Weekends with Rob Fai

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Students struggling with online burnout GUEST: Gordon Flett, Professor of Psychology at York University and Canada Research Chair in Personality & Health Chapter 2: Your Social Media Profile & Your Next Job   GUEST: Brent Pollington, Owner, Express Employment Professionals Chapter 3: Deloitte’s 2020 Holiday Retail Outlook – Canadians expected to s...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Vaccine Credibility  GUEST: Joel Lexchin, Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Emergency Physician at University Health Network, Toronto Chapter 2: Canada’s First Zero-Emission Vehicle   GUEST: Flavio Volpe, President, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association Chapter 3: BC People Ignoring Eye Care   GUEST: Dr. Co...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: STEM Should Be More Than a Discipline  GUEST: Xavier Fazio, Dr. EdD, BSc, Professor Science and Environmental Sustainability Education Chapter 2: Restaurants Canada calls on BC government for support  GUEST: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President, Western Canada, Restaurants Canada (formerly CRFA) Chapter 3: ICBC - An Election Issue? Bring Back Annual...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Only The Best Vaccines! Training Our Immune Systems. TITLE: Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph Chapter 2: Cyber Security and Pandemic Bad Guys GUEST: Rachel Jolicoeur, Director, Fraud Prevention & Partnerships at Interac Chapter 3: Not All Plastic Products Are “Toxic” - The Ban Is Too Broad GUEST: Elena Mantagari...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Digital Communities/Covid Lessons for the Future GUEST: Suchit Ahuja, Assistant Professor, Business Technology Management, John Molson School of Business | Concordia University  GUEST: Arman Sadreddin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Business Technology Management, John Molson School of Business | Concordia University Chapter 2: Fostering Diversity at LAU...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: The MEC Mess: Sale is Approved GUEST: Marc-Andre Pigeon, PhD, Assistant professor, Univ. of Saskatchewan and Director of the Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives Chapter 2: Tourism Kamloops - Did Staycations Work? GUEST: Beverley DeSantis, CEO, Tourism Kamloops Chapter 3: Mining Award for Taseko  GUEST: Brian Battison, VP Corporate Affai...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Drug Safety / Health Canada Needs to Step Up    GUEST: Joel Lexchin, Professor emeritus of health policy at York University and an emergency physician in a downtown hospital in Toronto Chapter 2: Prostate Cancer Month and Gallium GUEST: Charles Conroy, Chief Executive Officer of ARTMS Inc (Triumph) Chapter 3: Wages Flat - will wages and benefits sta...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Lessons from Sport  GUEST: Kristi Allain, A Canada Research Chair in Physical Culture and Social Life and an Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Thomas University Chapter 2: Key Election Issues in Surrey GUEST: Anita Huberman, CEO, Surrey Board of Trade Chapter 3: Salmon Fisheries  GUEST: Dane Chauvel, CEO, Organic Ocean, member of Commercial...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Job-Hunting & Covid - ‘Virtual Hiring’ Era and the AVI  GUEST: Nicolas Roulin PhD, Associate Professor of Industrial & Organizational Psychology at Saint Mary’s University Chapter 2: Post Covid-19 Pandemic – An Opportunity for the Big Reset GUEST: Karimah Es Sabar, Chair of Health & Biosciences Economic Strategy Table, Government of Canada, and CEO...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Wealth Tax Time? Build Back Better - The New Economy?   GUEST: Bruce Campbell, Adjunct professor, York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies; and Senior Fellow, Ryerson University, Centre for Free Expression. Former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives  Chapter 2: Revise the Stress test? Post-Covid Economy GUEST:...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Senior Care Options - NORC’s, The Oasis Project  GUEST: Catherine Donnelly, Associate Professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Director of Health Services and Policy Research Institute at Queen’s University GUEST: Vincent DePaul, Physiotherapist and Assistant Professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy,Queen’s University GUEST: Helen Cooper, P...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Reviving Restaurants  GUEST: David Clement, North American Affairs Manager at Consumer Choice Center Chapter 2: Trudeau’s Drug Plan - Taxpayer-Funded Drugs-For-All? GUEST: Justin Ling, Freelance Journalist Chapter 3: Parents, Covid-19 and Booze GUEST: Jeffrey Wardell, Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Faculty of Health at York University Chap...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: “Personal support workers are the backbone of healthcare but the bottom of the power structure” GUEST: Bharati Sethi, PhD, Associate Professor School of Social Work, King’s University College, Western University GUEST: Allison Williams, PhD, Professor, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University Chapter 2: BC-Based Not-for-Profit R...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Outdoor Schooling  GUEST: Jennifer Davis, PhD., OCT, Adjunct Assistant Professor & Academic Liaison for Online Graduate Programs at Queens University Chapter 2: How the System Fails to Prepare Workers—and What Needs to Change An Express Employment Professionals White Paper GUEST: Brent Pollington, Owner at Express Employment Professionals Chapter 3:...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Fax Chapter 1: Universities pivot for Fall, Post-Secondary Covid Response GUEST: Ishwar Puri, Ph. D., P.Eng, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University Chapter 2: Restaurant Survival GUEST: James Rilett, Restaurants Canada, Vice President, Central Canada Chapter 3: Housing prices across Canada  GUEST: Brian Rushton, CENTURY 21 Exec VP

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: The growth of online gaming GUEST: Joe Todd, PhD Student in Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Waterloo Chapter 2: Recap of the week that was on The Hill, changes in Ottawa GUEST: Bill Curry, Journalist covering Parliament and federal policy for the Globe and Mail Chapter 3: New Federal Benefits / Replacing CERB GUEST: Laura Jones,...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Could Trump win again?  GUEST: Jason Opal, Associate Professor and Department Chair of History and Classical Studies at McGill Chapter 2: COVID-19 and Unpredictable Summer Weather Heat Up Challenges for Canadian Farmers: This Group Has a Plan  GUEST: Chris Bodnar, Farmer from Earth Apple Organic Farm in BC  GUEST: Brent Preston, Farmer at The New...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Is tipping in restaurants now up for discussion? GUEST: David Lefebvre, Restaurants Canada Vice President  Chapter 2: China’s New Belligerence GUEST: Sam Cooper, Global News Investigative Journalist Chapter 3: Canada-Wide Rally to Sanction Chinese Officials & Protect Hongkongers Rally GUEST: Mabel Tung, Chair of Vancouver Society in Support of Democ...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Healthcare and the ‘New Normal’  GUEST: Kaitlyn Obedzinski Kuryk Chapter 2: Democrats choose Kamala, Biden/Harris vs Trump/Pence GUEST: Bruce Heyman, Former US Ambassador to Canada Chapter 3: Reaction to last week’s Fishery Grants GUEST: Bob Chamberlin, Chair of First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance Chapter 4: Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers appeals t...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Vehicle Electrification GUEST: Cameron Roberts, Postdoctoral Researcher at Carleton University, affiliated with the Transition Accelerator Chapter 2: Consumer insolvencies have hit a record decline in Q2, but with CERB winding down, there is financial uncertainty ahead GUEST: Jennifer McCracken, BDO Senior Manager Chapter 3: Conservative Leadership...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Tensions with China, China’s Accountability GUEST: Sarah Teich, International human rights lawyer, author of “Not Immune: Exploring liability of authoritarian regimes for the COVID-19 pandemic and its cover-up” for MLI Chapter 2: Impending aluminum tariffs effect on Can economy, US/CAN relationship.  US Presidential race, voter outcomes due to COV...

The Sunday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Deloitte - Future of Hospitality GUEST: Leslie Peterson, National leader for the Transportation, Hospitality, Services industry sectors at Deloitte Canada Chapter 2: Manipulating Google/More trouble for WE GUEST: Robert Burko, CEO of Elite Digital Chapter 3: Hockey is BACK GUEST: Rob Williams, Sports Editor, Daily Hive Vancouver Chapter 4: COVID-19...

The Saturday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Rent due today GUEST: Alex Chang, Lawyer with Lesperance Mendes Lawyers Chapter 2: Community sports in B.C. to get $1.5M from government GUEST: Charlene Krepiakevich, CEO of viaSport Chapter 3: Canadian part of Perseverance mission GUEST: Tim Haltigin, Planetary Senior Mission Scientist

The Sunday Edition With Niki Reitmayer  Chapter 1: People moving back in with their parents due to pandemic GUEST: Nicole McKnight, PR Manager for Finder.com Chapter 2: What’s happening north of the Arctic in Russia could have dire consequences here in Canada - and for the whole world GUEST: Catherine Dieleman, Research Associate in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph...

The Saturday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Canadian Dads & Coronavirus GUEST: Dr. Casey Scheibling , Fellow in the Department of Sociology at McMaster University Chapter 2: WE Charity  GUEST: Justin Ling, Freelance Journalist, Vice Chapter 3: Portland update GUEST: Dana Haynes, Managing Editor, Portland Tribune