The Social Life of DNA Part 2: What does it mean to be Indigenous?

This episode will conclude our series on the social life of DNA. First, on BiteSize Science (6.02min), we chat about Atlantic staff writer Ed Yong’s two-year mission to fix the gender imbalance in his writing.  Our main story then follows Dr. Lynn Gehl(7.35min), an Algonquin-Anishinaabe woman from Eastern Ontario who just last April won her 30-year fight for status recognition under the complex rules of Canada’s Indian Act. Our guest, Dr. Kim TallBear(25.12min), helps us navigate the complicated intersection between DNA and Indigeneity. This episode ends with a preview of Broad Science’s communication workshop with Graduate STEM students at McGill University(uploaded in full as a bonus*). Links and resources https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/i-spent-two-years-trying-to-fix-the-gender-imbalance-in-my-stories/552404/ https://theconversation.com/becoming-indigenous-the-rise-of-eastern-metis-in-canada-80794 http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indian-status-why-lynn-gehl-s-court-challenge-matters-1.2806534 http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indian-status-5-things-you-need-to-know-1.2744870