Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Open Lines continue as listeners are able to voice their thoughts and concerns with Adam about various topics covered throughout the show including COVID-19 healthy and safety protestors, Canadian healthcare, public figures getting COVID-19 after international travel, and pedestrian safety. Andrea Mrozek, Senior Fellow with Cardus joins the program to chat with Adam about alternative options for government in aiding childcare providers. Mrozek provides details to an initiative that would like to see the government providing finical aid directly to immediate child caretakers then they are able to use funds to support children in which way they need at the moment.  

Daniel Coombs, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Institute of Applied Mathematics joins the program to provide insight into how we are able to predict and understand trends of COVID-19 infections. Professor Coombs acknowledges that vaccines and boosters are vital in ensuring that the virus is not as difficult and contribute to the resistance to infection. Open lines continue as listeners are able to chat with Adam about various topics covered throughout the show including potentially city staff compensation for non-vaccinated workers, affordable housing projects, insurance options for bicycles, COVID-19 and vaccines.

Daniel Coombs, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Institute of Applied Mathematics joins the program to provide insight into how we are able to predict and understand trends of COVID-19 infections. Professor Coombs acknowledges that vaccines and boosters are vital in ensuring that the virus is not as difficult and contribute to the resistance to infection. 

Andrea Mrozek, Senior Fellow with Cardus joins the program to chat with Adam about alternative options for government in aiding childcare providers. Mrozek provides details to an initiative that would like to see the government providing finical aid directly to immediate child caretakers then they are able to use funds to support children in which way they need at the moment.  

Monika Wieland-Shields, Director, Orca Behavior Institute joins the program to share details of the record breaking count of Orca Whales around the southern part of Vancouver Island. Wieland-Shields shares that over 70 whales were counted in one day last week including whales from approximately 17 different family groups and the iconic whale named Chainsaw. 

Nathan Worku, The Disinformation Project, SFU chats with Adam about the ever changing nature of artificially-intelligence-learning search engines and how they may be contributing to misinformation. Worku notes that the subtitles and tags used for categorizing searched information may be misleading such as non-accruate titles for individuals. Monika Wieland-Shields, Director, Orca Behavior Institute joins the program to share details of the record breaking count of Orca Whales around the southern part of Vancouver Island. Wieland-Shields shares that over 70 whales were counted in one day last week including whales from approximately 17 different family groups and the iconic whale named Chainsaw. Open Lines continues between guests as listeners chat with Adam about topics covered throughout the show.

Adam shares some of the text messages from listeners as they make comments on Ukraine/Russia conflict, ‘Freedom Convoy’ and Old Growth protests, COVID-19 vaccines and health and safety mandates. Open Lines also continue as listeners voice their thoughts and concerns on topics such as local road maintenance and recent local music concerts. Marg Gardiner, James Neighbourhood association joins the program to speak to Adam about the challenges that James Bay residents are facing including homeless issues, cruise ships, and the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests. Gardiner acknowledges that the Victoria Police Department was vital in ensuring protecting the community and deterring the convoy from returning.

The show starts with Adam providing updates on an incident that occurred in Victoria as Save Old Growth supports made a demonstration by creating a road blockade until law enforcement got involved. Adam also plays various audio clips from ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers as they outline their agenda going forward. Open Lines are available for listeners to chat with Adam about topics covered throughout the show including fossil fuel options and Ukraine/Russia conflict.

Marg Gardiner, James Neighbourhood association joins the program to speak to Adam about the challenges that James Bay residents are facing including homeless issues, cruise ships, and the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests. Gardiner acknowledges that the Victoria Police Department was vital in ensuring protecting the community and deterring the convoy from returning.

Nathan Worku, The Disinformation Project, SFU chats with Adam about the ever changing nature of artificially-intelligence-learning search engines and how they may be contributing to misinformation. Worku notes that the subtitles and tags used for categorizing searched information may be misleading such as non-accruate titles for individuals.