Changemakers Without Borders
Changemakers is about the movers and shakers that take the lead in the social, spiritual and scientific sectors of society to make their surroundings a more meaningful place to live in. But this is just also about their story—the sprouting of an idea, the guts that it took to get there, the people that supported them along the way—so that we can be inspired to be changemakers in our own lives.
- Update frequency
- every 37 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 29
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2022
Ep 9 - Women's Rights in Canada with Professor Tarah Brookefield - Part 1
In this new 4-part series, Professor Tarah Brookfield from Wilfred Laurier University joins Changemakers to talk about the history of the suffragist movement in Canada, and the leading men and women …
Ep 8 - "Professor Improv" With Bernie Roehl - Part 2
Did you ever feel nervous on stage? How about off-stage, when you're in an interview, a debate with a friend, or an argument with your sibling? Bernie Roehl answers questions about improv, and teachi…
Ep 7 - Fly Me to the Moon - Virtual Reality with Bernie Roehl - Part 1
Bernie Roehl talks about the possibilities VR holds in store for us, and what he's developing in the field while teaching at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. Roehl has designed one of the first c…
Ep 6 - Japan - Her Final Surrender
What if you saw so much that the image of battle was burned underneath your eyelids? That with every minute in the night your mind is filled with the picture of ruin, of people strewn on the ground, …
Ep 5 - Helping the Homeless and Addicted by Giving Them Jobs
We get into conversation with James Cunningham, co-founder of P.A.C.E (Penticton and Area Cooperative Enterprise), which provides workplace training and employment opportunities to those struggling w…
Ep 4 - Mark Twain - Behind the Pseudonym
Why did Samuel Clemens published an endorsement for the society of supernatural research? Was Samuel a good father, and family man? Why did his wife wear only black for an entire year? Writers are us…
Ep 3 - Florence Nightingale - Her Life and Times
Florence's parents were appalled when they heard that she wanted to be a nurse, considering her status, and the number of suitors that were just waiting to ask for her hand. What about revolutionizin…
Ep 2 - Photo 51 - Science and Love - Part 2
Rosalind Franklin risked her livelihood and health to discover the double-helix, and her research didn't stop there. In Part 2, we will get a glimpse of the rare female scientist in World War II era …
Ep 1 - Photo 51 - The DNA Lady
What happens behind closed doors in prestigious university labs comes out slowly, in trails of information and bits of knowledge, or sometimes none at all, to the point where the wrong people will ge…