Alberta Unbound

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 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 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 5: Wind from the West

Senator Simons speaks with former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin about her Alberta roots, Alberta identity, and the true nature of freedom.

S3 Episode 4: The Prairies Got Something to Say

Senator Simons speaks with Edmonton rapper and poet Cadence Weapon.

S3 Episode 3: North. South. East. West.

Sen. Paula Simons sits down with the history-making new mayors of Edmonton and Calgary.

S3 Episode 2: The Equalizers II

Sen. Paula Simons continues the conversation with an expert panel on equalization, its past and future.

S3 Episode 1: The Equalizers I

Everything you ever wanted to know about equalization, as Sen. Paula Simons hosts an expert town hall.

BONUS: Pop Up and Party

Cheryl Whiskeyjack and Omar Yaqub on what Indigenous and immigrant Albertans can accomplish together.

S2 Episode 9: Reconciliation—A Triptych

Aaron Paquette on truth, reconciliation and bringing light.