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Full Show: Back-to-School (without the cellphones), Impacts of international student caps & How Daydreaming could be beneficial

Full Show: Back-to-School (without the cellphones), Impacts of international student caps & How Daydreaming could be beneficial

Mornings with Simi

September 4, 20241h 9m

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Show Notes

Seg 1: Can daydreaming be productive?

Guest: Dr. Stegan Van der Stigchel, Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Utrecht University and the Author of “Concentration: Staying Focused in Times of Distraction”

Seg 2: Scotts Thoughts: Let Kids be Kids! Or don’t says one kindergarten teacher

Guest: Scott Shantz, CKNW Contributor

Seg 3: View From Victoria: The Conservative line-up!

We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer.

Seg 4: How would a cyberattack impact Canada’s agriculture sector?

Guest: David Shipley, CEO of Beauceron Security

Seg 5: How will new Temporary Foreign Worker Regulations affect employers? 

Guest: Christopher Worswick, Economics Professor at Carleton University

Seg 6: How funding cuts are leaving Surrey’s unhoused population in limbo

Guest: Jack O’Halloran, CEO of Surrey Urban Mission

Seg 7: How are international student caps impacting universities?

Guest: Gabriel Miller, President and CEO of Universities Canada

Seg 8: How will BC’s cellphone bans impact students’ mental health?

Guest: Jeff Hancock, Founding Director of the Stanford Social Media Lab and Author of the National Association of Science’s Report on Social Media, Adolescence, and Well-Being

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