The Current for Nov. 22, 2021
Today on The Current:
The first COVID-19 vaccines for children have arrived in Canada. Robyn Bresnahan puts listener questions about kids and the vaccine to Dr. Supriya Sharma, Heath Canada's chief medical adviser; and Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman, clinical immunologist at McMaster Children's Hospital and a member of the Black Scientists Task Force on Vaccine Equity.
Then, amid the chaos of flooding and mudslides in British Columbia, communities are stepping up to help each other. We hear the stories of some of these helpers, from those who helped a mother with a premature baby, to people feeding stranded truckers and migrant workers.
And Bruce McIvor is one of Canada's most prominent Indigenous lawyers; he's spent decades defending the legal rights of his First Nations clients. He joins us to discuss his new book Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It.
