The Human Anthology

This episode features our guest, Bianca, a published author!

Lisa Shen is a writer and spoken word artist based in the Greater Toronto Area. Her work centers on gender-based violence and disability rights. Lisa was the first place winner of the 2021 Mississauga Poetry Slam, and is an upcoming speaker for the TEDx McMasterU 2022 conference. Her work has also been featured at several arts festivals, including the JAYU Human Rights Film Festival and Humainologie Short Story Festival.

As a passionate teacher, Lisa has created and instructed debate classes for youth. She is working with the non-profit Hamilton Youth Poets to bring the joy of spoken word into classrooms through workshops and showcases.

In this episode, our guest talks about his experience with music during the pandemic. He also speaks to themes like the acapella club along with other of his notable extracurriculars.

Introducing our first episode of the year! Our guest, Joshua shares a story about his experience living with an autistic sibling.

In the second installment of our Covid Chronicles series, Samiha has a conversation with her older sister Sanjana about all things pregnancy, working from home, and virtual kindergarten during the pandemic.

In this fourth episode, Gracie (@graciee.liu), kindly joined by her friend Summer Clarke (@summergraceclarke), have a conversation about their background in art, dealing with perfectionism, working style, and other random reflections as two third-year university students.

In our Third Episode, We kick off our new mini-series the COVID Chronicles where we document how our lives have changed in these unprecedented times. Irene and Darren speak to a first-year University Student and a Grade 12 student about how their learning experience has changed during the pandemic.

In our second episode, we have a very exciting guest joining us, McMaster alumnus Shelley Rottenberg. Amy and Shelley converse about her experience as a transracial Chinese adoptee as well as individual cultural identity.

Who are we? In this first episode, get to know the Human Anthology’s collective mission and a bit about each individual team member. We will be discussing what we would tell our past selves and how our surroundings have shaped us into who we are today.