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The “Social Work Made Accessible” podcast

The “Social Work Made Accessible” podcast

Posted on July 28, 2022July 27, 2022 by guanyinmiao

With producers of the Singapore-based “Social Work Made Accessible” podcast, Dominic Soh, Rachel Koh, and Cheong Ming Fa​​ng, we chat about how they got started, the different social work episodes and conversations they’ve had, and how they are planning for the future.

The future of... Eye-care and eye-health (with Eyeviser's Chen Weiwen)

The future of… Eye-care and eye-health (with Eyeviser’s Chen Weiwen)

Posted on July 21, 2022July 22, 2022 by guanyinmiao

With Chen Weiwen, the founder of Eyeviser, which offers eye-care education to companies and the public, we chat about the three big ideas on the future of eye-care and eye-health. First, the shift from treatment to prevention. Second, the role of tech-powered prescription checks. And third, the personalisation of eye-care.

Save.Me: Singapore’s first national survey on suicide (with Prof. Rosie Ching)

Save.Me: Singapore’s first national survey on suicide (with Prof. Rosie Ching)

Posted on July 4, 2022July 3, 2022 by guanyinmiao

As part of Save.Me, Prof. Rosie Ching and her students interviewed almost 3,000 folks in Singapore for the country’s first national survey on sucide. We ask her about the suicide stigma index, the key findings, as well as relevant policy and practice directions.

“Pragmatic resistance as counter-conduct: Civil society advocacy in Singapore” (with political and security risk analyst Isaac Neo)

“Pragmatic resistance as counter-conduct: Civil society advocacy in Singapore” (with political and security risk analyst Isaac Neo)

Posted on July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 by guanyinmiao

Today, as part of our “Civic Engagement and Action” mini-series, where we speak to folks about expanding communities and spaces for sustained civic engagement and political participation, I am joined by our co-host, Isaac Neo, a political and security risk analyst. We chat briefly about his GE2020 newsletter and his involvement in a number of other Singaporean initiatives and organisations before diving into his thesis, titled “Pragmatic resistance as counter-conduct: Civil society advocacy in Singapore”. He details how actors in the environmental and migrant worker sectors use non-confrontational and technocratic methods and shift between cooperation and contestation vis-à-vis the state.

The future of: Marrying purpose and profit (with StoneSoup Partner’s Samantha Lee)

The future of… Marrying purpose and profit (with StoneSoup Partner’s Samantha Lee)

Posted on June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 by guanyinmiao

Subscribe to the monthly socialservice.sg newsletter and check out the socialservice.sg podcast! Click here to listen to the episode. Today,… Read more The future of… Marrying purpose and profit (with StoneSoup Partner’s Samantha Lee)

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