Could you be making your co-workers ill without even realizing it? Employee and employer attitudes toward depression have a major influence on the health of people who struggle with the disorder, and researchers at the University of Calgary are studying ways to improve these attitudes.
CJSW’s Chris Neville talked to researcher Rachel Martin on The Morning After about her study.
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CJSW has confirmed that the 76 year-old jazz legend and his band were left stranded at the Calgary airport early this week. The group was also not informed that the festival was canceled prior to their arrival. The prominent pianist and jazz festival headliner was supposed to be greeted by volunteers, but, due to a “mix-up”, no one was at the airport when his group arrived. The group eventually worked their way to a downtown hotel. 
The Get Up’s Dana Martin spoke with C-Jazz interim president Richard Sherry about the future of jazz in Calgary, the reasons behind the cancellation, and how the festival shut-down may signal the end of the current jazz association.
Beyond Closed Doors Ensemble is a recently formed theatre company in Calgary. For its inaugural production Change, artistic director Amber Alexander decided to tackle the subject women and drug addiction. CJSW’s Jeanne Kwong had a chance to speak with her at the station.
This week, the Film Clips team interviews Matt Palmer, a documentary filmmaker hosting a workshop about creative documentary filmmaking at the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers on June 26th.
Comrad Sound, an all-ages venue and education center in downtown Calgary received a cease and desist order from the City on Tuesday, June 15, 2010. The letter, addressed to Comrad Sound’s owner, Michael Wallace, stated that he must not hold any more live entertainment until he attains the proper permit.
Jay Ingram, one of Canada’s best-known science popularizers, is co-host and producer of Discovery Channel’s “Daily Planet”. Ingram hosted CBC Radio’s science program Quirks And Quarks from 1979 to 1992. He has worked as a contributing Editor to Owl Magazine, has written 10 books, and has won numerous awards for his broadcasting and literature that addresses complex scientific issues, and makes them both accessible and interesting to a wide range of audiences. Jay Ingram joined CJSW’s Ola Kowalewski to chat about his broadcasting journey, science communication, and pleasures of nature.
A chemical reaction went awry at the University of Calgary in Science A 029, causing Science A to be shut down briefly. Very little was damaged and nobody was injured.