Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. ____________________ Consumer Behavior
Toronto - Those lyin', cheatin' green consumers. Just being around green products can make us behave more altruistically, a new study to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science has found.
NEW YORK - Propelled by diminishing concerns about current personal finances and job security, U.S. consumer sentiment reached a twelve-month high in October, according to the most recent results of the RBC CASH (Consumer Attitudes and Spending by Household) Index.
Guelph - A group of University of Guelph students are helping local elementary children learn about growing, harvesting and preparing their own food as part of a new student-led program called Garden2Table.
TORONTO – Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released September preliminary housing starts data for the Kitchener Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) today. Construction began on 160 homes, down from the 250 units started in the same month last year. This was the lowest level of September starts since 1996.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating allegations that International Business Machines abused its dominance of the mainframe business to squeeze rivals, Computer and Communications Industry Association Chairman Ed Black said on Wednesday.
Waterloo - A Laurier researcher has broken into the international big leagues with the publication of her co-authored paper, “Quantum Signatures of Chaos in a Kicked Top,” in one of the world’s most prestigious journals, Nature. ____________________ Innovation
Cambridge – exactEarth Ltd., a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd., has successfully used its space-based AIS (Automatic Identification System) technology, exactAIS™, to assist the Canadian Forces (CF) and Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in monitoring illegal unregulated unreported fishing (IUU) activity in the Pacific Ocean.
College Sustainability Report Card ranks York University best in Ontario
TORONTO - The College Sustainability Report Card, released today, awards York University a B+ for sustainability, the highest ranking achieved by Canadian universities in the US-Canada survey.
New smartphone features innovative trackpad for smooth navigation and dedicated media keys for controlling music and videos
TORONTO and WATERLOO - Rogers Wireless and Research In Motion (RIM) today launched the BlackBerry(R) Curve(TM) 8520 smartphone. It's the latest addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones and it provides a highly intuitive and efficient mobile experience for users with easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites including Facebook(R) and MySpace, as well as rich multimedia capabilities.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - In order to encourage employment growth as Canada comes out of the recession, the country needs more balanced labour relations laws, concludes a new study from independent research organization the Fraser Institute.
TORONTO - Yesterday, the Government of Ontario released Cancer Care Ontario's audit report. While I recognize that there was a large volume of detailed information released, Ontarians deserve to have a clear understanding of the facts - both positive and negative.
A Majority of Companies Prohibit Social Networking on the Job, CIO Survey Reveals
TORONTO - Workers who want to share the latest news with Facebook friends and Twitter followers will need to wait until after hours or risk violating company policy, a new survey suggests.
Corporation refuses to agree to protections against contracting out of jobs
OTTAWA - Talks between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Museum of Civilization Corporation broke down last night, after the museum demanded that the workers withdraw their demands for protections against the contracting out of their jobs.
London - Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario have released footage of a meteor that was approximately 100 times brighter than a full moon. The meteor lit up the skies of southern Ontario two weeks ago and Western astronomers are now hoping to enlist the help of local residents in recovering one or more possible meteorites that may have crashed in the area of Grimsby, Ontario.
London – A new research facility containing the world’s first hypobaric bird wind tunnel, which allows researchers to study avian flight while altering such variables as air pressure, moisture, humidity and altitude, has opened at The University of Western Ontario.
TORONTO - Sun Life Financial announced that it will continue to administer the Federal Government's Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP) after being selected as the first ranked bidder under a competitive government tendering process.
I enjoyed the article regarding the entrance of Visa and Mastercard into the Canadian Debit Card markets. As a Visa shareholder, I even would have a slightly biased preference for this.
Lag in seasonal sales cycle brought on by the recession, coupled with undersupply, creates illusion that market is booming
TORONTO - Canada's housing market is on the road to recovery but is experiencing a pronounced undersupply of homes for sale in southern Ontario and other regions of the country, according to the Royal LePage House Price Survey. With the recession retreating, the report found that home prices are stabilizing and unit sales are increasingly driven by improved affordability.
Ottawa – Carleton University has established a Sustainable Energy Research Centre (CSERC) that will conduct world-class research into sustainable energy.
Waterloo Region – Reverend Paul S. Voisin, C.R., has been named recipient of the 2009 Waterloo Catholic District School Board Distinguished Graduate Award.
Waterloo - Today, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, will receive another huge vote of confidence from the Ontario government.
CUPE Ontario and the Council of Canadians to hold speaking tour on trade Oct. 13 – Nov. 19
Ottawa – In the midst of the ‘Buy American’ local procurement controversy, ‘Say bye to buy local’, featuring Council of Canadians national chairperson Maude Barlow and CUPE Ontario President Sid Ryan, will launch in Ottawa on October 13, followed by events in Kitchener, Toronto, Sudbury, Windsor, Kingston, London, and Hamilton.
"The World Bank said Tuesday it would invest $215 million to help develop high-speed internet infrastructure in central Africa and make the service more accessible to people in the region.
MONTREAL - Dr. Jean-Pierre Giroud, a key figure in the development of the geosynthetics, and notably geotextiles, industry, will attend Expo Hightex on 7 October 2009, at Montreal's Bonsecours Market.
OTTAWA - Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), yesterday congratulated Dr. Willard S. Boyle on winning the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking work on digital camera sensors.
Waterloo - The full-scale model of the next Mars rover, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), is on loan outside the United States for the first time and will make its Canadian debut at Perimeter Institute’s Quantum to Cosmos Festival, running October 15-25 in Waterloo.
US - The American Family Association (AFA) is calling for the defeat of a so-called “hate crimes” bill, which House Democrats in Congress have put on the fast track by attaching it to a defense appropriations bill. The measure may come up for a vote as early as Friday.
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