- How sportsmanship brought two nations and the lacrosse world closer
Tuesday, January 12th 2021
The Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse team are ranked as one of the top teams in the world, but were passed over for the upcoming World Games likely in part due to their fight for sovereignty. This slight inspired an act of sportsmanship that has helped bring two nations closer together. Rex Lyons is a former player and board member of the Iroquois Nationals, and he joins “This Matters” to explain this remarkable sports story.
- Privacy vs. potential: The big questions around smart cities
Monday, January 11th 2021
Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs might have started with a splash and ended with a splatter, but “smart tech” to run cities is still part of a future we cannot avoid. On today’s episode John Lorinc, Spacing senior editor and Atkinson Fellow who has been working on a series about smart cities for the Toronto Star, talks about the their potential and how the COVID-19 pandemic might have helped paved the way for a smart city future in Toronto.
- What Ontario can do to save seniors and LTCs
Friday, January 8th 2021
Ontario’s long-term care homes are in crisis once again, and doctors and medical experts are criticizing the province for delays in the vaccination rollout, a lack of transparency and its failures to address institutional problems in the LTC system. Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, explains what lessons weren’t learned in the first wave, why ageism kills and what must be done now to save seniors in the months ahead.
- An attempted coup against American democracy
Thursday, January 7th 2021
On the day the U.S. Congress voted to certify the ballots confirming Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, a pro-Trump mob stormed into the U.S. Capitol threatening to upend the results of the election. Edward Keenan, Toronto Star’s Washington bureau chief, joins “This Matters” to talk about what he saw unfold at the insurrection and how it shook American democracy.
- Are stronger, longer lockdowns needed to save lives and the economy?
Wednesday, January 6th 2021
If we buckle down for one last, longer lockdown, could we avoid a third wave of COVID-19, save lives and see improved economic outcomes? A new report says just that. Saba Eitizaz speaks with Robert Greenhill, executive chair of Global Canada, who spearheads a task force advocating for the new strategy called “the Canadian Shield approach.”
