A Workshop with Hannah McGregor and Garth Mullins
DATE: Tuesday, November 10, 2026
TIME: 10:00am – 3:30pm
LOCATION: Unnamed PubLab (Room HC 2960), SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street
Join us for the second of the Creative Knowledge Mobilization Workshop Series.
Workshop schedule
Part 1: Podcasting as Movement Journalism (10:00 am –12:00 pm)
Activist, author and podcaster Garth Mullins will discuss his work on the podcast Crackdown and introduce the idea of “movement journalism”: journalism created with and for communities directly affected by the issues being covered.
Part 2: How to Create a Research Podcast (1:00–3:30 p.m.)
Dr. Hannah McGregor will lead a practical, hands-on session exploring how to develop a podcast grounded in research and community engagement. Participants will learn how to shape an idea, translate research into compelling audio, and design a podcast that reaches and engages broader audiences. Participants must provide a brief description of the podcast or research project they would like to explore. Part 2 is limited to 12 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
Presented in partnership with SFU Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) and SFU Knowledge Mobilization Hub.
Speakers
Garth Mullins is a harm reduction activist, award-winning journalist, writer, broadcaster and musician. He is an organizer with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, and executive producer and host of the award-winning podcast Crackdown. Crackdown was born out of the idea that journalism can be rigorous, fair, and meet the expectations enumerated in the Canadian Association of Journalists, while also containing a clear and transparently-stated point of view.
Hannah McGregor completed her PhD at TransCanada Institute at the University of Guelph in 2013, where her research focused on contemporary white Canadian women’s representations of distant suffering. Since 2015, Hannah has been making Witch, Please, a fortnightly podcast about the Harry Potter world with her collaborator Marcelle Kosman. In 2017, Hannah started a new podcast, Secret Feminist Agenda, a weekly discussion of the insidious, nefarious, insurgent, and mundane ways we enact our feminism in our daily lives. Through a collaborative SSHRC-funded project with Siobhan McMenemy, Senior Editor atWilfrid Laurier University Press, the podcast is being peer-reviewed at the end of each season.
About the series
Creative Knowledge Mobilization Workshop Series 2026-2027
How can researchers use creative methods to reach beyond academic journals and connect with broader audiences?
Join the SFU Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi), the SFU Knowledge Mobilization Hub, and the UBC Public Humanities Hub for a four-part, hands-on workshop series exploring creative approaches to knowledge mobilization. Designed for researchers, graduate students, practitioners, and community partners, this series will introduce practical skills for translating research into engaging, accessible, and impactful public-facing formats.