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Welcome to Chasing Encounters, a podcast where we share stories that connect us, enlighten us, and encourage us to move forward. e encounter people from all walks of life, mainly BIPOC, peop...

Today marks the end of an era but the beginning of another one. Chasing Encounters was my personal/academic project to highlight the work of...

We are on pause and we will be coming up with more content as soon as we can. This hiatus is helping us to re-charge, re-evaluate and re-inv...

Three parents came to Chasing Encounters podcast to share their experiences about being graduate students and how their families supported t...

Dr. Katie Entigar joined us to have a conversation about their first experiences in Toronto as a new assistant professor at the University o...

Born in Peru, Fernando Calderón-Figueroa accompanies us to learn about how cities have been designed to welcome or not their citizens. His r...

Colombian born and educated in Europe, Dr. Diana García shares her thoughts about her experiences being a woman in different contexts and ho...

With a vast language teaching experience, Dr. Heng Hartse describes his first experiences in ESL education as he tried to understand student...

A true American Southerner born in Georgia and with a vast experience in South America, Dr. Jason Mizell discusses some if his work with Tes...

Dr. Niyozov grew up in Tajikistan, former Soviet Union, in a small village and a large family. He is a true plurilingual person with a vast...

Maria Montejo was in our episode to help us understand the many nuances of Indigenous knowledges and epistemologies. From animal spirits and...

Chilean born Marlen Mondaca describes her experiences within the nonprofit organization sector. She provides some useful information about w...

In today’s podcast, we have Yecid Ortega from the University of Toronto. He sees himself as a citizen of the world, and his work certainly r...

In this metaepisode, we had a great conversation with El CafeciTO podcast produced by Latinx students at the University of Toronto, we learn...

With a Filipino background, Monica Batac and Hilary Naluz shared with us their work with the communities. They defy the idea that Filipinos...

Shakespeare said that “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players.” Acting and performance are at the centre of this...

Growing up, reading was Adriana’s way to travel the world. The places, people, and cultures she read about motivated her to go and see it fo...

Drawing from her personal experiences and a critical lens, Dr. Ruth Hayhoe shares a brief history and background of the concepts of comparat...

Language and how we communicate with each other is at the centre of this conversation with multilingual and multinational, Dr. Uju Anya. Wit...

Norin Taj takes us on a journey from and back to Pakistan in this conversation. We start with growing up in her homeland, a place that contr...

Opening this season, Canadian Mexican JP Mathias teaches how if you follow the water, you can begin to understand abstract concepts such as...

We had an interesting conversation with Dr. Balyasnikova, working at York University. In this special summer edition, we got together at Que...

In this episode, I embark on a monologue discussing what solidarity means and how it connects to ideas of community building. I answer quest...

Phoebe Kang came to our Chasing Encounters studios to help us uncover how English as the language of “respect, status, power, and reputation...

As an Afro Peruvian person living in the Canadian diaspora, Roxana Escobar Ñañes explains the concepts of human geography as a point of entr...

Mike Mena spent some time with us to discuss his cultural and linguistic background. He helped us understand the intricacies of being Latino...

From a marketing career to social justice education, Meng Xiao helps us to understand the different experiences among international students...

Today we have Shirin, Norin and Lepin who are graduate students at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toron...

Dr. Amir Kalan talks about his upcoming book “Sociocultural and Power Relational Dimensions of Multilingual Writing”. Here, Dr. Kalan explai...

From New York city in the United States, Justin Gerald, the host of Unstandardized English Podcast, joined us in this crossover episode to s...

Cristina has international experience teaching in formal and informal spaces in Japan and in Canada. She was born in Trinidad and is the fir...

Born in Yemen with Portuguese Indian ancestry, Dr. Lynn Mario de Souza joined us in this new episode to discuss his long-standing work in li...

For the very first time we have two guests, Michael Karas and Patrick Huang who are quite knowledgeable with the CELTA (Certificate in Engli...

Farrah, a former fashion enthusiast, teaches us about her work in central Asia. She worked with local, foreign teachers and counsellors as p...

Questioning the Iranian Education System After the Iranian revolution, there was an education revolution trying to modernize it and thus thr...

Yojana from the Andes in Peru teaches us how foreign names clash Indigenous ways of naming children and how people are accepting modernity i...

From a journey through different places, east to west Canada and the USA, Jacqueline Beaulieu helps us understand the connection between fam...

In this new season of Chasing Encounters, we have Dr. Jonathan Rosa from Stanford University who inspired us with his vast knowledge at the...

Chasing Encounters Special Summer Episode “ I thought I was getting a Canadian teacher,” Vijay Ramjattan says when an English student though...

From London, Ontario (Canada) and background roots in Greece, Maria help us understand how not only education has been a doorway for opportu...

Dr. Nancy Carvajal, a human being under construction, helps us to understand our purpose in life as academics and as people in the making. W...

Raul Mora questions how language and literacies are taught in the current sociopolitical contexts around the world. Raul posits that we shou...

Latinx immigration to Canada has increased over the past years, and its demographics have shifted according to socio-political events in the...

An insightful thinker, an incredible teacher and respected researcher, Wales Wong shares her interest in storytelling and translanguaging as...

What happens when two personal and academic journeys collide? Marlon Valencia discusses his early research and educational influences. He he...

Teachers’ self-directed learning within the frame of International Women’s Day is the focus of this week ‘s Chasing Encounters episode, titl...

In this episode, Dahlia Benedikt discusses Jewish youth movements and community movements as spaces to experience culture, support and resil...

In this episode, Zehra and Yecid question what we mean by being a Canadian immigrant or a Canadian citizen. We wonder what Canadian values a...

In this episode, Yecid and Pushpa from Nepal talk about languages, education and cultures. We delve into personal connections with the commu...

This conversation between Yecid and Mama discusses their ideas about community and family and how we have supported them personally and acad...

This conversation between Yecid and Claudio explores their own visions on ideology, capitalism, identity and language in today’s world. As a...