This podcast highlights diverse perspectives and experiences of CEL, aiming to provide useful insight, tools and inspiration to students, faculty and community members alike. Our episodes will cover a range of topics, such as intersectionality, reflection, the spectrum of engagement, and stories of the power of learning in community to help deepen understandings of CEL possibilities.

CELebrate Learning: A podcast about community-engaged learning and teaching!
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Podcast Overview
This podcast highlights diverse perspectives and experiences of CEL, aiming to provide useful insight, tools and inspiration to students, faculty and community members alike. Our episodes will cover a range of topics, such as intersectionality, reflection, the spectrum of engagement, and stories of the power of learning in community to help deepen understandings of CEL possibilities.
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Recent Episodes

May 5, 2026
Spectrum of Engagement - Episode 5: Co-Create
<p>For the fifth and final faculty-focused episode in the CELebrate Learning Podcast Instructor series, Host and former CEL Manager <strong>Rhianna Nagel </strong>(she/her), and current CEL Coordinator <strong>Rosa McBee </strong>(she/her) speak with UVic professor <strong>Sarah Marie Wiebe</strong> (she/her) about what doing community-engaged teaching looks like for her. Sarah shares her thoughts relationship-building, navigating logistical surprises, and the joys of this kind of teaching. </p><p><strong>More about our guests... </strong></p><p>Sarah Marie is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Administration and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa. Sarah Marie’s research efforts focus on community development, environmental sustainability, and governance, particularly in the aftermath of climate disasters; she is a co-founder of the FERN (<a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ferncollaborative.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cpaservice%40uvic.ca%7C8eb4dfe3542b4decc47308ddc25e5bab%7C9c61d3779894427cb13b1d6a51662b4e%7C0%7C0%7C638880432707927266%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xj%2F4wBHyHPjaCmV%2F3VNZvnMpWCeJTdqJ0VfLT%2Ba%2B43E%3D&reserved=0">Feminist Environmental Research Network</a>). She works on collaborative research projects with communities through mixed-media storytelling, such as filmmaking and podcasting. At the intersections of environmental justice and citizen engagement, her teaching emphasizes political ecology, policy justice, and deliberative dialogue. </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p>

May 5, 2026
Spectrum of Engagement - Episode 4: Collaborate
<p>For the fourth faculty-focused episode in the CELebrate Learning Podcast's special instructor series, Host and former CEL Manager <strong>Rhianna Nagel </strong>(she/her) speaks with UVic faculty member <strong>Nigel Mantou Lou</strong> (he/him), PhD candidate <strong>Jess Willows </strong>(she/her) and their community partner, <strong>Jennifer Lei King</strong> (she/her) from the Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria. They discuss what community-engaged teaching looks like for their upper-level psychology course. Plus, they share tips on how to prepare and support students for their relationships with community partners, and how to create reflective activities. </p><p><strong>More about our guests... </strong></p><p><strong>Nigel</strong> is a social-educational psychologist and the director of the Motivation and Intercultural Relations Lab, and a faculty member at the<a href="https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/psychology/index.php"> Department of Psychology</a>, University of Victoria. Nigel’s teaching spans social psychology, cultural psychology, and psychology of migration. His research interests are at the intersection of social/personality psychology, educational psychology, and applied linguistics. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Jess</strong> recently completed her PhD in Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies at the University of Victoria while also working as a sessional instructor in the teacher education program. Having come from a long career as a teacher in the Gulf Islands School District of British Columbia herself, Jess has been involved with many professional development (PD) for teachers, offering workshops and serving as the PD Chair. Jess also works with the BC Teachers’ Federation as a facilitator of the Teacher Inquiry Program and as a workshop facilitator throughout the province. </p><p><strong>Jennifer</strong> is a bilingual counsellor, who offers counselling services through the Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA). Her work focuses on multicultural perspectives and culturally sensitive counselling, helping newcomers discover practical strategies for managing stress, building resilience, and confidently navigating challenges in their new environment. Jennifer loves staying connected to psychology students at UVic through community-engaged learning. </p>

May 5, 2026
Spectrum of Engagement - Episode 3: Involve
<p>Host and former CEL Manager <strong>Rhianna Nagel</strong> (she/her) and current CEL Coordinator<strong> Rosa McBee</strong> speak with UVic faculty member <strong>Erin McGuire </strong>(they/them) about what doing community-engaged teaching can look like. They chat about the motivation to teach with CEL as a pedagogy, how to navigate and adapt to changing expectations and timeframes, and share tips for instructors who want to try teaching with community for the first time! </p><p><strong>More about our guests... </strong></p><p><strong>Erin</strong> is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Victoria and holds a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Glasgow. Their main research interests are in the Viking North Atlantic, funerary ritual, gender identities, material culture, migration and Medieval Archaeology, and in their teaching, they center their scholarship on universal design for learning, inclusivity, and decolonization. \</p><p>They have led many community-engaged learning courses in archaeology and started many ongoing projects with local community groups, such as the Spinners and Weavers Guild and the Congregation Emanu-El Jewish Cemetery. </p>
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