The Students as Partners Podcast

• 8. Students as Partners Across Canada

  The final episode of the season features the opening plenary session of MacPherson Institute's 2024 Students as Partners Community Forum. It was recorded on May 28, 2024 and was hosted by Antonio Dos Santos. The participants included Anita Acai (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University), Beth Marquis (Director of the Arts & Science Program at McMaster University and Associate Professor in the Arts & Science Program and the School of the Arts), Roselynn Verwoord (Strategist for University of British Columbia’s Students as Partners Initiative), and Cherie Woolmer (Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, based in the Mokakiiks Centre for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Mount Royal University). "The Students as Partners Podcast" is produced by the Paul R. MacPhersion Institute for Leadership, Innovation, and Excellence in Teaching at McMaster University. Hosted by Antonio Dos Santos. Produced and Edited by Ian Steinberg. Contact the show at: [email protected] Theme music by: Royalty Free Music from Tunetank.com Track: Cassette and TV by automaticbananas https://tunetank.com/track/5887-cassette-and-tv/

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• 7. Students as Partners Initiative at the University of British Columbia (Roselynn Verwood and Rohil Sharma/Sanskrit Language Course Refinement)

  Antonio has a conversation with Roselynn Verwoord, strategist for University of British Columbia’s Students as Partners Initiative, and Rohil Sharma, UBC student and SAP Initiative Coordinator. They discuss the impact of the SAP Initiative on curriculum design at UBC, the benefits of meaningful partnerships between students and faculty, and how the initiative has adapted to challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Students as Partners Project Profile: Curricular development project for Introductory Sanskrit with UBC Lecturer Janet Um and undergraduate UBC student partner Zoe Duquette. "The Students as Partners Podcast" is produced by the Paul R. MacPhersion Institute for Leadership, Innovation, and Excellence in Teaching at McMaster University. Hosted by Antonio Dos Santos. Produced and Edited by Ian Steinberg. Contact the show at: [email protected] Theme music by: Royalty Free Music from Tunetank.com Track: Cassette and TV by automaticbananas https://tunetank.com/track/5887-cassette-and-tv/

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• 6. Student Staff Partnership and Open Educational Resources a the University of Cape Town (Glenda Cox and Christine Immenga/DALA iiNkokheli)

  Antonio has a conversation with Glenda Cox, an associate professor at the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, and Christine Immenga, the senior coordinator of student governance in the Office of Student Development, both at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. They discuss their involvement in the Students as Partners program, the integration of student partnerships in the creation of open educational resources, the benefits of these partnerships in enhancing student agency and inclusion, and the global development of SaP, particularly in relation to decolonizing curricula and fostering equitable and humanizing pedagogies. Students as Partners Project Profile: "DALA iiNkokheli" means "Create Leaders" in isiXhosa and is a Student Staff Partnership project conducted by UCT's Leadership Academy. The participants include UCT graduate student partners Joe-Dean Roberts, Esai Reddy, and Shalom Abiodun and staff partners Charmaine January and Christine Immenga. "The Students as Partners Podcast" is produced by the Paul R. MacPhersion Institute for Leadership, Innovation, and Excellence in Teaching at McMaster University. Hosted by Antonio Dos Santos. Produced and Edited by Ian Steinberg. Contact the show at: [email protected] Theme music by: Royalty Free Music from Tunetank.com Track: Cassette and TV by automaticbananas https://tunetank.com/track/5887-cassette-and-tv/

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• 5. Pedagogical Partnerships at Bryn Mawr College (Alison Cook-Sather/CATALYST)

  Antonio has a conversation with Alison Cook-Sather who is the Mary Katharine Woodworth Professor of Education at Bryn Mawr College and the Director of the Teaching and Learning Institute at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges. They discuss the development and impact of SALT the "Students as Learners and Teachers" program, the importance of context to  student partnerships, the global development of student partnership programs, and how different cultural and institutional contexts influence the design of SaP programs. Students as Partners Project Profile: "CATALYST: Community Advocates for Teaching and Learning Yields in STEM" with Mara Wald (recent graduate and student consultant at Bryn Mawr College) and Adam Williamson (Assistant Professor of Biology, Bryn Mawr College). "The Students as Partners Podcast" is produced by the Paul R. MacPhersion Institute for Leadership, Innovation, and Excellence in Teaching at McMaster University. Hosted by Antonio Dos Santos. Produced and Edited by Ian Steinberg. Contact the show at: [email protected] Theme music by: Royalty Free Music from Tunetank.com Track: Cassette and TV by automaticbananas https://tunetank.com/track/5887-cassette-and-tv/

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• 4. Building Respect and Trust in Partnership (Senem Karaceper and Sara Upshur/Narrative and Storytelling in Undergraduate STEM Education)

  Antonio has a conversation with Senem Karaceper (PhD student in Sociology at York University) and Sara Upshur (recent graduate of the Communication and New Media Masters program at McMaster University). They discuss the importance of building mutual respect and trust in partnership and the implications for practicing EDI principles. Students as Partners Project Profile: "The role of narrative and storytelling in undergraduate STEM education" is a collaboration between Abeer Siddiqui (Teaching and Learning Librarian, STEM at McMaster University Library), Stephanie Sanger (Education and Curriculum Planning Librarian at the McMaster Health Sciences Library), Shayan Novin (Health Sciences student and Program Assistant for Master’s of Health Science Education (HSED) Program at McMaster University), and Duygu Ertemin (PhD Candidate in Anthropology at McMaster University). "The Students as Partners Podcast" is produced by the Paul R. MacPhersion Institute for Leadership, Innovation, and Excellence in Teaching at McMaster University. Hosted by Antonio Dos Santos. Produced and Edited by Ian Steinberg. Contact the show at: [email protected] Theme music by: Royalty Free Music from Tunetank.com Track: Cassette and TV by automaticbananas https://tunetank.com/track/5887-cassette-and-tv/

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