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The workplaces that many people had to leave in March 2020 will probably never look the same as they did in February. Organizations of all types are adapting to help keep their employees safe, while offering the flexibility and tools they need along with the infrastructure required to support a fully remote or blended workforce. And it all leads to the big question: What is the role of the office in a post-pandemic future?

Tea Francis has an unusual – and undeniable – area of interest: Spiders. Why, you might ask? It’s a good question. And Tea has plenty of good answers.

Bad weather drives most of us indoors. But Mark Robinson heads outside – seeking the most powerful storms and natural phenomenon on the planet. In fact, there’s a very good reason he calls himself a Storm Hunter.

In our latest episode of The Road to Recovery: Expert Conversations, we talk with three experts about how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of educational instruction, and what it means for schools, organizations and companies moving forward.

For Bill Siggins, the pandemic has unfolded much differently than for people in North America. That’s because he lives in the country where all of this began: China. 

Sports may be restarting, but Broadway is still dark. Writer and performer Bob Martin lives in this world…a sector that simply cannot get back to 'Business as Usual' while COVID-19 remains.

Our panel of experts discuss the importance of understanding the psychological strain 2020 has had on employees and offer some best practices on how to support them in a meaningful way.

Karine Eid discute de la publication du Livre bleu de BMO, en mettant l’accent sur l’économie canadienne, les petites entreprises et les secteurs clés, alors qu’ils reprennent leurs activités après le confinement engendré par la COVID-19. Le Livre bleu de BMO repose à la fois sur l’expertise des économistes de BMO et sur l’information recueillie au sujet des conjonctures économiques nationales et provinciales fournies par les gens d’affaires locaux aux conseillers des Services bancaires aux entreprises de BMO.

Doug Porter discusses the release of the BMO Blue Book, with a focus on the Canadian economy, key sectors and small businesses as they start to emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns. The BMO Blue Book combines the expertise of BMO's economists with information on current national and provincial business conditions provided to BMO's business bankers by local businesspeople.

Odds are, you’ve seen Laurie Garrett being interviewed about the pandemic. Laurie has reported on infectious outbreaks for decades, is considered one of the world’s top authorities on the spread of COVID19 – and has some very strong thoughts on how it has been handled.