News & Ideas – Page 3 – Canada 2020

Open to Debate: How important is nuclear energy to a low-carbon future?

Canada is home to several active nuclear power plants and is the second largest uranium producer in the world. Nuclear energy accounts for roughly 15 percent of the country’s energy production. In Ontario, it meets approximately 60 percent of the...

@Risk: Having a Think about “Succession

To lighten the mood a little, host Jodi Butts sits down with Awi Sinha for a fun discussion of corporate governance as seen through the looking glass of Season 3 of HBO’s Succession.

No Second Chances: Canadian Departures

Happy New Year! Before we take off on our virtual world tour, let’s take some time to check in on the home front. On this episode of No Second Chances, host Kate Graham talks to Jacqueline O’Neill, Anjum Sultana, and...

Everyday Reconciliation: Leading from the North

The biggest shift in our fight against climate change came when we began putting a human face to the crisis. But that fight is far from over, and most people still don’t appreciate the human cost of our climate emergency....

No Second Chances: A Second Chance

No Second Chances is back, and we’re taking the show on the road. Well, sort of. Join host Kate Graham for a (virtual) world tour, exploring what’s worked in countries around the world towards getting women into the top political...

@Risk: Another Winter of Our Discontent with Kai Kupferschmidt

On this episode of @Risk, Jodi Butts is joined by contributing correspondent for Science magazine, Kai Kupferschmidt, to discuss the latest science on the Omicron variant, vaccine equity and the legacy of Angela Merkel.

Everyday Reconciliation: It’s Nothing like Law & Order

No one ever thinks of law as simple. But too many of us don’t appreciate one particular complexity: there are multiple legal orders that exist across Canada. And most of them are Indigenous. On this episode of Everyday Reconciliation, host...

Open to Debate: Are we coming undone during the pandemic?

Everybody loves a trilogy. In March of 2020, host David Moscrop and guest Amanda Watson dug into how folks were managing their lives during the early days of the pandemic. In the spring of 2021, the two checked back to...

@Risk: Burnt Out with Dr. Katharine Smart

On this episode of @ Risk, Jodi Butts is joined by Dr Katharine Smart, pediatrician and President of the Canadian Medical Association to discuss whether we are doing enough to protect healthcare workers and to stand-up our healthcare system during...

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