Podcasts about brookfield institute

The mission of HomeFront Strong, formerly known as the Brookfield Institute, is to build resilience in veterans and military families through targeted programs and resources.Their vision is to ensure every military and veteran family has the necessary support to achieve optimal social, spiritual, physical and mental health for joyful, meaningful lives.

In episode 12 we are joined by Joshua Zachariah, an economist who works at the Brookfield Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a think tank, in Toronto, Canada. Joshua's main research interest is in better understanding how gains from the innovation economy can be more equitably shared. Joshua has a background in economics and has worked for the Ontario public service and the private sector. In this episode we discuss the innovation economy in Canada, and Joshua's view about economics and econometrics more broadly.

Work in the After-Times: Labour market trends for the next ten years – Friday July 9, 2021 Thinking about how to prepare your business for the post-pandemic environment? Join us for a virtual session with two co-authors of the Brookfield Institute's foresight research report: Yesterday's Gone: Exploring the Future of Canada's Labour Market in a Post-COVID World. Learn how broad societal trends – such as the shift to virtual activities, and the growing recognition of the importance of equity, inclusion and mental well-being-- might influence the creative sector labour market as the pandemic recedes and a new normal sets in. Speakers: Heather Russek, Collaborator, Brookfield Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Ryerson University) + Principal, Creative Futures Jessica Thornton, Collaborator, Brookfield Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Ryerson University) + Principal, Creative Futures Le travail en un temps nouveau: tendances du marché du travail pour les dix prochaines années – Le vendredi 9 juillet 2021 Vous vous demandez comment adapter votre entreprise à l'environnement post-pandémique? Joignez-vous à nous pour une séance virtuelle avec deux co-autrices d'un rapport de recherche prospective du Brookfield Institute: Bats-toi, signe et persiste: Explorer les futurs possibles du marché de l'emploi au Canada dans un monde post -COVID. Découvrez comment les grandes tendances sociétales, telles que la transition vers un mode virtuel et la reconnaissance croissante de l'importance de l'équité, de l'inclusion et du bien-être mental, pourraient influencer le marché du travail dans le secteur créatif alors que la pandémie recule et qu'une nouvelle normalité s'installe. Conférencières: Heather Russek, collaboratrice, Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship (Université Ryerson) + directrice, Creative Futures Jessica Thornton, collaboratrice Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship (Université Ryerson) + directrice, Creative Futures

Over the next five years, Canadian businesses that are not digitally intensive are projected to lose 46% in foregone annual revenue.  Data like this can be found in the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship's newly released report, Picking up Speed: Digital Maturity in Canadian SMEs and Why Increasing it Matters, which was created with support from Xero, a cloud-based accounting software platform for small businesses.  Canadian SMEs still significantly lag behind larger firms in foundational technologies, such as social media use and e-commerce, and not enough small businesses are taking advantage of the internet to make sales. Building on the Board's extensive network of business support and training programs, this report is another critical tool for Ontario's business owners and policymakers who are not only looking to weather the pandemic but to emerge from it even stronger than before.  We recently got the chance to speak with Faye Pang, Canada Country Manager for Xero. Faye brings nearly 15 years of experience building businesses from the ground up.  As a leader, Faye prioritizes growth above all else and practises authenticity, transparency, and empathy in the way she manages her team. She strongly believes that we all have a set of values that we have to live by at all times (rather than keeping our work and personal lives separate), and keeps this consideration top-of-mind when championing her team's growth, both personally and professionally. She is passionate about creating systems that lift women up while tackling the hierarchical barriers that have disproportionately affected women in the workplace.In this podcast, Faye discusses why SMEs need to digitize and how initiatives like the Board's Recovery Activation Program (RAP) can help them in doing so.

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast Justin Bates of OPA  returned to the show to give an update on how Ontario's pharmacies are preparing to deliver second doses of AstraZeneca, along with the first doses of other vaccines. Guest: Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacist Association - All of Canada's federal parties agree that an election during the pandemic is a bad idea. Wow! How did they come to that conclusion? Tim Powers and Scott break down the news, have some fun with it, and take a look at the smart way to play politics in the COVID-19 era. Guest: Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies, Managing Director of Abacus Data - It looks like 2021 will be another rough summer for students looking for a job. Brendon Bernard elaborated on how things are shaping up in the job market. Guest: Brendon Bernard, Senior Economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab  - John Lusink joined the show to talk about how Canadian's have changed their tastes in homes, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Guest: John Lusink, President of Right at Home - Scott spoke with Kimberly Bowman, to find out more about the rise of automation and online options for shopping that began in Canada before COVID-19 first made the headlines. Guest: Kimberly Bowman, Senior Projects Manager at the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship with Ryerson University Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, keep up with the big stories developing in Hamilton, Ontario and across Canada: https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott Thompson Content Producer - Jordan Armenise Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shilbee Kim (she/her)  is a Korean-born social enterprise and passion coach for Innoweave and the Women of Ontario Social Enterprise Network, as well as the Workstream Manager at Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In our conversation, Shilbee Kim shares her perspective on how we can use passion as a powerful tool for justice and systems change, and urges us with a call to action to look within, and do our part, individually and collectively, to prevent anti-Asian hate, violence and racism. Please note, due to the nature of our conversation, the subject matter in this episode is sensitive and may be triggering for some folks. Please ensure you are over the age of 18 before tuning in. Memorable Quotes from Shilbee: "Sometimes we just need to get rid of the noise, to discover or reconnect with, what our truest desires are. It's all in us. We have the tools already.""Passion has allowed me to look at things that I didn't want to look at, that needed healing. To transform things. To try things. To use my voice to speak up against injustice. It has led me to creating business, writing stories, to finding the love of my life. It's been a great teacher for me.""Right now, my sense of belonging has been shaken up, and in that process, I'm finding power in my own self, and realizing that I belong to me, and only me, and that has been liberating in and of itself."  Subscribe to become a part of the Growing Wise community. You will have opportunities to participate in experiences, workshops and live podcast recordings facilitated by Negin. 

Jessica Thornton joins the Talent Show to discuss the latest future of work report by the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship – Yesterday’s Gone: Exploring the future of Canada’s labour market in a post-COVID world.

What will shape the future of work in Canada? A new report from the Brookfield Institute at Ryerson University has identified eight megatrends likely to influence the country's labour market over the next decade. One of the report's lead authors, Heather Russek, joins Hayley Woodin to discuss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amie Varley, a nurse and the host of The Gritty Nurse podcast talks about her meeting later today "Canadian Healthcare Workers & Advocates in Conversation with Prime Minister Trudeau"; Our Queen's Park reporter Mike Crawley outlines the discussions about whether or not to delay March break; Just weeks after recovering from COVID-19, registered practical nurse Lindsey Henderson is now working Roberta Place in Barrie, the site of a major outbreak. She shares her experience with us; Barrie mother Christine Naylor lost her son last year to drug poisoning. She is speaking out after discovering that the local Business Improvement Association is spending thousands to try to have a proposed safe consumption site moved away from the downtown core; Family doctor Peter Lin talks about the variants of the coronavirus; Jessica Thornton, co-author of a report from the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship shares their speculation about the future of work - post pandemic; Mark Kelley previews the Fifth Estate previews their investigation 'Policing the Police'.

Jill Earthy is the CEO of Women’s Enterprise Centre of British Columbia, a provincial non-profit organization helping BC women start, lead and grow their own business. Jill started and grew two businesses, Momcafe Network and Nasco Staffing Solutions. With this experience, Jill now leads various entrepreneurship and funding ventures to support female founders, like Investment Funds Institute of Canada, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, Futurpreneur Canada, the RAISE Collective, Female Funders, and the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship. Jill holds a Bachelors from the University of Western Ontario, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Victoria.Jill talks about the value and challenges of being a female founder, technology democratizing access to education, and how to ask for help constructively. Reach out to Jill on Twitter and LinkedIn. Stay up to date with Witty through our website, LinkedIn or email us at podcastwitty@gmail.com.Support the show (http://wittypod.com)

It seems like every day, we’re seeing new changes that COVID-19 is bringing to the world of work. Firms are choosing to automate and digitize, and they’re turning increasingly to remote and casual work. Policy-makers have helped people and businesses through the early days of the crisis. But now it’s time to meet the future of work head on. Today on the podcast, we have Natalia Mishagina, research director of the IRPP’s new program on The Future of Skills and Adult Learning. She’ll be building on a recent IRPP study by Statistics Canada’s Marc Frenette and Kristyn Frank to talk about who’s at risk of seeing their jobs transformed by automation. Next, we’re bringing on Sunil Johal to discuss how policy-makers should meet the labour market challenges accelerated by COVID-19. Sunil serves as a fellow to the Public Policy Forum and the Brookfield Institute. From 2012 to 2019 he was policy director at the University of Toronto’s Mowat Centre, and in 2019, he was named chair of the Expert Panel on Modern Labour Standards by the federal Minister of Labour. Download for free. New episodes every other Wednesday. Tweet your questions and comments to @IRPP or @jbugiel. The Demographics of Automation: Who Is at Risk? -- https://on-irpp.org/3dJt2hr

Despite its size and steady growth, Canada’s technology sector has a disappointing track record on workforce inclusion. Research by the Brookfield Institute revealed substantial gaps in terms of who works in, who benefits from and who makes decisions in the tech sector.South of our border, Black tech workers make up only 9.3 per cent of the industry. At major organizations like Google, black employees comprise around 4 percent to 5 percent of the workforce. In 2018, a U.S. study found just 1 per cent of venture-backed founders were black. In this episode of #TechInTheCity, Yvonne talks with Black Boys Code, a technology start-up that introduces young Black boys to the STEM disciplines with a focus on computer science. We talk about Black Boys Code's mission and national reach including their newest Chapter in Windsor, ON, how they hope to change the face of the tech world and ways that we can create a more colorful and diverse national and local tech community. Read Windsor Star article published on June 29, 2020. Episode Guest: Claudius Thomas, Tech Entrepreneur and Chapter Lead for the newly launched Windsor Chapter of Black Boys Code and Colin McClean, Program Manager at Black Boys Code.Follow Black Boys Code on Social Media at @BlackBoysCode. Links to Other Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:Black Boys Code Website: https://blackboyscode.ca/Black Boys Code Volunteer Information: https://blackboyscode.com/volunteer/Rocket Innovation Studio Careers: https://www.myrocketcareer.com/Who Are Canada's Tech Workers (Brookfield Institute): https://brookfieldinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-Tech-Workers-ONLINE.pdf Windsor Research Project: Racial Data https://gingerpolitics.com/2020/06/16/windsor-research-project-racial-data/     

On today’s episode I talk to Annalise Huynh, Policy Analyst + Designer at the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship in Toronto. The first half of our conversation revolves around the digital divide. The second half is a digital jungle. We talk about deep fakes, VR escape rooms, spoof calls, at-school cell phone bans, gender-bend in online games, AI, hacking accounts, tracking & gathering information, and creating secure passwords. Enjoy!

How do we talk to our young children about racism? The media has been full of images of the protests that erupted to protest the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Carl James, a professor in York University's Faculty of Education, has suggestions on how to approach the subject; Steve Clarke, the Mayor of Orillia, talks about plans to allow worship in public parks; The Mayor of Barrie, Jeff Lehman, offers his reaction to the federal government's plan to immediately transfer all of the revenues earmarked for municipalities; Flavio Turchet of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario explains the protocols that will be in place to help ensure the help of dentists and their patients now that regular visits are resuming; The federal government has set aside millions of dollars to promote domestic tourism. Megan Knott of Tourism tells us how they hope to attract more visitors to the city as the restrictions around the coronavirus are relaxed; Jordan Press of the Canadian Press reports on the Prime Minister's remarks on racism in response to the killing of American George Floyd and looks at the release of funds to support municipal governments; Ernie Cecchetto has recovered from COVD-19 and is now donating his blood plasma in hopes that the antibodies he produced may help researchers find a cure for the disease; Sarah Doyle of the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, at Ryerson University tells us about their research into what the job market may be like ten years in the future.

On BIV Today… While we know technology is disrupting the way we work, it is less clear how societies will manage the impact of that disruption. Annalise Huynh, policy analyst and designer with the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, discusses new research that examines pathways from disruption to employment. She offers insight into how employers and policymakers can ease worker impact and what they ought to focus on as skills needs shift. Hayley Woodin hosts.

On BIV Today… Two guests from the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada discuss ongoing protests in Hong Kong, and the implications for Canada and Canadian businesses. Senior manager Charles Labrecque and post-graduate research fellow Isaac Lo (1:41) shed light on the situation in the show’s latest Asia 360 segment. Dark web detective and digital identity guardian could be job options for employees in B.C. come 2030. The Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship explores what the Canadian landscape could look like a decade from now in a new report called Signs of the Times: Expert insights about employment in 2030 (available at brookfieldinstitute.ca). Diana Rivera (18:16), economist and project lead on the institute’s work on employment in 2030, discusses the report’s findings and implications for B.C. Hayley Woodin hosts, see more at https://biv.com.

Women in AI is a biweekly podcast from RE•WORK, meeting with leading female minds in AI, Deep Learning and Machine Learning. We will speak to CEOs, CTOs, Data Scientists, Engineers, Researchers and Industry Professionals to learn about their cutting edge work and technological advancements, as well as their impact on AI for social good and diversity in the workplace.

Like many organizations, the Government of Canada is exploring ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into our work to make us more efficient and effective. On this episode, we’ll learn what artificial intelligence is, and we’ll see how it can be used to solve problems that the natural resource sectors are facing. CIFAR Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy: https://www.cifar.ca/ai/pan-canadian-artificial-intelligence-strategy Government of Canada Digital Standards: https://www.canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-government/government-canada-digital-standards.html Responsible use of artificial intelligence: https://www.canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-government/modern-emerging-technologies/responsible-use-ai.html Report to the Clerk of the Privy Council: A Data Strategy Roadmap for the Federal Public Service: https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/corporate/clerk/publications/data-strategy.html Plans at a glance (NRCan): https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/plans-performance-reports/dp/2018-19/20769 Intro to AI for Policymakers: Understanding the shift (Brookfield Institute): https://brookfieldinstitute.ca/report/intro-to-ai-for-policymakers/ Montreal Declaration Responsible AI: https://www.montrealdeclaration-responsibleai.com/ Simply Science: https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/simply-science Simply Science YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNbgD_ZfyM6lh1KbemOKfeg?view_as=subscriber%3Fsub_confirmation%3D1

Comme de nombreuses organisations, le gouvernement du Canada explore diverses façons d'intégrer l'intelligence artificielle à notre travail pour nous rendre plus efficaces et plus efficients. Dans cet épisode, nous apprendrons ce qu'est l'intelligence artificielle et découvrirons comment elle peut servir à résoudre les problèmes auxquels font face les secteurs des ressources naturelles. Stratégie pancanadienne en matière d'intelligence artificielle : https://www.cifar.ca/fr/ia/strategie-pancanadienne-en-matiere-dintelligence-artificielle Normes numériques du gouvernement du Canada : https://www.canada.ca/fr/gouvernement/systeme/gouvernement-numerique/normes-numeriques-gouvernement-canada.html Utilisation responsable de l'intelligence artificielle : https://www.canada.ca/fr/gouvernement/systeme/gouvernement-numerique/technologiques-modernes-nouveaux/utilisation-responsable-ai.html Rapport au greffier du Conseil privé : Feuille de route de la Stratégie de données pour la fonction publique fédérale : https://www.canada.ca/fr/conseil-prive/organisation/greffier/publications/strategie-donnees.html Aperçu de nos plans (RNCan) : https://www.rncan.gc.ca/plans-rapports-rendement/pm/2018-19/20772 Intro to AI for Policymakers: Understanding the shift (Brookfield Institute) : https://brookfieldinstitute.ca/report/intro-to-ai-for-policymakers/ (Anglais seulement) Déclaration de Montréal IA responsable : https://www.declarationmontreal-iaresponsable.com/ La science, tout simplement : https://www.rncan.gc.ca/science-simplement Chaîne YouTube de La science, tout simplement : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd5_BkzcrUe20ePn4nZhxtQ?sub_confirmation=1

Your hosts, Terry, Marie-Claude, Lynn, and Marc (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_The_Link-20190419-WEE15 Court case launched against "smart city" over privacy The Quayside project would create housing, heated sidewalks, autonomous vehicle infrastructure and data-collecting sensors on five hectares of Toronto waterfront. (Sidewalk Toronto/hand out photo/The Canadian Press) A project by the American firm Sidewalk Labs to turn a large section of downtown Toronto into a "smart city" has been controversial since its proposal. While many seem excited by the high tech proposal by the Google subsidiary, others have expressed great concern over the collection of vast amounts of personal data. The company would build the entire "city" all of which would be wired to the net. While the firm extolls the virtues and benefits of such a concept the Canadian Civil Liberties Association has launched a lawsuit claiming that the municipal, provincial, and federal governments have all agreed in giving over control of privacy issues to a private for-profit company. Lynn spoke with Michael Bryant, executive-director and lawyer for the CCLA Alberta election: setting the stage for conflict with Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Premier-Designate Jason Kenney addresses the media the day his after his election victory in Edmonton on Wednesday April 17, 2019. (Jason Franson/THE CANADIAN PRESS) The United Conservative Party will form the new government in the western province of Alberta after easily defeating the outgoing New Democratic Party government in an election this week. Th oil-rich province has been struggling lately with low world oil prices and a lack of pipelines to get its oil to markets other than the U.S where it gets low prices. Many blamed the problems on the previous provincial government and the federal Liberal government of Justin Trudeau. On Wednesday incoming Premier Jason Kenney presented his legislative priorities, presented in a short clip here. Jobs threatened, jobs created: the future of employment in 2030 . A 'female' robot waiter delivers meals for customers at robot-themed restaurant in Onin Yiwu, Zhejiang province of China. Robots, AI, automation: technology is a major factor affecting jobs and careers, but not the only factor in the future, which can include issues like the environment and demographics amongst o(hers VCG-Getty Images- via CBC) While technology is certainly a major driver of the employment scene in the future, a new study looks at not only how that is and will change employment in the future but several other factors as well. This includes changing demographics, climate change, and a host of other factors. Marc spoke to Jessica Thornton, lead author of the study and Senior Project Designer at the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Ryerson University in Toronto The origin of making maple syrup Atikamekw site for maple syrup production in Manawan, Quebec. RCI/Marie-Claude Simard It was the indigenous peoples of central Canada who showed Europeans how to tap the watery sap from maple trees and turn it into sweet maple syrup. Marie-Claude this week drove several hundred kilometres north of Montreal to a First Nations reserve where they were in the process of making maple syrup. She presents a short video clip of the process. A larger story on the process and traditions is in the works to come soon. Video of the show

Brookfield Institute: job situations by 2030

On BIV Today… Big losses, bigger revenue growth and unbelievably valuations. Charles Plant, senior fellow at the University of Toronto’s Impact Centre, dissects the driving forces behind the path tech companies take to going public.  And it’s time to turn and face the strange. From human augmentation to urbanization, Jessica Thorton – senior projects designer and futures lead at the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship – looks at the trends shaping the future of employment in Canada. Hayley Woodin hosts.

Viewpoints Episode #88 Todd chats with Sean Mullin of the Brookfield Institute on self checkout cashiers, and whether or not they’re killing jobs. Tech journalist and analyst Carmi Levy chats about seniors and fake news. Chad Anderson talks about his book, ‘Gay Mormon Dad.’ Mercer’s Pam Jeffords discusses female leadership and mentoring women in corporate environments in the wake of #MeToo. And Mitchell Rosko and Steven Glass of Paved to Pines join Todd to discuss how they turn buses and vans into mobile homes.

  Kevin Mako is the Founder and President of MAKO Design + Invent, a 25-person invention development firm with offices in Toronto, Austin, and the UK. His entrepreneurial spirit was ignited during his early teenage years when he started several ultra-small businesses that built a wealth of knowledge and experience for his eventual life passion, MAKO Design + Invent. While attending one of the top business schools in North America, the Richard Ivey School of Business, Kevin incorporated MAKO in his third year at just 22 years old. Graduating as Section Class President with an additional specialization in Entrepreneurship, Kevin continued his education at the University of Hong Kong studying manufacturing and supply chain management.   MAKO Design + Invent was the first firm in North America to offer full-service professional physical consumer product development services to start-ups, and is now the largest firm in the industry in both Canada and Texas. The company provides home inventors and product developers with end-to-end consumer product development services that turn invention ideas into successful businesses. MAKO is tremendously proud to be completely grassroots and organically built with zero financing, debt, or investors. While most of Kevin’s time is spent growing the firm, Kevin also spends a great deal of time progressing the product development industry as a whole through guest speaking engagements, building robust strategic partnerships, and advancing the development of entrepreneurship through initiatives such as The Industrial Design Guild, Inventors Meetups, and the MAKO Student Innovation Awards at Ryerson.   Sitting on the Board of Trustees for Lakefield College School, a Board Member of the Brookfield Institute for Entrepreneurship, an Advisor for Next Canada, and recipient of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award, Kevin has been recognized as a standup member of the industry for his community involvement and outreach. For his industry impact, outstanding leadership and rapid business development, MAKO Invent was named one of the best companies in the US in 2016 by Entrepreneur Magazine and made the Inc5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America list.  MAKO was given the award for Best Industrial Design by Creativepool in 2018, as well as named to the prestigious Entrepreneur 360 list, and named Best Product Design Firm in North America for 2019 by LUX Life Magazine.   Kevin is also the Founder of the Generation Fund, a registered charity focused on funding university placements for top high school students in financial need. As a strong believer in developing an entrepreneurial spirit, Kevin also personally finances and invests in small businesses and start-ups primarily in the professional services industries. He finds people who excel at a single skill, then through both financing and one-on-one mentoring, helps them develop their own businesses capitalizing on that talent. His budding partnership with Shark Tank’s Robert Herjevac and Avenger’s Colbie Smulders started with Frito-Lay’s Dreamvention competition. This is a competition where families across North America enter an invention idea to win their invention idea being brought to life and a whopping grand prize of $250,000. Thanks to Kevin and MAKO Design, MAKO has changed the lives of young inventors and their families two years in a row and counting!   During his spare time, Kevin enjoys playing competitive squash and hockey year-round. During the summer months, Kevin spends his weekends exploring the outdoors. As someone with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, Kevin actively learns something new every few months which has included playing a variety of instruments, flying planes, and studying philosophy. His company MAKO recently opened up a new office in the booming Design District of Miami, Florida. Exciting times ahead! The Inventors Launchpad – Roadmap to Success Series is presented by Inventors Launchpad in beautiful Tampa Bay, FL and hosted by Carmine Denisco. Carmine is an accomplished Author, Entrepreneur, Inventor and Co-founder/Managing Partner of Inventors Launchpad. Along with his business partner Rick Valderrama has changed the face of the invention industry and look forward to helping inventors from all over the world move their ideas forward. For more information please visit www.inventorslaunchpad.com

On BIV Today… Sean Mullin (0:38), executive director of the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, examines Canadian digital literacy. Surrey Board of Trade CEO Anita Huberman (12:43) looks at the latest progress on Surrey’s LRT line. Kirk LaPointe and Tyler Orton host, see more of their work at https://biv.com.

Your hosts Carmel, Lynn, Leo Gimeno,and Marc. ListenEN_Interview_2-20180622-WIE20 Refugees around the world, refugees in Canada Canada received 47,800 refugee claimants in 2017, more than twice the number in 2016. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press/Aug. 4, 2017) War, internal conflicts, and environmental disasters in 2017 drove over 16 million people from the homes worldwide according to the United Nations. In terms of countries receiving refugees, Canada was listed as ninth with over 47,000 asylum claims last year, more than double from the year before. Lynn spoke about the situation with asylum seekers internationally and in Canada, with Petra Molnar lawyer and researcher with the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto. Supreme Court of Canada rules against an evangelical Christian University The Supreme Court decision in the Christian university case has left some experts scratching their heads. (Albert Couillard-CBC) An evangelical private university with accepted high standards wished to expand by offering a law school to potential students. The university, as a Christian institution, says students must agree to a covenant on behaviour such as no cheating, lying, no alcohol on campus, and sex can only be between a married heterosexual couple. Some provincial law societies said the covenant discriminates against lesbians and gays and so wouldn't accept graduates to the bar in their provinces. The university took the case to the Supreme Court of Canada which ruled in a split decision in the law societies favour. Marc spoke with civil and constitutional rights lawyer John Carpay of the non-profit Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms who says he's troubled by the SCC decision which he says seems based more on a political agenda than on the law itself Teaching the youngest generation to be digitally literate Coding was a priority in the Liberal government's 2017 budget with $50 million allocated to help teach students from kindergarten to Grade 12 how to code. (Teghan Beaudette/CBC) Canada does fairly well when it comes to digital literacy in the general population but there are concerns about falling behind in coming years. Part of the problem is a fragmented approach to teaching digital skills across the country and across various age groups. Carmel spoke to Sean Mullin, executive director of the Brookfield Institute at Ryerson University in Toronto. The institute recently published a report  called ‘Levelling Up: The Quest for Digital Literacy in Canada’, 

The Conservatives in the UK won the election last week however, they do not have a majority, they have a hung parliament. The opposition Labour party is delighted with their gains. The reigning party however, now has to form a deal with the DUP. Who is the DUP? How could a deal with them affect the political scene? Guest - Jeff Semple, Global News Europe Bureau Chief British politics continued. Guest - Paul Whiteley, Professor from University of Essex Critics of the College of Nurses of Ontario say that they need to be more transparent and active when it comes to series investigations. The day after Elizabeth Wettlaufer pleaded guilty, they announced it was accelerating an investigation into her conduct. However, a growing amount of people are calling for a public inquiry into the attacks on patients. Guest - Jane Meadus, Staff Lawyer and Institutional Advocate, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly What cities and industries face a real threat when it comes to Automation? About 46% of work done in our countries is at risk of being taken over by machines, says a report from the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Guest - Sean Mullin, Executive Director of the Brookfield Institute for innovation + entrepreneurship

00:00 - Do we love our health care? A report from the Canadian Institute of Health Information has revealed that Manitoba continues to linge rbelow the national average on several fronts for what some consider essential, and some call elective surgeries. 37:53 - "Future-proof: Preparing young Canadians for the future of work" is a report from the Brookfield Institute for Innovation & Entrepeneurship -- our guest is Sarah Doyle, Brookfield's director of policy & research. 54:14 - Millenials are the top target for fraudsters! That's what Equifax says -- our guest is Tara Zecevic, Equifax Canada's vice president of fraud prevention & identity management. 65:14 - Dad's punishment for his son's bad grades was very public and hilarious. 73:05 - Canadian Sport Centre Manitoba is celebrating its 20th birthday this week -- our guest is CSCM general manager Jeff Powell. CSCM was formed in 1997 to be part of the legacy of the 1999 Pan Am Games. 84:03 - Greg has an embarassing & frustrating story about checking his credit card statement. 92:19 - Richard Cloutier & Julie Buckingham tee up THE NEWS, & discuss the finalists for the Video Game Hall of Fame

Carmel Kilkenny speaks with Sean Mullin, of the Brookfield Institute about the state of Canada's tech industry in advance of next week's federal budget.

Allison and Vass start the show by answering the question, “Is PMS real?” Spoiler: Yes, duh. We are joined by Peter MacLeod of MASS LBP to discuss fighting populism via citizen-focussed democracy. Then we chat with Creig Lamb from Brookfield Institute about the next technological revolution and why A.I. and automation are worth worrying about. Allison is reading Prostitute Laundry by Charlotte Shane. Vass is reading So Sad Today by Melissa Broder and One Day We Will All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by (future guest!) Scacchi Koul. TUNES: Inner Lover by Land of Talk Roya by Daniel Romano You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) by Buffy Sainte-Marie and Tanya Tagaq

"The key to future economic growth and stability is understanding where Canada's strengths lie," said Sean Mullin, Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, Executive Director. "This benchmark study demonstrates a vibrant and diverse tech sector, and its potential as a driver of innovation and economic growth."

A report authored by the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship says that more than 40% of the Canadian workforce is at high risk of being replaced by technology within the next two decades. Guest: Craig Lamb, author of the report with the Brookfield Institute for innovation + Entrepreneurship. scottthompsonshow

Creig Lamb, a policy adviser at the Brookfield Institute and the author of the report, said recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics mean that automation, which until recently was confined to more routine tasks, is now entering the realm of cognitive, non-routine tasks and occupations, such as driving and conducting job interviews.