Intergenerational communication
2026 Radio Series – Episode 4: Health
“We only had a head nurse and not a doctor, and she came and she asked me what I was doing, and I tell her I’m looking for a job. At the age of 14, she wrote down my name and then she said, you know what? You came at just the right time.” -Helen Peters
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“I think about all of the opportunities that I’ve had to interact with science from an early age, and the ability that we’ve had to give that opportunity to other people, but also the fact that this is a very, very unique opportunity that I’ve been given, and I’m really grateful for it.” -Merridy Littell
Read MoreThe work of being ourselves: Following the tides from Yakutat to Kasaan
“Could you even imagine if you could try to outgive me? ʼI’m going to give better than you.ʼ What kind of world would we live in?” -George Nix
Read MoreField log: A full career of fundamental boreal forestry
“I remember his frustration as budgets were being cut. Now most of us experienced a mixture of apprehension and anger. The anger from the injustice of it and apprehension from how is this going to affect what matters to me? Not just my job, although that’s there, but also the things that I’m doing that I think are important And as near as I could tell, he experienced only anger. He was pissed.” – Dave Valentine
Read MoreSupercomputer as stepping stone
“I was always interested in technology, ever since I was a little kid. I remember the first computer my dad bought us was an old Compaq and he thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.”
-Bob Torgerson
Storytelling as a conduit of culture
“Since our existence is glued together by stories and songs and language, all of our laws and everything, I have a certain way of looking at stories that the next generation won’t be able to accommodate.”
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