The Ontario government filed an application with the labour board to stop job action from a union of 55,000 education support workers who walked off the job to defy the passing of a bill that stripped them of their right to strike. On November 3, Ontario used the Constitution鈥檚 notwithstanding clause to strip an education workers union of its right to strike in an attempt to avoid disrupting classrooms. However, many schools were closed Friday, and more than a million students were at home, as the union defied the government and walked out.
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Published on: 4 Nov 2022
Pourquoi oublie-t-on ?
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Published on: 4 Nov 2022
Un programme de mentorat pour aider les jeunes hommes noirs 脿 r茅ussir
Financ茅 par le gouvernement f茅d茅ral, le projet 芦 Flex to Launch 禄 vise 脿 inculquer des comp茅tences de base 脿 de jeunes hommes noirs 芒g茅s de 18 脿 28 ans afin de faciliter, entre autres, leur int茅gration au march茅 du travail.
Le Dr Rob Whitley, professeur au d茅partement de psychiatrie de l鈥橴niversit茅 黑料不打烊 et chercheur en sant茅 mentale, esp猫re que son programme fera office de 芦 pont 禄 vers la r茅ussite et incitera les participants 脿 芦 accomplir certains de leurs objectifs de vie 禄.
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Published on: 4 Nov 2022
La Dre Rousseau veut acc茅l茅rer le rapatriement d鈥檈nfants et de m猫res d茅tenus en Syrie
Une psychiatre qu茅b茅coise, qui contribue aux efforts visant 脿 soutenir les enfants de femmes d茅tenues dans des camps en Syrie pour s鈥櫭猼re jointes 脿 Daech, exhorte le gouvernement f茅d茅ral 脿 acc茅l茅rer leur rapatriement.
La Dre C茅cile Rousseau, une psychiatre p茅diatrique 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 黑料不打烊, dit que plus on attend, plus dur sera le processus pour tous ceux qui y sont impliqu茅s.
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Published on: 4 Nov 2022
Thanks to an unprecedented collaboration between the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service, the Clinical Nutrition Service and Food Services, First Nations and Inuit inpatients are now able to enjoy a traditional snack, bannock. The bannock story has generated a lot of interest.
Following the publication in the Canadian press, there are some articles:
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Published on: 4 Nov 2022
September 27, 2022 | Professor Jennifer Welsh joined Nahlah Ayed for a discussion on disinformation and the future of democracy.聽
She commented on the path to the illusionary "triumph" of liberal democracy and that there was nothing inevitable about it. "Democracy is very difficult to build and sustain鈥� [If] you study democracy, you recognize that it's a process. You have to invest in that. You have to be committed to it. And I think we lost sight of that." she said.聽
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Published on: 4 Nov 2022
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Published on: 3 Nov 2022
ISID Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir co-directs, with Dr Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, this report in advance of the COP 27 (Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change) Conference.聽 The full report can be downloaded from the site of the Global Center on Adaptation.
Published on: 3 Nov 2022
For small businesses 鈥� and aspiring businesspeople -- banks have been a financial gatekeeper. Without assets and a business credit profile, businesses are often out of luck. But peer-to-peer lending services are beginning to disrupt an industry that is very set in its ways. Fintech lending platforms like October assign businesses a credit score based on a company鈥檚 financial history, default probability, and projected profit margin. Then, they allow their users to participate in lending to the companies 鈥� and collecting interest.
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Published on: 2 Nov 2022
Remote work promised office workers more freedom and flexibility, but digital surveillance tools are already eroding that. Some employers use digital surveillance tools that monitor employees鈥� computer activity by logging the keystrokes on their keyboard, and even taking web cam photos to ensure that they are dutifully staring at their screens. But this is short-sighted, says Desautels Prof Jean-Nicolas Reyt, as it may cause office relationships to take an unhealthy turn.
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Published on: 2 Nov 2022
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Published on: 2 Nov 2022
To better understand food-related decisions during the pandemic, our research team conducted an online survey among a sample of adults from the province of Qu茅bec. This survey spanned three different time points between the initial lockdown in the spring of 2020 and the curfew period in Qu茅bec in the winter of 2021.
Published on: 2 Nov 2022
With an investment of nearly $1 million from the Government of Canada, the Association of Veterinary Practitioners of Quebec will be able to develop a digital tool to anticipate and reduce the risks associated with metabolic diseases in dairy cows which are a major health problem, especially in the post-calving period. Prof. Xin Zhao (AnSci) and Maxime Leduc, BSc(AgEnvSc)鈥�12 an Affiliate Member of the Department of Bioresource Engineering, are participating in the project.
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Published on: 2 Nov 2022
Every day for the past 18 years, Natasha Lapointe has been showing up for work at the Dairy Unit at Macdonald Campus Farm at 5 am. Luckily, she has a short commute.
鈥淲e live on campus (on the farm site) just a two-minute walk from the dairy barn,鈥� says Lapointe, this year鈥檚 winner of the Principal鈥檚 Award for Administrative and Support Staff in the Technical, Library Assistants and Nurses Category.
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Published on: 2 Nov 2022
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