Where political communication theory meets on the ground strategy. Host, Professor Elizabeth Dubois, picks a political communication theory, explains it to a practitioner, and then they have a chat about whether or not it makes sense at all out in the world of politics and communications. She chats with political staffers, journalists, comms experts, lobbyists, activists and other political actors. Elizabeth quizzes them on pol comm theory and they tell her how ridiculous (or super helpful) that theory actually is.
Season 8 Episode 6: Indigenous Governance, Digital Sovereignty and AI Policy
In this episode Elizabeth chats with Jonathan Dewar, Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Information Governance Centre and a member of the inaugural board of directors of the National Council for Reconciliation, to explore Indigenous governance principles in AI. They discuss how the First Nations principles OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access and Possession), developed nearly 30 years ago, offers a foundation for thinking about data sovereignty, collective flights, and accountability as...
28 Oct 2026
Season 8 Episode 5: Health Policy and AI
In this episode Elizabeth chats with Kumanan Wilson, Chief Scientific Officer at Bruyere Health Research Institute, internal medicine physician at the Ottawa Hospital, and co-founder of Canimmunize, at unpack AI and health. They discuss tools like AI scribes. And personalized decision aids could ease clinicians' workloads and improve care. Kumanan shares his research on the value of Canadian health data, why data sovereignty matters amid US laws like the Cloud Act, and how middle-power collab...
21 Oct 2026
Season 8 Episode 4: AI and Higher Education
In this episode Elizabeth chats with Shaily Gebethner, a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa's in the Faculty of Education and Director of International Programs at Ecole Des Langues ABCE, to unpack AI in higher education. They discuss generative AI tools like Chat GPT or Claude to determine whether their benefits come at the cost of the essential struggle needed to shape learners. Shaily shares her research on how graduate students and adult language learners use these tools, and...
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