丁香园AV

On behalf of 丁香园AV’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement, we wanted to take the time to say that we have been overwhelmed and deeply touched by the voices of love, solidarity and support that have been shared since the announcement of the closure of our office on January 22, 2025 by 丁香园AV.

Can podcasting act as a new kind of scholarly form? What are the characteristics that make a podcast scholarly, and what is the potential of scholarly podcasting beyond knowledge mobilization and public scholarship? These are the questions that the Below the Radar Academic Advisory Board approached at the scholarly podcasting teach-in this past October—the first public convention of the advisory board since their inception.

Between October 30th to November 10th this year, the 21st annual Heart of the City festival animated the Downtown Eastside with over a hundred community-oriented events under the theme Threads of Connection.

The release of States of Injury — with Wendy Brown marks Below the Radar’s 250th episode—a major milestone since the podcast’s inception in 2018.

On June 22, the cast and crew of Project Limelight’s production of East Side Story were greeted with applause as a full house welcomed the young performers back to the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre stage.