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"Pandemic Perspectives offers a critical examination of several key societal issues illuminated by the COVID-19 pandemic through the prism of a wide array of international experts in biology, education, history, law, philosophy, politics and more. Examples of societal issues that are addressed in this documentary: - The need to rethink current educational practices - The future of scientific research - The challenges of making evidence-based public...
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In early 2020, a new form of coronavirus caused an outbreak of respiratory illness in Wuhan, China then quickly spread around the world. This new disease, COVID-19, proved highly contagious and capable of causing a range of symptoms from mild, flu-like fever and chills to fatal respiratory distress with some infected people even remaining asymptomatic. The rapid, global spread of the disease led to a pandemic, which governments around the world tried...
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In this video seminar, Savanna Flakes teaches adults dozens of practical strategies to increase learning throughout the day. Working, parenting, and teaching from home can be a very stressful juggling act and so employing a variety of wellness practices can help us sustain learning activities for children. Dr. Flakes presents innovative learning schedules and resources for grades K-5 and 6-12, discusses teaching strategies that maximize use of materials...
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More than a decade ago, in 2008, the financial powerhouse Lehman Brothers collapsed, setting off a severe economic crisis worldwide. Over the next few years, the United States and other countries implemented reforms to prevent such a crisis from recurring. In January 2019, Intelligence Squared U.S. hosted a debate on the motion "Ten Years After the Global Financial Crisis, the System Is Safer" to assess how resilient markets would be in the future....
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Asian American Stories of Resilience: Volume 1 reflects the complexities of Asian American experiences: Queer filmmaker Quyên Nguyen-Le recovers and articulates the legacy of their mother's nail salon for their refugee family, and Filipino-American filmmaker Frances Rubio records and captures the experience of being distanced from her sick father, who has been isolated in his facility during the pandemic.
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Asian American Stories of Resilience: Volume 2 reflects the complexities of Asian American experiences: Filipinx filmmaker Bree Nieves and her cousin grapple with what remains of their dreams, after losing one of their fathers during the pandemic; and Chanthon Bun, who lost his legal protection to live in the U.S. after conviction, must tread carefully after being released - ICE could detain and deport him.
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Clinical psychologist Professor Tanya Byron teams up with former England footballer Alex Scott, who has suffered from depression, to discover how the latest science can help us gain greater control over our state of mind and improve our mental health and wellbeing. Even in normal times, one in four of us will experience mental health difficulties, but living through a global pandemic has put our mental health under unprecedented strain. Over the past...
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In this video seminar, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, a physician who specializes in posttraumatic stress and author of The New York Times bestseller The Body Keeps The Score, explains how we can best support children and adolescents who have been adversely by recent events - specifically, how to reintegrate back into school and structure after a prolonged and uncertain absence. He teaches how to help children and adolescents achieve emotional safety and...
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In this NewsHour clip, recent threats from Russian President Putin and the COVID pandemic are showing the world how swiftly society can grind to a halt. In Sweden, with its bid to join NATO and the war in Ukraine, citizens are being encouraged to get ready just in case. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.
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