Supporting seniors through COVID-19

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The COVID19 pandemic is moving quickly, as is the news and information around it. That’s why our team on the 2020 Network is focused on giving you some balanced perspective on the story as it develops.


On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Health Policy Research at the National Institute on Ageing at Ryerson University, and Director of geriatrics at Mount Sinai and the University Health Network in Toronto about how to help seniors get through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The social determinants of health and COVID-19

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The COVID19 pandemic is moving quickly, as is the news and information around it. That’s why our team on the 2020 Network is focused on giving you some balanced perspective on the story as it develops.

On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Dr. Kwame McKenzie, CEO of the Wellesley Institute, professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Director of Health and Equity at the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health to discuss the social determinants of health and COVID-19.

Canada’s Legal System during COVID-19

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The COVID19 pandemic is moving quickly, as is the news and information around it. That’s why our team on the 2020 Network is focused on giving you some balanced perspective on the story as it develops.

On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Vivene Salmon, President of the Canadian Bar Association, about the impacts of COVID-19 on Canada’s legal system.

Open to Debate: What can caremongering do for us – and what can’t it?

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As the coronarvius pandemic continues, a mutual aid movement known as ‘caremongering’ has emerged in Canada. The endeavour is encouraging and welcome, but it isn’t new. Mutual aid and solidarity have long been practiced, especially in racialized, disabled, and Indigenous communities. On this episode of Open to Debate, David Moscrop talks with international development scholar Yvonne Su about the history, possibilities, and limits of caremongering.

COVID and the global food industry, with Sylvain Charlebois

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The COVID19 pandemic is moving quickly, as is the news and information around it. That’s why our team on the 2020 Network is focused on giving you some balanced perspective on the story as it develops.

On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Sylvain Charlebois, professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie Univeristy in Halifax, about the impact of COVID-19 on the global food industry.

Learning during a pandemic, with Alex Usher

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The COVID19 pandemic is moving quickly, as is the news and information around it. That’s why our team on the 2020 Network is focused on giving you some balanced perspective on the story as it develops.

On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Alex Usher, President of Higher Education Strategy Associates about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the postsecondary education system.
Jodi also speaks with Gabrielle Menes, a third-year law student at UOttawa about how the pandemic is affecting her life as a student.

COVID across borders, with Rana Sarkar, Consul General of Canada in San Francisco

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The COVID19 pandemic is moving quickly, as is the news and information around it. That’s why our team on the 2020 Network is focused on giving you some balanced perspective on the story as it develops.

On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Rana Sarkar, Consul General of Canada in San Francisco about his experience on the ground dealing with the impacts of COVID-19.

Nonprofits on the front lines of COVID-19, with Bruce MacDonald

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The COVID19 pandemic is moving quickly, as is the news and information around it. That’s why our team on the 2020 Network is focused on giving you some balanced perspective on the story as it develops.

On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Bruce MacDonald, President and CEO of Imagine Canada, about how COVID-19 is impacting charities, nonprofits and social enterprises, and what some are doing to soften the blow.

An economic pandemic, with Brett House

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The COVID19 pandemic is moving quickly, as is the news and information around it. That’s why our team on the 2020 Network is focused on giving you some balanced perspective on the story as it develops.

On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Brett House, Deputy Chief Economist at Scotiabank about the impacts of COVID-19 on the Canadian economy, and how we can combat the looming economic recession.