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Ep. 275: Clearing up the issues about climate change
In this Conversation That Matters, he talks online to Environment Canada Climate Scientist Greg Flato about climate and he clears up a number of issues.
Ep. 274: Giving a damn: The secret to making a difference
We invited Martin McNish to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the gift of giving.
Ep. 273: Why we need to address PTSD in first responders
We invited Bob Rich to join us for a Conversation That Matters about caring for the well-being of all first responders who care about us.
Ep. 272: Vancouver’s overlooked real estate crisis: industrial land
We invited Eric Aderneck to join us for a Conversation That Matters about our need to think in innovative ways about the region’s industrial lands.
Ep. 271: Alternative medicine: Is it the real deal?
We invited Dr Dugald Seely to join us for a Conversation That Matters about empowered health through a holistic approach to wellness.
Ep. 270: Benefits of fitness among First Nations
We invited Dr Rosalin Miles to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the healing power of a community in motion in the cradle of Mother Nature.
Ep. 269: The state of the Pacific salmon population
We invited the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Vice President for Salmon, Jason Hwang, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the state of salmon.
Ep. 268: Your body’s relationship with bacteria
Dr. Claire Fraser joined us for a Conversation That Matters about you, the organisms you are host to and your relationship with them.
Ep. 267: From hate to compassion: An ex-white supremacist’s story
We invited Tony McAleer, one of the founders of Life After Hate, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about his mission to help people leave hate groups.
Ep. 266: Unlocking First Nations’ business potential
We invited Mark Selman, the founding director of the Executive MBA program in Indigenous Business and Leadership, Beedie School of Business, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the wealth of potential in doing business as or with indigenous organizations and individuals.
Ep. 265: Is Canada’s democracy in trouble?
We invited Shauna Sylvester of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the state of democracy in Canada.
Ep. 264: Why the Canada-China relationship needs a reset
We invited Jonathan Manthorpe to join us for a Conversation That Matters about our distorted view of our relationship with China and how we might get it on track to accurately reflect its true nature – that being, we are a pawn in China’s North American strategy and we own natural resources their overheated economy requires.
Ep. 263: How the sun affects temperatures on Earth
We reached out to Professor of Mathematics Valentina Zharkova of Northumbria University, one of the first people to raise awareness of the decrease in solar activity, for a Conversation That Matters about the sun, its reduced activity and her reading of the impact it will have on temperatures on earth.
Ep. 262: Predicting Canada’s Federal Election in 2019
We invited Mario Canseco to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the myriad issues in play for the federal election in Canada and why picking a winner is becoming harder and harder.
Ep. 261: Enabling Future Leaders Through Education
We invited Ryan Beedie to join us for a Conversation That Matters about ensuring promising young women and men can reach their full potential and why that is important to all of us.
Ep. 260: Running as an independent
We invited Jody Wilson-Raybould to join us for a Conversation That Matters about her reasons for seeking a second term in Vancouver-Granville, why adherence to the rule of law is fundamentally important in our democracy.
Ep. 259: How secure is your online information?
We invited Dominic Vogel and Christian Redshaw, hosts of the new podcast Cyber Security Matters, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about keeping your cyber secure.
Ep. 258: How employees saved their local news station
We invited Rob Germain of CHEK News to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the all-out effort by the team at the station to keep it on the air.
Ep. 257: How the demands of policing are changing
We invited Justice Wally Oppal, the man who is heading up the review on education and training of police officers in BC to join us for a Conversation That Matters about preparing law enforcement officers for their role over the next few decades.
Ep. 256: Are we prepared for a nearby volcanic eruption?
We invited volcanologist Glyn Williams-Jones of SFU’s Earth Sciences Department to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the program he and a complex web of other scientists are putting in place that will be an early warning system when Mount Meager decides to change its shape again.