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Paulina Finak — Environmental Factors Related to Literacy Development for People with Physical Disabilities who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Supervised by Dr. Beata Batorowicz
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna first speaks with YMCA Peace Medal recipient Heather Haynes. Then, it’s a conversation with Rabbi Erin Polansky about the opening of L’dor Vador: From Generation to Generation, the Holocaust Museum and Education Centre.
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Synopsys: In early 2020, Dr Archer (Queen’s University, Canada) proposed a novel mechanism for the way in which the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19 might affect our lungs. He proposed that this virus causes damage to cells by targeting the powerhouse of the cells, structures known as mitochondria. Dr Archer has spent the last two years building an […]
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In a very special episode of Screening in Kingston, Mike and Tyler talk Star Trek once again and this time they are bringing you their most unpopular Star Trek opinions. Though there are both pilote, you can hear moments when the Trek Boys clearly want to fight.
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It’s Thursday December 8th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… The INVISTA Centre will keep it’s name for another two year term after Kingston City Council approved the extension of the naming rights agreement with INVISTA Canada until 2025. Site Manager with INVISTA Kingston Dennis McAllister says,“INVISTA […]
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It’s Wednesday December 7th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… With the United Nations Biodiversity Conference or COP15 beginning in Montreal today and the UN’s COP27 having recently wrapped up, Just Recovery Kingston and Kingston Youth Climate Action are sponsoring a City and Climate Town Hall online […]
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It’s Tuesday December 6th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Education workers in Ontario have voted to accept the four year deal offered by the provincial government. The ratification vote brings lengthy, and at times contentious, negotiations between the two sides to a close after strike action […]
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This week on Citizen K host Karim Mosna first speaks with two recipients of the City of Kingston’s 2022 Accessibility Awards, followed by a conversation with Chief Curator of The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Alicia Boutilier.
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Two students in very different fields of research (Cancer Research and Biomedical Engineering) discuss the opportunities of being a part of the S2BN.
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In this segment of Today in YGK, we give you the local news rundown about happenings with the Kingston Humane Society, the Climate Action Fund, and more. Students are informed about the holiday house check program in place by the AMS, as well as some reminders before going home for the winter break. We also […]
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This week our special guest co-host is Katie, friend of the show, friend of Taylor! Kaite gives us an advanced look at Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Mike reviews the Netflix series Wednesday. Mike also finally got around to watching some popular tv shows and gives you his thoughts on them.
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It’s Monday December 5th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. The United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington has announced a new Youth Peer Support Program for youth in the region. The program will work with youth aged 16- 24 on a referral basis. Youth seeking support will then be […]
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In this episode, Maddy and Liv are joined by Michelle, a successful Registered Nurse. Michelle shares her nursing journey disclosing the reasoning behind her career choice, and the many lessons that she has learned in her 20 years of working in healthcare. Ranging from discussing how the pandemic has affected healthcare to how compassion plays […]
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Chance and Jesse start today’s show by officially denouncing Kanye “Ye” West. We are the only members of the pod brave enough to take on the world famous, multimillionaire rap artist. Meghan and Dean could/would not be reached for comment (draw your own conclusions, listeners). Then, Jesse and Chance chop it up talking about Canada’s […]
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It’s Friday December 2nd. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. The Kingston Community Climate Action Fund have announced three projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the community. the City of Kingston’s Community Climate Action Fund is seeking to raise $112,308 to support the projects. The projects include the Frontenac Club […]
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It’s Thursday December 1st. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… The Kingston Humane Society has launched Home For The Holidays today, as adoptable cat numbers soar to over 90. As part of the campaign, all adult cats can be adopted for $50, while all senior, VIP or […]
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In this segment of The Scoop, CFRC’s news team brings you interviews and updates about the going ons of Kingston. We feature Mark Gerretsen directly from the HoC speaking about local announcements, as well as a segment about the Museum of Healthcare. We also update you on weather, traffic, and events for Kingston this week.
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It’s Wednesday November 30th, Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston Police have arrested and charged a 14 year old with making death threats. Police received a call on Friday in regards to an allegation of a potential threat made towards Kingston Secondary School by an unknown […]
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`This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna first shares a local perspective from the homelessness forum at the INVISTA Centre. Then, it’s coverage of Bill 23 with Queen’s University environmental sciences master’s student Mary Anne Schoenhardt and Cataraqui Conservation General Manager Katrina Furlanetto sharing environmental concerns about the bill.
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Assessing how to guide the selection of appropriate treatments using polymers for environmental remediation. For upcoming interviews check out the Grad Chat webpage on Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs website – https://www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc/research/share/grad-chat
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Following the completion of the UN Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in November 2022, we chat with two Queen’s University Professors about the conference’s goals and outcomes. Over 45,000 participants from countries around the world attended the conference. At the event’s opening, it was understood that the 194 countries that […]
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This week Mike is joined by Nicole to review some new movies available both in theatres and on streaming platforms! We share your well wishes and congratulations to Taylor on the birth of George and this week we review The Good Nurse, The Wonder, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and Enola Holmes 2.
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It’s Tuesday November 29th, Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… A “Stop Bill 23” protest took place outside Kingston City Hall on Sunday morning. Environmental groups including: 350 Kingston, River First YGK, Seniors for Climate Action Now and Kingston Youth Climate Action were at the rally. This […]
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It’s Monday November 28th, Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… The City of Kingston has announced the Waabaan Crossing Bridge will officially open on Tuesday December 13th officially marking the transition to the bridge’s community-selected name. The Waaban Crossing is the largest infrastructure project taken on by […]
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It’s Thursday November 24th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… The City of Kingston has announced the 2022 Accessibility Award Recipients. The Community Organization award will go to Polson Park Public School for it’;s continued upgrades to their playground. Nominator Stacy Watson says.” By reducing the physical […]
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Alex sits down with Sam, Brittany, and Dylan from Nice On, an 8-piece funk band based right here in Kingston, ON to talk about their upcoming show with Apollo Suns at Blu Martini at 8pm on Thurs, Nov 24th.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks with pianist, composer and vocalist Michael Kaeshammer who is performing at The Grand Theatre this Friday night. Then, he speaks with Queens University music collective QWave founder Adam Ben David.
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It’s Wednesday November 23rd. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… A Homelessness Forum hosted by Lawson Health Research institute showcasing findings from across Canada was held at the INVISTA Centre yesterday. Assistant Scientific Director at Lawson Dr. Cheryl Forchuk says, “We have been to every province and […]
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It’s Tuesday November 22nd. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… A new facility in Kingston is looking to bring healing and growth through community and psychedelics, Neuma which opened its doors in September is hosting two events this week. Today, Neuma is holding a dedicated sampler class for […]
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Isabella’s research stems from a desire to learn more about the biological basis of narcolepsy, a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and “sleep attacks”. The cause of narcolepsy has previously been linked to a neuropeptide called orexin that is involved in keeping us awake. When orexin signalling is disrupted, either by altering orexin […]
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This week Mike is joined by Tyler to discuss See How They Run, Smile and the doc Fire of Love. They also get some fan reaction to their lack of Star Trek talk.
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Check out the latest in local news including this week’s Artist to Watch alongside weather, sports, campus news updates, weather, traffic and events calendar reports.
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It’s Monday November 21st. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Effective December 21st, 2023, after 38 years of service, Kingston Police Chief Antje McNeely announced her upcoming retirement from Kingston Police. In an announcement McNeely said, “Throughout my tenure as Chief, I have been committed to the […]
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Kingston, ON Oct 3, 2022- CFRC 101.9 FM Radio Queen’s University will host a Plaque Unveiling Ceremony of the station’s official Centennial Plaque on October 7th 2022 at 1 pm outside of Carruthers Hall on Queen’s University Campus (62 Fifth Field Company Lane). All members of the Queen’s and Kingston communities are welcome to attend. […]
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It’s a show all about updates and no dates! Jesse discusses the ongoing CUPE dispute and what the future may look like with strikes. Then Dean and Meghan, the second hottest couple on the show (#Chesse forever), talk about why young people just aren’t having sex. We have our theories as to why, but definitely […]
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It’s Thursday November 17th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… 55 thousand education workers across the province could once again be on strike as of Monday, just shy of two weeks after their initial strike action ended. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) gave five day […]
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It’s Wednesday November 16th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Next Thursday November 24th and Saturday November 26th are the final drop-off days this year at the Household Hazardous Waste Facility at the Kingston Area Recycling Centre. The City asks that prior to heading to the Household Hazardous […]
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It’s Tuesday November 15th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston Health Sciences Centre has received 10 pediatric transfer patients from Southeastern Ontario over the past month. This is due to a recent surge of young patients experiencing respiratory illnesses as a result of COVID-19. This month Ontario […]
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In this episode, we cover Transforming Good Systems By 2045 at City Hall, the North of 401 Electoral Boundary Proposed Changes, the Marine Museum’s fundraiser alongside campus news, sports, weather, traffic and events calendar reports.
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna first covers Kingston Cohousing, then he interviews Queens University computer science student Nicolas Brasset who has recently started an odd jobs phone service.
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Ozlem investigates five Trump Era narratives of irregular migration from Central America and Mexico to the United States with respect to their discussion of justice. For upcoming interviews check out the Grad Chat webpage on Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs website – https://www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc/research/share/grad-chat
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Let’s talk about Wakanda Forever as we return to the MCU with the second Black Panther film! Spoiler free with some light plot details but nothing more.
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It’s Monday November 14th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news.. The Wolfe Island Ferry experiences service disruptions over the weekend. The Ferry was shut down between 9pm Friday night and 7am Saturday morning due to a crew shortage. It was also temporarily out of service Saturday morning […]
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In this episode, get headlines on Support Not Stigma and the Mayor’s Arts Awards alongside coverage of the Yates Cup battle between Queen’s and Western Universities plus a feature interview with Yashfeen Afzaal of Union Gallery about the Beyond Words BIPOC art series alongside weather, traffic and event updates.
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Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for Kingston, from the remnants of Hurricane Nicole total rainfall amounts of 30 to 50 mm are possible by early Saturday morning. The rain, which could be heavy at times could cause reduced visibility. Drivers are advised to turn on their lights and maintain a safe following […]
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It’s Thursday November 10th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston City Council will meet tonight at 7. Council will review the 2023 to 2025 Multi-Year Accessibility Plan put forth by the Municipal Accessibility Advisory Committee. The plan contains strategies for the removal and prevention of barriers […]
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Shortwave Theatre Festival Executive Producer Dinah Jansen and Festival Director Mariah Horner sit down to chat about the art of theatre, making radio theatre and Horner’s long career and current doctoral research in the theatrical craft.
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In this episode, host Chris Lawrie chats with Suzanne Hersh and Mark Cassidy of Threshold Theatre, the duo who wrote and performed Late Nights with Mark the C live in CFRC’s studios on November 5th 2022, about their process. Shortwave Theatre Festival 2022 was made possible through the generous support of the City of Kingston […]
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“People ask, sometimes, how is it possible to try to have a moment of respite, a moment of music, in the middle of chaos. But isn’t this planet itself a spinning ball of respite & music, racing from nowhere to nowhere through the chaos?” Ilya Kaminsky Late Nights with Mark the C. is a follow […]
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It’s Wednesday November 9th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on the Connell 9 unit at its Kingston General Hospital site. Currently six patients are associated with the outbreak. Only designated essential care providers who have been approved […]
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks with playwright, composer and performer Haley Sarfeld about Half Past Lunchtime which was part of this year’s Shortwave Theatre Festival. Then Karim covers The Kingston Symphony’s upcoming show, Score: The Art of Video Game Music coming up this Saturday at The Isabel Bader Centre For The […]
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It’s Tuesday November 8th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… The Kingston General Hospital Auxiliary has launched its 2022 Teddy Bear Campaign. The 19th annual campaign aims to raise $25,000 through the sponsorship of 250 teddy bears at $100 per bear. The money raised goes toward purchasing […]
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Shortwave Theatre Festival Director Mariah Horner chats with local artist Anne Marie Mortenson of local theatre company Bottle Tree Productions. Learn more about making theatre with these two amazing practitioners as they talk shop 🙂
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In this Shortwave Theatre Festival presentation, Festival Director Mariah Horner chats with a couple of the artists who made Sarah Emtage’s Jabberwocky & The Listeners come to life on our airwaves: Becky Bridger and Billie Kearns!
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Two cousins named Magellan and Gadget are trapped in the labyrinth-like Sound Castle where every sound made in the world above is stored in boxes below. They are looking for a way out and also hoping to find the unheard final words of Magellan’s sister. The story continues in two parts. First in “The Jabberwocky” […]
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In this Shortwave Theatre Festival, Chris Lawrie chats with Shannon Kingston, James Hyatt, Fiona Beech, Lynus Ethier, Kemi King and Uri Livne-Bar, the artists behind the play Garden of Edith. This artist talkback is part of the Shortwave Theatre Festival funded by the City of Kingston Arts Fund.
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This week we review Black Adam and get pumped for Wakanda Forever, the second Black Panther movie opening this Friday!
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Our lab studies immune dysfunction within the female gynecological disease of endometriosis. My specific project is looking at the relationship between a protein called interleukin 33, or IL-33, and a type of immune cell known as group 2 innate lymphoid cells, and how their contributing to disease severity and symptomology. For upcoming interviews check out […]
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It’s Monday November 7th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston Health Sciences Centre has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on the Connell 10 unit at its Kingston General Hospital site. Three patients are associated with the outbreak, and the unit is closed to all but essential visitors […]
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Join us in this episode for the latest news headlines including coverage of the upcoming Climate Change Symposium, last week’s AMS Assembly, the CUPE strike, Gaels football semi-finals highlights, a chat with Princess Towers-this week’s Artist to watch alongside, weather, traffic and local events.
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It’s a regular neighbourhood, with regular bungalows, a library, and a field– and maybe a little magic. While exploring one day, Edith finds several dozen gnomes living in a secret garden behind her late grandfather’s house. Meanwhile, Edith’s genderfluid Uncle Arnold has returned to the home to prepare it for sale. Together, Edith, Arnold, and […]
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Listen ‘Round a Fire is a radio theatre piece written, directed, and sound designed by recent Queen’s graduate Sam Kaiser for his graduating Special Studies Project. The piece follows three heroes, cowboys of sorts, in an unfamiliar world who come across a capsule containing mysterious audio logs. When they play these audio logs, they find sound […]
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Enjoy a conversation with the artists who made Half Past Lunchtime possible! Shortwave Theatre Festival Director Mariah Horner chats with actors Billie Hearns, Elizabeth Taylor, Shannon Kingston alongside playwright Haley Sarfeld and director Anthony Mann.
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A feline flâneur wanders the sidewalks, gardens, and – to the chagrin of some – open windows of a downtown neighbourhood on a Sunday afternoon. Along the way, he meets a forager, a flirt, a fatigued full-time worker, a grossed-out gardener, a concussed daydreamer, a robin, a widow, and dozens of cucumber beetles. Will he […]
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It’s Friday November 4th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston Police arrested and charged a 34 year old from Kingston in connection with the arson at Rochleau Court on Princess Street on August 4th. The accused is charged with arson causing property damage. The former […]
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Our theme song is “Mega Guillotine 2020” by the prophetic and powerful AJJ. Go buy their album Good Luck Everybody for instructions on magicks dark and terrible. . Need a place to send your manifesto now that your children have stopped returning your texts? Shoot us an email at llcscfrc@gmail.com and we promise to not […]
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It’s Thursday November 3rd. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news..,. Kingston Health Sciences Centre has declared COVID-19 outbreaks on the Connell 3 and Davies 5 units at its Kingston General Hospital site. Four patients are associated with the outbreak on Connell 3 and five patients have now […]
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks first with Wendy Huot, Owner and Operator of The Screening Room to learn more about the process of how the independent movie theatre acquires films. Then, it’s coverage of the human chain that was formed on Saturday in support of the people of Iran.
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In this episode of The Scoop, our news team brings you all the information you need to know! Karim interviews Economics Professor Mr. Gregor Smith about interest rate hikes and inflation. Chancelor also sits down with John Rose to discuss the newly established Kingston History project. We give you the update on sports going on […]
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It’s Wednesday November 2nd, I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Protestors outside Kingston City Hall chanted “Woman, Life, Freedom,” and “Say Her Name: Mahsa Amini,” as they formed a human chain in support of the people of Iran on Saturday afternoon. One of the protestors who asked to be […]
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Mike welcomes Nicole back to the show for a little revisit of Bros and Don’t Worry Darling! We’ll remind you of what we thought about the films and do a deep dive into all the various on and off screen chatter around the movie. We’ll talk about the marketing of Bros, the issues around its […]
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It’s Monday October 31st. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… The 2022 World Broomball Championships will be going on at The INVISTA Centre tomorrow through Saturday, bringing in close to 600 players from 36 teams from as far as France, Italy and Japan. The event was originally scheduled […]
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It’s time for everyone’s favourite semi-annual exercise in futility, the municipal elections. Kingston has a whole crop full of new councillors with hope in their eyes and wild, fanciful thoughts in their heads. We discuss the numerous ways in which these councillors could help push Kingston to a new frontier in gentrification and anti-homelessness, and […]
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Today’s episode features coverage of the Mayor’s Arts Awards, the rise in anti-Semitic vandalism around the city, Hallowe’en safety tips and the rundown of Homecoming Weekend at Queen’s University alongside weather, traffic and sports updates.
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It’s Friday October 28th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… On Wednesday November 9th at 7pm, you can join Mayor Bryan Paterson for the sixth annual Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony and reception in Memorial Hall at City Hall. The ceremony will honour 5 recipients of the 2022 […]
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It’s Wednesday October 26th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… 30.5% of all eligible voters in the city of Kingston cast a ballot in the Municipal election. That’s down from 41.3% who voted in the 2018 election. 14,876 people voted online this election, up from 12,943 in the […]
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In this episode of The Scoop, we provide the rundown of the City of Kingston’s recent municipal elections and the who’s who in City Council, information about Kingston’s Basketeers, what’s coming up for Gaels Football this weekend and what to expect over Homecoming at Queen’s.
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Ever wondered what it means for students to practice presenting and talking about their research? Then this session runs through just that. For upcoming interviews check out the Grad Chat webpage on Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs website – https://www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc/research/share/grad-chat
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks with Callie Hill from Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na about a mentor-apprentice program for learning the Mohawk language. Then, it’s a conversation about what it means to run free with National Race Director of The Secret 3K Tarra Williamson, and finally he shares coverage of a new exhibit […]
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It’s Tuesday October 25th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston Police has obtained Transport Canada authorization to restrict the airspace around Queen’s University during the official Homecoming weekend as well as anticipated unsanctioned activities occurring on other dates. No drones are allowed within a half a […]
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David P Thomas, Veldon Coburn, Rebecca Hall This talk features a discussion of the new book Capitalism & Dispossession: Corporate Canada at Home and Abroad. Both co-editors and one contributing author will talk about the book and their unique contributions. The book brings together a broad range of case studies to highlight the role of Canadian […]
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In this special edition of CFRC’s Campus Beat, host Dinah Jansen brings you cheerful conversations with this year’s Queen’s University Distinguished Service Award winners. Queen’s faculty, staff, students, retirees, elected, appointed, ex officio or honorary members of of University Council, the Queen’s Alumni Association, and the Board of Trustees are invited each year to nominate candidates […]
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This week Mike welcomes back Tyler to the show to review Barbarian, while Mike reviews Amsterdam. It’s almost Halloween so we have some spooky movie news and some more fun suggestions for you when enjoying your week before Halloween.
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In today’s news coverage, the CFRC news team highlights municipal elections in the City of Kingston, updates about the City’s credit rating, Breast Cancer Awareness Month alongside campus projects including the AMS Save our Paws Initiative alongside our local weather, traffic and events calendar updates and this week’s Artist to Watch-Michael C. Duguay. […]
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It’s Monday October 24th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… It’s Voting Day! Kingston Transit and Kingston Access Bus will be offering free transit to electors today during voting place hours. You must show your Voter Information Notice when you board the bus. Free transportation on Kingston Access […]
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After a regrettable hiatus the crew is back with Zoomer correspondent Grace to investigate the latest cavalcade of clowns Ontario’s municipal elections have to offer. We look at which Kingston mayor to vote for, and discuss the impending pickleball revolution. . Our theme song is “Mega Guillotine 2020” by the prophetic and powerful AJJ. Go […]
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It’s Friday October 21st. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and experts at Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s new Breast Imaging Kingston facility are encouraging eligible individuals to book an appointment for a mammogram. This is part of a campaign aimed at […]
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It’s Thursday October 20th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… The City of Kingston has once again received an AA + credit rating with a stable outlook from S&P Global Ratings. The S&P Global Ratings report highlights the City’s well-diversified economy, noting its large, stabilizing public sector […]
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Leah, who once assisted Omnira Anderson, now works for United People’s Alliance, the authoritarian government which has taken power in Canada. The nation’s capital has moved from Ottawa to Waterloo Ontario, now a walled city. In 2038, shortly after Grace’s arrest, Oliver must secretly enter the walled city so that he can negotiate with Leah […]
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It’s Wednesday October 19th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Half of the city’s sitting councillors have decided not to run in this month’s municipal election. Many of those choosing not to run pointed to similar difficulties leading to them stepping away from their role, namely the overall […]
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna speaks with incumbent Mayor Bryan Paterson, then covers local automotive marketplace startup Vendde and finally engages in a conversation with Kingstonian street luger Nick Kamink.
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I research how humans perceive liminal animals in Western society – which is very negatively – and how we could improve this. To establish that this perception is rooted within our cultural understanding of liminal animals, I built on personal experience of living in multiple countries all over the world as well as research done […]
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It’s Tuesday October 18th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… The Coalition of Kingston Communities is hosting Mayor’s Meeting 2022 tonight at 7 over Zoom. It’s an opportunity for the community to hear from the candidates and ask questions. For more information and to register go to […]
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It’s already finale season for a lot of TV shows including She-Hulk! (spoiler alert) Mike welcomes Andrew to the show to review She-Hulk, Mike finally gets to review Bros and we answer some fan questions and talk about a few new movie trailers.
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In today’s episode, we feature an artist talk with local act, Almond Milk and discussion with Dr. Katie Mack, Hawking Chair in Cosmology and Science Communication at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo and Professor Ken Clark of the Arthur B McDonald Institute of Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research abut their upcoming presentations on Dark Matter Day […]
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It’s Monday October 17th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… A rally was held on Friday evening in solidarity with unhoused residents living in the encampment next to the Integrated Care Hub. The rally was organized by ICH encampment residents with the help of Mutual Aid Kingston-Katarokwi, citing […]
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It’s Friday October 14th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… With homecoming approaching, the university district safety initiative goes into effect today and will run until November 1st. Bylaw Enforcement and Kingston Police are reminding post-secondary school community members living in or visiting Kingston to stay safe, […]
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Grace and Oliver, using false identities, become farmworkers at the McCann Estates Winery in Prince Edward County. During the eight years they live in hiding, they are involved in a migrant workers strike, become lovers, and have a child together. Meanwhile, as predicted, climate crisis decimates much of the world. Millions die in countries near […]
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It’s Thursday October 13th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Kingston Police are looking for help in identifying a suspect who approached children and made inappropriate comments and requests in a park on Maccauley Street in Kingston’s north end. Police describe the individual as male, indigenous, between […]
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It’s Wednesday October 12th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… This week marks a century of Fire Prevention Week. Kingston Fire & Rescue have a series of local events. Today, firefighters and prevention staff will run fire drills at avrious schools, Tomorrow Sparky The Fire Dog will be […]
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In this segment of The Scoop, Karim Mosna sits down with mayoral candidate, Tina Fraser for an interview. We also chat with Modern Fuel Executive Director, Kait Allen about the 45th anniversary. Our news team also provides weather, traffic, and events updates.
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How has an exchange experience impacted you? Guest: Ashley Luo Queen’s Resources: International Programs Office – https://www.queensu.ca/ipo/
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna visits the encampment just outside the Integrated Care Hub and interviews a resident about their fears and concerns. Then, it’s coverage of CFRC’s centennial including conversations with Community Radio Fund of Canada Executive Director Alex Freedman, along with two CFRC volunteers who received achievement awards for over […]
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OR in other words – Precisely and Reliably Capturing Tiny Liquid Volumes The challenge of pipetting small volumes, i.e., sub-microliter amounts, is ubiquitous among the fields of biology, chemistry, and engineering. While accurately and precisely pipetting at the sub-microliter level is indeed a dilemma, the issue is further compounded when dealing with non-aqueous solutions, e.g., biofluids, […]
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It’s time for one of our acclaimed, semi-annual, semi-coherent dives into Canadian history. We’re back to La Belle Province to take about one of the wildest long weekends in world history, Montreal’s Labour Day weekend of 1972. This 4 day stretch has got it all, including 3 short kings doing amazing things, nationally significant arson, […]
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It’s Tuesday October 11th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… CFRC 101.9 FM celebrated a century of broadcasting on Friday, as a plaque was unveiled marking 100 years to the day that CFRC took to the airwaves. Former station manager Steve Cutway presented two achievement awards to long-standing […]
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In 2023 Oliver takes the bus to Toronto to visit his friends. He finds out Grace and Seth are student activists with many tales of blockades and hunger strikes. Grace convinces Oliver to start a climate activist group in Kingston called Rapid Response. Over the years that follow, a remarkable, climate-sincere government wins power in […]
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It’s Thursday October 6th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Queens University Principal Patrick Deane released a statement on the protests in Iran. Deane wrote in a letter to the Queen’s community, “Like so many of you, I have watched with horror the events unfolding in Iran. […]
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It’s Wednesday October 5th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Kingston Police have laid an additional 19 charges in the ongoing Project Shamrock investigation. 38 year old Michael Mark HAAIMA, of Kingston, is now charged with 95 offenses. Initially 10 victims were […]
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How can the knowledge and use of multiple languages help us be better learners? Guest: Yiyi He Queen’s Resources: SASS 1:1 appointments: https://sass.queensu.ca/appointments
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Everyone’s immune systems work a bit differently. Many Canadians have allergic diseases such as asthma, food allergy and allergic rhinitis. These people are subject to Th2 skewing which is when there is more Th2 cytokines in their body. It is unknown if underlying Th2 skewing impacts one’s response to the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. Understanding the […]
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This week on Citizen K, host Karim Mosna chats with Dr. Maxwell Hartt about how demographic shifts are affecting communities. Then, Karim shares interviews from the sacred fire at City Park, and coverage of the Youth Imagine The Future Festival.
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It’s Tuesday October 4th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news.. Kingston Health Sciences Centre has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on the Connell 10 unit at its Kingston General Hospital site. There are currently three COVID positive patients on the unit. Visitor restrictions are in place and only […]
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This week we’re back to new movies and Bo Burnham! Mike and Taylor discuss the Inside outtakes, while Taylor reviews Do Revenge and Mike reviews Don’t Worry Darling. Our team answers some fan questions, passes on more congratulations to Taylor and discusses how Screening in Kingston should handle her leave from the show!
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It’s Monday October 3rd. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. A cool start to the day, but the sun will warm things up to a high of 16. Right now it’s zero. In the news… A sacred fire at City Park was one of many across Kingston marking National Truth […]
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It’s Friday September 30th. Good Morning I’m Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news… Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Locally, Kingston City Council has declared it a civic holiday, to encourage the community to observe the occasion.There will be no garbage, recycling or green bin collection today, Friday’s […]
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While all his friends leave town to go to university, Oliver remains in Kingston and starts a band called “Beautiful Failure.” He doesn’t enjoy attending Queen’s. In January he quits school and starts working at a health food store where he meets Lennon, a trans youth. During the three-year COVID-19 pandemic, Oliver suffers from depression. […]
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