In this episode of the Change Makers podcast, Staff Producer Noah Vaton speaks with the two founders of Designs for a Difference, Jessie Ye and Tai Nguyen. Together, they founded the Non-Profit Clothing Brand, in an attempt to try and help raise money for different organizations. They discuss how the brand came to be, their goal for creating a sustainable business, and their future goals.

Change Makers Episode 3: Designs for a Difference

In the fourth episode of Change Makers, Multimedia Editor Noah Vaton speaks with Tori Ford, an award-winning gender health equity advocate, researcher, and entrepreneur on a mission to eliminate sexism, shame, and stigma from health experiences. She is is the founder of Medical Herstory, a youth-led not-for-profit advancing gender health equity.

Change Makers Episode 4: Tori Ford

In the fifth episode of Change Makers, Multimedia Editor Noah Vaton speaks with Lenny Lenhard, a recent McGill graduate, and the founder of Modern Manhood. A pilot project run by men, and made for men, working to positively redefine what it means to be a man.

Change Makers Episode 5: Modern Manhood

Multimedia Editor Farah Elmajdoub takes you on a sound walk throughout McGill campus starting from the Roddick Gates. As you tune in to this podcast, keep your awareness alert to what may unfold during your walk.

A Sound Walk Around McGill Campus

This week on the show: 

In conversation with first-years facing 7-day temporary exclusion from residence following outbreak in residences 

An open-letter concerning Theology Professor Douglas Farrow Student governance: McGill Senate meeting 

Webinar of the Week: "Black Racialization and Resistance at Elite Universities" 

Episode links: 

Student groups write open letter concerning Religious Studies professor, by Student Life Staff Writer Maya Mau 

McGill Senate approves creation of a Global Engineering program, by Sports Editor Sarah Farnand 

Professor Rosalind Hampton hosts talk on building anticolonial strategies, by Contributor Elizabeth Strong 

Host: Sequoia Kim, News Editor 

Podcast Producers: Multimedia Editors Sarah Ford & Alex Hinton, Creative Director Aidan Martin, Editor-In-Chief Helen Wu. 

Artwork design: Design Editor Chloe Rodriguez

The T: "Residence Exclusions and an Open Letter on Academic Freedom", Jan. 29

This week on the show:
SSMU Finance Commissioner Sébastien Duckett takes us through the Finance Committee's new report, "Investigation into the SSMU’s Student Fee Policies," — a deep dive into current fee practices and policy that reveals a lack of financial due diligence and accountability, and contains recommendations to rectify these issues.

Student governance: SSMU Legislative Council (Jan. 28th)
Episode links:
SSMU student fee investigation reveals lack of due diligence, financial accountability, by News Contributor Juliet Morrison: http://www.mcgilltribune.com/news/02022021-3/
SSMU Legislative Council approves motion to support Dollarama workers, by Social Media Editor Marie Saadeh:
http://www.mcgilltribune.com/news/02-02-2020-2/

Host: Sequoia Kim, News Editor
Guest speaker: Finance Commissioner Sébastien Duckett
Podcast Producers: Multimedia Editors Sarah Ford & Alex Hinton, Creative Director Aidan Martin, Editor-In-Chief Helen Wu.
Artwork design: Design Editor Chloe Rodriguez

The T: "Investigating the SSMU's Student Fee Policy with Sébastien Duckett" Feb. 3

This week on the show:
• McGill announces gradual rollout of 'Tier 2' academic in-person activities
• Some Schulich students allege that a recent in-person ensemble rehearsal posed a COVID-19 risk

Episode links:
• McGill plans to implement Tier 2 in-person academic activities, by News Editor Kate Addison
www.mcgilltribune.com/news/09-02-2021/

• Beware of McGill's hazardous reopening plan, by The McGill Tribune Editorial Board
www.mcgilltribune.com/opinion/beware…-plan02092021/

Host: Sequoia Kim, News Editor
Guest speaker: Kate Addison, News Editor
Podcast Producers: Multimedia Editors Sarah Ford & Alex Hinton, Creative Director Aidan Martin, Editor-In-Chief Helen Wu
Artwork design: Design Editor Chloe Rodriguez

The T: "Tier 2 Rollout and Schulich COVID-19 Risk" Feb. 12

This week on the show:
• 7 student organizations come together to pen a motion demanding that McGill divest from companies complicit in human rights
• Governance: SSMU Legislative council
• Governance: McGill Board of Governors

Episode links:
• Student organizations collaborate on SSMU ‘Divest for Human Rights’ motion, by News Staff Writer Ella Fitzhugh
http://www.mcgilltribune.com/news/student-organizations-submit-motion-divest-human-rights-ssmu-assembly-021621/
• Legislative Council approves question on SSMU Membership Fee increase, by Arts & Entertainment Editor Jonathan Giammaria
http://www.mcgilltribune.com/news/16022021/
• Board of Governors discuss preparations for in-person classes, by News Staff Writer Ella Milloy
http://www.mcgilltribune.com/news/board-governors-discuss-preparations-person-classes-021621/

Host: Sequoia Kim, News Editor
Guest speakers: News Staff Writer Ella Fitzhugh, Arts and Entertainment Editor Jonathan Giammaria, News Staff Writer Ella Milloy
Podcast Producers: Multimedia Editors Sarah Ford & Alex Hinton, Creative Director Aidan Martin, Editor-In-Chief Helen Wu
Artwork design: Design Editor Chloe Rodriguez

The T: "Divest For Human Rights" Feb. 17

In the second episode of Change Makers, Multimedia Editor Alex Hinton speaks with Alexis Zhou, an U3 Russian & Latin American Studies major, community organizer, and freelance journalist.Alexis recently co-founded the first ever Sunrise Movement chapter in Canada. They discuss the organization's purpose, future, and how McGill students can get involved.

Change Makers Episode 2: Alexis Zhou

This week on the show:

-The SSMU General Assembly loses quorum, fails to pass Divest for Human Rights motion
-Legislative Council debates and approves the Divest for Human Rights motion
-Judicial Board holds a hearing re-interpreting a 2016 Boycotts, Divestments, Sanctions (BDS) ruling
-An investigation into the curfew's impact on migrant, undocumented, or temporary workers

Episode links:
SSMU General Assembly loses quorum prior to ‘Divest for Human Rights’ motion vote, by Staff Writer Ella Milloy
http://www.mcgilltribune.com/news/23022021-2/
SSMU Legislative Council approves Divest for Human Rights Policy, by Contributor Nina Russell
http://www.mcgilltribune.com/news/27022021/
J-Board discusses SSMU services’ ability to adopt stance on BDS, by Managing Editor Sophia Gorbounov
http://www.mcgilltribune.com/news/judicial-board-deems-support-palestine-constitutional-despite-2016-bds-ruling-022221/
Montreal advocates call attention to curfew’s impact on migrant workers, by News Editor Sequoia Kim
http://www.mcgilltribune.com/news/23022021/

Host: Sequoia Kim, News Editor
Guest speakers: News Staff Writer Ella Milloy, Contributor Nina Russell, Managing Editor Sophia Gorbounov
Podcast Producers: Multimedia Editors Sarah Ford & Alex Hinton, Creative Director Aidan Martin, Editor-In-Chief Helen Wu
Artwork design: Design Editor Chloe Rodriguez

The T: "A tense SSMU General Assembly and a Judicial Board hearing on BDS" Mar. 2

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