Laurier Research Events and Podcasts

Knowledge is meant to be shared and Laurier’s faculty and students are eager to share their research with the world. Learn about their discoveries, insights and artistic achievements by attending a Laurier event or listening to a research-focused podcast.

Ongoing Events and Lecture Series

Inspiring Conversations

In response to current events, the Inspiring Conversations webinar series showcases the timely, relevant research and expertise of Laurier faculty, staff and alumni.

Laurier Milton Lecture Series

These hour-long lectures by Laurier researchers are designed to engage the Milton community in public dialogues about important topics.

Get to Know with Jonathan Newman

Every Friday over lunch hour, Jonathan, Laurier’s vice-president: research, speaks to a faculty researcher about their origins, their personal triumphs and their latest findings.

Laurier Podcasts

All Ages, All Voices

In collaboration with Laurier researchers, members of the Dehcho First Nations discuss local research that can help mitigate the effects of climate change in their community.

CRSP Talk

The Centre for Research on Security Practices’ (CRSP) podcast features discussions about threats to human security as well as insights into how it is enhanced and sustained.

Displacements

Displacements is hosted by International Migration Research Centre Director Alison Mountz and Associate Director Kim Rygiel who talk to authors, activists, scholars and creatives engaging in migration, displacement and mobility issues. 

Handpicked: Stories from the Field

Handpicked showcases the varied research happening at the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, with a focus on how this work creates meaningful changes to the ways we produce, obtain, eat and understand our food.

I Can See CLRiE Now

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. Join Laurier's Center for Leading Research in Education (CLRiE) as they talk to faculty members about their research activities and discuss the impact of their work, including how it can inform practices in education across the lifespan.

On War and Society

Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies member Eric Story sits down with prominent war historians to discuss their research.

Raw and Uncut

A four-part series exploring the big ideas in the book Counternarratives of Pain and Suffering as Critical Pedagogy: Disrupting Oppression in Educational Contexts, co-edited by Laurier faculty members Ardavan Eizadirad and Steve Sider.

Research Chat

Research Chat showcases the research and experiences of Laurier graduate students.