Planet Haliburton Radio Show Research Assistance

Planet Haliburton Radio Show Research Assistance

Diana Myre

Planet Haliburton, Terry Moore

Stephanie Rutherford

2021

on-line

Haliburton

Communication

Planet Haliburton is an environmental justice-focused radio show founded in 2017 by host Terry Moore. To assist with episode idea development and production, a fourth-year biology student at Trent University was enlisted to craft episode idea reports for review by the host supervisor Terry Moore. This resulted in the creation of 11 episode idea reports of approximately 5 pages in length, each of which compiled research and experts on a variety of environmental justice topics including lake shore health, electromagnetic radiation, nuclear waste disposal, and invasive species and their impacts in Haliburton County, Ontario. The research resulted in the furthering of the goals of environmental justice, which are to empower individuals too make informed decisions about the environments in which they work, live, and play. The research further enables the host supervisor to continue producing a podcast that encourages listeners to visualize global and local perspectives as two sides of the same coin. The student researcher gained indispensable skills in science communication, and learned a great deal about environmental justice and how it is carried out.

Trent University