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#140: Tobacco Control / Harm Reduction Panel - Chris Bostic, Cliff Douglas, Brad Rodu

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#139: Tobacco Control: Dr. Gan Quan and Omara Dogar, The Union

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#138: Tobacco Control: Cliff Douglas, Director, University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network

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#137: Tobacco Control: Samrat Chowdhery, President, International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO)

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#136: Tobacco Control: Alex Clark, CEO, The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association (CASAA)

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#135: Tobacco Control: Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator, Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates

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#134: Tobacco Control: Professor Brad Rodu, DDS, School of Medicine, University of Louisville

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#133: Tobacco Control: Chris Bostic, Policy Director at Action on Smoking & Health

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#132: A Conversation with the Creators of "Better Left Unsaid", Curt Jaimungal and Desh Amila

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#131: Gun Control Part Two: Rod Giltaca, the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights

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#130: Sex Work: Lyra McKee, Co-Executive Director, PACE Society

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#129: Sex Work: Shae Invidiata, Free Them

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#128: Sex Work: Kim Pyke and the Experiences faced by Sex Workers

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#127: Sex Work: Alex MacDonnell, Executive Director Stepping Stone NS

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#126: Climate Change - a Different Perspective with Andy West

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#125: What Are The Problems with Climate Change Modelling?

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#124: Is a Pragmatic Approach Better to Address Climate Change?

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#123: The Gun Violence Conversation: Cauldrick Woods, Amadeusz Toronto

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#122: The Gun Violence Conversation: Amadeusz Toronto

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#121: The Gun Violence Conversation: Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns

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#120: The Gun Violence Conversation: Danforth Families for Safe Communities

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#119: The Gun Violence Conversation: Amber Wardell, Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses

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#118: Do Gun Bans Reduce Gun Violence?

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#117: The Gun Violence Conversation: Ricky Atkinson, former leader of the Dirty Tricks Gang

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#116: The Gun Violence Conversation: Zero Gun Violence Movement (ZGVM)

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#115: The Gun Violence Conversation: The National Firearms Association

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#114: The Abortion Debate: Final Thoughts

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#113: The Pro-Choice Perspective: A Conversation with Dr. Jill Doctoroff, National Abortion Federation Canada

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#112: The Pro Life Abortion Perspective: A Conversation with Jakki Jeffs, Executive Director at Alliance for Life Ontario

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#111: The Pro Choice Abortion Perspective: Joyce Arthur, ED Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada

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#110: The Pro Life Abortion Perspective: Cam Cote, Centre for Canadian Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR)

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#109: The Right Mindset: A Conversation with Sean Zahedi

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#108: Community Policing with the LGBTQ2S Community: A Conversation with Sgt. Henry Dyck of the Toronto Police

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#107: Digital Democracy with Minister Audrey Tang!

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#106: Mid Year Check In and Summer Break!

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#105: Community Policing: A Conversation with Sgt. Jeff Zammit of the Toronto Police

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#104: Race-based Data Collection and COVID-19: A Chat with Dr. Vinita Dubey

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#103: Enforcing the Law and the Need for Community-based Policing

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#102: Youth Hidden in Plain Sight: Part 2 - Warren Abbey

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#101: George Floyd

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#100: 72 Days: 05 - A Chat with Dr. Kenton White on COVID-19 and Data Collection

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#099: 72 Days: 04 -The Canada Emergency Relief Benefit and, AI?

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#098: 72 Days: 03 - Why the WHO?

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#097: 72 Days: 02: A Serious Conversation on the Role of Government in a Pandemic

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#096: 72 Days: Justin Trudeau's Reality Pre-COVID-19

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#095: Power of Positivity - 25 - The End - Onto the Next!

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#094: Power of Positivity - 24 - Start Thinking About the Transition!

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#093: Power of Positivity - 23 - Stay Balanced

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#092: Power of Positivity - 22 - Don't be Afraid of Losses

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#091: Power of Positivity - 21 - Relentlessly Pursue your goals!

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#090: Power of Positivity - 20 - Setbacks are a part of achieving goals!

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#089: Power of Positivity - 19 - It's all about a state of mind!

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#088: Power of Positivity - 18 - Fight Politics!

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#087: Power of Positivity - 17 - Stay Productive to Fight the Negative Energy!

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#086: Power of Positivity - 16 - Fight your Worry!

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#085: Power of Positivity - 15 - Treat Yourself!

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#084: Power of Positivity - 14 - Embrace Failure!

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#083: Power of Positivity - 13 - Stay Positive around Negativity, define your biggest challenges to your goals

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#082: Power of Positivity - 12 - Fight Worry and Add to your Stock!

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#081: Power of Positivity - 11 - Choose what you give LIFE to!

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#080: Power of Positivity - 10 - Reframe your State of Mind!

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#079: Power of Positivity - 09 - Envision the Day Back to Normalcy!

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#078: Power of Positivity - 08 - Choose Positivity!

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#077: Power of Positivity - 07 - What is your Biggest Goal / Idea?

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#076: Power of Positivity - 06 - Time Thiefs!

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#075: Power of Positivity - 05 - Identify your Dragons

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#074: Power of Positivity - 04 - Visualization, Do one thing and Journal

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#073: Power of Positivity - 03 - Clean your Space, Choose your Media, Give Back

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#072: Power of Positivity - 02 - Exercise and Healthy Nutrition While in Self Isolation!

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#071: Power of Positivity - Begin Fighting COVID-19 with your Energy

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#070: Analyzing the Coverage of the 2020 Ontario Teacher's Strike

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#069: Youth Hidden in Plain Sight: Warren Abbey's Story on Guns, Gangs and Violence

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#068: Getting Young People Active: Vanessa Lodge

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#067: Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Erin Kelly, President and CEO of Advanced Symbolics Inc.

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#066: Artificial Intelligence and Refugee Claims

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#065: Oliver Lane and his Journey as a Trans Athlete

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#064: The Barriers Still Faced by the LGBTQ2S community: A Conversation with Jacq Hixson-Vulpe

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#063: The LGBTQ Community and the Conservative Movement: A Conversation with Jamie Ellerton

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#062: How do we Restore Balance in our Conversations? End of Year/Decade Reflection!

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#061: Climate Change: How Industries are reducing their Carbon Footprint

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#060: Youth and Politics: the Generation after Milennials

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#059: Peter Downing and WEXIT's Constitution

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#058: A Conversation with Gillian Smith

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#057: One Year Anniversary!

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#056: 2019 Federal election results, proportional representation, and is western separation doable?

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#055: The West: Part 1 - Confederation and Western Alienation

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#054: Canada Votes: Young People in Politics

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#053: Canada Votes: Bloc Quebecois

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#052: Canada Votes: WEXIT - Interview with Peter Downing

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#051: Canada Votes: Populism

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#050: Canada Votes: The Peoples Party of Canada

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#049: Justin Trudeau's Blackface / Brownface Scandal

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#048: Canada Votes: The Green Party of Canada

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#047: Canada Votes: The Conservative Party of Canada

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#046: Canada Votes: The New Democratic Party (NDP)

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#045: Canada Votes: The Liberal Party of Canada

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#044: The Canadian Military Part 4: Supports for Returning Military Personnel

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#043: The Canadian Military Part 3: Veterans

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#042: The Canadian Military Part 2: Procurement

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#041: The Canadian Military Matters.