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  • Lauren McKeon

    The journalist and author Lauren McKeon discusses her new book Women of the Pandemic: Stories from the Front Lines of COVID-19 (McClelland & Stewart, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

    Women of the Pandemic: Stories from the Front Lines of COVID-19 by Lauren McKeon (McClelland & Stewart, 2021).

    Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Women of the Pandemic

    Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

    I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British

    Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

    Lauren McKeon joins me

    again. She has just written a new book, Women of the Pandemic: Stories from
    the Front Lines of COVID-19. It’s a great chronicle of the early days of
    the pandemic, and not just a look back, but a necessary view onto the roles
    that women have played in the year 2020 and beyond. We see the women who lead
    the public health authorities in Canada, as well as the nurses, doctors,
    personal support workers, cashiers, long-haulers, cooks, and many others. We
    see in their work, how it also doesn’t stop when their work hours end. There’s
    overtime, as well as the work outside of work, whether it’s caring for children
    or parents, or both, not to mention encountering hate, racism, as well as being
    grossly underpaid. These portraits of the women that Lauren interview provide
    marvelous insight into the work that is important, as well as undervalued. Will
    our idea of what a front line worker is change as a result of the last eighteen
    or more months? Will the token gestures of ‘hero pay’ or 7pm cheers result in
    lasting change? These are questions that are asked in the book, as well as considered
    while reading the book. Women who have been impacted by the pandemic have been
    overrepresented negatively. That effect is something that’s looked at in the
    book. It’s necessary we not only honour the women here, but also look at the
    lasting change that ought to result, like seeing women in leadership roles, as
    well as seeing the definition of leadership change. Lauren McKeon is deputy
    editor of Reader’s Digest Canada, and the author of No More Nice Girls,
    and F-Bomb, which she was first on the program with back in 2017. This new
    book is published by McClelland & Stewart. Please welcome back to the Planta:
    On the Line program, Lauren McKeon; Ms. McKeon, good morning.

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    30 min
  • Michael Kluckner
    The artist and historian Michael Kluckner discusses his recent collection Here & Gone: Artwork of Vancouver & Beyond (Midtown Press, 2021), the changing Vancouver, and more, with Joseph Planta.
    50 min
  • Michael Kluckner

    The artist and historian Michael Kluckner discusses his recent collection Here & Gone: Artwork of Vancouver & Beyond (Midtown Press, 2021), the changing Vancouver, and more, with Joseph Planta.

    Here & Gone: Artwork of Vancouver & Beyond by Michael Kluckner (Midtown Press, 2021).

    Click to buy this book from MichaelKluckner.com: Here & Gone

    Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

    I

    am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver,
    British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

    The artist, and historian Michael Kluckner joins me again. He recently published a new collection of paintings, his first in nine years, Here & Gone: Artwork of Vancouver & Beyond. It’s features surviving buildings and landscapes of Vancouver and rural British Columbia, as well as ones that haven’t. There is also artwork from his travel sketchbooks, which he’s carried with him throughout the world, evocative, enjoyable depictions of Australia, Mexico, India, Indonesia, and Italy, among other places. I’ll ask him about the forms of his art, as well as what he captures on a regular basis throughout Vancouver. I’ll ask him about the city as he views it, in his years living here compared to today. I’ll ask him about the changing city, and our memory of it. There’s a lot of discussion of how we should build in this city, and it’ll be interesting to get Michael’s view with the remarkable historical view he has. We also note the death this past weekend of Cornelia Oberlander. Michael Kluckner is also the president of the Vancouver Historical Society, and for many years has published award-winning, bestselling books including Vanishing Vancouver, the second version of which he was first on this program with in 2012. He is also the author of the graphic novels Toshiko, Julia, and 2050. Visit www.michaelkluckner.com for more information. Here & Gone is published by Midtown Press. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Michael Kluckner; Mr. Kluckner, good morning.

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    50 min
  • Dany Assaf
    The lawyer and co-founder of Fast in the 6 Dany Assaf discusses his new memoir Say Please and Thank You and Stand in Line (Sutherland House, 2021), with Joseph Planta.
    32 min
  • Dany Assaf
    The lawyer and co-founder of Fast in the 6 Dany Assaf discusses his new memoir Say Please and Thank You and Stand in Line (Sutherland House, 2021), with Joseph Planta.
    32 min
  • Nathaniel G. Moore
    The writer and literary publicist Nathaniel G. Moore discusses his new collection of writing Honorarium: Essays, 2001-2021 (Palimpsest Press, 2021), with Joseph Planta.
    39 min
  • Nathaniel G. Moore
    The writer and literary publicist Nathaniel G. Moore discusses his new collection of writing Honorarium: Essays, 2001-2021 (Palimpsest Press, 2021), with Joseph Planta.
    39 min
  • Rob Taylor
    The poet Rob Taylor discusses his new collection Strangers (Biblioasis, 2021), and more, with Joseph Planta.
    32 min
  • Rob Taylor
    The poet Rob Taylor discusses his new collection Strangers (Biblioasis, 2021), and more, with Joseph Planta.
    32 min
  • Ira Wells
    Professor Ira Wells of Victoria College at the University of Toronto discusses his new biography Norman Jewison: A Director's Life (Sutherland House, 2021), with Joseph Planta.
    48 min