Thursday November 4, 2010

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Ted Talks

Greg Stone: Saving the ocean one island at a time

Aboard Mission Blue, scientist Greg Stone tells the story of how he helped the Republic of Kiribati create an enormous protected area in the middle of the Pacific -- protecting fish, sealife and the island nation itself. Greg Stone was a key driver in the establishment of the Phoenix Island Protected Area in the island nation of Kiribati.

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Water

GRCA is stepping up enforcement
By Janet Baine

Grand River Basin - The GRCA is stepping up efforts to enforce the GRCA regulation that was made under the Conservation Authorities Act.

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Breakthrough

IQC optics team at Waterloo advances measurement-based quantum computing

WATERLOO - A research team at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing has taken an important step forward in measurement-based quantum computing, describing their results in the most recent edition of Nature Physics.

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Light Rail

TriTAG reminds local Councils of the bigger cost picture on LRT

WATERLOO REGION - Throughout the recent media conversation on light rail transit (LRT), the bigger picture of transit in the Region of Waterloo seems to have fallen by the wayside. In June 2010, Regional Council approved a game-changing new Regional Transportation Master Plan (RTMP).

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Global Policy

End the G-8 - Canada advised to embrace and influence G-20 instead

Calgary - In a paper released today by The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, Prof. Gordon Smith, Executive Director of the Centre for Global Studies and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation at the University of Victoria, with co-author Peter Heap, study the effectiveness and roles of the G-8/G-20, by studying the recent meetings held in Toronto and Huntsville, Ontario.

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Environment

Trees Ontario and Ontario Power Generation Enlist the Help of Kids to Grow Native Trees from Seeds

TORONTO - Growing a tree from a tiny seed is an up-close, first-hand way to learn about biodiversity, which is why Trees Ontario and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) have teamed up this International Year of Biodiversity to distribute native tree seed kits at the 2010 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

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Guest Column

Increased Work Load? Improve Productivity to Achieve More with Less Time
By Joelle Jay, Ph.D.

Americans today are busier than ever, and it seems to be getting worse. High standards, coupled with an uncompromising work ethic, demanding bosses, layoffs and workload restructuring, new technology, day-to-day operations, future planning, business travel, innovation, competition, family obligations, and the details of daily life all combine to create the kind of pressure that, as one business leader put it, makes it hard to breathe. Anyone who suffers a scarcity of time must learn to be more effective in their use of time or risk becoming victims of their own success.

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Partnership

Syngenta Crop Protection Canada and Quarry Integrated Communications Announce Strategic Partnership

Guelph and St. Jacobs – Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, the Canadian division of the global leader in crop protection science, and Quarry Integrated Communications, a leader in the field of integrated marketing communications, announced yesterday that they have agreed to a new, multi-year marketing partnership.

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Human Resource

Canadian workers becoming more litigious

HRPA survey finds HR professionals believe employees more likely to bring legal action against employers than they were five years ago; perception of judicial bias towards employees

TORONTO - The majority of Canadian HR professionals believe workers have become more litigious in recent years and fear the trend will continue over the next five years, according to a recent survey by the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) and Canadian HR Reporter.

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Housing

K-W Average Home Price Jumps 14.3 Percent in October

KITCHENER-WATERLOO –The cooler fall weather was echoed by a decrease in residential home sales in October, however, sales for the year are at their second highest level ever.

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Innovation

MedShare™ and Qualicode Launch BlackBerry® application in Quebec

Quebec City, QC - MedShare announced their multi-lingual BlackBerry application for home care is now available in Quebec. Qualicode, based in Montreal has been working to integrate the BlackBerry application into their industry leading home health management solution. Qualicode’s Quebec customers now have access to an important point of care tool that extends their existing IT investment.

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Guest Column

Develop the Mindset of a Champion in Your Sales Career:
Proven Techniques to Skyrocket Your Performance, Even During Uncertain Times
By Jack Singer, Ph.D.

Why is it that some salespeople with the most talent are often not the most successful? What gets in their way? How can some sales people with less natural talent over-achieve and reach much more sales success than their more talented colleagues? Are there specific mental skills that can lead anyone toward championship levels of sales performance? What separates the mindset of a champion from that of the also-rans?