Coronavirus

Pandemic as a Historical Turning Point

The Agenda with Steve Paikin

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How will the COVID-19 pandemic shape the way government, business, and life unfolds once the health emergency subsides? We ask Yascha Mounk, associate professor at Johns Hopkins University; Doug Saunders, the Globe and Mail's international affairs columnist; and Ann Fitz-Gerald, director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
Episode:
COVID-19 and History; Olympics Postponed; Great Lakes Ice
Aired:
Mar 27, 2020
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The Agenda Videos

The Effects of No Ice on the Great Lakes
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Olympic Dreams Postponed
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Is There Relief from Grief?
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Helping Kids Bounce Back Amid COVID-19
May 06, 2021
Flattening Ontario's Mental Health Curve
May 05, 2021
The Male Fertility Crisis
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Solving the Problems in Mental Health
May 04, 2021
Is Virtual Health Care Here to Stay?
May 04, 2021
The Politics of Ontario's COVID-19 Response
May 03, 2021
Failing Toronto's Missing Persons
May 03, 2021
Crossing the Border for Essential Work
Apr 30, 2021
How Canada Fought the Vietnam War
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