Podcasts about Dalhousie University

DR. SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS, Senior Director at Agri-Food Analytics Lab, and Professor of Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University

Deb Hutton hosts. She speaks with the CEO of a tattoo studio that is offering to remove tattoos of Kanye West for free—an extension of their 'Second Chances' campaign. On today's show: A conversation with Briony Garbett, the CEO of NAAMA, a London-based tattoo removal studio. Farrah Khan, who previously worked with Girl Guides of Canada as a board member on changing the name “Brownies." Food prices in Canada will continue to rise in 2023, a new report has found. We speak with Samantha Taylor, professor at the Dalhousie University's faculty of management and co-author of the report. The majority of Canadians favoured the Emergencies Act invocation, a poll has found. We chat with Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist at Nanos Research. Dr. Dina Kulik, pediatrician and founder of KidCrew Medical, on the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario calling in the Red Cross as it deals with a surge in respiratory patients.

00:00 - Does Canada have a ‘predatory' system when it comes to international students and tuition fees? Guest: Noor Azrieh, Lebanese Immigrant and Associate Producer for CANADALAND 06:03 - What are some of the details of the Indo-Pacific strategy? Guest: Anita Anand, Canada's National Defence Minister 14:20 - How could the abolishment of the Morality Police impact Iran? Guest: Cynthia Farahat, Egyptian-American author of “The Secret Apparatus”, Political Analyst, and Counterterrorism Expert 20:37 - How can a new drug that is being developed at UBC change the way we treat specific types of cancer? Guest: Stephen Choi, Postdoctoral Cancer Researcher at the University of British Columbia 29:24 - With grocery bills on the rise, how do families feed everyone in their household within their budget and keep healthy food options diverse? Guest: Samantha Taylor, Professor of Accountancy for the Rowe School of Business at Dalhousie University and Co-Author of the 2023 Food Price Report 37:17 - What does our Spotify Wrapped say about our personality?  Guest: Eric Alper, Publicist and Music Commentator at ThatEricAlper.com

Global News: U.K. egg shortage has stores placing purchase limits. Is Canada next? Avian flu spreads. Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois. Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory, Dalhousie University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week's episode I was joined by Jamie Bunston, Vice President of Industrial with ONE Properties. ONE has developed over 48,000,000 square feet since 1987 and currently has nearly 17,000,0000 square feet under management. 0:00 - Introduction 1:01 - Background on ONE Properties 3:34 - How Jamie got into industrial real estate 7:31 - What makes a good industrial property? 15:28 - The electrification effect on industrial 20:44 - What's driving sustainability initiatives? 25:52 - Optimal loading door to square footage ratio 33:28 - Column Spacing 35:01 - Outlook for 2023 42:08 - Any Concerns in the Market Right Now? 45:00 - The Evolution of Industrial Real Estate 50:50 - Getting in touch with Jamie About Jamie: As the Vice President of Industrial for the Greater Toronto Area, Jamie oversees the management and strategic direction of ONE's GTA industrial portfolio totalling approximately 5 million square feet, and an ever-growing development pipeline. He is responsible for leading all acquisition, leasing and development activity for a diverse portfolio of assets and opportunities for ONE's partners and clients. Prior to joining ONE, Jamie was involved in the development, leasing and sale of over 3.2 million square feet of commercial real estate across Canada with roles at several Canadian REIT's and private development entities. Jamie has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at Camp Kirk which provides summer experiences for children with autism, ADHD and learning disabilities. Connect with Jamie: LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jamie-bunston-85b44514 ONE Properties website: https://oneproperties.com/ -- ⚡ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChadGriffithsCRE?sub_confirmation=1

Professor, Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab and Former Dean of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University. He has written four books and his research has been featured in newspapers that include New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the National Post. We discuss lab grown meat. Let me know what you think Text me 587-217-8500

The resurgence of RSV is a situation several Canadian scientists warned about in a commentary published over a year ago in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Dr. Joanne Langley was one of the authors, she's a pediatric infectious disease physician at the IWK Health Centre and a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University.

Recorded live in person at the Coffee Association of Canada's The Road Ahead 2022 Annual Conference in Toronto, Sylvain and I sit down with Christine Cruz-Clarke, CEO of Balzacs Coffee Roasters.  In a wide-ranging conversation, Christine takes us through her consulting and packaged goods background and the business's origin story, from a coffee cart at Ontario Place to the shelves of significant grocers across Canada and multiple bespoke locations across Ontario. We also talk about their corporate culture and what innovation looks like across their wholesale and retail business.  About ChristineChristine leads with heart and hustle, and think with infinite possibility to catalyze change.As the CEO of Balzac's Coffee Ltd., a vertically integrated premium coffee brand with a sustainable chain of cafés, I oversee all company operations with a focus on building the brand and driving commercial success.Prior to joining Balzac's, I spent over 18 years leading businesses and teams in CPG, Management Consulting and Sustainability in both Canada and Europe. I held senior roles with Mars Inc. leading marketing and strategy for the conglomerate's global gum, mint and chocolate portfolios, and marketing and innovation roles at both The Hershey Company and Wrigley Canada. Over my career I have learned how to combine commerciality with creativity keeping consumers at the heart of problem solving to help businesses grow. I have tackled a variety of business challenges (turnaround, cost agenda, crisis management) and seized growth opportunities (white space innovation, new business development, emerging channels), while building and growing teams in Canada, UK and Europe.Prior to joining Balzac's, I served as the General Manager for TerraCycle Canada, a leader in sustainable solutions which was named as one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential Companies. I have also held marketing and strategy roles with both Kraft Foods and Deloitte.  About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa.Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada's top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus  Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  ,      The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and now in its second season, Conversations with CommerceNext!  You can learn more about Michael   here  or on     LinkedIn. Be sure and check out Michael's latest venture for fun and influencer riches - Last Request Barbecue,  his YouTube BBQ cooking channel!

Daniel Rainham, the study's senior author and a professor in Health Promotion at Dalhousie University, tells Mainstreet's Alex Guye about the index, and how they hope to use it moving forward.

Welcome to season 4 episode 2, this time around we take a look at Shirreff Hall at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, also we look at The Capitol Theatre in Moncton New Brunswick. As aways email us your experiences with the paranormal at paranormalfilescanada@gmail.com Enjoy!

Variable rate technology has been slow to establish on a broad-scale in agriculture, but there is always more to learn about the technology and its applications. Arnold Schumann is a researcher and professor with the University of Florida and adjunct professor at Dalhousie University working on agricultural applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in berry and... Read More

Sylvain and I are back on the mic together after seeing each other and being together at the Coffee Association of Canada's great conference in Toronto last week.I'm back from a whirlwind trip to NYC and have to say I had some super exciting dining experiences….first, I visited the new RH Guest House for breakfast. Then I experienced the new Starbucks concept store at the foot of the Empire State Building and my favourite restaurant Balthazar for an amazing Nova Scotia lobster pasta.And coming out of the Coffee Association conference, we've already published a special bonus episode with Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC, talking about the big picture economic forecast and the impact on the food industry….In this episode, recorded live in person, our insightful interview with Kate Burnett, President at Bridgehead Coffee.Breaking news…Sylvain might be back on Galen Westin's Christmas Card list! A super interesting new report from the Agri-Food Analytics lab broke through the Twitter clutter and revealed some startling stats about what Canadians heard, how they shop and whom they blame for high food prices.Next, we discuss Dairy Farmers of Canada's investment in the Toronto Maple Leafs,  impressions on COP27, and the FDA's stunning approval of lab-grown chicken! We finish with a quick chat about favourite food movies and The Menu. About KateKate Burnett is the Chief Operations Officer of Bridgehead. She has been with the organization since 2017, after moving back to Ottawa with her family. Kate actively pursued a role with Bridgehead based on its commitment to people (farmers, suppliers, customers and staff), the local community and the environment. The idea of having a Bridgehead flat white every morning just pushed her over the edge.Prior to Bridgehead, Kate worked for Me to We, an innovative social enterprise based in Toronto focused on empowering people to change the world. She held multiple roles over her seven years there, including the Director of Consumer Engagement (building the retail side of the enterprise), Director of Business Development (working with partners to support initiatives and products with impact) and eventually as the Deputy Chief Operating Director (joining the Executive team to help lead and manage the growing enterprise).Kate completed an honors undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario with a double major in English and Psychology. She later completed an MBA from the University of Victoria with a focus on service management (marketing, operations and customer service). She received multiple scholarships including the Canada's CEO of the Year – Futures Fund Scholarship and was the President of the Student Council.Before Me to We, Kate was the Associate Director of Camp Kandalore, a traditional summer camp with a focus on leadership and canoe tripping. Prior to this, she spent sixteen summers attending and then working at Camp Tawingo, which nurtured her passion for making a difference. Kate has travelled to over thirty countries and has been lucky enough to have been able to volunteer in South Africa at a camp for children affected by HIV/AIDS as well as in Rwanda with youth affected by the genocide.She believes that using innovative business practices to make a positive impact is the most efficient and effective way to change the world. ​About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa.Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada's top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus  Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  ,      The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and now in its second season, Conversations with CommerceNext!  You can learn more about Michael   here  or on     LinkedIn. Be sure and check out Michael's latest venture for fun and influencer riches - Last Request Barbecue,  his YouTube BBQ cooking channel!

Anya Waite, newly back from COP27 in Egypt, is a professor at Dalhousie University and the senior writer for a new research paper about how carbon is sequestered in the Barents Sea.

Recorded live in person at the Coffee Association of Canada's The Road Ahead 2022 Annual Conference in Toronto, Sylvain and I sit down with Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC.   We have a fast past and action-packed conversation around the state of the Canadian economy, prospects for our mid and long-term future, and the impact on the food service and coffee industry. Let's listen in now!About BenjaminBenjamin is a member of the CIBC economic team that is responsible for analyzing macro economic developments and their implications for fixed income, equity, foreign exchange and commodities markets. He also acts in an advisory capacity to bank officers on issues related to wealth management, household credit and risk, and corporate credit and risk. Well-known for his ground-breaking published research on topics such as labour market dynamics, real estate, credit markets, international trade and business economic conditions, Benjamin not only contributes to the conversation but also frequently sets the agenda.Benjamin has close to 20 years of experience in the private sector advising clients, industry leaders, corporate boards, trade associations and governments on economic and financial issues. He is also a regular commentator in the media.Benjamin is a member of the Economic Committee of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Committee of the Toronto Board of Trade. He is also a board member for the Governors of Junior Achievement of Central Ontario and Toronto Financial International.About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa.Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada's top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus  Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  ,      The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and now in its second season, Conversations with CommerceNext!  You can learn more about Michael   here  or on     LinkedIn. Be sure and check out Michael's latest venture for fun and influencer riches - Last Request Barbecue,  his YouTube BBQ cooking channel!

Guest: Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab & Professor in Food Distribution at Dalhousie University

Ren Thomas is an Associate Professor at the School of Planning at Dalhousie University. She and her student Holly Blackmore worked on Dr. Jacqueline Gahagan's study on housing LGBT seniors in 2020-2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2023 grammy nominees were announced on Thursday. We make our predictions, and we ask shiftheads what was the album that changed their lives? The most inflated food price in Canada will surprise you, and you probably use it every day! Sylvain Charlebois, Professor, Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, breaks down his price of food report. There is some good news and some bad.  Plus, RUOK with new years? HEY, DO YOU LIKE PODCASTS? Why not subscribe to ours? find it on Apple, Google, Spotify & Tune In

On today's show, home prices went down in October, but rent went up. Aled Ab Iorwerth, deputy chief economist from the Canadian Mortage and Housing Corporation joins us to explain. We also chat with Dalhousie University associate professor Ren Thomas about the progress of Canada's national housing strategy. Plus, professor and director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, breaks down the FDA's approval of lab-grown meat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're all used to paying crazy prices for everything in the grocery store these days. But yesterday's story about the cost of a head of lettuce really struck a chord. Here's Chantal Dean telling us why she took iceberg, boston and romaineright off the menu of her restaurant in Carbonear. Chantal Dean is the owner of My Place restaurant in Carbonear. If you've picked up lettuce for your own family you may have experienced similar sticker shock. Out next guest can help explain what's up. Sylvain Charlebois is Director of Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab.

Researchers at Dalhousie University suggest a lot of Canadians are unaware of sepsis or just how dangerous the illness can be. Dr. Mike Simon, a family physician in Saint John, speaks on what sepsis is and how to recognize it.

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Radley: Today on the show: the flu is back with a vengeance, now declared its own epidemic in Canada - We cover the First Ontario Centre renovation debacle with the owner of the Hamilton Bulldogs and a developer on the project - Hamilton's EQAO scores have plummeted - NASA has another space-faring program that may reignite a love of the extra terrestrial in kids. All this and more on Hamilton Today! Guests: Orbax, lecturer, Department of Physics, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Guelph, co-founder of Royal City Science, and one-half of Orbax and Pepper Do Science, an educational science-based platform. Dr. Jack Cunningham, Ph.D., Program Coordinator at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, in Trinity College and the Munk School. Specializing in British foreign policy, Canadian foreign policy and politics, International history, U.S. foreign policy and relations with Russia; University of Toronto. Dr. Steven Reid, former Chief Assessment Officer of EQAO; Assistant Professor at Queen's Unviersity; Faculty at University of Toronto; teaches math with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, professor of food distribution and policy, and the director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. PJ Mercanti, CEO of Carmen's Group, President of the Hamilton Urban Precinct Entertainment Group. Michael Andlauer, Owner of the Hamilton Bulldogs. Jamie Sarkonack, writing about federal governance with the National Post. Dr. Iris Gorfinkel,Family doctor, vaccine researcher, founder of PrimeHealth Research, medical columnist. Host – Scott Radley Content Producer – William Erskine Technical/Podcast Producer – William Webber Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan News Anchors – Diana Weeks & Dave Woodard Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919

Shauntay Grant is an author, poet, playwright, and multimedia artist. Her love of literature stretches back to her storytelling roots in Nova Scotia's historic Black communities.Shauntay holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and is an associate professor of creative writing at Dalhousie University. A former poet laureate for the City of Halifax, her honors include a Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, a Joseph S. Stauffer Prize, and a Poet Of Honor prize from the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Shauntay shares her blend of words and music internationally at festivals and events and collaborates with visual artists and art galleries to create poetry-themed artworks, installations, and exhibitions.Learn more about her at shauntaygrant.com.Purchase My Fade is Fresh here.Connect with Charnaie online in the following places:Blog: http://hereweeread.comPersonal Website: charnaiegordon.comPodcast Email Address: hereweereadpodcast@gmail.comFind Charnaie on the following social media platforms under the username @hereweeread: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest.Feel free to share this podcast on your social media platforms to help spread the word to others. Thanks for listening!

From a young age, Time would gaze at the Moon from his window, and dreamed of to becoming an astronomer but lost courage due to his visual impairment- Tim is legally blind. One day, Tim's wife bought him a telescope to “help get him out of the house.” While stargazing with a group from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC), Tim discovered his superpower: the ability to see in part UV light as well as having better night vision than anyone else! With his new found superpower, he would build an observatory and begin his mission to share the night sky with anyone, and everyone!  In 2014 I moved back home to Quinan, NS, and started an astrotourism business & Starlight Tourist Destination (in South West Nova), and started what would become the Starlight Development Society,  group that pursues the ideals of the Starlight Foundation to protect the night sky from light pollution, teach astronomy in our schools, and promote and help develop astrotourism products in South West Nova Scotia.Tim believes that through education and awareness of the universe, the world can become a better place. “We are all made from stardust. We are all connected. If we lose our connection to the universe, by not being able to observe it, we become disconnected from each other. I believe that by sharing the night sky the world can become a better place. By giving people a new perspective on space and its vastness, and showing them how special we really are as a planet and a species. I hope that people might appreciate Earth a bit more...”    -Tim Doucette About Tim:Tim believes that through education and awareness of the universe, the world can become a better place. Through his passion for Astronomy and his photography, Tim shows us the beauty of the heavens. In 2016 he opened the Deep Sky Eye Observatory in Quinan, Nova Scotia, which provides a unique stargazing experience to tourists from around the world. He is the chair of the Starlight Development Society and sits on the board of directors of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (Halifax Centre). Born and raised in Quinan, a small rural village in southwestern Nova Scotia, he graduated from The College of Geographic Sciences. He then received a Bachelor of Computer Science from Dalhousie University. He continues his career as a software developer to this day.Where you can find Tim and his work:Web: http://deepskyeye.comFacebook: http://facebook.com/deepskyeye Instagram: http://instagram.com/deepskyeye And Check out Tim on CNN The Great Big Storyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82seHPdYAo8

Our guest today is at that intersection of public and private partnerships here in Ontario, Canada. Brenda Hogan is the CIO of Venture Ontario, a $205M joint initiative between the Government of Ontario and leading institutional investors to invest primarily in Ontario-based and focused venture capital and growth equity funds that support innovative and high-growth companies. About Brenda HoganBrenda M. Hogan is the Chief Investment Officer at the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC) and has over 15 years of experience in strategy and execution in venture capital at the co-investment, fund of funds, and fund level investing.Brenda has held senior roles in corporate development, finance, and strategic investing with Bell Canada, EY, the Business Development Bank of Canada, and a software start-up. Brenda sits on the Board of the Canadian Venture Capital Association and Chairs the Membership Committee; served as Co-Chair of Canadian Women in Private Equity (CWPE); serves with the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) as a member of the Content Committee; and served three terms on the Board of Women in Capital Markets, serving as Chair of the Governance Committee. She also served on the Board of Governors at Dalhousie University and Chaired the Finance, Audit, Investment, and Risk Committee. Brenda holds an MBA in finance.A word from our sponsor:At Ripple, we manage all of our fund expenses and employee credit cards using Jeeves. The team at Jeeves helped get me and my team setup with physical and virtual credit cards in days. I was able to allow my teammates to expense items in multiple currencies allowing them to pay for anything, anywhere at anytime. We weren't asked for any personal guarantees or to pay any setup or monthly SaaS fees.Not only does Jeeves save us time, but they also give us cash back on our purchases including expenses like Google, Facebook, or AWS every month. New users can earn up to 3% cashback for their first 90 days.The best part is Jeeves puts up the cash, and you settle up once every 30 days in any currency you want, unlike some other corporate card companies that make you pre-pay every month. Jeeves also recently launched its Jeeves Growth and Working Capital initiative for startups and fast-growing companies to enable more financial freedom for companies. The best thing of all is that Jeeves is live in  24 countries including Canada, US and many other countries around the world.Jeeves truly offers the best all-in-one expense management corporate card program for all startups especially the ones at Ripple and we at Tank Talks could not be more excited to officially partner with them. Listeners of Tank Talks can get set up with a demo of Jeeves today and take advantage of our Tank Talks special with a‍ $250 statement credit after the first $2,500 in spend or a $500 statement credit after the first $5000 in spend. Lastly, all Jeeves cardholders receive access to their Lounge Pass program and access to over 1300 airports globally.Visit tryjeeves.com/tanktalks to learn more.In this episode we discuss:03:00 Brenda's journey to becoming an LP04:59 What it was like navigating corporate culture at one of the oldest companies in North America06:29 What Venture Ontario is and how it works08:02 How Venture Ontario Sources it's deals11:39 Working with emerging managers with limited track record12:30 What makes a good fund manager15:16 Red flags from managers to LPs18:20 Positive signals managers can send to prospective LPs20:49 How Brenda focuses on becoming a better LP and adding value23:54 Investing in 202226:04 The Canadian Investing scene27:57 Risks and rewards she is underwriting for in 202232:23 Investment categories Brenda is excited about33:54 Strategies to mitigate risk in new commitments36:04 Best career advice she's recievedFast Favorites*

In this episode, Sylvain and I discuss excess profits, how and why the Agri-Foods Analytics lab came up with the term and that number, and what Sylvain wants Canadians to take away from the exercise.Breaking news: we take on IT troubles in the food business in Canada…then more breaking news: lettuce pray for lettuce in trouble again.Michelin guide comes to Canada/Toronto/Vancouver - our last season guest Cory Mintz is not a fan. Cities invest big money to attract the Michelin guide.  https://guide.michelin.com/en/ca/restaurants/1-star-michelin/2-stars-michelinThe Craft Beer market in Ontario is not so frothy: is it a case of too many micros chasing too few draught taps in a tapped-out, quasi-post covid market?  https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/11/04/future-of-ontarios-craft-brewery-industry-not-so-frothy.htmlRead Greedflation 3 report here: https://www.dal.ca/sites/agri-fod/research/greedflation-3.htmlOur guest this episode is David Carsley, Head of Industry, Google Marketing Platform, talking about the insight, work and services for the food and foodservice business that Google has to offer.As a reminder to everyone in six sleeps, we will be podcasting live and interviewing a slate of guests at the upcoming Canadian Coffee Association Conference in Toronto at the Globe and Mail Centre on November 14.   Get your tickets today and come by and say hello. Our guests will include Christine Cruz-Clarke, CEO of Balzac's, Kate Burnett, CEO of Bridgehead coffee, and Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief Economist from CIBC…Links mentioned in the interview:1. Digitalmaturitybenchmark.withgoogle.com -> A self-service tool for companies to measure their digital marketing maturity. The survey was built in partnership with the Boston Consulting Group.2. ThinkwithGoogle.com ->  Google's hub to see all kinds of case studies from companies that have grown their business using Google's technology.3. Google Trends -> Explore what the world is searching in real time.4. Google Analytics 4 -> Google's unified app and web analytics tool. About DavidAs Head of Industry at Google, David advises Canadian companies on how to leverage the best of Google's marketing technology to drive profitable growth and future-proof their businesses. David's guiding principles are Empathy, Honesty and Humility -- traits he believes are necessary to build meaningful connections both professionally and personally. He lives in Oakville with his wife Leora and two dogs Brella and Gilligan.About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa.Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada's top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus  Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  ,      The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and now in its second season, Conversations with CommerceNext!  You can learn more about Michael   here  or on     LinkedIn. Be sure and check out Michael's latest venture for fun and influencer riches - Last Request Barbecue,  his YouTube BBQ cooking channel!

Rivers can seem very ephemeral, often changing course or drying up entirely. Yet some rivers have persisted for tens or even hundreds of millions of years, even testifying to the breakup of Pangea, the most recent supercontinent, about 200 million years ago. On the one hand, their courses may be determined by tectonic processes such as the formation of mountain belts. And on the other, they themselves can affect tectonic processes by creating continent-scale features, such as giant submarine fans. Martin Gibling has spent a lifetime studying rivers and river sediments around the world. He is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada. This episode is the first of two of our conversation about rivers. In this episode we talk about fluvial deposits in the geological record and the impact of the break-up of Pangea on river systems. In the second episode we talk specifically about the history of the rivers of Europe and the Americas, as well as the impact of recent ice ages. We end by considering how humans have changed rivers and their deposits throughout human history.

This episode is the second of two of my conversation with Martin Gibling. In the first episode, we discuss fluvial deposits in the geological record and we trace the effect that the break-up of Pangea around 200 million years ago had on river systems. In this episode, we address the history of the rivers of Europe and the Americas, as well as the impact of the recent ice ages on today's rivers. We end by considering how humans have changed rivers and their deposits throughout mankind's history. Martin Gibling has spent a lifetime studying rivers and river sediments around the world. He is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada.

People in Lunenburg County were recently given the chance to imagine what economic development they want to see and support in their communities. The research was carried out by Dalhousie University associate professor Karen Foster. She shares her findings.

"There's no easy way to make hard decisions." - Jacques Lopez Are you a leader who has to sell to/collaborate with leaders outside your organization? If so, the latest episode of The New Leader Podcast is for you! My guest today is Jacques Lopez, Sr Director North American Channels at Veracode. Jacques holds a BSc from Northeastern University and a MBA from Dalhousie University. And, we used to work as doormen at a campus bar way back when. It was a blast to trade a few stories back and forth, as well as hear Jacques' keen insight on how to work successfully with leaders outside your organization. In this episode you'll learn: The importance of knowing exactly what you want (and how to create a partner profile) How to ensure you're working at the right level (where decision-making happens) The power of a "frame of reference" and how to create one that works effectively… and much more!   Getting on the right foot If you have an idea of what's the ideal partner profile or what the ideal relationship would look like, having that as a starting point is very helpful. Because if you don't know what you want, you can spend a lot of time running circles around people that have interest but don't have a good alignment with the company, or the value proposition you have for them just won't land.   Choosing the right person to work with Make sure you're working with someone at the right level to accomplish the goals that you have. You can't go too low or too high. If you go too low, somebody may not have the authority to try and get other people involved in the company, to help build out a better alignment. And if you go too high, you get connected to other people but, things aren't necessarily happening at the tactical level when you're dealing with a strategic CEO. So that's something you need to be aware of as well.   One critical lesson in relationship building Not everybody operates the way you operate. There are some people that are more relationship based, some are very detailed when it comes to numbers. You have to meet people where they're at and help them be successful the way they do things.   Links and Resources Connect with Jacques: LinkedIn, Email The Exceptional Presenter Goes Virtual by Timothy J. Koegel (book) The Productivity Game PDF Package  

Some stores across Canada owned by Empire Company Ltd. continue to experience disruptions due to an information technology systems issue. Empire, which owns Sobeys, Lawtons, IGA, Safeway, Farm Boy, Foodland and FreshCo, among other brands, said on Monday that an IT problem is preventing some of its pharmacies from filling prescriptions. Alex was joined by Dr. Sylvian Charlebois, Professor of Food Policy and Distribution and Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, to discuss the impact this will have on Canadians.

On Fernwood Publishing's 30th anniversary podcast THIRTYWOOD host Nora Loreto discusses new book 'Frequently Asked White Questions' with authors Alex Khasnabish and Ajay Parasram. Ajay Parasram is a multigenerational transnational byproduct of the British empire, with roots in South Asia, the Caribbean and the settler cities of Halifax, Ottawa and Vancouver. He is an associate professor in the Departments of International Development Studies, History and Political Science at Dalhousie University in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), unceded Mi'kma'ki. His research interests surround the colonial present, or the many ways through which strings of historical colonial entanglements continue to tighten the limit of political action today, and how those strings might be undone. Alex Khasnabish is a writer, researcher and teacher committed to collective liberation living in Halifax, on unceded and unsurrendered Mi'kmaw territory. He is a professor in sociology and anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University. His research focuses on radical imagination, radical politics, social justice and social movements. Hosted and produced by Nora Loreto with music is by General Khan.

Canadians going hungry. 5.8 million Canadians, including 1.4 million children suffered from food insecurity in 2021 (University of Toronto study. Author with us last weekend). - This week the Dalhousie University Agri-Food Analytics Lab released its "Canadian Grocers: Measuring Greed in the Era of Consumer Distrust" report. Studies the past five years performance of the three largest grocers and compare their historical results to how they have been doing thus far this year. Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois. Dalhousie University. Diretor: Agri-Food Lab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Pricing Tea in a Slogging Economy | Indicators suggest a recession is imminent | The International Tea Academy “Leafies” are Awarded | Sales of Herbal Infusions are Expected to Double this Decade | NEWSMAKER – Professor Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia | FEATURE INTRO – Canadian Economist Sylvain Charlebois sees a lot of positives for the tea industry but cautioned that inflation is an economic disease that will linger. Supply chain challenges remain. The macro-dynamics around commodities are getting more complicated, he said, “The fall is not going to be an easy one." High Inflation is an Economic Disease – "When you look at global issues. When you look at where the market is going, I see a lot of positives for your product in particular," Professor Sylvain Charlebois told attendees at the North American Tea Conference in September. Two immediate challenges confront the industry, inflation and the global supply chain. "So let's talk about inflation. Inflation is an economic disease. In this case, it's self-inflicted," he said. "Inflation is a big problem, but we have to deal with inflation. When people go to the grocery store, they are absolutely spooked because they know everything is more expensive everywhere. In the grocery store, it's even worse. Much worse. Consumers are trying to recalibrate their budgets just to make sure they have a roof on the top of their heads and to feed themselves, so that portion of their budget is increasing by the day. And we know the fed is going to increase its benchmark," he said. "So, in the tea business, I would ask myself, OK, are we going back to 3.5% inflation? The answer is: not in the near future."

"The best way to think about insulin resistance is that it's pre-diabetes. In the course of developing type 2 diabetes, which we see in much higher rates in people with bipolar disorder compared to the general population, one starts off with normal blood sugar levels but elevated insulin. It is the elevated insulin that pushes the blood sugar down into the normal range. This is typically something that is missed by physicians because there's been no medical indication to test for it [insulin level]. After the metabolic dysregulation progresses, patients become glucose intolerant, and at that point a doctor may pick up on it because the blood sugar is elevated - not elevated such to say that they have type 2 diabetes but elevated into the glucose intolerant range."     Episode Description: We begin by describing the symptoms of Bipolar Disease and the reasons that make it important to distinguish from depression. We consider the value of measuring insulin levels to determine if there is a contribution of metabolic dysfunction on the course of the psychiatric condition. Over 50% of patients with Bipolar Disease have insulin resistance and those who do, have a more chronic course of illness. We discuss the role of cortisol levels, chronic inflammation, adverse childhood events, and leakage in the Blood Brain Barrier. Metformin is a safe and useful medication that can reverse insulin resistance and remedy Blood Brain Barrier leakage as documented on radiologic assessment. We conclude with Cindy sharing with us her history as a Family Physician and her hope for appreciating the role of metabolic dysregulation in other psychiatric conditions.    Our Guest: Cindy Calkin, MD is a clinical researcher and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Neuroscience at Dalhousie University, Canada. She is the Medical Director of a unique multidisciplinary clinical research Mood and Metabolism Program that includes psychiatry, endocrinology and metabolism, health physics, biomedical engineering, neuroradiology, and medical neuroscience. Her group uses multimodal testing to collect detailed prospective data. Her innovation and discovery research focuses on mechanisms underlying Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression (TRBD) and novel mechanism-based targeted treatments. 

Nick Mombourquette is the founder and president of NewGround Financial Inc. NewGround specializes in employee benefits programs for SMB's with 5-500 employees. NewGround also works with entrepreneurs to provide tax efficient wealth planning strategies. They pride themselves on providing national-level service and advice, with a local approach. Based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, NewGround serves clients in NS, PEI, NB, ONT and AB. Nick also founded and co-hosts The Interesting People You Meet Podcast, where he interviews people from all walks of life, with interesting stories and perspectives. Nick has a BBA from Mount Saint Vincent University and holds a Certified Employees Benefits Specialist designation from Dalhousie University. He lives just outside of Halifax with his wife and three young children. Nick is a fitness enthusiast who enjoys almost every genre of music. In his spare time, when he doesn't have a book in his hands, he enjoys spending time with his family and playing golf in the summer and hockey in the winter. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada's economy. To support Canada's businesses, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. Want to stay up-to-date on the latest #entrepreneur podcasts and news? Subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter

In our latest podcast episode, we invite the Fishing Forward podcast team to share important research that can help improve the safety and health for commercial fishermen and their families. The Fishing Forward team brings stories of fishermen to the community. Fishing Forward is a podcast inspired by fishermen, for fishermen. Fishing Forward focuses on the well-being of the commercial fishing industry and is funded by the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety and produced by the team at Coastal Routes Radio at the University of Guelph. Resources from this episode: Listen to the Fishing Forward podcast here: https://coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod Topics include: Safety Culture and Survival at Sea, Crew, Aging Fleets and Infrastructures, Health in Fishing Communities, Trauma and PTSD, Sleep, Cooking and Relationships, Hydration, Diet and Nutrition, and more! Learn more about the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: https://necenter.org/fishing Visit the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association's website: https://www.mainecoastfishermen.org --- What's Work Got to Do With Fishing Forward? Guests: Julie Sorensen, Hannah Harrison, Monique Coombs and Rebecca Weil Hosted and Edited by: Helen Schuckers Produced by: Helen Schuckers and Anjali Rameshbabu Music by: Sam Greenspan Julie Sorensen is the Director of the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing. Dr. Sorensen was responsible for funding the podcast and assisted with identifying content experts for a number of episodes, as well as reviewing and providing feedback on content. Rebecca Weil is the commercial fishing research coordinator at the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Along with Maryellen Driscoll, Weil co-led the meetings and outreach for the Fishing Forward team, assisting with identifying topics, fishermen and researchers for episodes. Monique Coombs is the Director of Community Programs at the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association. Monique's programs include topics like Working Waterfront and Fishermen Wellness. She is also part of a commercial fishing family. Hannah Harrison is a human ecologist and assistant professor of marine affairs at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is one of the hosts for the Fishing Forward podcast. She is interested in the human dimensions of small-scale fisheries and fisheries conservation. You can connect with her on most social media platforms @ fishpeopleplace --- Connect with us Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Oregon Healthy Workforce Center on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OHSUOccHealth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/occhealthsci.ohsu/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/occhealthsci/ Blog: https://blogs.ohsu.edu/occupational-health-sciences/ Community feedback is important to us. If you love our podcast and want to further support our podcast, please consider leaving us a 5-star review. Thank you!

It's impossible to imagine life these days without the humble battery. So as part of our ongoing Butterfly Effect series, this week we talk about the past, present and future of the battery, and how the need for stored energy became one of the biggest demands of our time. Featuring Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo professor of chemistry and Canada Research Chair in Solid State Energy Materials; Jeff Dahn, co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery and principal investigator at NSERC/Tesla Canada/Dalhousie Alliance Grant, Dalhousie University; and James Morton Turner, professor of environmental studies at Wellesley College, Mass., and author of Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future.

Fred Whoriskey,the executive director of the Ocean Tracking Network at Dalhousie University, shares his thoughts on future climate change following this week's latest research from the UN. We hear your feedback on ghost stories and food in schools. And on the phone-in: Gardening with Niki Jabbour.

Welcome to The Food Professor Season three, episode 4!We recoding this episode live together in Toronto at T3 Sheraton hotel - great to be together again in person for the show!  First we start with a retrospect on the past two week discussion around grocery price freezes, and all the energy that went on in the media, industry, and government, and reflecting back on a particularly active week, what Sylvain takes away from all the discourse around the price of food, the people who sell it to consumers, and the people who sell it to the grocers?We also talk about  the tradeoffs between first mover advantage and owing an industry-wide issue - putting yourself in the front window so to speak. Our excellent guest interview is with Yanick Gervais, President ad CEO of Olymel, the Canadian leader in producing, processing and marketing pork and poultry meat, with 15,000 employees serving the Canadian market and exporting products to over 65 countries. They have over 30 plants in five Canadian provinces. We then head south for a few minutes and talk about big grocery mergers…specifically, Krogers and Albertsons $25 billion U.S. deal - together would have 710,000 workers, 5,000 stores and sales greater than $200 billion with a B.   Move it to No. 2 with 13.5% share versus Walmart's 15.5%…What say you about the dynamics that created this deal, and thoughts on the likelihood that it will actually happen.  They will spin 400 stores and create a new rival to get past antitrust …Our excellent guest interview is with Yanick Gervais, President ad CEO of Olymel, the Canadian leader in producing, processing and marketing pork and poultry meat, with 15,000 employees serving the Canadian market and exporting products to over 65 countries. They have over 30 plants in five Canadian provinces. Lastly we talk about spooky halloween research, and Alberta's new premier and their agricultural sector. About YanickYanick Gervais was appointed President and CEO of Olymel on November 11, 2021. He succeeded Réjean Nadeau, who passed away on October 14 of the same year after leading the company for nearly a quarter of a century. When La Fernandière was acquired in 2016, Yanick Gervais joined Olymel and first became Vice President and General Manager of this new division, which focuses on the production of fresh sausages.In 2018, Yanick Gervais was appointed Senior Vice President, Operations, in addition to overseeing the Engineering and Logistics departments. In this capacity, he had the key responsibility to oversee the operations of more than 30 plants located mainly in Quebec, but also in four other Canadian provinces. Before joining Olymel, Yanick Gervais was co-owner and general manager of La Fernandière for over 10 years. He was the grandson of one of its founders.Trained as an accountant and tax specialist, Yanick Gervais previously worked with the accounting firm Dessureault, Leblanc, Lefebvre, C.A. from 2001 to 2005. He has been very active on various committees related to the chartered accountancy profession, particularly on training and recognition of the next generation of chartered accountants. Yanick Gervais volunteers for several charitable organizations and is very involved in his community. He holds a graduate diploma and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, as well as a master's degree in taxation (MTax) from the Université de Sherbrooke.About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa.Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada's top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus  Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  ,      The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and now in its second season, Conversations with CommerceNext!  You can learn more about Michael   here  or on     LinkedIn. Be sure and check out Michael's latest venture for fun and influencer riches - Last Request Barbecue,  his YouTube BBQ cooking channel!

James McNeil, member of the Department of Economics at Dalhousie University, gives us the latest on the looming recession and breaks down what it means for you.

Food inflation and food costs. Even when food inflation slows it doesn't mean food prices will begin to lower, only that they'll slow down as far as increasing costs are concerned. And while inflation slowed to 6.9% in September, food inflation rose to 11.4%, a 41-year high. Guest: Sylvain Charlebois. Professor, Dalhousie University. Director Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast: Food inflation and food costs. Even when food inflation slows it doesn't mean food prices will begin to lower, only that they'll slow down as far as increasing costs are concerned. And while inflation slowed to 6.9% in September, food inflation rose to 11.4%, a 41-year high. Guest: Sylvain Charlebois. Professor, Dalhousie University. Director Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory Much being said about major grocery chains profits and Loblaws freezing no name foods costs for a few months. But what about the independent grocers across Canada? How do they establish pricing? What are their challenges? Guest: Giancarlo Trimarchi. Independent grocery stores owner in GTA (Vince's Markets). Also Chair of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers. Jagmeet Singh challenging major grocers chains nationally on too much profit at this time. Guest: Jagmeet Singh. Federal NDP leader Invoking of the Emergencies Act. Public Order Emergencies Commission hearings to date. Canadian Civil Liberties Association has not heard anything to justify invoking of the E.A. Guest: Cara Zwibel. Director: Fundamental Freedoms Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association. David Eby now leader of the British Columbia NDP and promises within first 100 days as premier to take action on oil and gas infrastructure developments in the province. Guest: Rob Shaw, political correspondent CHEK News, Victoria B.C. Co-author A Matter of Confidence. There are health developments for Jess Larochelle, the heroic Canadian soldier who single-handedly fought off the Taliban and protected his platoon while very severely wounded in 2006. Canada's government/military aparatus refuses to award Jess Larochelle the Canadian Victoria Cross, even though Generals Rick Hillier and Omer Lavoie (on the battlefield that day in 2006 and saw Jess Larochelle's actions) were on RGS arguing for the Victoria Cross. - Jess Larochelle last month had another serious surgery relating to the wounds he suffered in that '06 battle. He is out of hospital and slowly improving, but 16 years later still in great difficulty. Guest: Bruce Moncur. Jess Larochelle's former platoon mate who himself had part of his brain blown away by a U.S. jet fighter who mistook the Canadian soldiers for Taliban. Speaks for Jess Larochelle. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical Producer – David Hunter Podcast Producer – Tom McKay If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices