Kkierans

Kkierans

@kkierans.bsky.social

Writer, mom, friend

388 Followers 220 Following 50 Posts Joined Dec 2023
5 days ago
What Data Misses: Black Women’s Health, Language, and Care in Canada – The JCR: A Massey Podcast

in The JCR: A Massey Podcast, Rodginie Dorcent sits down with Sanjana Jones, a Master of Public Health candidate at Uof T to explore Black women’s health in Canada and why listening to lived experience is essential to building equitable healthcare systems. the-jcr-a.blubrry.net?p=261

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2 weeks ago
Other Tech Worlds are Possible – The JCR: A Massey Podcast

Other Tech Worlds are Possible
In this episode of The JCR: A Massey Podcast, Junior Fellow Rowan Munson speaks with Dr. Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann, Media Studies,UofT about his research in South America into worker-led technology development. Listen here the-jcr-a.blubrry.net/2026/02/20/o...

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1 month ago
The Long Walk – The JCR: A Massey Podcast

In this JCR: A Massey Podcast, Ben Pulver speaks with Senior Fellow Kim Kierans about her pilgrimage across Spain in the fall of 2025: 38 days, 700 kilometres on The Camino Frances. Listen @ the-jcr-a.blubrry.net?p=255. #walking #camino #spain #pilgrimage #masseycollege #spirituality

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Reading Between the Layers: Building a Better Pulse Oximeter – The JCR: A Massey Podcast

The JCR: A Massey Podcast, Brohath Amrithraj speaks with Megh Rathod, a Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the UofT about his work to adapt pulse oximeters to account for a person’s skin thickness, pigmentation, and melanin.here the-jcr-a.blubrry.net/2026/01/23/r...

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Revolutionary ideas for university education -In this JCR: A Massey Podcast, Margaret De Leon speaks with UofT professor, Dr. Robert Gibbs about his latest book, “What a University Could Be.” They discuss rigorous research and the logic of inquiry for undergraduates. Listen here lnkd.in/gDMETu4m

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2 months ago
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The JCR: A Massey Podcast - Revolutionary ideas for university education. Margaret DeLeon speaks with UofT prof, Robert Gibbs about his latest book, “What a University Could Be,” & his proposal to introduce rigorous research into the undergraduate curriculum. Listen here the-jcr-a.blubrry.net?p=249.

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The JCR: A Massey Podcast: Jane Zhao, a 5thhealth policy PhD candidate at the University of Toronto (UofT), speaks with Dr. Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, the Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at UofT about navigating academic leadership, improving health systems. Listen: lnkd.in/gx5FzASp

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3 months ago
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Face to face: Protecting first responders. In this episode of the JCR: A Massey Podcast with Utkarsh Mali, Rachel Tyli discusses how facial features and tasks like CPR determine levels of safety and research that aims to improve protection for first responders.. Listen Here: lnkd.in/gCiASxt7

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3 months ago
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This post is for people with musical ability.

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3 months ago
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A Trip Down Memory Lane: Sleep and Dreams
In this edition of "The JCR: A Massey Podcast" host Brohath Amrithraj speaks with Nelly Matorina, a PhD Candidate in Psychology at UofT about her research into memory, sleep, and dreams.
You can listen here the-jcr-a.blubrry.net/2025/11/14/a...

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4 months ago
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Check out the latest episode of The JCR: A Massey Podcast, « Chasing Cosmic Ripples: A Grad Student’s Journey with Gravitational Waves »
with Utkarsh Mali, a Phd student in astrophysics and Massey Junior Fellow Rachel Tyli.
Listen at the-jcr-a.blubrry.net or on your favourite podcast platform.

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6 months ago
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Journalism plays an important role in democratic discourse #universityofcalgarypress #michenerawards #journalism

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7 months ago
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journalism for the public good: the michener awards at fifty. Massey Colleges’s Jeffrey Dvorkin reviews ‘Journalism for the Public Good’, by Kim Kierans.

This review in Journalism History #jeffreydvorkin notes Journalism for the Public Good is "well written, detailed, and long overdue." It gives "proper acknowledgment of the decades of important journalism." Go to Journalism-History.org to see the full review:
journalism-history.org/2025/08/04/j...

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8 months ago
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Oh Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦

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9 months ago
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Congrats to La Presse the 2024 Michener Awards winner for impactful journalism & finalists GlobalNews,Globe&Mail x2, TorontoStar & VancouverSun. Norman Webster Fellows Cabin Radio NWT & Le Droit. Michener Deacon Fellow Katerine Dasautels & MichenerO’Hagen Fellows Chris Arsenault & Josette Lafleur

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9 months ago
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A wonder time at Marjorie Simmins book launch, “In Search of Puffins” at Truro Firehall. Catch the next launch Sat. May 31 in Halifax at WFNS.

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10 months ago

Today is Red Dress Day, a National Day of remembrance and activism honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirited People (MMIWG2s+).
Red Dress Day began with the REDress Project, created by Métis artist Jaime Black in 2010.
Massey College

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"Wounds, Wisdom, and the Will to Lead” Dr. Sheila Wang dermatology professor, Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Swift Medical shares her life story, motivations, and insights for aspiring entrepreneurs, physicians, and leaders.
@Massey_College #UofT #SwiftMedical #dermatology #medicine

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10 months ago
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For the Public Good: Dr. James Orbinski
In this episode of The JCR: A Massey Podcast James Orbinski, the 7th Principal of Massey College, speaks with Jane Zhou about his philosophy about work, family and his love of poetry. Listen here at the-jcr-a.blubrry.nett

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11 months ago
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Books Escape New Tariffs, At Least for Now In the cascade of news about massive tariffs imposed on many of America's largest trading partners, books appear to have fared well—although experts say the situation remains very fluid.

For everyone concerned about tariffs in book publishing, PW has a great explainer with okay news for now: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Writing from the Margins: Black Canadian Women’s Life Narratives. In this episode of the JCR: A Massey Podcast, Titi Ayegbusi discusses her research into Black Canadian Women's life narratives with Junior Fellow Alison D’Cruz Listen the-jcr-a.blubrry.net or on your favourite podcast platform.

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11 months ago
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Eyes in the Sky The JCR: A Massey Podcast. Rakshith Ramesh at Pixxel Space speaks with the JCR's Brohath Amrithraj about how satellites and space data help to detect, monitor and predict global phenomena. Listen here the-jcr-a.blubrry.net @Massey_College @PixxelSpace #uoft #pixxelspace

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1 year ago
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Saving Journalism through Community Building - Rappler’s Pia Ranada, 2024 McLuhan Journ Fellow & Southam Fellow Beatrice Senadju, award-winning broadcast journalist from Ghana the-jcr-a.blubrry.net

@rappler@apiature @piaranada @cmpfigueroa @beatricesenadju @massey_college #rapplercommunities

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1 year ago
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Bookworm, no. 82 Paul W. Bennett on Kim S. Kierans’s “Journalism for the Public Good.” Roxane Hudon reviews Marie Carter’s “In the Light of Dawn.” Poetry by August C. Bourré. Inside the March issue.

Kim Kierans offers an insightful look at the first fifty years of the Michener awards program and what it's like to carry the torch for meaningful investigative journalism.

Journalism for the Public Good at LRC Bookworm:

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1 year ago
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A new CBC: Heritage Minister challenges future PM to better fund and govern the public broadcaster February 21, 2025 What a difference a Trump makes. A few weeks ago the CBC seemed doomed. Pierre Poilievre’s defunding promises were (are) real, and as the then Prime Minister-in-waiting said, “I c…

A new CBC: Heritage Minister challenges future PM to better fund and govern the public broadcaster mediapolicy.ca/2025/02/21/a...

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1 year ago
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JCR: A Massey Podcast: new music from Winnipeg band Blueblood - Sam Little, Courtney Fox & Conrad Sweatman. A conversation with music journalist Michael Barclay. Listen the-jcr-a.blubrry.net or on your favourite podcast platform. @itscourtneyfox, @samlittell @conrad_sweatman #winnipeg

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1 year ago
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Opinion: Art, truth offer resistance in this dangerous time "Fix your hearts or die." This powerful, five-word message — amended a little to become a slogan — has taken on new resonance in this current political climate, when trans rights are under threat in ...

Love In A Dangerous Time, the newest exhibition at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, in Winnipeg, Manitoba is important and timely www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

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1 year ago
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The Lost Estate - Public Policy Forum Strengthening local news and enabling local ownership.

This report is an excellent resource to start a national conversation about the importance of investing in local news.
ppforum.ca/publications...

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