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Shaye Ganam

4,120 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★ - 1 rating

A place to talk. To come together. To be heard. Shaye Ganam is taking the conversation province-wide on 630 CHED in Edmonton and QR Calgary - 107.3 FM and 770 AM, creating a collective town square to rehash the old and imagine the new for every part of this province. Tune in Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to noon to join the conversation. Follow Shaye Ganam on Twitter to keep up with your host wherever he goes.

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Kabul explosions: At least 72 dead, including U.S. military personnel, officials say

August 27, 2021 16:54 - 5 minutes

Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent, Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alcohol-related hospitalizations in Alberta nearly doubled during 1st COVID-19 wave

August 27, 2021 16:27 - 8 minutes

Dr. Abdel-Aziz Shaheen, an assistant professor at the Cumming School of Medicine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: Do strategic voting campaigns actually work

August 27, 2021 15:40 - 8 minutes

Dr. Larry Savage, Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: the situation in Afghanistan worsens, climate change & an Alberta made vaccine passport app

August 26, 2021 18:18 - 31 minutes

On today's show, the situation in Afghanistan is escalating with explosions at the Kabul airport. Will foreign policy now become an election issue in Canada? We chat with Hugh Segal out of Queen's University. Plus, climate change is an issue for Canadians in this election campaign. We chat with the Insurance Bureau of Canada about adapting to the current climate situation we are in. And, there's a locally developed vaccine passport pass called PORTpass. Could it be the answer to our problems?...

Decision Canada: Climate change

August 26, 2021 17:22 - 10 minutes

Robin Edger, National Director, Climate Change, Insurance Bureau of Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign policy failures produced the chaos we're seeing in Afghanistan

August 26, 2021 17:08 - 15 minutes

Hugh Segal, the Mathews fellow in global public policy at the Queen’s University School of Policy Studies and a senior adviser at Aird Berlis, LLP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PortPass app

August 26, 2021 17:05 - 9 minutes

Zak Hussein, CEO, PORTpass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada ends Kabul evacuation effort as many left behind

August 26, 2021 16:12 - 9 minutes

Amanda Connolly, political reporter, Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edmonton agencies getting ready to resettle Afghan refugees

August 26, 2021 16:07 - 10 minutes

Sharon Yeo, Director, Immigration and Settlement Services, Catholic Social Services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: Alberta vaccine passport, Canada'd 4th wave of COVID-19 & the similarities and differences between Afghanistan and Vietnam

August 25, 2021 19:03 - 33 minutes

On today's show, proof of your COVID-19 vaccination is on the rise and Alberta doesn't seem to have a plan in place on how to implement it. We talk with Dr. Timothy Caulfield. Plus, some doctors are raising the alarm over the fourth wave of COVID-19. We find out what's really going on on the front lines from an Edmonton ER doctor. And, Afghanistan and Vietnam have a lot of similarities and differences. We discuss them with Eugene Lang from Queen's University.   Learn more about your ad choice...

These techniques are helping Prairie farmers grow crops despite drought

August 25, 2021 17:47 - 11 minutes

Dr. Yvonne Lawley, professor in the department of plant science at the University of Manitoba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Afghanistan is - and isn't - Vietnam all over again

August 25, 2021 17:42 - 15 minutes

Eugene Lang, Lecturer, Adjunct Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: Doctors worry Canada's 4th wave of COVID-19 could be biggest yet

August 25, 2021 17:02 - 12 minutes

Dr. Shazma Mithani, Emergency Physician, Royal Alexandra and Stollery Children’s Hospitals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Race-based COVID-19 data

August 25, 2021 16:55 - 9 minutes

Omar Yaqub, Executive Director, Islamic Family and Social Services Association (IFSSA) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vaccine passports: Alberta’s MyHealth Records could be a challenge

August 25, 2021 15:33 - 9 minutes

Dr. Timothy Caulfield, University of Alberta professor in health law and policy and Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: polling shows the Conservatives and Liberals are tied, extremist groups recruit military and police & Charlie Watts dead at 80

August 24, 2021 18:28 - 31 minutes

On today's show, just one week into the federal election campaign and things seem to be going pretty well for the Conservative Party. New polling by Ipsos Public Affairs shows the party has eliminated any lead held by the Liberal Party. We chat with Sean Simpson. Plus, a new report warns that extremist groups are actively recruiting military and police members to join their ranks. We talk to a national security expert. And, Charlie Watts, the legendary drummer for the Rolling Stones has died ...

Charlie Watts dead: Rolling Stones drummer dies at 80

August 24, 2021 17:56 - 11 minutes

Alan Cross, host, The Ongoing History of New Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: City leaders ask federal parties to protect, expand rental housing in Canada

August 24, 2021 17:51 - 10 minutes

Taneen Rudyk, first vice-president, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: Liberals, Conservatives in dead heat as Trudeau’s popularity dips

August 24, 2021 17:01 - 8 minutes

Sean Simpson, Vice-President, Ipsos Public Affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: Progress stops when we create and dismantle infrastructure programs every federal election

August 24, 2021 16:57 - 12 minutes

Dr. Kerry Black, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Integrated Knowledge, Engineering and Sustainable Communities, University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Extremist groups 'actively recruiting' military and police, Canadian intelligence report warns

August 24, 2021 15:58 - 16 minutes

Dr. Christian Leuprecht, national security expert, Class of 1965 professor at the Royal Military College, Professor in the Department of Political Science and Economics, Queen's University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COVID-19 vaccine booster strategy risks emergence of new variants

August 24, 2021 15:32 - 9 minutes

Dr. Colin Furness, epidemiologist, University of Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: mandatory COVID-19 vaccines, Alberta safe consumption sites & Indigenous election priorities

August 23, 2021 19:28 - 34 minutes

On today's show, the Pfizer vaccine has been granted full approval by the FDA in the U.S., which likely means it will soon see similar approval in other parts of the world. What does that mean for vaccine mandates and vaccine certificates? Does it change the legality of them? Plus, Petra Schulz is the co-founder of Moms Stop the Harm, one of two non-profits taking the government of Alberta to court over the way it has handled safe consumption sites. And, we talk with Dr. Cindy Blackstock and ...

For Canada, all that remains of the Afghanistan war is the aftermath

August 23, 2021 17:32 - 11 minutes

Benjamin Hertwig, writer and former Canadian soldier whose first book of poetry, Slow War, was a finalist for a Governor-General’s Literary Award Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What the Nova Scotia election means for the federal campaign – and what it doesn’t

August 23, 2021 17:09 - 9 minutes

Dr. Lori Turnbull, director and an associate professor at the School of Public Administration at Dalhousie University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: Top Indigenous election priorities include residential schools justice, climate change

August 23, 2021 16:36 - 11 minutes

Dr. Cindy Blackstock, a member of the Gitxsan First Nation in British Columbia and the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: the legality of mandatory vaccines

August 23, 2021 16:10 - 17 minutes

Eric Adams, Vice Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lawsuit filed against Alberta government over supervised consumption site rules

August 23, 2021 16:03 - 10 minutes

Petra Schulz, co-founder of MSTH, a national advocacy organization pushing for drug policy reform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COVID-19 hospitalizations rise as Alberta confirms 817 new cases Thursday

August 20, 2021 18:01 - 14 minutes

Dr. Lynora Saxinger, Infectious Disease Doctor, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: Food will likely get more expensive. What does the election mean for your grocery bill?

August 20, 2021 16:43 - 13 minutes

Dr. Michael Von Massow, associate professor, the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: Federal parties all say they'll make housing more affordable

August 20, 2021 16:15 - 14 minutes

Dr. Paul Kershaw, associate professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, founder of the advocacy group Generation Squeeze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: Polling shows Trudeau seen as best pick for PM, but faces trust issues as election ramps up

August 20, 2021 15:49 - 11 minutes

Darrell Bricker, CEO, Ipsos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian hurdles keep Afghan refugee offer out of reach

August 19, 2021 18:14 - 12 minutes

Nastaran Roushan, immigration lawyer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada needs a new engagement strategy that opposes China’s thuggery

August 19, 2021 18:01 - 17 minutes

Guy Saint-Jacques, served as Canada’s ambassador to China from 2012 to 2016, Senior Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s annual inflation rate surges 3.7% in July, biggest jump in over a decade

August 19, 2021 17:42 - 15 minutes

Trevor Tombe, Associate professor of economics, University of Calgary, Research Fellow, School of Public Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: You’re probably watching the wrong election battle

August 19, 2021 16:59 - 12 minutes

Ken Boessenkool, McConnel Professor of Practice at Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University, Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin has been charged with sexual assault

August 18, 2021 17:42 - 9 minutes - 8.33 MB

Amanda Connolly,national online journalist, Global News See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Progressive Conservatives to form majority government in Nova Scotia

August 18, 2021 17:19 - 15 minutes

Tim Powers, vice-chairman, Summa Strategies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Biden Just Made America and the World Much Less Secure

August 18, 2021 16:47 - 14 minutes

Noah Rothman, Associate Editor of Commentary and the author of Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta universities COVID-19 vaccine policies

August 18, 2021 16:37 - 12 minutes

Dr. Lorian Hardcastle, an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, with a cross-appointment to the Department of Community Health Sciences in the Cumming School of Medicine.  She is also a member of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: Do we need COVID-19 booster shots?

August 18, 2021 16:07 - 14 minutes

Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Infectious Diseases physician and scientist, based out of the Toronto General Hospital Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Experts split on COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers, travellers

August 17, 2021 18:21 - 12 minutes

Christine Van Geyn, Litigation Director, Canadian Constitution Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Number of syphilis infections on the rise in Alberta

August 17, 2021 18:12 - 10 minutes

Dr. Ameeta Singh, an infectious disease specialist who works at Edmonton's Royal Alexandra Hospital Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A fearful silence descends on Afghanistan

August 17, 2021 17:53 - 14 minutes

Graeme Smith, covered Afghanistan as a correspondent for The Globe and Mail from 2005 to 2011. He co-wrote and presented the documentary film Ghosts of Afghanistan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decision Canada: National childcare

August 17, 2021 17:44 - 14 minutes

Peter Jon Mitchell, Program Director for Cardus Family Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Provinces divided on making use of COVID-19 vaccine passports

August 16, 2021 18:13 - 12 minutes

Dr. Horacio Bach, adjunct professor, division of infectious diseases, University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taliban in control of Afghanistan

August 16, 2021 17:59 - 17 minutes

Terry Glavin, Author, journalist, Ottawa Citizen & National Post columnist / Contributing editor - Maclean's magazine, Senior Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights,  co-founder of the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada is heading to the polls on September 20

August 16, 2021 17:00 - 16 minutes

Matt Gurney, Columnist, National Post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some Alberta mayors concerned codes of conduct may become optional

August 16, 2021 16:49 - 9 minutes

Cathy Heron, Mayor of St. Albert, Vice-President of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s 2021 federal election is officially a go

August 16, 2021 16:39 - 13 minutes

David Akin, Chief Political Correspondent, Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices