: Insights from the 2025 Inspiring Social Worker of the Year with Brandon Wong, MSW

    In this episode, the 2025 Inspiring Social Worker of the Year Award Winner, Brandon Wong, joins the podcast. Brandon Wong, a mental health social worker within the Vancouver Coastal Health authority, practicing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. He reflects on his journey from a health sciences background in Australia to frontline social work in complex mental health and substance use settings. He shares what drew him to social work practice, why social workers are essential within interdisciplinary mental health teams, and his experience and insights of engaging in evidence-informed practice and knowledge exchange within healthcare. He further reflects on what it meant to be named inspiring Social Worker of the Year and co-authoring an award-winning article in the Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity and Social Work. Brandon’s insights help foster a greater understanding of how social work research can be used to inform best practice, both currently and in the future.

    28 min
  7. Season 2 Kick-Off

    10/30/2025

    Season 2 Kick-Off

    Dr. Barbara Lee, Host, welcomes us back to The Knowledge Exchange: A Partnership-in-Action Podcast for a second season! This upcoming season will expand beyond our UBC community to bring you inspiring stories from across the province. We have an exciting line-up of partnerships who will share their projects and shine a light on how communities and researchers are co-creating knowledge to advance equity, improve services, and drive meaningful change. Stay tuned!

    1 min
  8. Season 1 Wrap-Up

    06/02/2025 ·  Bonus

    Season 1 Wrap-Up

    Dr. Barbara Lee, Host, celebrates and concludes the first season of The Knowledge Exchange: A Partnership-in-Action Podcast. Over 12 episodes, this season has discussed inspiring community-engaged research, knowledge mobilization, and collaborative partnerships in the University of British Columbia’s School of Social Work. Dr. Lee also announces Season 2 of the podcast which will highlight community-engaged research beyond UBC and across the province of British Columbia. 👀 Thank you for your support and see you in September 2025!

    2 min
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Exploring the multi-faceted applications and influences of research, The Knowledge Exchange: A Partnership-in-Action Podcast highlights community-university partnerships. With social work and allied health scholars across British Columbia and their community partners, join us as we delve into what it means to practice community engagement and knowledge exchange and mobilization.   Website: https://blogs.ubc.ca/swkx/ Photo by Sandra Filipe on Unsplash

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