Shaye Ganam
4,120 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★ - 1 ratingA 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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Episodes
Kabul explosions: At least 72 dead, including U.S. military personnel, officials say
August 27, 2021 16:54 - 5 minutesReggie 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesOn 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 minutesRobin 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 minutesHugh 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 minutesZak 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 minutesAmanda 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 minutesSharon 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 minutesOn 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesEugene 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesOmar 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesOn 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 minutesAlan 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 minutesTaneen 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 minutesSean 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesOn 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 minutesBenjamin 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesEric 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 minutesPetra 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesDarrell 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 minutesNastaran 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 minutesGuy 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 minutesTrevor 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 minutesKen 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 MBAmanda 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 minutesTim 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 minutesNoah 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesChristine 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesGraeme 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 minutesPeter 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesTerry 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 minutesMatt 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 minutesCathy 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 minutesDavid Akin, Chief Political Correspondent, Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices