| Wednesday January 18, 2012 |
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Ted Talks
Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0
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It started in 1997, when Alain de Botton turned away from writing novels and instead wrote a touching extended essay titled How Proust Can Change Your Life, which became an unlikely blockbuster in the "self-help"category. |
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Red Tape
Ontario scores B- on regulatory reform
TORONTO - Ontario is making progress on being accountable for the 386,251 regulatory requirements it places on individuals and businesses, according to research released today by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).
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Society
‘Do So Much Weekend’ Encourages Positive Social Action
Guelph - What prevents people from taking an interest in local and global issues and getting involved in their communities? Helping people learn to overcome personal and systemic barriers to civic engagement is the purpose of this year’s Do So Much Weekend conference, to be hosted by Student Volunteer Connections of Guelph (SVC) Jan. 21 and 22.
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Hiring Potral
The struggle of landing that DREAM JOB now easier for students and grads
Toronto – Job hunting : a passage into the ‘real world’ that most young adults must face sooner or later. But landing that first great job has continuously been a struggle for students. Wouldn’t it be great if someone was there to help? Along comes Great Gig Student Jobs , a Canadian company that matches students with career-focused employment opportunities.
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Health Study
Study: Trends in the prevalence of cancer from 1997 to 2008
Statscan - Five-year cancer prevalence rates for most cancers increased from January 1, 1997, to January 1, 2008. Increases were relatively large for liver and thyroid cancer, while rates declined for cancers of the larynx and cervix. The biggest disparity between the sexes was for cancer of the lung, for which rates declined slightly among men, but continued to increase among women.
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Pesticides
Prof Lent Expertise, Chaired Pesticides Panel
Guelp[h - An international expert panel chaired by a now-retired University of Guelph professor released a report today calling for improvements to Canada’s strategies for assessing and regulating the risks of pesticides.
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Technology
OpenText Web and Social Analytics Delivers Deep Insights for Online Marketers
Provides a Real-Time Window into All Activity Across External and Internal Social Communities, Websites, Mobile Devices
WATERLOO - OpenText announced major enhancements to OpenText Web and Social Analytics with the release of version 2.0 that delivers deep Web usage and social interaction insights in real time so organizations can identify actionable trends and continually optimize all their online initiatives.
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Appointment
Waterloo Startup Sweet Tooth Hires Walter Huber as CFO
Waterloo - Waterloo-based startup Sweet Tooth has hired Walter Huber as its Chief Financial Officer. Walter worked at Open Text for 10 years until 2008 before taking on a position with Sandvine. He will now help drive growth for Sweet Tooth, which spun out of Web Development Canada.
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Guest Column
Lead Unconventionally and Beat the Competition
by Eric J. Romero, PhD
Leaders inspire people to do amazing things; the type of things that their followers would not do on their own. With leadership, a vision and competitive advantage becomes reality. The more change an organization is facing, the greater the need for leaders. The more flexible a firm must be to survive in its environment, the greater the need for leaders. Given that today’s environment is characterized by frequent change, leadership is more important than ever before.
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Trends
Take Two Tablets and Watch Last Night's TV Show in the Morning
Consumer Demand for Computer Tablets Will Remain Strong This Year, as Commuters Increasingly Fill Their Travel Time by Watching Pre-Recorded TV on the Way to Work
TORONTO - Computer tablets will have the quickest 'multi-anything' market penetration in history as Canadians continue to buy them in 2012, even if they already have one. In fact, many Canadian households will have more tablets than people as families increasingly use them for specific tasks like reading or general pursuits such as accessing the Internet.
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Education
Renison Student Chosen to Attend Academic Forum in Kyoto, Japan
Waterloo – Renison student Heather Wogden has been chosen as one of fifteen students from across Canada to attend the third annual Japan- Canada Academic Consortium (JACAC) Student Forum in Kyoto, Japan in February.
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Entrepreneurship
New Competition Opens Doors For Young Entrepreneurs In Waterloo, Ontario
Toronto – The Laurier Innovation and Technology Club (LITC) and SIFE Laurier have come together to bring Wilfrid Laurier University’s biggest ever entrepreneurship competition. With Inceptive Solutions Inc. as a sponsor – a small business solution provider that helps entrepreneurs start or grow their business – students can submit entries to the competition in teams or individually for their chance at winning up to $18,000 in prizes. The competition will be held on March 02, 2012 at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.
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Divestion
OMERS Private Equity and Partners Sell Cari-All Group to Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
TORONTO - OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, and a consortium equity group, including the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, have sold Cari-All Group Inc. (together with its affiliates, "Cari-All" or the "Company") to German based cart manufacturer Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH ("Wanzl").
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