Curiosity in Focus
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CiF #060 - Talia Lowi-Merri
Talia Lowi-Merri is a PhD student at the University of Toronto, based in the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Splitting her time between both palaeontology (the study of fossils) and ornithology (the study of birds), her current work surrounds the origin and e
CiF #059 - Haya Aldoori & Matthew Kinasz
Daniel was joined by environmental scientist, birdwatcher, and visual storyteller Haya Aldoori and nature interpreter Matthew Kinasz to discuss the importance of urban natural spaces in Toronto and the current state of traditional education.
CiF #058 - Thomas S. Mullaney
Dr. Thomas S. Mullaney is a Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University, and Curator of the international exhibition, Radical Machines: Chinese in the Information Age.
CiF #057 - Gil Wizen
Gil Wizen is an entomologist, macro photographer, and keeper of arthropods!
CiF #056 - Jason Pitre
Jason Pitre is a biologist for the Canadian government by day, and an independent game designer by night.
CiF Special #6 - Asian Representation ft. Simu Liu
Simu Liu is a Canadian Screen Award nominee best known for his role as Jung on the CBC TV sitcom Kim's Convenience. This re-uploaded episode is about whitewashing, problematic castings in mainstream media, the broader trend of Asian erasure in pop culture
CiF #055 - Conor McDonnell
Conor McDonnell is a poet, doctor, and martial arts practitioner. In 2016, he published The Book of Retaliations with Anstruther Press. His second book, Safe Spaces, is now available for purchase at Frog Hollow Press.
CiF #054 - Kevin Rawlings
Kevin Rawlings is an environmental technician for Environment and Climate Change Canada and a photographer currently working in Alert, Nunavut, Canada. He is also the world's northern most permanent resident.
CiF #053 - Osama Dorias
Osama Dorias is a Senior Game Designer at Warner Brothers Montreal and the co-founder of the Indie Video Game studio Magic Pants and the Montreal Independent Games Festival.
CiF #052 - Jayd Matyas
Jayd Matyas is an industrial designer at Secret City Games and a performer with the Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers (RAW).