Dr. Irvin Studin: Part 3 - Canada's Six National Crises (Economic and Social)

11/09/21 • 119 min

On today’s episode we have Part 3 of my discussion with Dr. Irvin Student about The Six National Crises facing Canada. On this episode we discuss the emerging social crisis, the economic crisis, the mania around vaccinated 5–11-year-old children, and we also look at issues surrounding public health in our country.

These topics are all part of Dr. Studin’s new book, Canada Must Think For Itself: 10 Theses For Our Countries Survival and Success in the 21st century, which is available now.

Irvin Studin is a Canadian academic, author, public intellectual, and former two-time all Canadian soccer player who is the editor-in chief of Global Brief Magazine and the President of the Institute of 21st Century Questions. He is also the Chair of the Worldwide Commission to Educate All Kids. Irvin holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Schulich Business School. He studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar earning a Master of Arts degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. He studied International Relations at the London School of Economics and has a PHD in Constitutional Law from Osgood Hall Law School where he earned the Governor General’s Gold Metal.
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Canada Must Think For Itself: 10 Theses For Our Countries Survival & Success in the 21st Century

These topics are all part of Dr. Studin’s new book, Canada Must Think For Itself: 10 Theses For Our Countries Survival and Success in the 21st century, which is available now.

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Margaret McCuaig-Johnston: Canada / China Relations

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Margaret McCuaig-Johnston is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Science, Society and Policy and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa where she has been lecturing and writing on China’s science and technology policies since 2013.

Over a 37-year career in the public service, Margaret held senior management positions in the Governments of Canada and Ontario. Most recently she was Executive Vice-President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council; prior to that she was Assistant Deputy Minister Energy Technology and Programs at Natural Resources Canada; and her first Assistant Deputy Minister appointment was at the federal Department of Finance. She has also had management positions at Industry Canada, the Prime Minister’s National Advisory Board on Science and Technology, the Ministry of State for S&T, and the Privy Council Office (the Prime Minister’s department).

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