(May 28, 2021) Canada’s award-winning health reporter André Picard has just written a book about it called Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic, which expertly lays out what can and must be done to improve the state of care for our elders. The deplorable state of so many of the country’s long term care … [Read more...] about Episode 4 – Neglected No More: André Picard talks about COVID in long term care facilities
Episode 2: Métis history comes alive with Katherena Vermette
(May 10, 2021) Katherena Vermette is a Métis writer from Treaty 1 Territory in Manitoba. Her first book North End Love Songs won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Her novel The Break won 2017 Amazon.ca First Novel Award. In 2017, she began a series of graphic novels, A Girl Called Echo, with illustrator Scott Henderson … [Read more...] about Episode 2: Métis history comes alive with Katherena Vermette
Episode 1: Fundraising for the Environment with David Love
(April 30, 2021) David Love raised his first dollar for nature in 1969. In the past 50 years that he’s been an active fundraiser—much of that time with the World Wildlife Federation Canada—he’s raised many millions more. In 2013, he was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.Now, David’s written a book called Green Green: … [Read more...] about Episode 1: Fundraising for the Environment with David Love
Opioid-related deaths spike during pandemic
(May 25, 2021) In Ontario alone, 2,050 people died because of opioid-related deaths between March 16, 2020, to December 31, 2020, representing a 79 per cent increase in opioid-related deaths, says a report issued by Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital last week. Across the country, Public Health Canada reported in the six months following … [Read more...] about Opioid-related deaths spike during pandemic
Talking UP with Jamie Swift and Elaine Power, authors of ‘The Case for Basic Income’
(May 21, 2021) This episode of Talking UP takes on the issue of Basic Income. Many Canadians were pulled from the brink of poverty when the federal government instituted the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, which provided a form of basic income. It was inconceivable until it happened. Yet, political thinkers for the four centuries have advocate that wealth … [Read more...] about Talking UP with Jamie Swift and Elaine Power, authors of ‘The Case for Basic Income’