Ontario Morning Podcast - Wednesday December 9, 2020
Publisher |
CBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Dec 09, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:53:27
Dr. Mario Ostrowski is a vaccine researcher and a professor of medicine and immunology at the University of Toronto. He talks about some of the logistics of delivering the fragile vaccine created by Pfizer and BioNTech; Laura Tribe of Open Media - an organization that advocates for better internet connectivity - discusses how the Starlink satellite network could bring high speed internet to remote and rural areas in Canada; How do you approach the matter of getting vaccinated with people who feel it may be risky or even unnecessary? Maria Sundaram, an infectious disease epidemiologist with I-C-E-S research institute and the University of Toronto talks about 'vaccine hesitancy'; Sofia Rodriguez of CBC London tells us about NameCoach a new tool being tested at the Ivey School of Business at Western University that helps students and professors correctly pronounce names; Doug Cuthand, columnist with the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, discusses Perry Bellegarde's decision to step down as Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations; Kimberly Sutherland Mills of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library offers up some suggestions for holiday reading; The Orillia Youth Centre has created the Valis Music Studio to honour an aspiring young rapper Nelson Bell who died in a car accident. We hear from Nelson's sister Leticia Stagg and Kevin Gangloff, the director of the studio.

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