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Episode 210: Critical Hope — with Kari Grain
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Dr. Kari Grain is a research associate at the Community Engaged Research Initiative (CERI) and writer of the book, Critical Hope: How to Grapple with Complexity, Lead with Purpose, and Cultivate Transformative Social Change.
On this episode of Below the Radar, Kari joins our host Am Johal, to discuss how the seemingly conflicting frameworks of criticalness and hope are both vital to systemic change, as well as the importance of emotions such as anger and grief, and the influence of Gloria Anzaldúa’s Coyolxauhqui imperative. Throughout the episode, Kari shares impactful excerpts from her book, Critical Hope.
About Our Guest
Kari Grain
Dr. Kari Grain is the author of (2022) and teaches at the University of British Columbia in the Faculty of Education, where she leads the Master’s of Education program in (ALGC).
She is also a research associate at the Community Engaged Research Initiative (CERI) at AV. Her research in , critical pedagogy, adult education, , and has been featured in peer reviewed , , blogs, and podcasts. At the nucleus of Grain’s body of work is the belief that education has the potential to be a vibrant pathway toward systemic change and the honouring of multiple ways of knowing and being. Vital to that process of systemic transformation is an attunement to emotional, critical, and creative ways of knowing oneself and being in the world with others.
Cite This Episode
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Johal, Am. “Critical Hope — with Kari Grain.” Below the Radar, AV’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, April 18, 2023. /vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/210-kari-grain.html.
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