Critical Conversations: The Pandemic Paradox

Ethan Lou, David Waltner-Toews, Ashleigh Tuite and André Picard

Critical Conversations: The Pandemic Paradox

Ethan Lou, David Waltner-Toews, Ashleigh Tuite and André Picard

7:30pm

Sunday, October 25, 2020

60 mins

Authors in candid, live conversation reflect on the topics that matter most during this unprecedented time. In this presentation, authors and experts will discuss a topic that has overwhelmed the world this year. From the deadly diseases that have plagued us for centuries, to the novel coronavirus that suspended the world in 2020, this panel will discuss the societal set-ups that make these diseases possible, and the paradox of their reverse correlations. Tune in each day of the Festival to hear new speakers in critical conversation about the topics shaping today’s new world.

Featuring panelists: Ehan Lou, David Waltner-Toews and Ashleigh Tuite

Moderator: André Picard

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Authors in candid, live conversation reflect on the topics that matter most during this unprecedented time. In this presentation, authors and experts will discuss a topic that has overwhelmed the world this year. From the deadly diseases that have plagued us for centuries, to the novel coronavirus that suspended the world in 2020, this panel will discuss the societal set-ups that make these diseases possible, and the paradox of their reverse correlations. Tune in each day of the Festival to hear new speakers in critical conversation about the topics shaping today’s new world.

Featuring panelists: Ehan Lou, David Waltner-Toews and Ashleigh Tuite

Moderator: André Picard

English captioning is available for this video. Please click the ‘CC’ button in the video toolbar to turn it on.

Featured Authors

Ethan Lou
Ethan Lou was a staff business writer for Reuters and has also written for numerous publications around the world, including The Guardian, the South China Morning Post, the Washington Post, the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Maclean's and the Walrus.

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David Waltner-Toews
Dr. David Waltner-Toews is a renowned Canadian veterinary epidemiologist and highly-respected specialist in the epidemiology of food and waterborne diseases, zoonoses, ecosystem health and One Health, whose work has been instrumental in the development of teaching and training programs across North America, Europe and Asia. A University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Population Medicine at the University of Guelph, Dr. Waltner-Toews served as the founding president of Veterinarians without Borders-Canada. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction and lives in Kitchener, Ontario.

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Ashleigh Tuite
Ashleigh Tuite is an assistant professor and infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Her research combines the science of how communicable diseases spread with the complexity of human behaviour. She is involved in the Canadian COVID-19 pandemic response, with a focus on how data can be used to improve risk forecasting and decision-making during uncertain times. She is the recipient of the Senior Lupina Prize for Dynamic Modeling Health Policy and her research has been published in many top scientific journals and her expertise featured in national and international news media. 

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André Picard
André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and the author of six bestselling books. His most recent, Neglected No More: The Urgent Need To Improve the Lives of Canada’s Elders, was a finalist for both the $50,000 Donner Prize and the $60,000 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. He lives in Vancouver.

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7:30pm

Sunday, October 25

60 mins

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On Pandemics: Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus by , Field Notes from a Pandemic by , Matters of Life and Death: Public Health Issues in Canada by ,
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