TED visits Tom Shannon in his Manhattan studio for an intimate look at his science-inspired art. An eye-opening, personal conversation with John Hockenberry reveals how nature's forces -- and the onset of Parkinson's tremors -- interact in his life and craft. ____________________ Living Legend
Waterloo – Dr. Neil Turok, Director of Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), is pleased to announce that Prof. Stephen Hawking will visit the institute in Waterloo, Ontario, this summer to conduct scientific research and participate in a televised outreach event.
Waterloo Region - Athena Software was selected by Relationships Australia family counseling centers to provide web based, integrated case management software in New South Wales (NSW) and South Australia (SA).
Kitchener - On February 5, Conestoga College hosted a kick-off event at its Doon campus in Kitchener to encourage youth with Crown Ward status to explore and consider post-secondary educational opportunities.
Half of Canadians expect pensions to be their largest source of retirement income
TORONTO - Half of Canadians (54 per cent) expect their pensions - whether a pension from an employer (29 per cent) or a government pension (25 per cent) - to be the single, largest source of income in retirement, followed by income from their investments (18 per cent), according to the 20th Annual RBC RRSP Poll. Yet, one-in-five (19 per cent) do not know what kind of pension plan they have.
Toronto — Earthscape Ontario Inc, an Elmira based landscape firm, for the fourth consecutive year was recognized among its peers in Ontario for achievement in workmanship and creativity.
Statscan - Increases were all in part time jobs, pushing the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 8.3%. January marks the fourth employment gain in six months.
TORONTO - The biggest challenge the next Mayor of Toronto will face is sorting out the megacity’s balance sheet, according to Harvey Schwartz, professor emeritus in the Department of Economics at York University.
Guelph - The U of G chapter of Net Impact, an international network committed to making business a force for positive social and environmental change, is inviting students to take part in a competition to help tackle sustainability issues on campus.
TORONTO - Government intervention in the mortgage insurance market is exposing Canadian taxpayers to enormous potential liabilities if Canada were to be hit with a mortgage default crisis similar to what occurred in the United States, according to a new peer-reviewed study released by the Fraser Institute, Canada's leading public policy think-tank.
Professor Carla Lipsig-Mummé to study work in a warming world
TORONTO - Carla Lipsig-Mummé, professor of work and labour studies in York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies and research fellow in York’s Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability has received $1 million over six years from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
TORONTO - The Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) is calling on the Canadian federal and provincial governments to thoroughly investigate international mining giant Xstrata, including the reason for closing its Timmins Kidd metallurgical site. This call comes hours before Xstrata releases its annual report with its profit for 2010.
London - Nadine Wathen, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies (FIMS) is the co-principal investigator of a new international centre that will examine, from a multi-disciplinary perspective, the inter-relationships among gender, family violence and mental health.
TORONTO - As federal parliament remains suspended, the Harper government has snuck through a "Buy America" exemption deal with the United States that will do more harm than good for Canadian workers and businesses in the long term, said CAW President Ken Lewenza. Lewenza's comments follow official announcement of the deal by International Trade and Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Van Loan made earlier Friday.
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