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20080905-The_Link

Fri, Sep 5 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today -CHALLENGES FACING IMMIGRANTS IN CANADA'S CAPITAL-Members of visible minorities in Ottawa still face important challenges when it comes to taking an active part in social and economic life. A report titled ''Mixed Blessings and Missed Opportunities'' highlights the difficulties three groups, the Chinese, Somali and Lebanese communities, face in Ottawa when trying to establish themselves in the national capital. Val?rie Morand, looked into this study and has the...

20080904-The_Link

Thu, Sep 4 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today -UNIVERSITY RECRUITMENT IN THE GLOBAL AGE-Globalization means different things to different people. For consumers, it could be furniture made in China, cars assembled in Mexico, or a service centre in India. For Canadian universities, it's about scouring the globe for the best possible teachers and researchers. But, once they're found and hired, there's a lot of work to be done to get them here. Victor Nerenberg has more -WEB DISCOVERIES-Martha Stewart may know...

20080903-The_Link

Wed, Sep 3 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-CANADA LAGS BEHIND IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: Canada is known for being open to foreign cultures and for being a welcoming country for immigrants. But when it comes to investing and selling abroad, Canada is far from leading the pack, with it's share of global trade shrinking over the past 20 years. An expert in foreign investments tells us that business people and the Canadian government need to change their attitudes when it comes to doing business abroad-GEETA'S...

20080902-The_Link

Tue, Sep 2 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-ORGANIZATION SPONSORS 1000th REFUGEE STUDENT: Dozens of refugee students will be starting the school year with the Student Refugee Program, a program organised by World University Services Canada (WUSC). Over 70 campuses across Canada are involved, and student committees sponsor the refugees as permanent residents, raising enough money to keep the students going in their first year. This year, WUSC is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the program, and their...

20080901-The_Link

Mon, Sep 1 listen to this topic
English Daily program -Today -SALSA BRIDGING CULTURAL DIVIDES: "Salsa" is the Spanish word for a spicy sauce, but it also refers to a kind of dance and music. Salsa, the dance, originating from a fusion of informal dance styles with roots in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin and North America is the ultimate immigrant dance popularized by Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants in North America. Nowadays, salsa is world-wide phenomenon, and salsa nightclubs are springing up all over, from New York and...

20080829-The_Link

Fri, Aug 29 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today -HIGH DROWNING RATE AMONG CHILDREN LEADS TO SWIMMING PROGRAMS-Every year, hundreds of Canadians drown, with children making up a high percentage of those statistics. In an effort to reduce the number of drownings, Ontario has been funding the ''Swim to Survive Program'' that provides Grade 3 children with basic water survival skills. Val?rie Morand has the details-SEANA'S JUKEBOX-Seana Pasic is in to talk about Montreal indie rock band the Islands, and their new...

20080828-The_Link

Thu, Aug 28 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today -LEAVING THE FOLD-The Hassidim are a very close-knit and tradition-bound Jewish community. Young Hassids who decide to live a secular life often experience rejection and are ostracized by their relatives. A poignant documentary film called "Leaving the Fold" depicts their reality, including the story of Hudi Riven, who grew up in Montreal in a Hassidic Jewish family of eight. But one day he realized the ultra-Orthodox way of life was just not for him. He joins us...

20080827-The_Link

Wed, Aug 27 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today -CANADIAN NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS EXPOSED-We hear from Kerry Pither, a human rights advocate and the author of the new book "Dark Days:The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror." She looked into Canadian national security investigations, through the eyes of four Muslim Arab men who have been targeted by the Canadian government [website: http://kerrypither.com/] -GEETA'S CHOICE-Book reviewer Geeta Nadkarni, takes us back in time...

20080826-The_Link

Tue, Aug 26 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today -KLEZMER MASHUP-If it weren't for klezmer music, Josh Dolgin and Vanya Zhuk might never have met. One is a Canadian musician, and the other is Russian, and they came together to play a concert in Montreal. Josh Dolgin is also known as DJ Socalled, and Vanya Zhuk plays with the Russian klezmer-psychedelic-rock band Nayekhovichi and they tell us more about their klezmer connection -RUFO GOES TO THE MOVIES-The relationship between a teacher and a student is the theme...

20080825-The_Link

Mon, Aug 25 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today -ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT WOES FOR ALBERTA OIL SANDS-Figuring out how to extract oil from Alberta's oil sands while also protecting the environment is not an easy job. Eight years ago, the government of Alberta set up the Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA). CEMA includes members from government, industry and environmental and First Nations groups. They are supposed to be working together on how to protect the environment around the oil sands....

20080822-The_Link

Fri, Aug 22 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today -FIRST-EVER GHANA FEST IN VANCOUVER-Most people don't associate Africa with Vancouver, a city nicknamed Lotus Land because of all the Asians living there. But more and more Africans are choosing to make Vancouver home, including many Ghanaians. That may explain why Vancouver will play host to its first Ghana Fest tomorrow night. We speak with festival organizer Dr. Charles Quist-Adade -SEANA'S JUKEBOX-Seana Pasic, filling in for Antoine Bonaparte talks about...

20080821-The_Link

Thu, Aug 21 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today -NEW STEM CELLS RESEARCH SHOWS HEALING POTENTIAL-A team of researchers from Canada and the United States have made a breakthrough in stem cell research. We speak to Canadian member of the research team, Dr. Wang Hao, of the University of Western Ontario and the Lawson House Research Institute -WEB DISCOVERIES-Falice Chin, has handpicked a few practical and interesting websites that she says are worth turning to when you need help with stuff that needs, cleaning,...

20080820-The_Link

Wed, Aug 20 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today -ART EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS NURSE'S PERSPECTIVE ON AFRICA-It's hard to imagine working with Doctors Without Borders, but one nurse who works with the group is giving Canadians a glimpse of that experience. She used the thousands of pictures she took during her stints in Africa to paint portraits of refugees and internally displaced people. Nurse and painter Laura Archer talks about her paintings, now on display as part of an exhibit called Facing Africa [Website:...

20080819-The_Link

Tue, Aug 19 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today-CANADIAN CONSERVATIVES AGAINST SAFE INJECTION SITES-At the annual meeting of the Canadian Medical Association, federal health minister Tony Clement questioned the ethics of doctors who support safe injection sites. Bonnie Cham is a doctor and the chair of the Canadian Medical Association's Ethics Committee and she talks about this issue -RUFO GOES TO THE MOVIES-War movies have returned, in force, to the big screen and now, spoof movies are also showing up and...

20080818-The_Link

Mon, Aug 18 listen to this topic
English Daily Program -Today-IMMIGRANTS VOLUNTEERING IN EFFORT TO LAND PAYING JOBS-: Newcomers to Canada have been told for some time to get the appropriate education and experience in Canada, if they want to find work in their field, but sometimes it's not that easy. Kyle Brown has been speaking to immigrants trying to bridge the gap between volunteering and paid work -U.S. COURT LOOKS INTO MAHER ARAR LAWSUIT-We speak to lawyer Maria LaHood about whether a US court will allow Maher Arar's...

20080815-The_Link

Fri, Aug 15 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-BOTHERED FOR BREASTFEEDING-Research has long pointed to the benefits of breastfeeding babies. But the importance of doing so still seems to be lost on some especially retailers who give breastfeeding women a hard time. Carmel Kilkenny speaks to two women, a young mother who had a bad experience in a store and another who heads an organization that monitors attitudes to breastfeeding-SEANA'S JUKEBOX-Seana Pasic, filling in for Antoine Bonaparte, is in with the...

20080814-The_Link

Thu, Aug 14 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-AUTHOR SAYS NEWSPAPER ERRORS ARE NOT TRIVIAL-Many people rely on their daily newspaper or favourite news website to understand the world around them. But what happens when those sources of news make mistakes? We hear from author and journalist Craig Silverman who has been tracking mistakes made by reporters and looking at the effects of those errors. He runs a website focused on media mistakes and has also written a book called "Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes...

20080814-The_Link

Thu, Aug 14 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-AUTHOR SAYS NEWSPAPER ERRORS ARE NOT TRIVIAL-Many people rely on their daily newspaper or favourite news website to understand the world around them. But what happens when those sources of news make mistakes? We hear from author and journalist Craig Silverman who has been tracking mistakes made by reporters and looking at the effects of those errors. He runs a website focused on media mistakes and has also written a book called "Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes...

20080813-The_Link

Wed, Aug 13 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-MUSLIM COMMUNITY ON ?HALAL? FOODS-As the Muslim community grows in Canada, the demand for ?halal? foods is also growing. ?Halal? refers to what is permissible according to Islam. In the past, Muslims in Canada obtained halal foods from trusted family-run butcher shops and other stores, but ?halal? products are now more common in larger stores where there is less personal contact with the owners or managers and less access to information about the products with...

20080812-The_Link

Tue, Aug 12 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-REMEMBERING LEBANON'S CIVIL WAR-In an Montreal exhibit this month, photojournalist Liam Maloney features pictures that capture remnants of Lebanon's 15-year civil war. It began in 1975, ravaging the country and leaving a legacy that is still felt today. But photojournalist Liam Maloney says little is being done these days in Lebanon to remember or learn from the 15-year conflict. Carmel Kilkenny spoke with Liam Maloney in studio about his work-RUFO GOES TO THE...

20080811-The_Link

Mon, Aug 11 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-CHINESE-CANADIAN MIGRATES TO BEIJING-As the news comes out of Beijing, from the sports to the politics, a web-based RCI documentary series is taking a different look at the Beijing Olympics and the effect on the city and its people. "A New Face for Beijing" explores the changing face of Beijing and the experience of a Chinese-Canadian woman who decided to live in China. Filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung, sister of the woman portrayed in the film, and Thierry Harris, the...

20080808-The_Link

Fri, Aug 8 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-VISA REFUSALS KEEP SCHOLARS FROM CONFERENCE-If you need a visa to get into Canada, you may have your work cut out for you. For a gathering of Iranians and experts on Iran from all over the world, held recently in Toronto, many of the writers and academics invited could not attend because they could not obtain visas. Everyone invited to the 2006 conference on Iran studies held in London, England received visas...whereas in Canada, over 80 per cent did not receive...

20080807-The_Link

Thu, Aug 7 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER-It's been a rainy summer in Canada and not what the weatherman predicted. Carmel Kilkenny speaks with Environment Canada's senior climatologist, David Phillips, about this year's record rainfall, why it can be so hard to predict the weather and what the rest of the summer may hold-WEB DISCOVERIES-This is the first United States presidential election of the You-Tube era and we're seeing an unprecedented amount of campaigning on the...

20080806-The_Link

Wed, Aug 6 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today- LIST TO REDUCE TELEMARKETING CALLS-Will Canadians finally get some peace at the dinner table? Almost everyone has had calls from telemarketers during the dinner hour. But as of September 30th, the Canadian Radio, Television and Telecommunications Commission will put a "Do Not Call List" in place. Carmel Kilkenny spoke with Ed Cartwright from the Canadian Marketing Association about the list and what effect it is expected to have in Canada-GEETA`S CHOICE-As...

20080805-The_Link

Tue, Aug 5 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-KOMAGATA MARU APOLOGY-At a Sikh community event last weekend, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for the Canadian government's decision not to allow the refugees on the ship called the "Komagata Maru" to enter Canada in 1914, resulting in the deaths of some of those people. That apology did not impress many of the members of the Sikh and Indian communities. Jaswinder Singh Toor, whose grandfather was on the Komagata Maru, explained his perspective on the...

20080804-The_Link

Mon, Aug 4 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-KINGSTON AND IMMIGRANTS-One of Canada's oldest towns, Kingston, is turning to immigrants to ensure its economic prosperity. Kingston was once known as a stronghold of white Anglo-Saxons. During its heyday, the town became the refuge of settlers loyal to England and who fled the American revolution. Now, municipal authorities want Kingston to reflect the rest of Canada's increasingly multicultural profile. Valerie Morand, our Ottawa correspondent, reports on what...

20080801-The_Link

Fri, Aug 1 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE LINK FROM QUEBEC CITY- We talk about the history of this 400-year old city founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. We also receive newcomers to Quebec, capital of the province of Quebec, named en 1985 a UNESCO World Heritage site.

20080731-The_Link

Thu, Jul 31 listen to this topic
English DailyProgram-Today-EDUCATION IN CHINA-Today we continue with our series on Canada-China relations. For four years now, Dr. Peter Joong has been taking Canadian student teachers to China. While in China, Dr. Joong conducts research into educational practices and gives workshops to local teachers. Dr. Joong joins Marc Montgomery in studio to talk about teaching and education in China- WEB DISCOVERIES-Today on our web column, we're talking about a professor with terminal cancer who...

20080730-The_Link

Wed, Jul 30 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-SKIN COLOUR AND THE 2008 U.S. ELECTION-When Americans go to the polls this fall in the presidential elections, the choice they make between Barack Obama and John McCain may be guided by a preconceived notion about skin colour they may not be aware of. The Link's Victor Nerenberg has more on racial bias and how it comes into play among American voters-GEETA'S CHOICE-Much has been said about American culture - it's everywhere. Very little, on the other hand, has been...

20080729-The_Link

Tue, Jul 29 listen to this topic
English Daily Program-Today-RESEARCHERS FIND HOLY THOUGHTS MAY HELP CHARITY-Do you live by the Golden Rule? You know: treat others the way you'd like them to treat you. Well, if you find yourself struggling with that, a study done by scientists in Vancouver suggests that your subconscious might be an ally you could call on. The research looked at whether thinking about God or a higher power can influence how people behave. Lorn Curry, The Link's West Coast reporter, has the details-RUFO GOES...

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