On our latest episode of the CHASIcast, we have the pleasure of speaking with a critical member of the CHASI team: our very own Esther Jiménez Atochero. Esther is CHASI’s senior research assistant, a role that sees her heavily involved in everything from the day-to-day operation of the Hub to our biggest research projects. In the Fall, Esther will be leaving CHASI to begin her master’s program as Carlton University.Throughout the podcast, Esther shares her insights on UFV and her experience as an international student finding her academic passion, her feedback for UFV on what we can do to create a better learning environment, and her drive to make real changes in our communities.To hear more from Esther, follow her on Twitter at @estheratochero.Hosted by CHASI’s director Dr. Martha Dow and recorded in CIVL Radio’s studio at the University of the Fraser Valley, the CHASIcast is available to stream below, or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music/Audible, and other platforms!

The CHASIcast is back! Continuing on our trend of speaking to great friends and colleagues of CHASI, like Dr. Jacqueline Nolte, we turn this time to Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra. Dr. Sandhra has been the coordinator for UFV's South Asian Studies Institute for over a decade, is the co-curator at the Sikh Heritage Museum, co-chair of UFV's Race and Antiracism Network, an instructor in UFV's history department, and most recently earned her PhD from UBC's history department on April 19!Dr. Sandhra joined us and shared that wealth of experience and knowledge, speaking about her studies on museums as spaces of belonging, her work on the recently-launched South Asian Canadian Legacy Project, and how she brings her anti-racist lens into the classroom environment.To see more of Dr. Sandhra and her work, follow @SharnFTC on Twitter and @ufvSASI on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, plus check blogs.ufv.ca/chasi/chasicast-2 for links to her many projects.-----Hosted by CHASI’s director Dr. Martha Dow and recorded in CIVL Radio’s studio at the University of the Fraser Valley, the CHASIcast is available to stream below, or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music/Audible, and other platforms!

Our debut episode features an interview with Dr. Jacqueline Nolte, who recently stepped down from her position as UFV's Dean of Arts. Dr. Nolte shares her thoughts on the role of universities as a space for dialogue, empowerment, and agency, on the recent protests in Ottawa, and how her understanding was shaped by years of active resistance against the apartheid state in South Africa.