| Thursday January 26, 2012 |
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Ted Talks
Brian Goldman: Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?
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Brian Goldman is an emergency room physician who has worked at Mount Sinai Hospital in downtown Toronto for more than 20 years. He is also a prominent medical journalist and the host of CBC Radio’s White Coat, Black Art. |
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Labour
Payroll employment, earnings and hours for November 2011
Statscan - In November, average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $883.96, virtually unchanged from the previous month. On a year-over-year basis, earnings rose 2.2%.
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Europe in Crises
Dare to Have More “Europe”, Merkel Declares in Davos Annual Meeting Opening
German Chancellor Merkel said that Europe needs structural political reforms if it is to resolve its crisis
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland – Europe needs to move forward with structural political reforms if it is to resolve its sovereign debt crisis and put to rest doubts about its unity and viability, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an address to participants in the opening plenary session of the World Economic Forum’s 42nd Annual Meeting.
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Guest Column - Branding
IS YOUR BRAND UNMISTAKABLE - BRANDING VISIBILITY
by Karim Riad
Any seasoned advertising sales person will tell you, if you want success it is all about frequency.
Recently while driving home from work, I looked up into my rear view mirror and saw a unique set of eyes staring back at me. As a car enthusiast, I immediately recognized the glare as the one from a BMW.
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Venture Competition
Startups compete for Venture Fund award
Waterloo - This week some of the University of Waterloo's emerging student entrepreneurs will compete against one another in the VeloCity Venture Fund finals in an attempt to win one of four prizes of $25,000. Eight teams hoping to win financing for their groundbreaking ideas will present their innovative products to a panel of judges.
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Investment
Canadian Investors More Optimistic than Americans, Manulife and John Hancock Investor Sentiment Surveys Indicate
Canadians believe it's a good time to invest in their homes while Americans indicate it's a good time to invest in mutual funds
TORONTO - North American investors are feeling optimistic, according to Investor Sentiment Index (ISI) surveys conducted by both Manulife Financial and John Hancock. In the first-ever comparison of the two surveys, results suggest that Canadians are nearly twice as likely to view the present as a "good" or "very good" time to be investing in a range of investment vehicles as are their American counterparts.
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Recognition
York U Professor wins major award for contribution to field of psychotherapy
TORONTO – York University Professor Leslie Greenberg, a pioneer of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), has been chosen as the winner of the 2012 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research.
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Sustainable Business Model
Sun Life Financial again named as one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
TORONTO - Sun Life Financial is proud to be the only North American insurance company named among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for 2012.
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Banking
Online Banking has Overtaken Branch Banking in Popularity: Survey
TORONTO - Canadians are now more likely to conduct day-to-day banking transactions online than at a branch, according to TNS Canada's annual How Canadians Bank survey. Half of Canadian adults (52%) conducted transactions with staff at a branch of a financial institution in the month prior to taking the survey, and a similar proportion (50%) had banked online in the same period.
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Rights of Peoples
Queen's study shows rights of people with disabilities are not being promoted
Kingston - Historic legal rulings did not protect the rights of persons with disabilities, while legal rulings concerned with race or gender provided much more protection of individual rights and freedoms according to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Queen’s University PhD student Christopher A. Riddle has determined in a recent study.
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World In Transition
New Risk Management Practices Needed to Safeguard Transport and Supply Chain Networks, Report Warns
New Models for Addressing Supply Chain and Transport Risks report finds understanding of risks and mitigation efforts lacking, Mitigation focus needs to be on metrics, data sharing, incentivization and collaborative networks
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland – A World Economic Forum report released yesterday calls for new models to address supply chain and transport risks. The report, New Models for Addressing Supply Chain and Transport Risks, produced in collaboration with Accenture, highlights the urgent need to review risk management practices to keep pace with rapidly changing contingencies facing the supply chain, transport, aviation and travel sectors.
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Daily Health Care
One vitamin could reverse heart disease, says Canadian doctor - and most of our diets are dangerously in short supply of it
High doses of calcium and vitamin D could be potentially harmful if not supplemented with vitamin K2
TORONTO - Vitamin K2, a little-known super-nutrient that humans once thrived on could be the key to reversing heart disease and preventing osteoporosis.
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Staff Satisfaction
WHAT WORKERS WANT - Survey on Work/Life Balance, Learning Opportunities Have Greatest Impact on Job Satisfaction
TORONTO - Want to know the way to an employee's heart? Thirty-eight per cent of professionals interviewed by OfficeTeam identified work/life balance as the top contributor to their job satisfaction. Opportunities to learn and grow came in second, with 20 per cent of the response.
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Food Crises
Gates Optimistic Food Crisis Can Be Solved
Global food production must double by 2050 and already nearly 1 billion people are hungry, Technological innovation, cooperation and revived political will could avert disaster
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland – The world faces unprecedented challenges in feeding its growing population: 925 million people are hungry. Twenty-nine countries are listed as “extremely alarming” on the global hunger index.
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Energy
Canadian Solar and Al Fahad Group Announce Sales Agreement for One of the Largest Solar PV Projects in Abu Dhabi
Kitchener/China/Abu Dhabi - Canadian Solar announced an agreement with the Al Fahad Group, a diversified conglomerate with expertise in Defense & Intelligence, Homeland Security, Networking & Communications and Power.
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First Annual Skijor
Favourite Norwegian pastime heats up Family Day weekend at Cobble Beach
Georgian Bay’s First Annual Skijor and Dogsled Festival, February 18-19
 Owen Sound – The exotic snow swept Georgian Bluffs along 1.6 kilometres of pristine coastline will be the backdrop for this first annual winter festival. Ontario’s best kept secret, Cobble Beach, a two-hour drive from Pearson airport, just minutes north of Owen Sound is expecting anywhere between 30 and 60 teams of dogs from across the province and North America for Family Day weekend! Skijoring is a popular adventure sport originating in Europe where cross-country skiing meets dog sledding. A skier is attached to two dogs by a tug line and whipped across the race track. Racers (a.k.a. mushers) will leave the start at two-minute intervals and their finish times recorded. The event will also feature traditional dog sled races throughout the weekend.
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Busniess Survival
To Survive, Companies Must Constantly Reinvent Themselves, Become Socially Responsible
The key to success is to become and to be seen to become a good corporate citizen
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland – Companies everywhere must fundamentally change the way they do business if they are to meet the challenges of 2012 and beyond, the world’s top business leaders warned at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 in Davos, Switzerland.
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Great Lakes
EPA Releases New Tool with Information about Water Pollution Across the U.S.
EPA to host webinar on how to use tool to access information on pollutants released into local waterways
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a new tool that provides the public with important information about pollutants that are released into local waterways.
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Health Care
Patients benefit from shorter wait times in Kitchener hospitals following improvements in pathology processes
Patients at Kitchener ’s Grand River and St. Mary’s General hospitals are receiving faster diagnosis and treatment, thanks to innovative changes in laboratory services that have improved testing processes and dramatically reduced turnaround time for results.
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Global Philanthropy
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits US$ 750 Million to Global Fund
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today renewed its commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Announced at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, the Gates Foundation is giving US$ 750 million through a promissory note – a new and innovative funding mechanism.
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