Alberta Unbound

S3 Episode 6: Sense of Place

Senator Simons interviews former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin about her time as a jurist in Ottawa, differences between the Canadian and American Supreme Courts, and her bestselling mystery novels. 

S3: Episode 7: 2022 Leitch Lecture Part 1 - Planting a Living Tree

Senator Simons delivers the first part of the 2022 Merv Leitch, QC Memorial Lecture to the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. 

S3: Episode 8: 2022 Leitch Lecture Part 2 - My Life as an Amateur Gardener

Senator Simons delivers part two of the 2022 Merv Leitch, QC Memorial Lecture to the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. 

S3: Episode 9: 2022 Leitch Lecture Part 3 - In the Hot Seat

Senator Simons answers questions following the 2022 Merv Leitch, QC Memorial Lecture to the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. 

S3: Episode 10: A Royal Progress

Senator Simons speaks to playwright, writer, composer, performer, director, and queer historian Darrin Hagen.

S4 Episode 1: Her Voice of Fire (Part 1)

Senator Simons speaks to Cree/Iroquois/French journalist and author Brandi Morin about her memoir, Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising.

S4 Episode 2: Her Voice of Fire (Part 2)

Senator Simons speaks with Cree/Iroquois/French journalist and author Brandi Morin about the papal visit to Canada, reconciliation, and the meaning of Wood Buffalo National Park.

S4 Episode 3: On the Fringe

Senator Simons speaks to Vice News senior reporter Mack Lamoureux about his deep Franco-Albertan roots and his journalistic focus on extremist groups in Alberta and Canada. 

S4 Episode 4: Of Ducks and Men

Senator Simons speaks with Cape Breton cartoonist Kate Beaton about her graphic memoir, Ducks; her two years spent in the Alberta oil sands; and how the East coast and Alberta influence each other.

S4 Episode 5: The Future of Food

Senator Simons moderates the 2022 University of Alberta Chancellor's Forum on Food for the Future.

Panelists include Dr. Ellen Goddard, University of Alberta professor in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences; Gleise M. da Silva, the first BCRC-Hays Chair in Beef Production Systems; Isha Datar, the Executive Director of New Harvest, a nonprofit research institute that funds open, public cultured meat research; Alison Sunstrom, the founder/CEO of CNSRV-X Inc. (Conserve X) and Co-CEO/Founder of GrowSafe Systems Ltd.; and Dr. William “Bill” Shotyk, the Bocock Chair in Agriculture and Environment at the University of Alberta.