Ontario Morning Podcast - Monday September 28, 2020 - a podcast by CBC Radio

After being shut down for months, schools are scrambling to make up for missed classroom time. But how prepared are teachers to take on this challenge? We ask Alana Butler of the Faculty of Education at Queen's University in Kingston; The number of COVID-19 infections is creeping up in Canada and that could be causing many people to feel stressed and disappointed. Psychology professor Skye Fitzpatrick of York University offers some advice on confronting those feelings and remaining hopeful; As the Shoreline Casinos prepare to reopen today, we talk with Peterborough councillor Dean Pappas about the importance of the revenue from their local operation to the city; Martha Foster is a retired teacher herself and head of the organization that represents retirees from the education community across Canada. She explains why she is unwilling to answer the call from Ontario's College of Teachers to return to work to help ease the shortage of qualified teachers because of the pandemic; Gabrielle Barkany, a spokesperson for the Ontario College of Teachers explains why they chose to call on retirees to help with the teacher shortage; Jesse Tipping, explains how he came to buy the Rosebud Motel, how it became the location for the CBC TV show 'Schitt's Creek' - and why he's selling it.

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