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March 07, 2024 Why Northern Ontario Needs Family Doctors Now
According to the Ontario Medical Association, 2.3 million people don't have a family doctor in this province. That shortage gets worse the further north you go. Dr. Dannica Switzer is a rural generalist who recently left her practice in the north. She joins us from Algoma for insight into why this is happening and what might be done about it.
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11 min
March 06, 2024 Tom Wilson Art
"I'm Mohawk when I paint." Musician, writer, artist Tom Wilson talks about his journey from music to painting, describes his art and artistic process, and discusses how the practice helps him tell his personal story of learning in his fifties that he was Mohawk, and the wider story of Indigenous people in Canada.
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20 min
March 06, 2024 How Can Canadians Combat Online Hate
The federal government recently introduced legislation aimed, it says, at making the online universe much more safe. Bill C-63 would tackle online abuse with serious consequences for hate crimes - including possible prison time. For insight on what's needed to make Canadians safer in the digital world, we welcome:
Sabreena Delhon, CEO of the Samara Centre for Democracy; Barbara Perry, Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias, and Extremism at Ontario Tech University;
and Dax D'Orazio, a post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University.
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26 min
March 06, 2024 Is Ontario's Health System Serving Substance Users?
A new report led by the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN) at St. Michael's Hospital and Public Health Ontario has found that people who died from a substance-related overdose faced significant gaps in treatment. For insight on this we welcome one of the authors of the report, Tara Gomes.
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12 min
March 05, 2024 Is Ontario Becoming an Electric Vehicle Superpower?
International carmakers, along with the federal and Ontario governments have injected billions of dollars into the country's automotive sector to spur electric vehicle production. Does this mean that Ontario, and Canada, will become a global EV superpower? We ask:
Ontario's Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and the MPP for Nipissing, Vic Fedeli;
Dennis Darby, president and CEO of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters; Josipa Petrunic, president and CEO of Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium; Joanna Kyriazis, director of Public Affairs for Clean Energy Canada; and Greig Mordue, ArcelorMittal Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University.
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39 min
March 04, 2024 Bob Rae: Remembering Brian Mulroney
Tributes continue to pour in for Canada's 18th prime minister, Brian Mulroney. Someone who knew him very well and liked him very much, despite their political differences, is Canada's ambassador to the United Nations. He joins us from New York with his memories and thoughts on Brian Mulroney's legacy.
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14 min
March 04, 2024 Creature Cognition: Exploring Animal Minds
Philosophy professor Kristin Andrews thinks a lot about how animals think. We talked to her about why understanding dolphin babysitters, and whether rats have culture could enhance our multispecies world.
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16 min
March 04, 2024 Does Ontario Have Too Many Colleges and Universities?
There are nearly 50 colleges and universities in the province of Ontario, and they're all screaming for more money. It's a complicated problem. They say the province doesn't fund them enough. They say the federal government cost them nearly $2 billion by cutting back on visa for foreign students, who pay six or seven times the tuition of Canadian students. And the province has frozen tuition fees for the past five years and will do so for another three, which will deprive the post-secondary of even more money. For insight, we welcome: Peggy Sattler, NDP MPP for London West; Adil Shamji, Liberal MPP for Don Valley East; Mike Schreiner, leader of the Green Party of Ontario and the MPP for Guelph; and Alex Usher, president of Higher Education Strategy Associates.
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31 min
March 01, 2024 What should the criteria be for a fair legal system in Ontario?
In some countries, judges are elected and affiliated with political parties. Here, they are appointed by the government of the day. Traditionally, the idea has been that they should be non-partisan, independent, and make decisions based on the law and the merits of the case. So, when Premier Doug Ford recently indicated that he wanted to appoint ,like-minded, judges to sit in Ontario courtrooms, the hackles went up in the legal community and beyond. For insight, we welcome: Michael Spratt, partner at the Ottawa criminal law firm Abergel Goldstein & Partners. He's served as a director of the Criminal Lawyers' Association; Mitch Heimpel, director of policy at the public affairs firm, Enterprise Canada;and Joanna Baron, executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation.
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25 min
February 29, 2024 The Magic of Mushroom Therapy
Depression. Addiction. Anxiety. OCD. Anorexia. Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, is being used to treat a wide range of mental-health disorders, with some very promising results. But what is the experience like in these sessions that can last as long as eight hours? And what exactly does it offer people? And why does a single dose help 80 per cent of people quit smoking or 6 per cent of people recover from severe depression? Producer Eric Bombicino visits "the most beautiful room" in Toronto General Hospital and finds out how this psychedelic is changing people's minds.
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23 min

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Hosted by Jeyan Jeganathan, The Rundown delivers original journalism and in-depth analysis of the social, political, cultural, and economic issues that shape life in Ontario. Each episode focuses…