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COVID19 and the Future of Work: Part 2 Jun 05, 2020

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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.

In part 2 of this special 2-part conversation on the future of work post COVID19, host Jodi Butts speaks with Pedro Barata, Executive Director at the Future Skills Centre to discuss the skills that will be needed in a labour market transformed by COVID, automation and other factors.

COVID19 and the Future of Work: Part 1 Jun 03, 2020

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In part 1 of this special 2-part conversation on the future of work post COVID19, host Jodi Butts speaks with Brittany Forsyth, Chief Talent Officer at Shopify about Shopify’s decision to shift to a digital workplace.

Open to Debate: Can capitalism solve climate change? Jun 02, 2020

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Humankind is facing an extraordinary threat. No, not that threat. The other one. Climate change. And we are running out of time to develop and implement solutions to meet the challenge -- or, at least, to mitigate the worst of what’s coming.

Tackling the climate crisis requires radical change, including adaptations to -- or perhaps upheavals of -- the social, political, and economic systems that have delivered us into this mess. Some people, however, argue that there is much we can and should want to keep of the old ways, not least of which may be the market economy.

That leaves us to ask: Can capitalism solve climate change? On this episode of Open to Debate, David Moscrop talks with Tom Rand, venture capitalist and author of The Case of Climate Capitalism: Economic Solutions for a Planet in Crisis.

America and COVID-19 with Ben Rhodes May 25, 2020

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On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Ben Rhodes on the state of America in midst of a pandemic. Ben Rhodes is the author of the New York Times bestseller The World As It Is, the co-chair of National Security Action and an advisor to former President Barack Obama. From 2009-2017, Rhodes served as Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama.

Tourism & COVID-19 May 20, 2020

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On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Michele McKenzie, principal of McKenzie Strategies about tourism in the time of COVID-19.

Open to Debate: Can the United States of America manage the pandemic? May 19, 2020

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As of May 18th, 2020 there are more than 1.52 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States of America. While 280,000 people have recovered from the virus, 90,000 have died -- the most of any country in the world.

The American response to the pandemic has been criticized, appropriately, by just about everyone who is paying attention. And life in the time COVID-19 has just begun, which makes the following question even more important:

Can the United States of America manage the pandemic?

On this episode of Open to Debate, David Moscrop talks with Katie Simpson, CBC foreign correspondent based in Washington, D.C.

Not Just a Visitor May 15, 2020

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On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Julie Drury, the Strategic Lead, Patient Partnerships at the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement about why family care providers are 'Not Just a Visitor'. Melissa Jones joins to share her family's experience.

Reimagining health care in COVID’s shadow May 13, 2020

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On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Dr. Sacha Bhatia about the redesign process of the health care system, and what it could look like in the long term in and beyond COVID’s shadow. Dr. Bhatia is a scientist at the Women's College Research Institute, the Chief Medical Innovation Officer and F.M. Hill Chair in Health System Solutions at the Women's College Hospital, a Cardiologist at the Women's College Hospital and University Health Network and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Gun violence as a public health crisis May 07, 2020

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On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Dr. Alan Drummond about gun regulation as a public health issue. Dr. Drummond is an emergency doctor in Perth, Ontario, a member of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, co-chair of its Public Affairs Committee, which has long advocated for red flag laws to curb firearms suicides.

The fragility of our healthcare supply chain May 05, 2020

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On this episode of the 2020 Network, host Jodi Butts speaks with Dr. Anne Snowdon, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Windsor’s Odette School of Business; Academic Chair of the World Health Innovation Network (WIN); and Scientific Director and CEO of SCAN Health, about how health care supply chains work and how they can be improved.

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