Shaye Ganam
3,978 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month 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
Alberta Minister's daughter the victim of racist attack
June 28, 2021 18:19 - 15 minutesRajan 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 minutesOn 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 minutesMarcel (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 minutesSarah 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 minutesPaul 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesJason 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 minutesChief 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 minutesOn 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 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How gay-straight alliances are helping Lethbridge youth
June 24, 2021 17:46 - 7 minutesSamuel 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 minutesScarlet 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 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
751 unmarked graves found at former Saskatchewan residential school
June 24, 2021 16:49 - 27 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 minutesOn 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 minutesPremier 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 minutesLaura 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 minutesCrystal 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 minutesRachael 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 minutesIan 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 minutesOn 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 minutesMatt 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 minutesJennifer 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 minutesZak 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 minutesJustin 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 minutesAndrew 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 minutesOn 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesAdam 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesCharlene 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 minutesOn 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 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Movies are scoring higher and higher on Rotten Tomatoes, but why?
June 18, 2021 17:33 - 8 minutesDanielle 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesErwin 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesOn 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 minutesJason 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesDavid 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 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
Public and private sector wages: How does Alberta compare to the "Big 3" provinces?
June 17, 2021 17:12 - 9 minutesRichard 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 minutesOn 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 minutesDr. 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 minutesMike 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 minutesMiriam 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 minutesPaula Simons, Independent Senator from Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices