Long conflict can wreck a country, leaving behind poverty and chaos. But what's the right way to help war-torn countries rebuild? At TED@State, Paul Collier explains the problems with current post-conflict aid plans, and suggests 3 ideas for a better approach.
TROY, MI - The explosion of mobile communications technology is driving big changes in employee behavior and a shift in work-life balance, with 84 percent of respondents saying technology has boosted their personal productivity, according to the findings from an international workplace survey.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's new president, the grandson of the group's founder, warned on Thursday the auto industry faces another two tough years as he outlined his strategy to return the world's No.1 car company to profit.
Since 1995 $2.35 million has been awarded to 2,350 students
TORONTO - The Miller Thomson Foundation's National Scholarship Program is awarding $1,000 academic scholarships to 200 Canadian students, bringing its total contribution to $2.35 million in scholarship awards to 2,350 graduating high-school students since 1995. The award recipients will be announced through an advertisement in the Globe and Mail's Focus Section section on Saturday, June 27.
Waterloo - Much of the current debate among scholars and practitioners surrounding the growing Afghan crisis has centered on international policy and strategy. Before the ink was dry on the London Compact and the Afghan National Development Strategy, many observers were calling for course adjustments and policy reviews.
BEIJING (Reuters) - For China, the trade dispute raised this week with the West may in retrospect seem minor compared to the ructions that await Beijing as its state firms start to punch their weight on global commodity markets.
Ontarians can nominate Heritage Trees with important cultural and historical significance that can provide legacy seeds for the future
TORONTO - A province-wide program to identify trees across the province with stories was announced today by Trees Ontario. The Heritage Tree program celebrates those trees that have cultural or historical significance to the community or province.
TORONTO - LCBO announced that a tentative agreement has been reached with its 6,000 unionized employees, averting the possibility of a strike at LCBO stores and warehouses.
OTTAWA - New federal legislation that will streamline the regulatory burden on Canada's not-for-profit sector has been given Royal Assent and is ready to become law, the Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism) announced yesterday.
London - Local non-profits reeling from this recession can come back fighting thanks to a one-two punch provided by law and business students at The University of Western Ontario.
OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Journalists strongly urges the federal government to maintain pressure on Iran to release journalist Maziar Bahari, who was taken in Tehran by Iranian security forces on Sunday night.
MONTREAL- Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) announces another ground-breaking first. On July 3rd, DFC is launching Canada's first 3D advertising campaign at Cineplex theatres throughout Ontario and the Maritimes.
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams MP will hold a press conference at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2009 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell Avenue, San Francisco, CA.
SAN FRANCISCO - The press conference will precede the Unite Ireland Forum to be held on Saturday, June 27th at the Hall at St. Anne's, 850 Judah Street (at Funston Ave.), San Francisco, CA.
TORONTO - Professor Michael Jenkin and collaborators from York’s Centre for Vision Research have been awarded $711,696 in funding by the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) New Initiatives Fund (NIF) to create a Canadian Centre for Field Robotics (CCFR) at York University.
Prepared by the Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries for the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
Cambridge - This publication provides a summary of the 2008 Healthy Communities and the Built Environment project and includes learnings and conclusions from the project. Additional information is conveyed through a collection of modules, each module relating to a particular aspect of how the built environment impacts health and containing a positive message of how communities can be designed to promote health.
Kingston - Rick Holt and Mark Daymond, professors of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Queen’s University, recently received $6.9 million to support their work testing nuclear materials in a simulated reactor environment.
TORONTO - Poor investment performance in a tumultuous financial market has caused overall satisfaction among full-service investors in Canada to decline considerably in 2009 when compared with 2008, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Canadian Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study(SM) released yesterday.
Kitchener - BDO Dunwoody LLP is pleased to announce their merger with MDKS, a Waterloo-area accounting firm, effective July 1, 2009. The combined practice will operate under the BDO Dunwoody LLP name.
KITCHENER - CAW Local 1106 members employed at Sunbeam Residential Development Centre in Kitchener will stage their fourth demonstration in two and a half months outside of the main building of the centre later today as no meaningful progress has been made in negotiations, said CAW national representative Bill Gibson.
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