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    April 14, 2021
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    #305 Is There A Vaccine For Burnout?
    GraceLife Church and Montreal riots against public health directives had us wondering why mainstream narratives are about vaccine hesitancy focus so much on racialized communities.
    Tiffany Lam
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    Kevin Sexton
    Producer
    Andréa Schmidt
    Managing Editor, Podcasts
    And journalists are burning out.
    Freelance journalist Fatima Syed and Torstar Editor Evy Kwong co-host.
    Further reading:
    • Evy’s piece to combat vaccine hesitancy here
    • StatsCan’s report on Canadian populations’ vaccine willingness here
    • Torstar’s Investigation on more mining contracts in Grassy Narrows here
    • More on the Canadian government tracking UFOs here
    • Erica Lenti’s Maclean’s piece on pandemic burnout here (The Reuters Institute study is here)
    • Darren Calabrese’s full Instagram Live here
    This episode is supported by Kilne, Squarespace, Dispatch Coffee and HelloFresh.
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