Episode 213: Cultivating Collective Effervescence with Jeff Newberry of Mirvish’s The Lion King in Toronto
“Collective effervescence is the feeling of energy and harmony when people are engaged in a shared purpose. It is a joie de vivre that...
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Diana Varma
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202: Ungrade Upgrade with Ryan Kough
Experimenting with different types of grading structures has been a hugely important part of my teaching for the last six years. Since...
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Diana Varma
Mar 265 min read
183: My Favourite Practice for Living a Connected Creative Life
It comes as no surprise that interviews can be intimidating. Full stop. Yes, AND I believe that there are ways to use interviewing to our...
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Diana Varma
Feb 142 min read
173: Work and Play and Play and Work with Ryan Kough
I’m thrilled to introduce my guest today, Ryan Kough, who believes in design as a community-building tool creating partnerships between...
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Diana Varma
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155: Showing Up & Growing Up as a Commercial Illustrator with Mr. Tom Froese
I met Tom at DesignThinkers Vancouver in May of this year where he was facilitating an illustration workshop. After the day’s events, he...
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Diana Varma
Jun 6, 20233 min read
147: Live From Podcamp 2023: Break All the Rules
It was a really neat experience getting to speak at PodCamp 2023. I respect this small-in-size, large-in-stature, annual meeting of the...
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Diana Varma
May 30, 20232 min read
146: Emerging Typeface Designers Nicole Galindo & Cameron Mady
It's become a Talk Paper Scissors tradition to feature the incredible work of up-and-coming typeface designers in this space (check out...
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Diana Varma
Apr 5, 20232 min read
139: Heart-Centredness in the Classroom and Beyond with Dr. Robyn Bourgeois
In our final episode of this series, Nat and I have the immense pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Robyn Bourgeois to learn from her...
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Diana Varma
Mar 28, 20232 min read
138: The Future of Design Education with Dr. Ana Rita Morais
We’re back at it! My creative confidant, Nat Lumby, and I recently sat down with a design education leader, Dr. Ana Rita Morais. Ana Rita...
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Diana Varma
Feb 15, 20234 min read
137: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion with Gail-Ann Wilson Mitchell
Equity, diversity and inclusion. Human-centred education in the midst of a technological tidal wave. Student well-being in the classroom...
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Diana Varma
Mar 7, 20229 min read
099: ABCs of GCM: S-&
We learn our ABCs as preschoolers; we begin to write down our alphabet, combine letters into words into sentences and eventually into...
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Diana Varma
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098: ABCs of GCM: J-R
We learn our ABCs as preschoolers; we begin to write down our alphabet, combine letters into words into sentences and eventually into...
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Diana Varma
Feb 28, 202212 min read
097: ABCs of GCM: A-I
We learn our ABCs as preschoolers; we begin to write down our alphabet, combine letters into words into sentences and eventually into...
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Diana Varma
Jul 12, 20213 min read
062: Flexible Learning & Teaching with Dr. Maha Bali
In my continued study of social justice issues specific to the design industry, I found the incredible work of Sasha Costanza-Chock....
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Diana Varma
Jul 5, 20217 min read
061: Lights! Camera? Action! The Case for 'Cameras Turned Off' Classrooms
A regular weekday morning in my new workspace looks a little different now than it did pre-pandemic. I have my laptop, notebook, and...
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Diana Varma
Jun 28, 20212 min read
060: Pausing in Pedagogy with Daryll Wilson
In today’s episode of Talk Paper Scissors, we’re continuing our quest of reflecting on a year of virtual learning and teaching. With me...
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Diana Varma
Jun 26, 20213 min read
059: Reflecting on a Year of Virtual Teaching with Nat Lumby, Jay Wong and Chris Ambedkar
Hooray for friends! Today’s episode features 3 of them! I have the wonderful good fortune of working with some great people, including...
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Diana Varma
Jun 24, 20216 min read
058: Serious Fun
Imagine otters. Cute, adorable otters. Surprisingly, there is a lot we can learn from otters, especially the ways in which they innovate...
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Diana Varma
May 25, 20216 min read
054: Extra Bold with Ellen Lupton
Today is a special day. It’s not every day that you have the chance to sit down and chat with one of your professional idols. “Ellen...
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Diana Varma
Apr 24, 20212 min read
049: Dear Professor, Let's Talk Paper Scissors with Anna Lang and Katelyn O'Brien
While I love podcasting and exploring storytelling in an audio format, my day job is as a lecturer at a university in Toronto, Canada....
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