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Conversations That Matter is a weekly news series hosted by veteran Canadian journalist Stuart McNish. He sits down with thought leaders from around the globe to dig into the issues that matter to Canadians.

Conversations That Matter Stuart McNish, Veteran Canadian Newsman

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Conversations That Matter is a weekly news series hosted by veteran Canadian journalist Stuart McNish. He sits down with thought leaders from around the globe to dig into the issues that matter to Canadians.

    Ep 495 - Child Sex Trafficking Guest - Cathy Peters

    Ep 495 - Child Sex Trafficking Guest - Cathy Peters

    Ep 495 - Child Sex Trafficking
    Guest - Cathy Peters
     
    By Stuart McNish
     
    National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Canada is February 22nd. It was instituted as part of the government’s commitment to fighting human trafficking. The point was to “raise awareness of the magnitude of modern day slavery in Canada and abroad and to take steps to combat human trafficking.”
     
    In her book, “Child Sex Trafficking in Canada,” Cathy Peters says, “This book should never have been written. But here we are. Society and culture have come to a point where the most vulnerable are not being protected.” Peters goes on to say, “As a society we have a moral obligation to address sexual exploitation immediately, resolutely and robustly.”
     
    Today’s children are targeted in ways that you have little awareness of and from around the world. These children are marginalized, vulnerable, and at risk. Peters says, “They are unaware of the insidious, coercive, and manipulative tactics of the sex industry.”
     
    We  invited one of Canada’s leading advocates on behalf of vulnerable children, Cathy Peters, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about what we all need to know about child sex trafficking and how to stop it.
     
    You can see the interview here https://www.conversationsthatmatter.ca/
     
    Learn More about our guests career at careersthatmatter.ca

    • 24 min
    Ep 494 - Canada and China: What Happened? Guest - Dr Paul Evans

    Ep 494 - Canada and China: What Happened? Guest - Dr Paul Evans

    Ep 494 - Canada and China: What Happened?
    Guest - Dr Paul Evans
     
    By Stuart McNish
     
    In 1970, Canada led the Western world by recognizing China. According to Paul Evans in his book, “Engaging China,” the Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau “believed that many of the world’s major issues ‘will not be resolved completely or in any lasting way unless and until an accommodation has been reached with the Chinese nation.’”
     
    Over the course of the next 50 years, the Chinese economy and its clout grew from 1.7 percent of global GDP to more than 17.3%. China went from one of the poorest countries on earth to one of the most powerful economies. Through that growth, China invested heavily in Canadian energy and technology companies.
     
    Then at the start of this century, the relationship between Canada and China started shifting. China started to flex its muscles and Canada failed to realize it was no longer the dominant member of this relationship. China grew tired of being told what and how to manage its affairs.
     
    Enter Xi Jinping, who had no patience for moralizing and virtue signalling. Canada woke up to China’s influence and the influencing tactics at home and abroad. Over the past five years, the relationship has soured.
     
    We invited Paul Evans, Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia, to join us for a Conversation That Matters on what happened between Canada and China and what is happening between us and India.

    You can see the interview here https://www.conversationsthatmatter.ca/
     
    Learn More about our guests career at careersthatmatter.ca

    • 24 min
    Ep 493 - A Call to Purpose Guest - Mike Rowlands

    Ep 493 - A Call to Purpose Guest - Mike Rowlands

    Ep 493 - A Call to Purpose
    Guest - Mike Rowlands
     
    “Redefining success for the purpose economy,” Mike Rowlands says, “is to become a part of the rapidly growing movement toward social purpose in business. The social purpose focus creates healthier communities, restoration of our shared environment and better outcomes for companies’ staff, customers and other stakeholders.”
     
    Rowlands says the path to developing this framework  “emerged from our work with the nonprofit sector – a sector that required new brand strategies that enriched and enhanced their organizations' messaging.” The next step on the path to a social purpose framework was the development of “Theory of Change,” which is a methodology to set out intended social change outcomes.”
     
    We invited Mike Rowlands, the CEO and President at Junxion, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about social purpose and how it focuses businesses to accept responsibility for outputs, outcomes and building a better world by being in business.
     
    By Stuart McNish
     
    Researchers at Simon Fraser University and BC Cancer have pinpointed specific physiological traits that they say “can 
     
    You can see the interview here https://www.conversationsthatmatter.ca/
     
    Learn More about our guests career at careersthatmatter.ca

    • 24 min
    Ep 492 - The Fountain of Youth Guest - Angela Brooks-Wilson

    Ep 492 - The Fountain of Youth Guest - Angela Brooks-Wilson

    Ep 492 - The Fountain of Youth
    Guest - Angela Brooks-Wilson
     
    By Stuart McNish
     
    Researchers at Simon Fraser University and BC Cancer have pinpointed specific physiological traits that they say “can help people live longer, healthier lives.” According to a recent study published in GeroScience, the healthiest, older adults live in a “sweet spot,” where more than 100 different physiological traits interact, and that dynamic interaction makes them healthier than their counterparts.
     
    Key to living in the “sweet spot” is homeostasis, which is a collection of mechanisms that your body uses to maintain constancy in blood sugar levels, blood pressure, and body temperature. The more consistent your body is, the healthier you are. Deviations from optimal ranges of vitamin D, calcium, glucose and other mechanisms lead to a higher risk of mortality.
     
    We invited Angela Brooks-Wilson, a co-author of the report, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about what we now know about the “sweet spot” of health and how this knowledge may equip you to live longer and healthier.
     
    You can see the interview here https://www.conversationsthatmatter.ca/
     
    Learn More about our guests career at careersthatmatter.ca

    • 25 min
    Ep 491 - The Claims of Life Guest - Diana Chapman Walsh

    Ep 491 - The Claims of Life Guest - Diana Chapman Walsh

    Ep 491 - The Claims of Life
    Guest - Diana Chapman Walsh
     
    By Stuart McNish
     
    The Claims of Life, a new book by Diana Chapman Walsh, traces the emergence of a young woman who set out believing she wasn’t particularly smart but went on to meet multiple tests of leadership in the American academy – a place where everyone wants to be heard and no one wants a boss.
     
    The Claims of Life offers readers an unusually intimate view of a trustworthy leadership that begins and ends in self-knowledge. During a transformative fourteen-year Wellesley College presidency, Walsh advanced women’s authority, compassionate governance, and self-reinvention. 
     
    After Wellesley, Walsh’s interests took her to the boards of five national nonprofits, galvanizing change. She kept counsel with Nobel laureates, feminist icons, and the Dalai Lama, seeking solutions to the world’s biggest challenge: preserving our planet.
     
    We invited Diana Chapman Walsh to join us for a Conversation That Matters about a life of openness and endless possibilities.
     
    You can see the interview here https://www.conversationsthatmatter.ca/
     
    Learn More about our guests career at careersthatmatter.ca

    • 26 min
    Ep 49o - Addressing the Infrastructure Deficit Guest - Mark Liedemann

    Ep 49o - Addressing the Infrastructure Deficit Guest - Mark Liedemann

    Ep 49o - Addressing the Infrastructure Deficit
    Guest - Mark Liedemann
     
    By Stuart McNish
     
    The backbone of any complex society is its infrastructure. It is the glue that binds communities, provinces and countries together. The concept of infrastructure was central to Rome’s dominance for 500 years. Cody Gregory writes, “One of the key  aspects of Roman society and development was its unprecedented utilization of roads, sewers and aqueducts.”
     
    Here in British Columbia, it was the railway that brought us into Confederation and it was the development of hydroelectric power that catapulted the province forward economically. Mark Liedemann, the President and CEO of Infrastructure BC says, “We’re building on those legacy projects to ensure the province has the essential structures needed to thrive.”
     
    In her letter to the Board of Infrastructure BC, Finance Minister Katrine Conroy says, “Government and public sector organizations must continue to advance results that people can see and feel in these key areas – strengthened health care, safer communities, attainable and secure housing, and a clean and fair economy that delivers affordability and prosperity.”
     
    We invited Mark Liedemann to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the never ending work of planning and building the infrastructure the province requires.
     
    You can see the interview here https://www.conversationsthatmatter.ca/
     
    Learn More about our guests career at careersthatmatter.ca

    • 25 min

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