@Risk

On this episode of @ Risk, Jodi is joined by Icelandic artist and activist, Andri Snaer Magnason, whose approach to climate change is like no other. Magnason is the author of On Time and Water, a calculated and enchanting invitation to see ourselves in the battle against climate change through mythology, his conversations with the Dalai Lama and our love of family.

To read the full transcript of this episode visit: https://canada2020.ca/risk-from-apathy-to-climate-action-with-andri-snaer-magnaso%e2%80%aan%e2%80%ac/

Rockets, rovers and reaching for the stars are undertakings rife with risk – but nothing worth doing is without it.

On this special episode of @ Risk, Jodi Butts is joined by Col. Chris Hadfield and Dr. Farah Alibay to discuss how they engineered their successes in space, and other lessons relatable to our more earthy daily lives.

To read the full transcript of this episode visit: https://canada2020.ca/risk-rockets-rovers-and-reaching-for-the-stars-with-dr-farah-alibay-and-col-chris-hadfield/

Canada is ranked *last* according to a non-partisan study assessing the legitimacy of whistleblower laws globally. What?

On this episode of @Risk, host Jodi Butts is joined by Dr. John O’Connor, the winner of the inaugural Peter Bryce Prize honouring individuals whose courage in speaking up about wrongdoing has served the public interest, as well as by David Yazbeck, lawyer and Advisory Board Member to the Centre for Freedom of Expression’s Whistleblower Initiative, to discuss why we need whistleblowers and how the Canadian and provincial governments can better protect them.

To read the full transcript of this episode visit: https://canada2020.ca/risk-blowing-the-whistle-with-dr-john-oconnor-and-david-yazbeck/

Each generation carries its unique burdens forward in the face of their own particular headwinds.

On this episode of @Risk, Jodi Butts is joined by Dr. Samir Sinha, geriatrician and Health Policy Research Director for the National Institute on Ageing, and Vass Bednar, Executive Director of McMaster University’s Master of Public Policy Program, to discuss the policy opportunities for improving the risk profiles of older Canadians and Millennials.

To read the full transcript of this episode visit: https://canada2020.ca/risk-talkin-bout-generation-risk-profiles/

Dissatisfied with the amount of progress being made towards freedom and equity for all?

On this episode of @Risk, host Jodi Butts is joined by University of Toronto professor and author of On Property, Rinaldo Walcott, to discuss his radically optimistic prescription for a different kind of freedom that goes daringly beyond greater representation of Black and Indigenous people in positions of authority.

To read the full transcript of this episode visit: https://canada2020.ca/risk-flipping-the-property-risk-script-with-rinaldo-walcott/

Since cyber security risk scales as quickly as fortunes are made by network effects, is it time to adopt new approaches to how we protect and sustain cyber security?

On this episode of @Risk, Jodi Butts speaks with F5 Networks’ Global Head of AI, Stanford lecturer and former Googler, Shuman Ghosemajumder to find out if cyber security can keep pace with the evolving threats.

It’s always important to understand the why before you get to the what and the how, even in the case of risk.

On this episode of @Risk, host Jodi Butts speaks with national best-selling writer and professor of philosophy, Mark Kingwell, about his new book, “On Risk or If You Play, You Pay: The Politics of Chance in a Plague Year.” Beyond our daily COVID risk calculations, lies a white space of opportunity for greater fairness and meaning.

Thanks to effective COVID-19 vaccines, we are able to see light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.

On this episode of @Risk, host Jodi Butts speaks with Helen Branswell, a great Canadian and STAT News’ infectious diseases and global health reporter. They discuss the causes for celebration and the lingering uncertainties surrounding the last mile of our COVID-19 journey.

Meltdowns reveal so much about our dependencies, our vulnerabilities, and our character.

On this episode of @Risk, Jodi Butts speaks with Canadian author Emily St. John Mandel, whose two most recent books, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven, follow characters impacted by disaster. Emily and Jodi explore the real and fictional risks we choose and the ones that choose us.

To read the full transcript of this episode visit: https://canada2020.ca/risk-fictional-meltdowns-with-emily-st-john-mandel/

It is often the people who care the most about an institution who also dare to raise the problems within it. On this episode of @Risk, Jodi Butts speaks candidly with Jeff Jarvis, an American journalist, professor and media pundit’s pundit, and Nana aba Duncan, an award-winning broadcaster, William Southam Journalism Fellow and founder of Media Girlfriends, about some of the overlooked internal threats to journalism and how they can be overcome.

To read the full transcript of this episode visit: https://canada2020.ca/risk-the-calls-coming-from-inside-journalism/