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 Jul 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Mai 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 Mai 202019min
Episode 7: Covid and Cavities With Dr. Paul Major, ‘88 DDS
On April 30, the Alberta Government announced that many healthcare practitioners could begin to treat patients again after months of office closures due to the pandemic. But are all practitioners able...
14 Mai 202021min
