Ontario Morning Podcast - Monday August 17, 2020 - a podcast by CBC Radio

Andra Gillespie, a political scientist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia previews the Democratic National Convention - most of which will be conducted virtually; Parents, educators, and officials have been weighing in on how to proceed with the next school year. Why aren't we talking to children - the students themselves? Sydney Chapados, a doctoral fellow in sociology at Carleton University, recently wrote about the exclusion of children from these discussions; Jim Grieve is a former school principal, director of education and assistant deputy minister with the Ontario government. He discusses the preparations that are underway for the school year; Why not move classes outside to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus? That's a suggestion that has the support of Heather Wilson of the Child and Nature Alliance of Canada; The City of Barrie is launching a pilot program today called Transit on Demand where riders can summon a bus that doesn't follow a regular route via an app.

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