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Janet Davidson discusses ways to fix Canada's health care crisis and improve the healthcare system. Learn about the challenges and potential solutions in this insightful episode of the Two Nobodys Podcast.
Keywords: Canada's health care crisis, Canada's healthcare crisis, doctor shortage, loneliness, how to get a health care job in Canada
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Janet Davidson works in health care consulting with a focus on strategy, organization management and design, and governance. Formerly, she served as Deputy Minister of Health for Alberta. Janet has over 40 years of experience in healthcare in the government, voluntary and hospital/community sectors in a number of Canadian jurisdictions and internationally.
Janet currently holds the position of Administrator of the Nova Scotia Health Authority. She is a Board member of Bayshore Healthcare and the Hospital for Sick Children and immediate past chair of the Canadian Institute for Health Information and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. She is the inaugural Johnson Fellow with the CD Howe Institute and co-chairs their health policy council.
Janet received a Bachelor of Nursing Science from the University of Windsor and a Master’s in Health Services Administration from the University of Alberta. She is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors’ Education program at Rotman, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health’s Global Health Leadership program and has an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Windsor. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has been named twice to the list of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women and Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Women.

Ed Whittingham, former Executive Director of the Pembina Institute and a prime target for former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney discusses Alberta's energy transition. Ed dives into the key challenges facing Alberta in any sort of energy transition, especially with challenging new rules facing Alberta's renewables industry. Tune in to learn more about the future of energy in Alberta!
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Ed is a public policy professional focused on climate change, clean energy and industrial decarbonization. He is also the co-host of Canada's most popular climate-themed podcast, Energy vs Climate. Ed is the former executive director of the Pembina Institute, a past director of the Alberta Energy Regulator, and a past member of the World Economic Forum's Future of Oil and Gas council. His op-eds have been published in newspapers and magazines across Canada and internationally.

In this fascinating interview, Stewart Beck, former High Commissioner of Canada to India, discusses the current state of Canada India relations between these two nations and shares insights on how to rebuild and enhance diplomatic ties.
 
With recent tensions between Canada and India, it's important to understand the history and complexities of their relationship. From trade to cultural exchange, Stewart Beck provides valuable perspectives on how to strengthen collaboration and cooperation between these two countries. Don't miss this insightful discussion on Canada-India diplomacy.
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Stewart Beck is a seasoned diplomat, trade commissioner, and policy expert with over four decades of experience in promoting Canada's interests in Asia and the United States. He retired from his diplomatic career as Canada's High Commissioner to India and for seven years thereafter he was the President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He currently sits on a number of not-for-profit boards and is a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency's Nomination Committee.

Is Democracy Dying? Is Democracy Dying in India in particular? In this Two Nobodys Podcast episode, Dr. Maya Tudor from the University of Oxford discusses the current state of democracy in India and what factors are contributing to its decline including the rise of Hindu nationalism, shrinking freedom of press, and the inabilities of India's democratic institutions (e.g. India's Supreme Court) to criticize the government.
Younger generations are caring less about democracy, why is this the case? Is democracy at stake in the 2024 US election? What's performed better autocratic or democratic governments?
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Dr. Maya Tudor is an Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Dr. Tudor researches the origins of effective and democratic states with a regional focus on South Asia.
She is the author of two books, The Promise of Power: The Origins of Democracy in India and Autocracy in Pakistan (2013) and Varieties of Nationalism (with Harris Mylonas, 2023 ). She writes for the media on a regular basis, including in Foreign Affairs, Washington Post, New Statesman, The Hindu, India Express, and The Scotsman.

In this podcast, we sit down with Cpt. Gary Russell to learn about the insider secrets of aviation safety management. From the recent Alaska Airlines blowout to the current 2024 pilot shortage and the use of diversity hiring. We also cover important topics like the controversial 737 MAX and the rigorous training that's required to be a commercial pilot. Stay informed and improve your aviation knowledge with this insightful conversation.
Twitter: @garybrussell 
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Captain Gary Russell is a Boeing 737 pilot based in Vancouver, and is a former union executive for the Air Canada Pilots Association. Prior to his appointment as the Association’s Chairman, he served two terms as a national board member and has been actively involved in the Association over the past decade, including as a local pilot representative, magazine editor, trustee and Chair of the External Affairs Committee.
 
Like many pilots in Canada, Captain Russell began his flying career as a flight instructor and later a pilot in Northern Canada and overseas before being hired by Air Canada in 2007.
 
As Chairman, Captain Russell presided over board meetings and acted as the pilots' principal representative to Air Canada on employment matters, including negotiation and administration of their collective agreement and was the official spokesperson for ACPA.
 
The Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) currently represents approximately 4,200 commercial pilots, with 600 previously furloughed during the COVID crisis all of whom have now returned to active status. These highly skilled professional pilots fly passengers and cargo across Canada and around the world on Air Canada and Air Canada rouge.
 
Gary resides on a farm in Comox, BC with his wife, Chantal, and son, Ben.

Dr. Coen van der Kroon, author of “The Golden Fountain” and Program Director of the Ayurveda Academy in the Netherlands shares his approach to using urine as a therapy both topically and drinking pee.
We start off by focusing on Ayurveda and how there’s been this refocus in India to incorporate this ancient healing practice. You will get understand how an Ayurvedic consultation works, Ayurvedic treatments, and the challenges of it being accepted by Western medicine.
We then turn our focus to urine therapy and Coen shares his thoughts on where urine is and isn’t practical, what urine taste says about your health, along with his cautions that drinking your own pee isn’t a life hack.
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DISCLAIMER:
The information herein is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropriately qualified licensed physician or other health care provider.
 
Chapters:
00:00 Intro and Coen’s travels to India
03:39 Is India losing its connection to traditional medicines?
06:15 Evidence based Ayurveda
08:25 Bringing Ayurveda to the Netherlands
13:50 India government’s support for Ayurveda
15:05 Common Ayurvedic treatments
16:45 Initial Ayurvedic consultation
20:25 Traditional Ayurvedic surgery
23:00 Nutrigenomics Ayurgenomics
26:15 Typical Ayurvedic patients
28:25 Renewed interest in India in Ayurveda
32:00 Ayurvedic response to COVID-19
35:00 Rise in zoonotic viruses
38:00 Coen’s reaction to Ayurvedic is not scientific
40:00 Coen’s introduction into urine therapy
50:00 Looping effect and self-healing
52:10 Urine as a waste product
56:30 Why can’t you eat fecal matter?
57:25 What your urine says about your health and diet
59:00 Change your diet before drinking urine
01:01:10 Is drinking urine a life hack?
01:03:50 Using urine for acute and chronic issues?
01:06:15 Does Coen currently use urine therapy?
01:08:30 Ideal urine (midstream, morning)
01:11:30 Athletic benefits from urine
01:13:35 Is drinking urine hard on your kidneys?
01:14:30 Coen’s takeaways
01:15:00 Five for dinner
01:24:10 What do you know for sure?
01:25:25 Wrap-up