The Department in Conversation

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A series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

  1. 09/17/2021

    The Department in Conversation, Episode 14 with Pam Roach

    This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life. This episode features Dr. Fiona Clement, Head of Community Health Sciences, and Dr. Pam Roach, a Metis Scholar and Director of Indigenous Health Education within the Indigenous, Local and Global Health Office. They discuss the upcoming Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) Indigenous Canada offered by the University of Alberta. This conversation will touch serve to remind faculty that racism towards Indigenous People is an everyday occurrence, contribute to understanding why building one’s own knowledge is foundational, and to reflect on why a community is useful to work through the MOOC.

    15 min

  2. 04/29/2021

    The Department in Conversation, Episode 13 with Fiona Clement and Lisa Chicules

    This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life. This episode features Dr. Fiona Clement, Head of Community Health Sciences, and Lisa Chicules, Strategic Planning Consultant as they reflect on the journey of CHS' strategic plan development. This conversation will touch on contributions to the launch of the strategic plan, reflecting on the journey of its development, and reminding faculty of the role of students in the process of the plan's development.

    23 min

  3. 03/03/2021

    The Department in Conversation, Episode 12 with Todd Anderson

    This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life. This episode will focus on Dr. Todd Anderson, Vice-Dean in the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM). This year faculty members received a mass email outlining that all academic staff would receive a definitive merit assessment this year, a different process than past assessment cycles. For some, this was surprise so as Vice-Dean, Todd was invited to share how that decision was made. This conversation will touch on who was involved in the conversation (TUFCA and Dr. Marshall on behalf of the Board of Governors – underscore that this wasn’t CSM or Department Head decision), and it will also touch on inequities identified due to COVID and the need for a compassionate response.

    13 min

  4. 02/26/2021

    The Department in Conversation, Episode 10 with Lianne Tomfohr

    This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life. This episode will focus on Lianne Tomfohr Madsen, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and cross-appointed with Community Health Sciences. Lianne's research focuses on identifying relationships between physical health and psychosocial variables. This discussion will focus on kindness and compassion. We hope to shed light on helping faculty understand how kindness and compassion affects others and ourselves, highlight need to practice kindness and compassion, and highlight Lianne’s work planting the seed for possible collaboration with CHS faculty members.

    8 min

  5. 02/26/2021

    The Department in Conversation, Episode 11 with Fabiola Aparicio-Ting

    This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life. This episode will focus on Fabiola Aparicio-Ting, Senior Instructor and Co-Director of the Health and Society Program (HSOC) in the Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) at the Cumming School of Medicine. This discussion will bring attention to the BHSc HSOC as a pillar of CHS educational programming, highlight the BSHc HSOC students, highlight the continued push for educational excellence and opportunity for creative educational design for faculty, and to plant seeds about how faculty members could better integrate to achieve the “we are all CHS” vision.

    17 min

  6. 01/29/2021

    The Department in Conversation, Episode 9 with Jenna Slobozian

    This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life. This episode will focus on Jenna Slobozian, Manager, Grant Development Office, Office of the Associate Dean Research (OADR), highlighting the operational side of submitting grants. This discussion will profile the OADR, help faculty understand what happens within the grant submission process, and highlight the support and resources available through OADR.

    18 min

  7. 01/28/2021

    The Department in Conversation, Episode 8 with Dr. Tara Beattie

    This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life. This episode will focus on Dr. Tara Beattie, Associate Dean of Graduate Science Education, profiling the leadership opportunity presented within the MDCH graduate program director role. This conversation will help faculty understand the GPD role as part of the leadership team of GSE, frame the GPD role as an opportunity for leadership and professional development, and grow the interest in faculty members to apply for the GPD role.

    14 min

  8. 01/22/2021

    The Department in Conversation, Episode 7 with Dr. Tom Stelfox

    This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life. This episode will focus on Dr. Tom Stelfox, Scientific Director of the O'Brien Institute for Public Health. The focus of this discussion was to share granting strategies with faculty members, to highlight the wide range of supports and resources available to support grant strategy within the O'Brien Institute, and reflect on how COVID-19 and the current context may have affected the granting landscape as well as grant strategy.

    26 min
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A series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

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