In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity -- one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion seeds to date from dwindling yet essential plant species.
HAMILTON - A team of student researchers from the University of Calgary was nationally recognized today for their innovative automotive research. The team was awarded first place in the AUTO21 Highly Qualified People (HQP) Poster Competition, which is open to student researchers within the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence program.
CALGARY - Canadian consumers will enjoy lower energy prices this summer according to Canada's national energy regulator. The National Energy Board (NEB) released its Summer Outlook today in which it forecasted a significantly different energy picture from the one released last May.
Wall will displace at least 19,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere
TORONTO -- Owens Corning announced that it has installed North America's largest(*) SolarWall(R) system of 2008 at the company's Toronto area insulation manufacturing facility. The use of the SolarWall(R) technology demonstrates the company's commitment to sustainability and renewable energy, and Owens Corning's strong sense of environmental stewardship.
World News - "The world is sitting on a "powder keg" of social unrest, which risks exploding as human rights are eroded by the global economic slowdown, Amnesty International warned Thursday.
Waterloo - Starting in June, Laurier employees will no longer be receiving their pay stubs in printed form. Instead, all pay information will be sent and stored electronically on LORIS, Laurier’s web information system.
Ottawa – Online study finds youths don’t consider voting a civic duty. This story was written by Joanne Laucius and published in The Ottawa Citizen on May 28, 2009. It features Carleton researchers who presented their research at Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2009.
TORONTO - The most comprehensive and rigorous study ever undertaken on workplace training in Canada's smaller businesses, has revealed this sector invests more than its big business counterparts on total training costs per employee. The study was undertaken by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and conducted nationally among its members.
As a business owner, you probably know how important publicity is to the success of your business. But the truth is, many entrepreneurs, high-level executives and even marketing and public relations managers (and maybe you're one of them) make crucial mistakes when dealing with the media - and then they end up on reporter's block call or spam e-mail lists.
Net loss of $50 million (down from net income of $928 million)
TORONTO - Royal Bank of Canada earnings for the second quarter ended April 30, 2009 were impacted by a previously announced goodwill impairment charge of $1 billion.
TORONTO - CIBC announced a net loss of $51 million for the second quarter ended April 30, 2009, compared with a net loss of $1.1 billion for the same period last year. Diluted loss per share was $0.24, compared with a diluted loss per share of $3.00 a year ago. Cash diluted loss per share was $0.21(1), compared with a cash diluted loss per share of $2.98(1) a year ago.
Kingston - Side effects associated with several commonly-prescribed dementia drugs may be putting elderly Canadians at risk, says Queen's University Geriatrics professor Sudeep Gill.
TORONTO - Many Canadian cities are short of affordable rental housing. Waiting lists for low-income housing are years in length, and new-build construction of rental housing has fallen over the last two decades.
Statscan - These data come from the recently redesigned Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH). SEPH is a business survey that provides a detailed portrait of employees from an industry perspective, complementing information on total employment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), which is a survey from a household perspective.
31,000 votes cast in the race for Screw You Recession's Summer Intern; Richard Branson adds his fave five wild cards into the Top Ten, Waterloo Student D.J. Demers amoungst Branson picks
TORONTO - Sure, being the caretaker of your own tropical island for a year might sound like the best job in the world, but what about those pesky tan lines? The irritating feeling of sand in your board shorts? The voting is over in the race for the second best job in the world, and the Top Ten recession-savvy entries, as voted by Canadians and Richard Branson himself, have been chosen in the race for Virgin Mobile's Screw You Recession! Summer Intern.
OTTAWA — Millions of people cross borders every year. Transnational migration, especially forced migration, has become one of the compelling academic issues of the 21st Century.
TORONTO - A growing number of health care professionals and organizations are speaking out about the devastating impact that the proposed changes to auto insurance will have on accident victims in Ontario.
1800 Motorcycles Expected To Help Raise Funds For Prostate Cancer Awareness and Research - Come out and CHEER
OTTAWA - This Saturday, May 30th, the 2009 Motorcycle Ride For Dad will be held in Ottawa. Over the past 10 years thousands of motorcyclists have raised millions of dollars for prostate cancer research and education.
TORONTO - Global auto sales continued to improve in April, led by record volumes in key emerging markets, according to the latest Global Auto Report releases today by Scotia Economics.
TORONTO - Heart patients over 65 are much less likely than younger patients to enrol in cardiac rehabilitation, often because they aren’t informed about the programs or encouraged to take part, a study led by York University professor Sherry Grace has found.
Kingston - Queen’s cancer researchers are participating in Canada's largest annual motorcycle event dedicated to fighting prostate cancer—the Motorcycle Ride for Dad. Last year’s Ride for Dad in Kingston alone raised over $100,000 and funded five prostate cancer research projects at Queen’s.
Guelph - A University of Guelph student has been named among the top five undergraduate engineering students in Canada by the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF).
Stewart is a 47 year-old CEO in downtown Chicago recently diagnosed with heart disease. Of course, his business is going through a rough period. If that isn't enough, his two teenage children are both having trouble at school and his wife's mother has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Stewart's question is, "why me?" What is the answer?
London - The fact that a Canadian can circumnavigate the globe on commercial flights and be back home to watch the Stanley Cup playoffs within two days is a marvel of science and technology.
In these uncertain economic times, our government is taking real action to help Canadians. We have moved quickly to ensure that the support provided through our Economic Action Plan, Budget 2009, is available to workers and employers across the country.
Statscan - The deficit shrank by $76 million from the fourth quarter of 2008, the result of a 3.5% decrease in spending by Canadian travellers outside the country, which amounted to $6.8 billion. This decline was due to lower spending by Canadians in the United States.
TORONTO - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, announced federal support for an innovative small business, Sputtek Inc., that is working to improve the safety and durability of parts used in the aerospace and defence markets.
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Creation of a Single Regulator is Dangerous, Multiple Regulators Bring Balance, Perspective
Washington, D.C. — Camden R. Fine, president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) yestersday issued this statement following reports that the Obama Administration plans to create a single regulator for the nation’s banking system.
Washington, D.C. – More than 200 scientists, regulators, and policy makers from around the world convened recently at EPA’s first ToxCast Data Analysis Summit to discuss results of the first phase of ToxCast. ToxCast is an innovative approach for profiling how chemicals in our environment impact important biological pathways that are critical for the function of the body’s systems such as the heart, lungs, brain or reproductive organs.
Toronto - Drayton Weissenfels Inc. announced that it will collaborate with Canadian Business Magazine and its strategic partners Yet2.com and OCETA to launch the “Clean 15” Canadian clean technology competition.
TORONTO - Manulife Financial Corporation (the "Company") intends to issue $1 billion principal amount of medium term notes constituting senior indebtedness pursuant to its medium term note program.
Tiny man-made particles that cannot be seen with the naked eye are rapidly entering the lives of people around the world. Nanotechnology is growing fast despite unknown potential toxic effects on humans and the environment. It may however help with new treatments for cancer and provide engineering marvels.
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Social Networking "Momtrepreneurs" partner and launch teaching website
Cincinnati - Amy Fox and Kendra Ramirez are two "momtrepreneurs". They started a new partnership, which is designed to teach the nation's top sales and marketing teams and entrepreneurs how to use social networking sites, to grow business and make connections that matter. The two met on LinkedIn.
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