Wednesday May 21, 2014 – 11am
Posted May 21, 2014 02:39:18 PM.
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11:00- Dr. Penelope Ironstone, Associate Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University
Our fascination with the undead is very much alive. Zombies have never been more popular, with hit television shows like The Walking Dead and movies like World War Z reanimating the genre in recent years. But what’s behind our fascination with the walkers and the biters? Ironstone says it’s tied to the very real fears we have in our contemporary world, like some type of infectious microbe. A global pandemic may not have the dead rising from their graves, but it could cause the sort of widespread deaths, panic and the collapse of social order that are the apocalyptic hallmarks of zombie tales. The genre speaks to a range of fears, from the ease with which something can be spread via air travel, to the issue of climate change and whether it could expose potentially deadly microbes, Ironstone says.
11:30- Rocco Rossi, President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Prostate Cancer Canada
Why do men in Ontario have to pay for the PSA test for prostate cancer when the government in 8 of the other 10 provinces pay for this screening tool? The PSA test can allow for the early detection of prostate cancer. But the Ontario government does not pay for it, leaving men in this province to foot the bill themselves. In eight other provinces, the test is paid for. Why do men in Ontario not have equal access to a cancer test that could save lives?
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