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8:30– Yesterday was marked as a provincial day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, we check in with former Saskatchewan Chief Protocol Officer Michael Jackson about how Saskatchewan has been mourning the Queen’s Death.
LIVE: Michael Jackson former Saskatchewan Chief Protocol Officer, president of the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada.
10:00– Todd Bryden is a physician’s assistant, which isn’t a position that exists in Saskatchewan. He joins Gormley to discuss his role in the healthcare field, how it compares to physicians, and how his job contributes to timely healthcare wait times. We also learn about the history of physician assistants, which have been used in the Canadian Military for the past 40 years.
LIVE: Todd Bryden, Physician Assistant at Winnipeg Regional Health Authority in the Department of Surgery in the Section of Urology.
10:30– You may have heard of nurse practitioners. NP’s are registered nurses who have completed additional training and education to be able to diagnose and treat illnesses. Tara Schmalenberg, president of the Saskatchewan association of nurse practitioners tells us about her role in the healthcare field.
LIVE: Tara Schmalenberg, president of the Saskatchewan association of nurse practitioners.
12:00 – Ukrainian university student applied for a research internship in Canada last fall, and now lives in Saskatoon and applying her expertise through the Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Program to solve Canada’s honeybee shortage. Her work has included her learning the role of a beekeeper which involved transferring honeybee larvae from field colonies into a Saskatoon lab. Sarah Wood, an associate Professor at the University of Saskatoon has also been working with Sofiia on this project, they both join Gormley to tell us more.
LIVE: Sofiia Markova, veterinary university student from Ukraine in Canada as part of the Mitacs Globalink research internship program, and Sarah Wood, Associate Professor at the University of Saskatoon.