# Abby Walker

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Part 1: Intuition and Curiosity in Shaping an Environmental Justice Leader with Dr. Ingrid Waldron

This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Part 1)  In this episode, Dr. Waldron opens up about her personal background and early aspirations, including how her family shaped her academic path. She also shares about her struggles with finding a sense of direction and ti…

From Kyoto to Paris: Dr. Gordon McBean on Decades of Changing Policies and Climate Inaction

This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Gordon McBean  This episode confronts the reality of the climate crisis, framing it around the UN’s "code red for humanity." Reflecting on a career dating back to the 1970s, Dr. McBean shares insights from helping form the Intergovernmental Pa…

Healing Without Harm: Climate Action Within Hospitals

This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Myles Sergeant Healthcare has a massive environmental footprint, and making it more sustainable is something we can't ignore. In this episode, Dr. Anna Gunz talks with Dr. Myles Sergeant about practical solutions to reduce that impact.Dr. Serg…

A Nature Prescription Can Be Preventive Medicine with Dr. Melissa Lem

This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Melissa Lem Climate change is not a distant forecast, it’s already shaping symptoms, stress, and risk in the people we care for. In this episode, Dr. Anna Gunz talks with family physician and researcher Dr. Melissa Lem about what it means to p…

From Research to Rx: Nature for Osteoarthritis with Nicole Struthers

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This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Nicole Struthers, a combined Master of Physical Therapy student and PhD candidate at Western University.  Nicole’s work explores environmental physiotherapy and nature-based interventions, with interests in planetary health and integrating environ…

Reimagining Community, Colonialism, and Poetry Along the Riverbank with Dr. Tom Cull

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This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Tom Cull, a poet, educator, and community organizer. Together they explore the connection between local environments and social justice.Dr. Cull discusses his 11-year journey co-founding the Antler River Rally in London, Ontario, transforming …

Reconnecting Wisdom, Nature, and Healing in Modern Medicine

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This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Helen Butlin, a registered psychotherapist and researcher.  They discuss how cancer care can feel incomplete even when treatment is excellent. Spiritual and emotional support can help people face fear, suffering, and mortality. They then trace…

Feeling the Heat: Climate Change's Hidden Health Crisis with Dr. Sean Kidd

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This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Sean Kidd, a clinical psychologist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and professor at the University of Toronto.  In this episode, we dig into how climate change amplifies mental health risks through poverty, housing insecur…

Will We Still Learn Languages When Machines Can Translate? (with Abby Walker)

Live AI translation tools are making it easier to converse across languages without a human translator, a phrasebook, or years of study. So will we all just stop taking Spanish or Mandarin classes? Sociolinguist Abby Walker doesn’t think so. She shares the many reasons we learn new languages, some …

Reconnecting Wisdom, Nature, and Healing in Modern Medicine

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Send us Fan Mail This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Helen Butlin, a registered psychotherapist and researcher.  They discuss how cancer care can feel incomplete even when treatment is excellent. Spiritual and emotional support can help people face fear, suffering, and mortality…