The Current for May 12, 2020
Today on The Current:
Some Canadian universities have announced that courses will be primarily taught online in the fall — but tuition won't change. How is that sitting with students?
Then, what does COVID-19 mean for the future of work? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant discusses what we can learn from the pandemic.
And how do you protest during a pandemic when physical distancing measures are in place? We speak to organizers trying to keep the momentum in their movements, from Hong Kong protests to climate change marches here in Canada.
Was your high school science fair project published in the New England Journal of Medicine? Thomas Khairy's was. The 15-year-old tells us what it's like to become the youngest principal author ever published in the journal.
Then, are masks helping us to protect each other from COVID-19? What kind should we wear and when, if at all? Infectious disease specialist Allison McGeer clears up some of the confusion.
Plus, we discuss why pandemic conspiracy theories are so contagious, and how to fight them.
Then, David Ridgen brings us details of the new season of CBC Podcasts' Someone Knows Something. The new episodes pursue the cold case of Donny Izzett, who disappeared on Mother's Day 25 years ago.
And health writer Andre Picard weighs in on whether kids in Quebec should be back in school, and if families should be let back into care homes to help care for their loved ones.