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Ted Talks
Sheena Iyengar: How to make choosing easier
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We all think we're good at making choices; many of us even enjoy making them. Sheena Iyengar looks deeply at choosing and has discovered many surprising things about it. For instance, her famous "jam study," done while she was a grad student, quantified a counterintuitive truth about decisionmaking... |
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Appointment
Desire2Learn Hires Additional Leadership to Support Rapid Growth
Desire2Learn is acquiring top resources to support new client growth and more than eight million learners around the globe
Kitchener-Waterloo - Desire2Learn Incorporated announced that Dennis Kavelman will be joining the executive team as the Chief Operating Officer as the company continues to experience rapid growth.
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Education First
New certificate program now open
Kitchener - Conestoga’s new Food Processing Supervisor (FPS) program, the first of its kind in Ontario, is now accepting applications for its inaugural term beginning February 11, 2012.
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Agriculture
Canadian farms being flooded by red tape
Regina – Farmers in Canada are hit the hardest by government regulations and paperwork, according to research released today by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).
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Global Perspective
World faces a 600 million jobs challenge
GENEVA – The world faces the “urgent challenge” of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion, according to the annual report on global employment by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Employment
Calgary Social Enterprise to Create IT Employment for People with Autism
Specialisterne Founder Thorkil Sonne in Calgary January 30-31, To Launch First Canadian Project
CALGARY - People at the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum usually have a higher than average IQ, and special mental gifts - photographic recall is common. In spite of this, they have an unemployment rate higher than 85%.
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City Business
City council approves 2012 budget
Council votes for wage freeze
KITCHENER – After nearly 11 hours of deliberations, Kitchener city council approved the 2012 operating budget, which includes a property tax increase of 1.41 per cent. Factoring in the city’s annual contribution to the economic development investment fund (EDIF), this equates to an increase of 2.39 per cent - or $22.81 per year - for the average household.
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Survey
U.S. and European Economic Woes Temper Near-Term CFO Expectations in Canada
TORONTO - The spillover effect in Canada due to the US economic downturn, the economic turmoil in Europe, the impact of exchange rates and international trade policies, and the availability of capital for businesses are some of the main concerns of Canadian CFOs in the fourth quarter, according to the most recent Deloitte CFO Signals survey.
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Upgraden
U of G Gets $1.5-Million Gift for Upgrades to Alumni Stadium
Guelph - The University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium is getting a facelift. A $1.5-million donation is paying for a new synthetic turf field and jump-starting renovations of the track around the football field and lighting as part of the Athletics Master Plan to upgrade all the University’s athletic facilities.
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Income Earner
Sun Life Financial and CI Investments announce new features for SunWise Essential Series, including guaranteed income for life starting at age 55
TORONTO - Sun Life Financial and CI Investments yesterday announced several enhancements to the Sun Wise Essential Series segregated fund program, including the option to receive a guaranteed income for life as early as age 55. Other changes include the launch of 14 new funds, and the addition of CI Private Investment Management, a program designed to meet the unique needs of higher net worth investors.
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Post Secondary Education
Undergraduate Application Numbers Up for Carleton University
Ottawa – Carleton University has received an average of 7.2 per cent more applications from Ontario high school students this year compared with 2011, according to figures recently released by the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre. That’s considerably higher than the provincial average increase of 2.4 per cent.
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Outstanding People
Olympic medalist Cassie Campbell-Pascall to speak at Outstanding Women of Laurier event
WATERLOO – Cassie Campbell-Pascall, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in women’s hockey and a Canadian Sports Hall of Fame inductee, will deliver the keynote address at the Outstanding Women of Laurier (OWL) event March 29 at 11 a.m. at the Waterloo Inn and Conference Centre.
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Discovery
Royal Ontario Museum scientists discover unusual “tulip” creature
TORONTO – A bizarre creature that lived in the ocean more than 500 million years ago has emerged from the famous Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies.
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Climate Change
Climate change invites alien invaders: Is Canada ready?
TORONTO – Invasive alien species are on the move in response to a warming climate but Canadian policies designed to manage the problem rarely consider how climate change is ratcheting up the risk, according to York University research published today in the journal Environmental Reviews.
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Recognition
2012 Employer of Distinction Awards Recognize Local Business
Guelph – The Guelph & District Human Resources Professionals Association (GDHRPA) is proud to announce the recipients of its fourth annual Employer of Distinction Awards. The Awards recognize local companies for being outstanding employers who shape organizational excellence and raise awareness of the Human Resources Profession through their organizations’ success.
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Energy
Western Engineering professor develops sun-tracker for solar collectors
London - As solar farms surface across the countryside at an exponential rate, the push for harvesting greener energy has driven a researcher from The University of Western Ontario to figure out a way to maximize daylight hours.
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