Inside The Ontario Autism Program - Episode 16

Inside The Ontario Autism Program - Episode 16

In this episode of The Dialog Podcast, Jennifer Donnelly, coordinator of the Autism and Behaviour Science program at George Brown College, Toronto, ON and Lisa Cressman, applied behaviour analysts at a center for kids with autism, explain how an intensive therapy works and what the changes in the Ontario Autism Program may cause to these kids who attend these centers. Also, Lisa Yakeley shares the story of her five-year-old daughter Lauren, diagnosed by the age of two with autism, and whom one hundred thousands dollars a year treatment may be partially cut by the government as soon as she turns six.

Unpaid internships and the Quebec strike - Episode 15

Miriam Lafontaine, a journalism student at Concordia University, Montreal Quebec, tells us her involvement on the student strike movement against unpaid internships. Also, Dario Guescini, Director of Work Integrated Learning at George Brown College explains how his department and the Federal government are trying to build better work experiences for students.

Afford Nation - Episode 14

In this episode, students from George Brown College's Institute without Boundaries program discuss about the meaning of living an affordable live. Also, Wellesley Institute senior researcher Greg Suttor talks about how Toronto's housing market was in the past and what the possibilities for the future are. Full transcript: http://dialognews.ca/2019/03/04/make-toronto-affordable-again-with-greg-suttor-and-iwb-students-episode-14/

OSAP And The Student Choice Initiative—Episode 13

On this episode, we try to get different perspectives on the new OSAP policies by Premier Ford. Jasmyn St. Hilaire, SA director of communications and internal, explains what the Student Association expectations are for the next year. Marco La Grotta, from the Socialist Fightback club and Matthew Campbell, president of University of Toronto Campus Conservatives, give their points of views around the new rules.

Shopping therapy - with Betsy Campos - episode 12

On this episode of The Dialog Podcast, Betsy Campos, a former student at George Brown College and fashion designer explain how her work helps women to embrace themselves. She also compares the swimwear industry in Canada and Brazil and talks about how this new generation is being influenced by social media.