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THE LINK Listen to the first part of the program The Link - Monday, February 16, 2021 Hour 1... DOCTOR SERVICES IN MOTHER TONGUE: It's considered a truism in medical circles that immigrant communities are best served by health professionals who can speak the patient's mother tongue, but a new study done in British Columbia is challenging that assumption. The research shows that immigrants who visit Chinese-speaking doctors are less likely to receive diagnoses of mental disorders. The Link's national West Coast reporter Lorn Curry has more on this story. CHANGING BIRD MIGRATIONS PATTERNS CAUSE ALARM: From desert vultures showing up in southern Quebec to spring robins appearing in the dead of winter, birdwatchers have been sounding the alarms for years about the bizarre migrating patterns of their favourite birds. Now a new study released this week confirms for the first time that because of global warming, over 177 species of North American birds have changed their migration habits. A senior scientist with the Boreal Songbird Initiative conservation group tells us more. ARGENTINIAN MUSICIAN WINS CANADIAN PRIZE: The Jules L�ger prize was created to highlight the work of composers of New Chamber Music. This year, that prize went to a young immigrant from Argentina. Last week, Analia Llugdar won the prestigious Canadian prize for her music. She's a composer of contemporary classical music who came to Canada from Argentina in 1998 and now lives in Montreal. Her prize-winning work is called "Que sommes-nous" and Analia joins the Link to talk about the prize she won and her music. TORONTO MP CONCERNED OVER CHANGES IN CANADIAN IMMIGRATION POLICY: The way immigration is handled in Canada has changed since the ruling Conservative Party came to power in 2006, according to several opposition members of Parliament, and they are saying the changes are not for the better. These changes include fewer immigrants being accepted as permanent residents and longer waiting periods before immigrant applications are processed. Jim Karygiannis is among the group of Liberal MPs who are worried about such changes and talks with Marc Montgomery about why he thinks this is happening and what he'd like done about it. SPORTS WRAP: Bob Babinski joins us for a look the news from the world of sport. Swedish wrestler, Ara Abrahamian, will not get his bronze medal back. He won the medal in the Beijing Olympics, but threw his medal down and walked out of the awards ceremony, in protest of not receiving the gold medal. Also Russian Elena Isinbayeva beat her own record and set the indoor pole vault record. In Olympic sports, Canada's Michael Janyk won a bronze medal at the World Alpine ski championships at Val D'Iserre, and more medals for Canada in long-track speedskating. And what can we learn about sports and Canada, from observing high school computer classes in Montreal? Hour 2... GENERAL MOTORS TEETERS ON THE VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY: This is a critical 24 hours for General Motors. The troubled auto manufacturer must submit a detailed restructuring plan tomorrow and news reports suggest that filing for bankruptcy protection could be one of the options. David Blair is watching events unfold for RCI. Marc Montgomery also speaks with an economist with the Canadian Auto Workers, Canada's largest private-sector trade union, about the impact of such a move by GM. CANADIAN MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN AFFECTED BY TURMOIL: Barack Obama makes his first official visit to Canada this week, and Canada's involvement in Afghanistan is sure to be high on the list of Canada-US issues. Elections scheduled for May were recently moved to August after it was decided it was too dangerous to send Afghans to the polls, and just last week, a series of attacks on government ministries in Kabul killed 19 people. Marc Montgomery talks about what these recent changes might mean for Canada with Eugene Lang, former chief of staff to two of Canada's ministers of National Defence from 2002-2006. CULTURE CORNER: It seems we, in modern Western society, are obsessed with personal hygiene, but throughout history, at various times and in various cultures, personal hygiene ranged from excessive, to virtually non-existent. A new book takes a fascinating historical look at our relationship with soap and water. Marc Montgomery speaks with Katherine Ashenburg, the author of The Dirt on Clean. SPORTS WRAP: Bob Babinski is in with news about Russian Elena Isinbayeva who set a new indoor pole vault record. Also Swedish wrestler, Ara Abrahamian, will not get his bronze medal back, which he threw down in protest at last year's Beijing Olympic games. Another Canadian medal at the World Alpine Ski championships, and more medals for Canada in long-track speedskating. In other sports news, a word on the World Pond Hockey Championships LINKS [Boreal Songbird Initiative »] [Audobon »] [The Dirt on Clean »] [Back »] |
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