Episode 14: Antivirals, Vaccines and Hope With Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell, ‘68 MD
In our season finale of The Line, we talked to a man who has taken on some of humankind’s worst diseases, and won. Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell, ’68 MD, is the founding director of the Li Ka Shing Institute o...
2 Heinä 202022min
Episode 13: Pandemic and Paranoia With Timothy Caulfield, ‘87 BSc(Spec), ‘90 LLB
The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by an equally dangerous “infodemic” — an onslaught of misinformation which threatens our ability to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance. It's some...
25 Kesä 202024min
Episode 12: Economic Health Check-in With Andrew Leach, ’20 LLM
The human cost of the COVID-19 crisis can’t be overstated, but an important secondary story is the economic toll of the pandemic. With recent Canadian job losses in the millions, when might we see a g...
18 Kesä 202023min
Episode 11: Wâhkôhtowin With Shana Dion, ’05 BA(NativeStu), ’19 Cert(AboriginalSpo/Rec)
Shana Dion never imagined she’d be teaching Elders how to Zoom, or conducting a virtual Round Dance on Instagram. But as UAlberta’s assistant dean of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Students, she’s wil...
11 Kesä 202021min
Episode 10: Student Support in a Pandemic With André Costopoulos, Dean of Students
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many of the essential support services UAlberta students rely on, from career support to mental health counselling to the sexual assault centre, are no longer physic...
4 Kesä 202019min
Episode 9: Feeding the Community With Morgan Allen, ’19 BSc(Nutr/Food)
Fresh Routes mobile grocery provides healthy, affordable food to those who need it most. It becomes a community hub wherever it goes, bringing together community-based volunteers and the people they s...
28 Touko 202020min
Episode 8: Virtual Medicine With Dr. Stephanie Liu, ’13 MD
Physician Dr. Stephanie Liu, ’13 MD, values the opportunity to provide a continuity of care to families. But what happens to the doctor-patient connection when the world shuts down and people are told...
21 Touko 202019min
