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Shaye Ganam

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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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Alberta Minister's daughter the victim of racist attack

June 28, 2021 18:19 - 15 minutes

Rajan Sawhney, Minister of Community and Social Service, MLA for Calgary-North East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Show: Seventeen Canadians per day died from opioids in 2020, new research sheds light on the feeding behaviour of the mighty tyrannosaur, and OsawawKihew talks residential school fall out

June 25, 2021 18:43 - 44 minutes

On today's show, seventeen Canadians per day died from opioids in 2020, we talk with two of the greatest minds in medicine and science, Meldon Kahan, the medical director, Substance Use Service, at the Women's College Hospital, and Dr. Robert Tanguay, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry & surgery at the University of Calgary, president of the pain society of Alberta, and provincial medical lead of Opioid Dependency Training & Alberta Addiction Education Sessions. We discuss new resea...

OsawawKihew talks residential school fall out

June 25, 2021 17:57 - 17 minutes

Marcel (Golden Eagle) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s museums are slowly starting to return Indigenous artifacts

June 25, 2021 17:21 - 12 minutes

Sarah Pash, the cultural institute’s former executive director and chair of the Cree School Board Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Observations Just Drastically Changed What We Know About Venus

June 25, 2021 17:00 - 10 minutes

Paul Byrne, associate professor of planetary science at North Carolina State University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New research sheds light on the feeding behaviour of the mighty tyrannosaur

June 25, 2021 16:48 - 12 minutes

Dr. François Therrien, curator of dinosaur paleoecology at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seventeen Canadians per day died from opioids in 2020

June 25, 2021 16:40 - 19 minutes

Dr. Meldon Kahan, Medical Director, Substance Use Service, Women's College Hospital, Toronto Dr. Robert Tanguay, Clinical Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry & Surgery, University of Calgary. President, Pain Society of Alberta. Provincial Medical Lead, Opioid Dependency Training & Alberta Addiction Education Sessions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta tourism operators asking Albertans to stay local

June 25, 2021 16:20 - 7 minutes

Jason Thornhill, the owner of Aspen Crossing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chief of the Enoch Cree Nation on another heavy week for Canada's Indigenous People

June 25, 2021 16:14 - 11 minutes

Chief Billy Morin, Chief of Enoch Cree Nation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Show: 751 unmarked graves found at a former Saskatchewan residential school, a powerful call from an Edmonton-area man on intergenerational trauma, and how to help Edmonton and Calgary's most vulnerable during a heat wave

June 24, 2021 18:42 - 45 minutes

On today's show, at least 751 unmarked graves have been found at a former Saskatchewan residential school, we hear the announcement and a powerful call from an Edmonton-area man on intergenerational trauma. Plus, we learn how we can help Edmonton and Calgary's most vulnerable during the upcoming heat wave with Scarlet Bjornson from the Bissell Centre, and Tyler Foulkes with the Calgary Drop-In Centre.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A powerful call from an Edmonton-area man on intergenerational trauma

June 24, 2021 18:06 - 8 minutes

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How gay-straight alliances are helping Lethbridge youth

June 24, 2021 17:46 - 7 minutes

Samuel Yamamoto, a GSA advisor at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to help Edmonton and Calgary's most vulnerable during a heat wave

June 24, 2021 17:29 - 13 minutes

Scarlet Bjornson, Bissell Centre Tyler Foulkes with the Calgary Drop-In Centre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Callers reaction to the announcement of 751 unmarked graves found at former Saskatchewan residential school

June 24, 2021 17:23 - 29 minutes

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751 unmarked graves found at former Saskatchewan residential school

June 24, 2021 16:49 - 27 minutes

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Today's show: vaccination rates in High Level, the Alberta govt announces funding for Indigenous-led research & a report details how China is detaining people without trials

June 23, 2021 18:29 - 42 minutes

On today's show, we talk with the mayor of High Level about what's going on with her town's low COVID-19 vaccination rates. Plus, Premier Jason Kenney and Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson announce funding to support Indigenous communities in Alberta to research undocumented deaths and burials in residential schools. And, a new report details how China is stepping its use of secret detentions without trials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The government of Alberta announces funding for supporting Indigenous research

June 23, 2021 18:07 - 20 minutes

Premier Jason Kenney Minister of Indigenous Relations Rick Wilson Chief Billy Morin, Enoch Cree Nation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China is stepping up the use of secret detention without trial

June 23, 2021 17:15 - 15 minutes

Laura Harth, Campaign Director, Safeguard Defenders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High Level's low vaccination rates

June 23, 2021 17:07 - 10 minutes

Crystal McAteer, Mayor of High Level Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MPs pass Bill C-10, sending controversial Broadcasting Act legislation to Senate

June 23, 2021 17:04 - 12 minutes

Rachael Harder, Conservative MP and Digital Government critic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two-thirds of Canadians say governments shouldn't lift all COVID-19 restrictions

June 23, 2021 16:30 - 11 minutes

Ian Large, Executive Vice-President and Partner for Leger Western Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Show: Calgary and Edmonton mask bylaws, Calgarian launching vaccine passport app for travel-ready Canadians, and brain implants

June 22, 2021 19:08 - 32 minutes

On today's show, the province is lifting public health restrictions on July 1, but the mayors in Calgary and Edmonton aren't so sure they want to get rid of the mask mandate so soon, Andrew Knack, Edmonton Ward 1 City Councillor has the details. Calgarian and CEO of Portpass, Zak Hussein, is launching a vaccine passport app for travel-ready Canadians. Plus, we discuss brain implants with Jennifer Boger, director of the Intelligent Technologies for Wellness and Independent Living Lab at the Un...

Edmonton MP's compassionate bereavement bill passes in the Senate

June 22, 2021 17:32 - 8 minutes

Matt Jeneroux, Conservative MP, Edmonton-Riverbend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brain implants could let us see another person's deepest secrets

June 22, 2021 17:00 - 14 minutes

Jennifer Boger is director of the Intelligent Technologies for Wellness and Independent Living Lab at the University of Waterloo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calgarian launching vaccine passport app

June 22, 2021 16:22 - 11 minutes

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

The extraordinarily slow reopen to the border

June 22, 2021 16:17 - 13 minutes

Justin Ling, freelance investigative journalist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edmonton city council to debate lifting the mask bylaw

June 22, 2021 16:08 - 11 minutes

Andrew Knack, Edmonton City Councillor, Ward 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: National Indigenous People's Day, the fallout from two Chinese scientists fired from a Winnipeg lab, and Canadian Ukrainian internment camps

June 21, 2021 19:17 - 39 minutes

On today's show, it's National Indigenous People's Day in Canada, and this year there's renewed focus on education. Charlene Bearhead, the director of reconciliation for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the first education lead at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, and education coordinator for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls joins the show. We get insight on the fallout from two Chinese scientists fired from a Winnipeg lab with...

Why we still don't have self-driving cars on the roads in 2021

June 21, 2021 17:39 - 11 minutes

Dr. Francesco Biondi, Assistant Professor, Human Kinetics, University of Windsor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian Ukrainian internment camps

June 21, 2021 17:35 - 14 minutes

Adam Kloster, who has an interest in Ukrainian Canadian history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fallout from two Chinese scientist fired from a Winnipeg lab

June 21, 2021 17:03 - 15 minutes

Dr. Christian Leuprecht, 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

National Indigenous People's Day

June 21, 2021 16:56 - 13 minutes

Charlene Bearhead, Director of Reconciliation for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the First Education Lead at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Education Coordinator for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: breaking down the COVID-19 Delta variant, the divide between Canada & the U.S. and the greatest movies of all time

June 18, 2021 18:52 - 31 minutes

On today's show, we discuss the COVID-19 Delta variant with Dr. Levon Abrahamyan from the University of Montreal. What is it, how dangerous is it, what do we need to know? Is the border between Canada and the United States staying closed a reflection on how the two countries used to walk in unison and are now drifting apart? We talk with Dr. Christopher Kirkey about the retreat of North Americanism. And, we can't trust Rotten Tomatoes for movie reviews anymore so we turn to you, and find out ...

Listeners share their favourite movies

June 18, 2021 18:11 - 30 minutes

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Movies are scoring higher and higher on Rotten Tomatoes, but why?

June 18, 2021 17:33 - 8 minutes

Danielle Solzman, film critic, Solzy at the Movies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The growing divide between Canada and the United States

June 18, 2021 17:06 - 14 minutes

Dr. Christopher Kirkey, director of the Center for the Study of Canada at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Albertans weigh in on importance of Indigenous entrepreneurs

June 18, 2021 16:57 - 8 minutes

Erwin Joosten, Senior Vice President, Energy & Resources, Sodexo Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Delta COVID-19 variant: a look at the risks, symptoms and impact on vaccines

June 18, 2021 15:51 - 12 minutes

Dr. Levon Abrahamyan, a virologist at the University of Montreal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: Green Party fighting, Alberta's rural vet shortage & reopening the border to vaccinated travelers

June 17, 2021 18:32 - 28 minutes

On today's show, we chat with Global News chief political correspondent David Akin about what is going on with the Green Party. Plus, Alberta is facing a crisis with a long-standing shortage of rural veterinarians. We chat with the president of the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association Dr. Pat Burrage. And, what's going with reopening the Canada/U.S. border? We talk to an economics professor out of the University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

End-of-School Year COVID Impacts

June 17, 2021 17:56 - 11 minutes

Jason Daniels, evaluator from Community-University Partnership Christine Bileau, Eastglen School, Assistant Principal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada must open its border to all vaccinated travelers

June 17, 2021 17:51 - 9 minutes

Dr. Ambarish Chandra, economics professor at the University of Toronto. His recent research examines travel across the U.S.-Canada border Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long-standing shortage creates strain on rural Alberta veterinarians

June 17, 2021 17:45 - 11 minutes

Dr. Pat Burrage, President, Alberta Veterinary Medical Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Green leader Annamie Paul mulls next steps after non-confidence threat

June 17, 2021 17:41 - 12 minutes

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

Canada's inflation rate rises to highest level in a decade

June 17, 2021 17:18 - 9 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

Public and private sector wages: How does Alberta compare to the "Big 3" provinces?

June 17, 2021 17:12 - 9 minutes

Richard Mueller, Professor, department of Economics, University of Lethbridge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: Senator Paula Simons, Métis Nation of Alberta taking the government to court & study finds toxins linked to cancer is used in long-lasting makeup

June 16, 2021 18:29 - 36 minutes

On today's show, the province once again has plans to have Albertans elect Senate nominees. We chat with Senator Paula Simons, an independent senator from Alberta who thinks the way it's done now is the better way. Plus, the Métis Nation of Alberta is taking the provincial government to court because of its refusal to discuss consultation policy. And, a troubling discovery from the University of Toronto that some long-lasting makeup contains toxins linked to cancer. We chat with Professor Mir...

Bill C-10 faces backward and will embarrass Canada on the world stage

June 16, 2021 17:46 - 15 minutes

Dr. Irene Berkowitz, policy fellow at Audience Lab, a research group at Ryerson University’s faculty of communication and design, and lead author of the faculty’s YouTube report, Watchtime Canada. She is also the author of a new book on Canadian television, Mediaucracy: Why Canada hasn’t made global hits and how it can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buddy Up program for suicide prevention comes to Fort McMurray for the first time

June 16, 2021 17:26 - 9 minutes

Mike Jones, communications and marketing coordinator for the Canadian Mental Health Association of Wood Buffalo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toxins linked to cancer widely used in long-lasting makeup, study warns

June 16, 2021 17:21 - 11 minutes

Miriam Diamond, earth sciences professor at the University of Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada's senate elections & appointment process

June 16, 2021 17:14 - 18 minutes

Paula Simons, Independent Senator from Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices