What has COVID-19 inspired - or maybe even forced - you to learn?
Podcast |
Now or Never
Publisher |
CBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Dec 10, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:52:41
We've been living with COVID-19 for almost a year, and this 'new normal' has come with a sharp learning curve. On this Now or Never, find out how people from across the country are facing the challenge and seizing the opportunity to stretch their skills and try something new.  In Yellowknife, lawyer Jennifer Hunt-Poitras is learning to play the drums to jam with her musician husband Norbert Poitras - and get in touch with her missing inner rocker. In Ottawa, 17-year old Madeline McDermott is learning how to be a hairstylist, cook, nurse, and seamstress - all to support her mom Leslie, who was just diagnosed with breast cancer. At 104-years-old, Nell Macauley is learning how to FaceTime so she can connect with her family from her Winnipeg care home. Some NHL players get a crash-course on what it's like to be a stay-at-home dad. Singer-songwriter Becky Han is singing Inuktitut jingles about the coronavirus to make sure the message of preventing the spread of COVID-19 is understood by all. Now or Never listeners call in to share the skills and life lessons they're learning through the pandemic. When longtime Winnipeg DJ Tyler Sneesby (aka DJ Hunnicut) started losing his sight, he had to find a new way to engage not only with an audience, but with himself. The first step is trading his turntable in for something he's never played before. What do you do when a pandemic hits, and you suddenly find yourself isolating with your grandparents in the Northwest Territories? For 13-year-old Keirah Simon, it means getting a crash-course in what it means to harvest your own food. 

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