View from the North
Do They Know More than we Do. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian Businessman, helps us understand what it takes to build homes in Western Canada. There are many challenges in building affordable housing and housing for the homeless, including land, zoning, infrastructure, […]
Pro-Hamas Protests on Canadian College Campuses (View from the North)
How Do They Compare with Protests in the US. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businessman, helps us understand pro-Hamas, anti-Israel and anti-Semitic protests on Canadian College and University Campuses, and how they compare with the protests that are taking place on American […]
What Does Canada Think of the War with Israel (View from the North)
Is it a Mirror Image of the US, or Something Else. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers helps us understand how Canada and the people of Canada feel about the war against Israel, and what the Canadian media is saying about it. The ThinkTech YouTube […]
What we Can Learn from Western Canada on Housing (View from the North)
Could These Lessons be Useful in Hawaii. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian Businessman, helps us understand what they are doing to build affordable housing in Western Canada. There are so many challenges in building affordable housing and housing for the homeless, including […]
Have we Forgotten to Plan the City of the Future (View from the North)
How Does Planning Compare in the US and Canada. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, formerly a city planner in Calgary, Alberta, helps us understand City planning and re/development for the city of the future. Cities have changed because of remote work, downtowns have changed. […]
Wildfires in North America (View from the North)
They’re Springing up in Many, Many Places. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businessman, helps us understand that Canada also has wildfires that result from climate change. Where are they springing up, and why, what are the risks and losses involved, and what […]
Modern Transportation in Canada (View from the North)
What Can we Learn from them. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Retired Canadian businessman Ken Rogers helps us understand modern transportation and its challenges in Canada, how it compares with that in the US and what we can learn from it, including the roads, the railroads, the […]
Why Don’t we Build Lots of Homes (View from the North)
There Must be a Better Way to Build. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Retired businessman Ken Rogers helps us understand what it takes to develop housing: land; location; design; lawyers; financing; contractors; builders; sales team; escrow; and how these things can be done more efficiently and cheaper […]
Yes, There Are Solutions to Homelessness (View from the North)
Let’s Take a More Creative Approach. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Is the current approach to homelessness working? What does increasing homelessness tell us about our economy and our society? What other, more creative things can we do? How about making some fundamental changes to the system. […]
We Need to Know More About Economic Sanctions (View from the North)
Our Foreign Policy Demands Sanctions that will Work. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Canadian businessman Ken Rogers helps us understand how economic sanctions work, how they interact and enhance foreign policy, how they have worked or not worked with regard to Russia and the Ukraine war, the […]