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A little bit of scratching can do some good, but too much can hurtScratching an itch can feel great, so scientists decided to dig into why that is the case since we know too much scratching isn't good for us. Dr. Dan Kaplan, a professor of dermatology and immunology at the University of Pittsburgh, said they found that scratching drives inflammation to the skin, which, in light moderation, helps to fight bacterial skin infections. But he warns that continual or excessive scratching can prolong an itch and potentially damage the skin. Their study is in the journal Science. Bear hazing goes high-tech with dronesA wildlife manager in the US has found that drones can be a safe and effective way to discourage problem bears from troubling human habitation and livestock. Wesley Sarmento started working in the prairies of Montana to prevent bear-human conflicts, but found the usual tricks of the trade were not as effective as he wanted them to be. Previously he tried to use noisemakers, dogs, trucks, and firearms, but buzzing bears with flying robots turned out to work much better. Now a PhD student at the University of Montana, he published an article about his hazing research in Frontiers in Conservation Science.Ants can remember and hold grudges against those who trouble themWhen ants fight with those from another nearby colony, it makes an impression. A new study has found the insects can remember the chemical signature of the aggressors, and will respond more vigorously and violently the next time they cross paths. Dr. Volker Nehring, a researcher at the University of Freiburg, Germany, describes the phenomenon as “the nasty neighbour" where ants are most aggressive to ant colonies closest to them, and says this is due to resource protection. Dr Nehring and his team's research was published in the journal Current Biology.Scientists on the front line of permafrost thaw describe changes in the Arctic The acceleration of change in the Arctic due to global warming is transforming the landscape on a year-to-year basis, often in surprising ways. That's according to scientists who've been studying the effects of climate change in the North. One study found that lakes in Western Greenland shifted from pristine blue to dirty brown from one year to the next due to increased permafrost melting and runoff. Jasmine Saros, a lake ecologist from the University of Maine, said they were astonished by the magnitude of change they saw in all 10 lakes they studied and how quickly it happened. That study was published in the journal PNAS. We also speak with William Quinton, a permafrost hydrologist from Wilfred Laurier University and the director of the Scotty Creek Research Station in southern Northwest Territories, an area he describes as “the frontline of permafrost thaw.” Quinton was part of a research team, led by Anna Virkkala from the Woodwell Climate Research Centre, that found that 34 per cent of the Arctic Boreal Zone — a region where carbon was safely locked up in the permafrost for thousands of years — has now become a carbon source. That study is in the journal Nature Climate Change.

Lorie Spence is on a mission to improve patient care. She is a clear-eyed strategist with a deep understanding of what healthcare professionals need to deliver better patient outcomes.Her exceptional ability to anticipate the future is balanced with a pragmatic approach to educating and informing healthcare practitioners in the here and now. She excels at identifying opportunities, quickly developing a deep understanding of a problem space and using that knowledge to push for ambitious strategies to solve real-world problems.As the co-founder, with business partner Carolyn Pritchard, of Bridge Medical Communications, she leads finance and business strategy for a growing organization dedicated to improving the connection between clinicians and patients.With more than 20 years of industry experience, she has a keen interest in giving healthcare professionals the tools to adapt and evolve with therapeutic advances. She backs that passion up with training as a Certified Facilitator and Coach, as well as having a Masters of Business Administration degree from Wilfred Laurier University. Lorie's love of learning keeps her excited to put innovative tools in the hands of doctors and nurses to help them solve healthcare's toughest challenges.Lorie is also a passionate advocate for business partnerships, having experienced firsthand how collaboration between equals can deliver results far beyond the sum of individual parts.In this episode, Lorie and I chat about:Her leadership roles Her leadership style Her leadership journey The leaders that helped her rise The challenges she faced on her journey How she navigated those challenges How she thinks you can become a strong and kind leader Her ‘take home' leadership messages for the listeners, and What she is currently excited to be working on.Lorie can be found and contacted via the following online platform addresses:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorie-spence-35a30a16/Website: https://www.bridgemedcomms.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridgemedcomms?igsh=MXdibXFvbGk0d2ttaw==Please reach out to Dr Harrison for individual coaching and/or organisational training via dr.adam@coachingmentoringdoctors.com.His web address and social media profile links / handles include:www.dradamharrison.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dradamharrison/www.youtube.com/c/DrAdamPhysicianCoachhttps://www.facebook.com/coachingmentoringdoctors/https://www.instagram.com/dradamharrison/

Wilfred Laurier University professor David M. Haskell challenges the notion that DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion eradicates discrimination. He argues that prioritizing quotas over merit may backfire, leading to unintended bias. As anti-Semitism rises on campuses, the debate on DEI's true impact intensifies.

We've heard a lot about Quantum computing and somehow it seems like it's nuclear fusion - there's all of these great advances that make the news, but the idea of actual use in business seems a long way off. For me, it seems… I understand it conceptually. I just can't figure out why its possible. Maybe its' because I grew up being able to see transistors and how they work and so even though the ability to put thousands and possibly millions of transistors on a silicon chip is a feat of engineering, I still sort of know how it works. But quantum. It's seems more like magic. Things that exist as probabilities, that can be linked over potentially vast distances and affect each other even without a know connection. Things that only truly exist in their state of uncertainty until you observe them. How does that work? Why does it work? So you hear about it, but it doesn't seem real somehow. I go back to my nuclear fusion parallel. Great idea. You can sustain it in some big lab for a couple of seconds but that's it. But lately, there are signs that quantum might be more real than we think. While we've heard of these quantum processors in large laboratories, IBM just announced that a US university will be getting an IBM quantum computer for research and teaching - and that they are going to do the same for several other universities in the US. Suddenly it seems a little more real. And as always, I'm interested in what's happening out in the big world, but I'm also wondering what is happening in Canada. And it turns out that there is some work being done here, advancing the idea of Quantum Computing in commercial usage. Quantum Algorithms Institute is a collaboration between government, the academic community, and Canada's growing sector of quantum computing companies. We work with companies across industries to build experience in the real-world application of quantum solutions. My guest today might make that even more real - she's with a program that is planning on teaching students to program for quantum computers. She's a professor at Wilfred Laurier University and the Chief Technology Officer of the Quantum Algorithms Institute My guest is Dr. Shohini Ghose......   Note: The link to the Quantum Algorithms Institute

Ontario universities are calling for a tuition increase and more funding, after a new provincial government-commissioned report says the post-secondary sector is in financial trouble. Matt Galloway asks Deborah MacLatchy, president and vice-chancellor of Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., whether increasing tuition for students is the right move; and discusses the value of higher learning with Paul Tough, an author and broadcaster who has written extensively about education.

Mark Humphries is a Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he has published widely on various aspects of Canadian history. We invited Mark to do an episode after he reached out to tell us that hearing about how Nathan fine-tuned GPT-3.5 on GPT-4 reasoning helped him get over some hurdles in his own archival research. In addition, he chats about all the things that he'd tried that hadn't worked, and in the process proved himself to be one of the world's leading adopters of AI technology in the field of history. If you need an ERP platform, check out our sponsor NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive. SPONSORS: NetSuite | Omneky NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off. RECOMMENDED PODCAST:  Every week investor and writer of the popular newsletter The Diff, Byrne Hobart, and co-host Erik Torenberg discuss today's major inflection points in technology, business, and markets – and help listeners build a diversified portfolio of trends and ideas for the future. Subscribe to “The Riff” with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg: https://link.chtbl.com/theriff TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) - Episode Preview (00:03:00) - The state of AI in history before recent advances like GPT-3 (00:06:00) - Mark's background and how he first got interested in AI (00:09:00) - Using AI to process and search through vast amounts of archival material (00:12:00) - The challenges of digitizing and searching handwritten historical documents (00:15:00) - The massive scale of undiscovered archival material that could be processed by AI (00:18:00) - How AI can help historians process more archival material than ever before (00:20:11) - Sponsors: Netsuite | Omneky (00:21:00) - Limitations on using commercial APIs for private archival documents (00:24:00) - The cost of processing archival documents compared to hiring human transcribers (00:27:00) - Comparing GPT's ability to transcribe historical handwriting vs more recent scripts (00:33:00) - Tracing individuals through complex fur trade records using AI (00:36:00) - Mark's approach to fine-tuning models for specific historical tasks (00:39:00) - Challenges teaching AI models the nuances of historical writing (00:42:00) - Privacy issues limiting the use of commercial APIs on restricted archival material (00:45:00) - The gap between people's expectations of AI and what it can really do right now (00:51:00) - Adapting assignments and student expectations to AI's current capabilities (00:52:28) - Using chain of thought prompting to teach models precise historical tasks (00:52:46) - Getting high accuracy on keyword tagging of archival documents using fine-tuning (00:57:00) - Mark has crossed the threshold from promise to accelerating archival research (01:00:00) - How to frame classification tasks to get the most value from AI models (01:03:00) - Teaching AI models to pronounce tricky historical names and terms (01:06:19) - Mark's experience using AI in the classroom over two semesters (01:09:00) - Assignments that are better suited to the current strengths and weaknesses of AI (01:11:45) - AI progress in education is lagging due to lack of institutional adoption (01:12:00) - The trajectory of AI capabilities and the need for humans to exceed the model baseline (01:27:49) - Lessons from history on economic transitions and the social contract

When you measure student success, and it's easy to get lost in the numbers—exam pass/fail rates, diploma completion, acceptance ratios. It's important to remember the people behind the numbers though. This is an interview with Anna Do, a former student who graduated from the Canadian International School in Vietnam in 2019. Today, Anna's a graduate student pursuing her M.Sc in Health Sciences at Wilfred Laurier University. In this episode, we talk about the importance of perseverance even when you're not 100% clear about the outcome, adjusting to grad school, beating imposter syndrome, and finding your pathway.

Part 2. This episode starts off with an “ah ha” moment on wholeness and the way perceptions of community are shaped through time of past, present, and future. This conversation previews decolonized pathways unto embodiment and mental health look like. Part 2 of a 2 part interview with Frances Elizabeth Moore. Frances speaks to worldview, and how our Western perceptions miss pathways of embodiment and healing. Frances Elizabeth Moore is an Anishinaabe Kwe from Timiskaming First Nations, Quebec residing in London, Ontario. Summary Intro to this episode. 0:00 Seven generations in the past, present, and future. Why is healing at the family and community level so important? 3:47 Describing embodiment. 5:22 Challenging Western thought around embodiment and healing. 9:31 How not to systematize our healing. 10:53 Reducing barriers to access to healing. 14:56 The importance of listening to your audience. 19:08 Pathways to healing; what do you need to heal? 21:04 Bringing awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW). 25:46 About Frances Elizabeth Moore Frances Elizabeth holds a Legal Administration Diploma from Georgian College; Building Abundance in Indigenous Communities (BAIC), Advancing Women's Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding for Community Development and Indigenous Women in Community Leadership certificates from the COADY Institute at St. Francis Xavier University; and an Indigenous Peoples Certificate in Indigegogy from Wilfred Laurier University where she currently pursuing a certificate in Wholistic Healing Practices and Colonial Trauma. Frances Elizabeth is currently a Program Manager with the Youth Opportunities Fund at Ontario Trillium Foundation and volunteers with LIFE*SPIN, Nii'kinaaganaa, Brescia University College, and Kings University College. Find her on Linkedin; Instagram; or Twitter. Rohadi's connect points: Rohadi.com | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok

You don't have to be a mental health professional or therapist to talk about mental health. And that goes for everybody! Come on through this two part series featuring Frances Elizabeth Moore. Frances Elizabeth Moore is an Anishinaabe Kwe from Timiskaming First Nations, Quebec residing in London, Ontario. She is a storyteller, community advocate, facilitator/educator, non-profit leader, and mother who is invested in promoting awareness for and healing in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities. Here is the summary of Part 1, which I highly recommend you listen to as it offers an important setup for Part 2. Episode Summary Introduction to Frances Elizabeth Moore. 1:21 Learning from other Nations and cultures. 3:31 About Frances. 5:14 The responsibility Indigenous women in community. 6:56 Holding grief and trauma well. 8:50 The importance of talking about mental health. 10:30 What could have been had we known more about ourselves? 12:54 How trauma shaped who we are today. 14:58 Resiliency is a necessity, not a choice. 17:35 Elders and knowledge keepers. 20:00 Our education system is misinformed. 21:55 What is land back? 23:55 The role of Indigenous People in the environment. 25:07 Wokeness and double consciousness. 29:28 The pathways to becoming more embodied. 31:23 The divide and conquer approach. 33:25 Teaching of the seven generations. 37:39 Mental health and embodiment. About Frances Elizabeth Moore Frances Elizabeth holds a Legal Administration Diploma from Georgian College; Building Abundance in Indigenous Communities (BAIC), Advancing Women's Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding for Community Development and Indigenous Women in Community Leadership certificates from the COADY Institute at St. Francis Xavier University; and an Indigenous Peoples Certificate in Indigegogy from Wilfred Laurier University where she currently pursuing a certificate in Wholistic Healing Practices and Colonial Trauma. Frances Elizabeth is currently a Program Manager with the Youth Opportunities Fund at Ontario Trillium Foundation and volunteers with LIFE*SPIN, Nii'kinaaganaa, Brescia University College, and Kings University College. Find her on Linkedin; Instagram; or Twitter. Rohadi's connect points: Rohadi.com | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok

How do you reduce anxiety? What can you do to relax? What does the Scripture say? What does brain science tell us? What about holy noticing and multitasking to do with it? Plenty! Travis welcomes Charles Stone to the show today. Charles has been a pastor for over 40 years serving as a Lead Pastor, Teaching Pastor, Associate Pastor, and Church planter. He has an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, a Master's of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His most recent degree is an executive master's in the neuroscience of leadership from The Neuroleadership Institute. He's completing a post-baccalaureate certificate in Therapeutic Models of Mindfulness from Wilfred Laurier University and has completed a graduate certificate in Mind, Brain, and Teaching from Johns Hopkins University. He's currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program at Columbia Biblical Seminary and is researching stress in pastors.He's been professionally trained in these areas by these organizations:Professional coaching through the Professional Christian Coaching Institute (ACC certified under the International Coaching Federation)Strategic Planning through Ministry Advantage (certified)Vision Clarity through the Church Unique Process with Auxano (certified)Conflict Management through PeacemakersBrain-Based Leadership through the Neuroleadership Institute and the Academy of Brain-Based LeadershipLearn more about Charles and get the book. If you want to learn more about neurotheology through these episodes:If you want to learn more about neurotheology check out our previous conversations:#107 | Jim Wilder, God on the Brain, Pt. 1#108 | Jim Wilder, God on the Brain, Pt. 2#109 | Michel Hendricks-Relational Reformation, Pt. 1#110 | Michel Hendricks-Relational Reformation, Pt. 2

Artificial intelligence is meant to improve how we live and work, but it can also be used to create manipulative online content. We discuss how to recognize and address ‘engineered' ads and content with Robert Gehl, Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice at York University.   Our Canadian Women kickoff the 2023 World cup tonight against Nigeria. We take the opportunity to look at the issues that still exist around gender equality in sport and the work that needs to be done to close the gap with Treisha Hylton, Professor from the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfred Laurier University.   Are the kids bored with summer holidays already? We get some help from Ellen Percival, Editor Calgary's Child Magazine. Ellen offers up some suggestions on summer camps in the city still offering programs to keep the kids busy before they head back to school!

In the summer of 1946 inflation in Hungary reached 41.9 quadrillion per cent. That's 41.9 followed by 14 zeros – the highest rate of inflation ever recorded anywhere in the world. It meant prices of everyday goods and services doubled, on average, every 15 hours. As the shattered country struggled to get to its feet after World War Two, weighed down by a Soviet occupation and punishing reparations, its government had little choice but to print more and more money, further fuelling the price spiral. The hyperinflation stripped wages of almost all their value and plunged millions of Hungarians into a new fight for survival, but as they lost all faith in banknotes they turned to ever more inventive ways to trade and earn a living. We discuss how life for ordinary Hungarians changed amidst the chaos, what caused and eventually halted the economic disaster, and what the whole episode can tell us about the meaning of money. Bridget Kendall is joined by Béla Tomka, professor of modern social and economic history at the University of Szeged, in Hungary; László Borhi, the Peter A Kadas Chair and associate professor in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies in the Hamilton-Lugar School at Indiana University, USA; and Pierre Siklos, professor of economics at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. Producer: Simon Tulett (Picture: Hungarian pengo banknotes lying on the ground in Budapest. Credit: Louis Foucherand/AFP via Getty Images)

[Note: In the episode image the artwork behind Dionne Brand at the podium is by Torkwase Dyson, as is the cover art work for Nomenclature] In this conversation we are thrilled to welcome Dionne Brand to the podcast.  This is a conversation with her new book Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems and also with a number of her lectures, interviews, and dialogues over the years. If we reference something not in Nomenclature we have done our best to include a link to it in the show notes.  We ask questions about themes and ideas we hear or read Brand grappling with in her work, as well as questions that we grapple with in relation to her work. These include questions about time, epistemology, nature, the category of the human, Black thought, spectacle, narrative, capital, imperialism, socialism and liberation. If you find value in this conversation and others we publish, we encourage you to support the podcast at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism, we are 100% supported by our listeners and you can be a part of that for as little as $1 a month. Dionne Brand is a renowned poet, novelist, and essayist. Her writing is notable for the beauty of its language, and for its intense engagement with issues of international social justice. Her work includes ten volumes of poetry, five books of fiction and three non-fiction works. She was the Poet Laureate of the City of Toronto 2009-2012. From 2017-2021 Brand was Poetry Editor at McClelland & Stewart- Penguin Random House Canada. Dionne Brand became prominent first as an award-winning poet, winning the Griffin Poetry Prize for her volume Ossuaries, the Governor General's Literary Award and the Trillium Book Prize for her volume Land to Light On. She's garnered two other nominations for the Governor General's Literary Award for the poetry volumes No Language Is Neutral and Inventory respectively, the latter also nominated for the Trillium and the Pat Lowther. She has won the Pat Lowther Award for poetry for her volume thirsty also nominated for the Griffin Poetry Prize and the city of Toronto Book Award.  Her 2018 volume, The Blue Clerk, was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry and the Griffin Poetry Prize and won the Trillium Book Prize. Brand has also achieved great distinction and acclaim in fiction and non-fiction. Her most recent novel, Theory won the Toronto Book Award 2019 and the BOCAS fiction prize. Her novel, Love Enough was nominated in 2015 for the Trillium Book Award. Her fiction includes the critically acclaimed novels In Another Place, Not Here, At the Full and Change of the Moon, and, What We All Long For an indelible portrait of the city of Toronto which also garnered the Toronto Book Award. Her fiction has been translated into Italian, French and German. Dionne Brand's non-fiction includes Bread Out Of Stone, and A Map to the Door of No Return, which has been widely taken up by scholars of Black Diaspora and An Autobiography of The Autobiography of Reading. In 2021 Brand was awarded the Windham Campbell Award for fiction. Dionne Brand has published nineteen books, contributed to many anthologies and written dozens of essays and articles. She has also been involved in the making of several documentary films. She was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at St. Lawrence University in New York and has taught literature and creative writing at universities in both British Columbia and Ontario. She has also held the Ruth Wynn Woodward Chair in Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University. She holds several Honorary Doctorates, Wilfred Laurier University, University of Windsor, Simon Fraser University, The University of Toronto, York University and Thornloe/Laurentian University.  She lives in Toronto and was Professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph until 2022. She is a member of the Order of Canada. In every area of her work Brand has received widespread recognition through literary awards, honorary doctorates, and praise by the likes of Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Kamau Braithwaite, and so many, many others. In the show notes we will include Dionne Brand's full bio which further details her award winning work in poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and film. As well as her distinguished work as an educator, documentary film maker, and poetry editor. Sources: Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems David Naimon's interview with Dionne Brand on Between The Covers Podcast  Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation  Dionne Brand: The Shape of Language (along with Torkwase Dyson)  “I Am Not The Person You Remember” - In Memoriam of MF DOOM with Hanif Abdurraqib “The Oppressed Have a Way of Addressing Their Own Conditions” - On Joshua Myers' Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition   Dionne Brand - “An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading”  

Taking a trip down memory lane to commemorate and reflect on the WWI Internment Operations to which tens of thousands of Ukrainian immigrants, some full citizens of Canada, fell victim • Vasyl Pawlowsky's Kultural Capsule features a look at the internment camp in Spirit Lake, Que through the lens of Vasyl's own personal experience • From the audio archives, an interview with filmmaker Ryan Boyko about his documentary That Never Happened • Soundtrack from a documentary about the WWI internment produced by students at Wilfred Laurier University • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Other items of interest • Great Ukrainian Music!Join me - Pawlina - for the Vancouver edition of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio—every Saturday at 6pm PST on AM1320 CHMB and streaming at www.am1320.com.Tune in to the Nanaimo edition on Wednesdays from 12-1pm on air at 101.7FM or streaming online at CHLY Radio Malaspina with host Oksana Poberezhnyk.For podcast feed, transcipts, and links to reputable Ukrainian charities visit our website.To support Nash Holos visit our Patreon site here. *************************Ukrainian Proverb of the Week:Не кожний бідний буває гідний. Not every poor man deserves his fate.*******************************Links: Mini-film about the Nanaimo camp here. Documentary called That Never Happened by Canadian filmmaker Ryan Boyko on iTunes here.Escape and Dissent in Internment Camps, 1914-1920, a short documentary produced at Wilfred Laurier University here. Support the show on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Canada's handgun ban goes into effect today, will it work? Guest: Scott Blandford - Former police officer, assistant professor and program coordinator, Policing and Master of Public Safety Program, Wilfred Laurier University

Dr Tammy Schirle, a Wilfred Laurier University professor of Economics, on the odds being stacked against mothers re-entering the job market..Anand Parsan on how Toronto workers could expect big salary increases..Smart Speakers with Matt Gurney and Amie Archibal-Varley

In a two part-conversation we hear first from Haley MacDonald the acting director of Operaton Grow in Midland - a unique indoor vertical farm. She is then joined by Farm Lead Courtney Abela to explain how the work that's done there helps some women navigate beyond trauma to healing; For correctional officers, a high level of stress comes with the job. Naz Alavi, who teaches Psychology at Queen's University, tells us how free online therapy is now available; The first semester of university or college is an exciting time of new experiences, new friends, and increased independence. But it's also a time of increased instances of sexual assault. Kayla Ham, a student at Wilfred Laurier University and a member of the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance explains why she supports the creation of Consent Awareness Week, to clarify when and why consent is needed. Dr. Iris Gorfinkel talks about a new study that lists some serious health risks associated with staying up to late and not getting enough sleep.

After a week of dramatic testimony and revelations which made national news, the MCC is looking to be much quieter as we end the month of June. Today, there was a seven-person roundtable discussion on the mental health needs of families and communities after a mass casualty incident. On Thursday, there will be a similar discussion, focused on the needs of first responders after a mass casualty. Part of the mandate for the Commission is to examine issues around supports offered to the families of victims, affected citizens, police personnel, and the community. That means that there is a requirement to try to understand what supports might have been seen to be effective in other cases, and to compare them to what has happened in Nova Scotia following the shootings. Like with other areas that are to be studied, the MCC has taken that requirement and adopted a very (and perhaps overly) thorough approach. There was no discussion of the specific events of the mass casualty of April 18-19, 2020 in Nova Scotia. Instead, the discussion (which lasted nearly five hours) was a broadly based one that brought in other examples of tragedies in other places, such as Norway, the 9/11 attacks in New York, and the Swiss Air crash of the coast of Nova Scotia. The discussion was lead by Dr. Emma Cunliffe, who is the Research and Policy Director for the MCC. There were seven panelists (or, rather, roundtable participants) for the discussion. They were Grete Dyb from the University of Oslo, Levant Alten from Victim Support Europe, Mary Fetchet from Voices Centre for Resilience (a 9/11 support group), Great Village resident and former Norther Zone Grief Coordinator Serena Lewis, Megan McElheran from Wayfound Mental Health Group, Terry Mitchell from Wilfred Laurier University, and University of New York Associate Professor Jaclyn Schildkraut. The introduction portion of the discussion took half an hour to complete.

Dr. Hind A. Al-Abadleh is a University Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Wilfred Laurier University. She's also an award-winning researcher! Dr. Hind Al-Abadleh's most recent recognition was the inaugural Gilead Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion from the Canadian Society for Chemistry. Her research looks at the unanswered questions around air quality, atmospheric chemistry and geochemistry. Her work teaches us the chemistry found in atmospheric aerosols and soil. Dr. Hind Al-Abadleh joins Earth Care to explain what an aerosol is, what human-caused aerosols are, and their effect on climate change. SUBSCRIBE for the latest: https://bit.ly/3dCVyDi SUBSCRIBE to the Earth Care Podcast: https://ihr.fm/3HqT73z Visit Dr. Hind A. Al-Abadleh: https://bit.ly/3OuJJ3F Check out Dr. Hind A. Al-Abadleh's book: https://bit.ly/3txUjxQ Connect on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3MtrfhU Connect on Twitter: @LaurierResearch Follow Earth Care on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3sSQK32 Follow Sarah Christie on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39K9z0K

March 31st 2022 Equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives are often characterized as a “hallmark of the neoliberal university,” and a “non-critical, anti-theoretical and ahistorical answer to managing difference” (“Equity, Diversity, Inclusion: A Dialogue with Human Rights and Decolonization,” a roundtable hosted by Wilfred Laurier University on November 13, 2020). In this contribution to the SNID […]

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How do you communicate in a way that people will remember? What can we learn from the intersection between biblical truth and neuroscience about how we retain information? Today I'm joined by author Charles Stone, and we talk about his latest book If Jesus Gave a TED Talk: Eight Neuroscience Principles the Master Teacher Used to Persuade His Audience. We talk about:  The eight components of a memorable talk that lead to healthy learning What we can learn from the teaching and storytelling of Jesus that can help us grow as communicators How the brain continues to change and grow even as we get older Specific ways communicators can ensure that their message is one that people will remember and retain If you want people to not only remember your message but take action on it, this episode will give you powerful ideas to help you improve as a communicator. Connect with Charles Stone:To learn more about Charles, his books, and for free resources, visit www.charlesstone.com. Charles has been a pastor for 40 years serving as Lead Pastor, a Teaching Pastor, an Associate Pastor, and as a Church Planter. He's the author of seven books, which you can learn more about here. Charles has been married to Sherryl for 41 years, and they have three grown children and three grandchildren. He earned an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His most recent degree is an executive masters in the neuroscience of leadership from The Neuroleadership Institute. He is completing a post-baccalaureate certificate in Therapeutic Models of Mindfulness from Wilfred Laurier University and has also completed a graduate certificate in Mind, Brain, and Teaching from Johns Hopkins University. He is currently enrolled in the PhD program at Columbia Biblical Seminary and is researching stress in pastors. REALIFE Resources:If you're ready to discover what matters to you, download our  FREE Intro to REALIFE Needs and Values Assessment. You'll gain clarity on what you uniquely need to create a life and career you love. REALIFE Process Facilitator Network™The REALIFE Process Facilitator Network is open for applications! If you're looking to go deeper personally in your REALIFE and have the desire to serve others and multiply your impact, check out how to be certified as a REALIFE Process Facilitator™! Support the Podcast–Leave us a ReviewAre you growing as a result of listening to the podcast? The greatest compliment you can pay us is to share it with a friend and leave a review on iTunes. Click here and scroll down to Customer Reviews to leave a word on what you've found to be helpful as you're listening in!  Connect further with the REALIFE Process®:Join the FREE REALIFE Process® Community - continue podcast topics discussions with Facebook LIVEs and guest interviews  Connect with your host, Teresa McCloy on:Facebook-  The REALIFE Process® with Teresa McCloy  Instagram- teresa.mccloy  LinkedIn- teresamccloy  About Teresa McCloy:Teresa McCloy is the creator of the REALIFE Process®, an ACC Executive Coach, and an IEA Accredited Enneagram Professional who helps entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders discover and live out their best REALIFE! She has worked with clients from all over the world to help them bring clarity to their REALIFE and joy to their REALWORK!

About Charles Stone:Both my wife Sherryl and I have a heart for pastors and pastors' wives. We've taught hundreds of pastors and their wives in the United States, Canada, Nicaragua, Colombia, Haiti, Cuba, and Mexico.I've been a pastor for 40 years serving as Lead Pastor, a Teaching Pastor, an Associate Pastor, and as a Church Planter.I earned an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. My most recent degree is an executive masters in the neuroscience of leadership from The Neuroleadership Institute. I'm completing a post-baccalaureate certificate in Therapeutic Models of Mindfulness from Wilfred Laurier University and have completed a graduate certificate in Mind, Brain, and Teaching from Johns Hopkins University. I'm currently enrolled in the PhD program at Columbia Biblical Seminary and am researching stress in pastors.I've been professionally trained in these areas by these organizations: Professional coaching through the Professional Christian Coaching Institute (ACC certified under the International Coaching Federation) Strategic Planning through Ministry Advantage (certified) Vision Clarity through the Church Unique Process with Auxano (certified) Conflict Management through Peacemakers Brain Based Leadership through the Neuroleadership Institute and the Academy of Brain-Based Leadership I'm the author of 6 books with another coming the fall of 2021. Every Pastor's First 180 Days: How to Start and Stay Strong in a New Church Role (Equip Press, 2019) Holy Noticing: The Bible, Your Brain, and the Mindful Space Between Moments (Moody, 2019) Brain-Savvy Leadership: the Science of Significant Ministry (Abingdon, 2015) People Pleasing Pastors: Avoiding Pitfalls of Approval Motivated Leadership (Inter-Varsity Press, January 2014) 5 Ministry Killers and How to Defeat Them (Bethany House, 2010),  Daughters Gone Wild – Dads Gone Crazy (W Publishing/Thomas Nelson, 2007) I enjoy reading about neuroscience and going to the movies with Sherryl, my wife of 40 years (I always gets the jumbo bag of popcorn with a free refill). We have three grown children; Heather, Joshua (who is married to Deborah) and Tiffany. We also enjoy our three grandchildren, Judah, Rebecca, and Hannah.One canine, Sammy, also makes his home with us in London, Ontario.

Wilfred Laurier University sports psychologist and Peak Resilience registered clinical counsellor Jennifer Hollinshead discuss American gymnast Simone Biles' decision to withdraw from two Olympic events in order to prioritize her mental health. Health minister Adrian Dix, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Interior Health medical health officer Dr. Sue Pollock announce a COVID-19 outbreak in the Central Okanagan region, and a number of region-specific measures including mandatory masks in indoor public areas and discouraging non-essential travel to the area; UBC evolutionary biologist and COVID-19 modeling specialist Sally Otto reacts.

Dolf Dejong began in his role as CEO of the Toronto Zoo in September 2018. His focus and leadership revolves around his commitment to raising the Zoo's profile, including the development of a new Strategic Plan with a focus on saving wildlife, igniting passion, delivering exceptional guest experiences, connecting to the community and revolutionizing technology. Previously, Dolf held senior positions at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) in Hamilton and with Ontario Parks. Dolf has a Masters of Environmental Studies from Wilfred Laurier University, a Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from Brock University.

Joe is a professional board game designer and author of the #1 international best-selling book, The Board Game Designer's Guide, along with 2 other books on game design. He has taught Game Design and Development at Wilfred Laurier University and runs the Board Game Design Course, an online course for new game designers. Joe's newest book, The Board Game Designer's Guide: Careers in the Industry, launched this week. To check out Joe's newest book, follow this link: https://board-game-design-course.myshopify.com/products/the-board-game-designers-guide-to-careers-in-the-industry?fbclid=IwAR0rVIfSmX5SrO9Y0Ygz8PMebrVWOns9dkFDimWYmWOoA2KaPO7wc4zzh94 (https://board-game-design-course.myshopify.com/products/the-board-game-designers-guide-to-careers-in-the-industry?fbclid=IwAR0rVIfSmX5SrO9Y0Ygz8PMebrVWOns9dkFDimWYmWOoA2KaPO7wc4zzh94)

It's been more than a year of massive spending by the federal and provincial governments to keep people afloat in the midst of a global pandemic. The result, record debts and soaring deficits. But who will pay for it all in the end? Joining us with their thoughts are Wilfred Laurier University's Tammy Schirle; economist Jeff Rubin; and University of Toronto's April Franco. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastors and church leaders often fall into the trap of people-pleasing. Charles Stone’s research on thousands of pastors and ministry leaders demonstrates the dangers of approval-motivated leadership. Bringing together biblical insights and neuroscience findings, Stone shows why we fall into people-pleasing patterns and what we can do to overcome these tendencies. With practical tools for individuals and teams, Stone offers concrete resources to help you and your leadership minimize people-pleasing and have more effective ministry. Visit www.charlesstone.com. People can go to the site, sign up for his blog posts for free and get some freebies by signing up Both my wife Sherryl and I have a heart for pastors and pastors’ wives. We’ve taught hundreds of pastors and their wives in the United States, Canada, Nicaragua, Colombia, Haiti, Cuba, and Mexico. I’ve been a pastor for 40 years serving as Lead Pastor, a Teaching Pastor, an Associate Pastor, and as a Church Planter. I earned an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. My most recent degree is an executive masters in the neuroscience of leadership from The Neuroleadership Institute. I’m completing a post-baccalaureate certificate in Therapeutic Models of Mindfulness from Wilfred Laurier University and a graduate certificate in Mind, Brain, and Teaching from Johns Hopkins University. I’ve been professionally trained in these areas by these organizations: Professional coaching through the Professional Christian Coaching Institute (ACC certified under the International Coaching Federation)Strategic Planning through Ministry Advantage (certified)Vision Clarity through the Church Unique Process with Auxano (certified)Conflict Management through PeacemakersBrain Based Leadership through the Neuroleadership Institute and the Academy of Brain-Based Leadership

Ken Paradis is an Associate Professor at Wilfred Laurier University in Brantford Ontario. Before coming to Laurier, Ken spent time working at Palcky University in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, as well as at McMaster, SUNY Buffalo, and Dalhousie. While teaching at Laurier Brantford Ken has taught or administered in several programs including English, Contemporary Studies, and Cultural Analysis and Social Theory (CAST). Ken has a particularly interesting perspective to me regarding the Christian faith as he's taken a bit of a deep dive into understanding Christian pop culture. A big part of his study of Christianity focuses on the history of Evangelical Christianity, especially as it relates to and expresses North American working-class cultural identity. Ken is a fantastic speaker and listener and has a ton of interesting things to say. If you're studying at Laurier and have any elective credits next semester, maybe join me in taking his class on Moby Dick. (Even if you're not a Laurier student, you can always sign up to "audit" the class like me and still enjoy the class).

Ken Paradis is an Associate Professor at Wilfred Laurier University in Brantford Ontario. Before coming to Laurier, Ken spent time working at Palcky University in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, as well as at McMaster, SUNY Buffalo, and Dalhousie. While teaching at Laurier Brantford Ken has taught or administered in several programs including English, Contemporary Studies, and Cultural Analysis and Social Theory (CAST). Ken has a particularly interesting perspective to me regarding the Christian faith as he's taken a bit of a deep dive into understanding Christian pop culture. A big part of his study of Christianity focuses on the history of Evangelical Christianity, especially as it relates to and expresses North American working-class cultural identity. Ken is a fantastic speaker and listener and has a ton of interesting things to say. If you're studying at Laurier and have any elective credits next semester, maybe join me in taking his class on Moby Dick. (Even if you're not a Laurier student, you can always sign up to "audit" the class like me and still enjoy the class).

     Play any fun games during Covid? If so, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that my guest tonight, Dr. Scott Nicholson, has played it too. Dr. Nicholson is a professor at Wilfred Laurier University where he teaches game design and development. He loves escape rooms and has designed a World Champion escape room for Red Bull. We talk about games, teaching through games, art and the complexities of blending your hobby with your career. He a lovely, genuine guy with a kind heart and a deep desire to make those around him have fun and enjoy games.Ladies and Gentlemen, I am excited to introduce you to Dr. Scott Nicholson.

Louise Bernice Halfe, whose Cree name is Sky Dancer, is married with two adult children and three grandsons. Raised on the Saddle Lake Reserve in Alberta, she attended Blue Quills Residential School before earning a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Regina. She completed two years of Nechi Training in St. Albert’s Nechi Institute: Centre of Indigenous Learning, where she has also facilitated the program. Halfe has been awarded honorary degrees from Wilfred Laurier University, the University of Saskatchewan, and Mount Royal University. As well as serving as Saskatchewan’s Poet Laureate for two years, she’s been a keynote speaker at numerous conferences. In this podcast, Halfe reads to us from her four books, Bear Bones and Feathers, Blue Marrow, The Crooked Good, and Burning In This Midnight Dream. All have received numerous accolades and awards, and will be reprinted next year by Brick Books and Kegedonce Press. A collection of selected poems, Sôhkêyihta (which means “have courage” or “be strong”), was published by Wilfred Laurier in 2018, and an eagerly awaited new collection, awâsis -- kinky and dishevelled will be released on April 1st, 2021, by Brick Books. Halfe’s poetry earned her a Lifetime Achievement Award from the League of Canadian Poets, and last year, she received the 2020 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence. The jury of the Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize describe her literary impact in the following way: “Halfe’s poetics refuse the hierarchies of colonial literary critique, instead affirming the equality of the contemporary, the ancestral, and the mythological; holding a multiplicity of cosmologies and quotidian realities as relevant and urgent…” Thus, they go on, “Her work cannot be assimilated in the canon of contemporary Canadian literature; instead, it must be ingested, transforming our collective literature on a cellular level, reimagining our identities, languages, and memories as denizens of Turtle Island.”

Joe is a professional board game designer and author of the #1 international best-selling book, The Board Game Designer's Guide, along with 2 other books on game design. He has taught Game Design and Development at Wilfred Laurier University and runs the Board Game Design Course, an online course for new game designers. He has published multiple games, and now focuses his efforts on helping budding new designers understand the various facets of getting a game to market. For a link to Joe's course, go to boardgamedesigncourse.com

This is Episode 3 of  aspecial series on Coming back Stronger sponsored by Microsoft. In our first two episodes we talked about how companies can come back stronger, and how workers can build the resilience to cope with their new stresses. Today we look much longer term and address the reality that tomorrow's workforce will have to continuously ramp up their education and skills over their lifetimes. Accepting that that will have to happen, what role can post-secondary educations play in that? Traditionally we have thought about four-years-and-you're-done for a lot of people but if that's over, will both individuals and institutions be ready to step up? Our guest today is is  Deborah MacLatchy, who is  the President of Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. She believes that if we are to keep skills updated in a world where things are changing fast then part of the solution has to come from our educational institutions and she is changing the one she leads to make good on that. Guest: Deborah MacLatchy was appointed president and vice-chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University on July 1, 2017. As president of Laurier, she has spearheaded the development of a five-year institutional strategic plan. Laurier Strategy:...

Shannon McDowell, puzzle maker and escape room designer, discusses what designers and publishers need to think about when designing puzzle games and games with puzzles in them.Shannon has done a ton of research on puzzles and how they relate to culture and cultural biases for Wilfred Laurier University. And she has a great system for defining and... The post Puzzles in Games with Shannon McDowell appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.

David McDonald, a professor of Global Development Studies at Queens University in Kingston talks about his new e-book on access to clean water during the pandemic: "Public Water and Covid-19: Dark Clouds and Silver Linings"; Infection control epidemiologist Colin Furness explains the concept of a 'circuit breaker' lockdown and how it can be used to fight the spread of the coronavirus; We get two perspectives on the continuing outbreak at Simcoe Manor in Beeton, south of Barrie. First from Sandra Mason whose 90 year-old husband is in care there and then from Sharlene Stewart President of SEIU Healthcare, the largest union representing staff in the province's long term care facilities; Wilfred Laurier University criminologist explains his research that he hopes will help Netflix improve the algorithms that attempt to predict what we want to watch; Jordan Press of the Canadian Press discusses Canada's relationship with the incoming Biden administration and the new broadband initiative announced by the federal government; Paul Burn of the Canadian Gaming Association discusses new legislation brought in by the Government of Ontario to regulate online gambling; Joanna Dermenjian of Kingston discusses her research in to the history of Red Cross quilts that were made by volunteers for soldiers and others during World War Two.

Angel Bilagot is a registered Psychotherapist and Drama Therapist. She is also a mother to four beautifully rambunctious boys. Angel graduate from Wilfred Laurier University with a combined degree of Psychology and Theatre. She completed her Master's Degree from Concordia University, specializing in Drama Therapy. Angel continued her training in Drama Therapy in New York City, while working as a therapist at the PTSD Clinic in New Haven, Connecticut. Angel's professional experiences have provided her the opportunity to work, teach and develop programs for environments such as the Jewish General Hospital (Montreal), The Canadian Institute for Neuro Integrative Development (Montreal), The Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter, and The University of Alberta (Edomonton). In this interview, Angel shares how she has turned her dream of creating a Creative Arts Center as a Community focused Mental Health practice into a reality. She founded The CO. in October of 2019. In spite of the pandemic, which has caused her to shift her business model just slightly, she has found creative and safe ways to educate her community about the importance of the arts and mental health. The CO. serves as a proactive space for health and well being through immersive arts programming, exhibitions, and performances. Creative arts therapy services are also available. In our conversation, she shares how she is using the arts programming to break down stigma and increase access to mental health services through exposure. RESOURCES: Angelbilagot.com Angel's Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/angelbilagotrdt/ Angel's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/angel_the_therapist/ www.thecochatham.com The CO.'s Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thecochatham The CO.'s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecochatham/

Your experiences and advice about how to handle conflicts with friends and family when you don't agree on what's safe in a pandemic. With Dr. Joanna Henderson and Natasha O'Neill, editor of the student newspaper at Wilfred Laurier University

Greg is the Founder & Head Coach at The 1440, an online, personal coaching fitness program. His journey began as a varsity football athlete at Wilfred Laurier University where he discovered his love for training. From here, he transitioned from varsity athlete, to strength coach, to working full time at a tech startup, before branching out on his own with The 1440. The one habit that remained consistent throughout all these changes was training. Greg preaches the importance of prioritizing fitness, showcased in the name which serves as a reminder that we all have the same 1440 minutes in a day. The onus is on us to use them wisely. We talk to Greg about the science and psychology behind dieting and working out, and his experiences from the tech world that has helped him succeed with his fitness venture. To quote Greg: “Your best is yet to come. Get what you came for.” So click play and get what you came for! Timestamps 3:50 - The Story Behind “The 1440” 7:00 - How People Tend to Approach Fitness 14:45 - How To Be a Good Trainer 16:30 - Diet Trends & Why Most Diets Fail 29:00 - Working at a Tech Start-Up (Vidyard) 35:00 - What would you tell your younger self about quitting your job? 41:05 - Tech & the future of fitness 52:30 - Supplements & PEDs 1:02:00 - Transitioning away from being a varsity athlete 1:10:08 - Best story from the gridiron 1:13:00 - Lightning Round --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In the final episode of the Fight for Women's Rights in Canada I ask Tarah Brookfield, a professor from Wilfred Laurier University from the Faculty of History and Youth and Children Studies, about gender quotas and diversity in workplaces, professorship applications, Indigenous women's rights in Canada, as well as the Grand River First Nations' system. I also ask her about how transgenderism may be affecting women's rights, and what may be the best type of relationship for children's prosperity and stability. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/may-cooper/message

Onwards! The fight for women's rights continues, with its interesting turns in the Canadian political arena of the 1900s. In this 4-part series, Professor Tarah Brookfield from Wilfred Laurier University unravels her research and vast knowledge of the subject in Part 3 with Changemakers. The history of the suffragist movement in Canada for women is a subject not to be forgotten or overlooked. We got this far for getting the vote, equality, and freedom. Men and women should not let their guard down, and keep fighting for our life-freedoms. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/may-cooper/message

This weeks episode is about the Power of Running and Exercise and the positive effects it can have on one's mental health. Enter Dan McGann. Dann is a psychotherapist in Ontario who started a fantastic run program for teens with mental health concerns. The program includes, as well,  high-conflict, chaotic families systems.  Dan started the running program as an adjunct to traditional counseling or psychotherapy.  Check out his documentary on Amazon Prime. It's called Run Rx. See for yourself what a little commitment and exercise can do for one's sense of confidence and mastery.  Mad love!   Dan's  Information and Bio:  Dan McGann, MSW, RSW Child, Adolescent, Individual and Family Therapist Private Practice Psychotherapist 168 Queen St South, Suite 208 Mississauga, ON., L5M 1K8 Phone: 416 970 2396 Web: www.danmcganntherapy.com Dan has been a practicing child and family therapist now for over 30 years. Dan completed his undergraduate degree in psychology at Wilfred Laurier University and 1981 and his Masters in Social Work from University of Toronto in 1987. His first 5 years of practice was at the world-renowned Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. There, Dan worked in various areas that included; Kidney transplant and dialysis, general surgery, general paediatrics, and for 3 years on the paediatric plastics and burn unit.  In November of 1991 Dan moved to The Credit Valley Hospital here in Mississauga where he continued his work in paediatrics but also in Adolescent Psychiatry and Family Therapy Program.  After suffering through a major depressive episode himself in his late 30s Dan began to take up running as a part of his recovery. After completing his first full marathon in May of 2006 Dan felt so good he started the first ever Teen Run Group Therapy Program. This has been running now for over 16 years and has received much media coverage in the Toronto Star, City TV, Chatelaine, Runner’s World and Canadian Running magazines. Dan retired from the hospital in March of 2013 but continues to run the Run Program there. He now devotes his time primarily to his busy private practice office in Streetsville where he sees teens, parents, couples and individuals. Articles and videos Here is a Toronto Star Article on the run group http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2011/12/02/teen_suicide_chasing_down_demons.htmlHere is the City TV coverage from 2007 – (excuse my hair-very 80's)   http://www.citynews.ca/2010/11/30/blinded-by-the-dark-part-2-citynews-explores-teen-depression-2/

In this new 4-part series, Professor Tarah Brookfield from Wilfred Laurier University joins Changemakers to talk about the history of the suffragist movement in Canada, and the leading men and women who made a difference in this field. This episode focuses on the first women who made the break act of casting their ballots, among interesting stories behind the issue of women's rights and how it affected every aspect of a woman's life in 19th century Canada. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/may-cooper/message

Chapter 1: The Canada Emergency Response Benefit pays people $2,000 a month if they're out of work because of COVID-19, but it also allows people to earn up to $1,000 a month without losing their eligibility.  So this has actually created an incentive for people to avoid earning more than $1,000, and now the government has to figure out an exit strategy. Guest: Tammy Schirle, Professor of Economics at Wilfred Laurier University. Chapter 2: Today the Park Board will vote on an alcohol consumption pilot that would allow drinking Vancouver parks this summer. The catch? If passed, it won't apply to all parks - just 10 select locations around the city. Guest: Niki Reitmayer Chapter 3: Several US states reported their highest COVID-19 numbers yet over the weekend, Florida with over 11,000 new cases reported on Saturday, and Texas breaking their record number as well. Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent Chapter 4: That was Colette Gerber with the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver speaking with Jill Bennett.  Sales may be up but prices aren't moving very much, real estate analyst Dane Eitel, the founder of Eitel Insights joins us with his thoughts. Guest: Dane Eitel, founder of Eitel Insights. Chapter 5: Prosecutors want Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in court on Friday.  The socialite is facing charges associated with grooming young women to be sexually abused by the billionaire, and the prosecution is concerned she poses a flight risk. Guest: Paul Viollis, Law Enforcement and Security Analyst with CBS. Chapter 6: Apparently we're seeing way more mosquitoes in Metro Vancouver this year, and they've called in the cavalry to tackle the problem. Guest: Shaun Calver, mosquito controller at Morrow Bioscience. Chapter 7: In this current climate, why would any law enforcement officer think it's a good idea to make racially insensitive jokes on social media? Yet alas, an RCMP officer in Kamloops posted pictures of himself wearing a charcoal skin-care face mask. Guest: Chad Haggerty, former RCMP officer (current student at law with a criminal defense firm)

Vince Accardi of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada what needs to be done to help salvage the 2020 summer season; Our Queen's Park reporter outlines what to expect as much of the province begins stage 2 of reopening; Chantal Tranchemontagne explains her role as a legal observer at a recent demonstration against racism and police violence in Cornwall; Dr. Lesley Barron, a surgeon at Georgetown Hospital, has not seen her mother who is long term care in Fergus, for months. She makes the case that the province should be permitting access at locations that aren't dealing with any active cases of COVID-19; How would redirecting part of police budgets to social services affect the crime rate? We ask Michael Kempa is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa; Our happiness columnist Jennifer Moss explains why touch is so important to us humans; What options does the federal government have if it wishes to continue to offer financial aid when the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit - CERB - program ends? We ask Tammy Schirle an economist at Wilfred Laurier University; Dan Taylor the Economic Development Catalyst for the town of Innisfil tells us how they have collaborated with Ryerson University's DMZ, a business incubator.

Katie Mitchell, PhD cand., MScPT, CAT(C)  Thrive NeurosportTHE BRAIN DOES IT ALLKatie is a powerhouse in the concussion research and recovery field. She is a registered physiotherapist and athletic therapist and creator of The athlete brain series. Talking concussion from the evolution of the consensus statement to action-coupling rehabilitation and all things in between. Katie is currently undertaking her PhD at Wilfred Laurier University with a focus on motion, balance and vestibular-ocular response in concussion.

Tonya Hall sits down with Dr. Shohini Ghose, professor of physics and computer science and founding director of the Center for Women in Science at Wilfred Laurier University, to learn more about how great science is done by everyone. FOLLOW US  - Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf - Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy - Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ZDNet_CBSi - Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zdnet-com/ - Follow ZDNet on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/zdnet_cbsi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On the February 11 London Live podcast: Wilfred Laurier University journalism professor Simon Kiss and University of British Columbia’s Dr. Michael Curry debunk misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak. Global News’ Mike Arsenault went ‘snow kiting,’ and loved it.

The Advertising Project, a student group at Wilfred Laurier University in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, invited April and I from Now Creative Group to speak on a panel about careers and entrepreneurship in the marketing and advertising industry. This is a full audio recording of the panel discussion, followed by questions from the students.

Jackie grew up dancing, but knew that it wasn't what she wanted to devote her life to, so she went to business school at Wilfred Laurier University. She was a teaching assistant, and even though she was terrified of public speaking, she realized she loved to teach. Jackie started working in brand management after university, loved the work and lifestyle downtown, but then left to pursue project management. She shares her true motivations for moving on more openly than most of us can; she wanted more money, a title that demanded respect, and the opportunity to grow. After two years there, she still wasn't happy or fulfilled and found herself being called to work in fitness instead, at a barre3 studio where she truly felt at home. Jackie explores the physical symptoms her body was experiencing when she needed to leave a job that wasn't good for her, but she also shares the mindset that plays devil's advocate to our gut feelings and keeps us stuck. We also chat about the effect that Instagram has on our lives and the role it plays in the fitness industry specifically. Jackie describes how elusive the ideal concept of balance is, how difficult it is to receive negative feedback at work, and the power of feedback in the moment. As freelancers we discuss how to choose clients, juggling workloads and the beauty of Google Calendar colour blocking.  TOPICS EXPLORED IN THIS EPISODE: How Jackie determined dancing wasn't her thing [ 3:17 ] The gift that being a teaching assistant gave Jackie [ 4:34 ] Checking the boxes to have the job in downtown Toronto [ 6:56 ] The true motivation behind moving into project management [ 7:37 ] When Jackie knew she needed to leave corporate to work at barre3 [ 9:50 ] The “is this all there is?” moment for Jackie [ 11:08 ] The physical symptoms that prompted Jackie to leave a job [ 17:17 ] The mindset trap that keeps us in bad jobs [ 21:09 ] You never know fully what you are walking into [ 27:00 ]  Instagram is no longer instant [ 29:22 ] The social media challenges of fitness [ 32:30 ]  The elusive concept of balance [ 39:30 ] Why it's so difficult to commit full-time to fitness [ 46:40 ]  The power of feedback in the moment [ 55:40 ] Constant juggling in freelancing [ 1:01:44 ] Blocking off a day for your sanity [ 1:05:15 ]   Jackie's Quotable: Don't be afraid to ask.    I was an otherwise intelligent woman, except for the fact that I was so worried about what everyone else was thinking about me. ========== Connect with Jackie: Jackie's Business Website: www.ponytailmail.ca  Business Instagram: @ponytailmail Personal Instagram: @jmarwahchow ========== Learn more about barre3: Website: www.barre3.com  Toronto Studios' Instagram: @barre3toronto ========== Books mentioned in this episode: We Need to Talk by Celeste Headlee ========== Connect with Kattie: Online: www.kattiethorndyke.com Instagram: @kattiethorndyke LinkedIn: @kattiethorndyke

Aboriginal people have been systematically targeted for assimilation into Canadian society since colonization began. Residential schools and child apprehensions were used to remove children from their parents. In addition, thousands of Indigenous women were sterilized, many without their prior knowledge or consent. Karen Stote is the author of An Act of Genocide, published by Fernwood. She is an assistant professor at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.

Aboriginal people have been systematically targeted for assimilation into Canadian society since colonization began. Residential schools and child apprehensions were used to remove children from their parents. In addition, thousands of Indigenous women were sterilized, many without their prior knowledge or consent. Karen Stote is the author of An Act of Genocide, published by Fernwood. She is an assistant professor at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.

We have the vision. We have the policy. How do we support our school leaders to develop rich and vibrant cultures of inclusion in their schools? What are the dispositions, skills and tools necessary? And what happens when we continue to embrace this work?Joining the conversation are Steve Sider, Maggie Parker and Carolyn Treadgold. Steve Sider is Associate Professor at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario (https://www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-education/faculty-profiles/steve-sider/index.html)Maggie Parker is a principal in the Halton District School Board (http://hdsb.ca)Carolyn Treadgold is a principal and a Professional Learning Specialist at the Ontario Principals Council (https://www.principals.ca)

Quantum computers could transform our lives. Based on a branch of Physics that even Einstein found "spooky", the machines are still in their infancy. But governments and corporations are spending billions trying to turn them into workable technology. Neal Razzell finds out why by talking to four experts: Shohini Ghose, Professor of Physics and Computer Science at Wilfred Laurier University in Canada Stephanie Wehner, Professor in Quantum Information at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands Winifried Hensinger, Professor or Quantum Technologies at the University of Sussex Jonathan Dowling, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Louisiana and author of 'Quantum Technology - The Second Quantum Revolution' and 'Schrödinger's Killer App - Race to Build the World's First Quantum Computer'. Image: Professor Winfried Hensinger with a quantum computer prototype at the University of Sussex. Credit: Ion Quantum Technology Group, University of Sussex, UK.

Brandon Nussey, Chief Financial Officer at Lightspeed POS At Lightspeed, Brandon oversees Finance, Legal, HR, IT and Payment Operations. He recently led Lightspeed's $240M (CDN) IPO on the TSX, one of the largest in last 10 years on the TSX. Prior to Lightspeed, Brandon has held many senior finance positions, serving as the CFO of Desire2Learn, Tsavo Media and Descartes Systems Group. Brandon is an operationally minded CFO with experience in public markets, raising capital and M&A. Brandon obtained his CPA, CA designation while at KPMG and holds a Honours Business Administration Degree from Wilfred Laurier University. On this episode of The Backbone, I chat with Brandon about: His journey into tech from KPMG to being in several CFO roles at various technology companies including the publicly-traded Descartes Systems Group, Desire2Learn and now Lightspeed HQ. Lightspeed and what the company does What its like to be a public company CFO and how that experience helps in subsequent roles of high growth technology companies. The process and the biggest learnings of taking Lightspeed public on the TSX and the lead up to it. The considerations you have to evaluate, beyond strategic fit, when considering an acquisition. What it means to be a global organization from managing payroll across multiple jurisdictions or serving customers and dealing with cross-border tax issues. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/backbone/message

Dr. Steve Sider is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Wilfred Laurier University. Steve's recent article in The Conversation explores the pillars of school leadership that help us reaffirm our commitment to every child in every school——everyday! Here's a link to Dr. Sider's piece in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/every-child-matters-what-principals-need-to-effectively-lead-inclusive-schools-114249Follow Dr. Sider on Twitter: @drstevesider

Before she was appointed as an independent Senator in 2016, Kim Pate was already a powerful and outspoken voice for marginalized people in Canada, especially women and girls caught up in the criminal justice and prison system. For over 35 years Kim has advocated for policies and practices that lead to fairer, more positive outcomes, and has recently fought against segregation and solitary confinement. She is also the host of a new podcast: Appointed. Senator Pate joins Ben to discuss the deeper and often personal journey of reform and justice in Canada. About the Guest Kim Pate was appointed to the Senate of Canada on November 10, 2016. First and foremost, the mother of Michael and Madison, she is also a nationally renowned advocate who has spent the last 35 years working in and around the legal and penal systems of Canada, with and on behalf of some of the most marginalized, victimized, criminalized and institutionalized — particularly imprisoned youth, men and women. Senator Pate graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1984 with honours in the Clinical Law Programme and has completed post graduate work in the area of forensic mental health. She was the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) from January 1992 until her appointment to the Senate in November 2016. CAEFS is a federation of local societies who provide services and work in coalition with Aboriginal women, women with mental health issues and other disabling conditions, young women, visible minority and immigrant women, poor women and those isolated and otherwise deprived of potential sources of support. Prior to her work with CAEFS, she worked with youth and men in a number of capacities with the local John Howard Society in Calgary, as well as the national office. She has developed and taught Prison Law, Human Rights and Social Justice and Defending Battered Women on Trial courses at the Faculties of Law at the University of Ottawa, Dalhousie University and the University of Saskatchewan. She also occupied the Sallows Chair in Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 2014 and 2015. Kim Pate is widely credited as the driving force behind the Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston, headed by Justice Louise Arbour. During the Inquiry, she supported women as they aired their experiences and was a critical resource and witness in the Inquiry itself. She also persuaded the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to initiate the Self-Defence Review and appoint the Honourable Madam Justice Lynn Ratushny to review the convictions and sentences of women jailed for using lethal force to defend themselves and/or their children against abusive men. She then worked tirelessly in pursuit of the implementation of the many positive recommendations from both. Senator Pate has been instrumental in building coalitions across the country with other equality-seeking women’s, anti-racism, anti-poverty and human rights groups and organizations; and, in this capacity, has worked with feminist legal scholars, lawyers, other professionals and front-line advocates and activists — from Indigenous communities to transition house and rape crisis centre workers. Kim Pate is a member of the Order of Canada, a recipient of the Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case, the Canadian Bar Associations’s Bertha Wilson Touchstone Award, and five honourary doctorates (Law Society of Upper Canada, University of Ottawa, Carleton University, St. Thomas University and Wilfred Laurier University) and numerous other awards. Her extensive list of publications, national and international speaking engagements and her strategic intervention and advocacy for substantive equality testify to her commitment to broader social, economic and cultural change. She continues to make significant contributions to public education around the issues of women’s inequality and discriminatory treatment within social, economic and criminal justice spheres. Senator Pate strongly believes that the contributions of women who have experienced marginalization, discrimination and oppression should be recognized and respected and she seeks to credit and empower women. She maintains contact with women in prison through her numerous visits to Canada’s federal prisons and strongly encourages other advocates, scholars, service providers, judges and parliamentarians to ground their efforts in a similar way. Senator Pate lives in Ottawa, Ontario. Learn more about Kim or follow her on Twitter (@KPateontheHill).

David Chan Smith, associate professor of history at Wilfred Laurier University, presents on contrasts in corruption between dynasties of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI.

Don McKellar and Tina Keeper and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Through Black Spruce, residential school and family history, responsibility of Canadians, a lack of understanding and stories and truth. Trailer Synopsis The film was shot on location in Moosonee, Moose Cree First Nation, Sudbury, Atikameksheng Anishinawbek First Nation, Killarney and Toronto, Ontario and it’s a ‘Collaboration and reconciliation,’ says producer Tina Keeper. ‘That’s what this production was all about. Indigenous and non-indigenous filmmakers coming together to tell a story that mattered to everyone.’ It’s the project she’s been building towards since founding Kistikan Pictures back in 2010, in partnership with Buffalo Gal Pictures in Winnipeg. The company is dedicated to the development and production of film and television with Indigenous artists. Based on the Giller Award-winning novel of the same name by Joseph Boyden, Through Black Spruce is a story of identity and survival. The disappearance of a young Indigenous woman named Suzanne Bird triggers events in two worlds: in Moosonee, the remote Northern Ontario community she fled years ago, and Toronto, where she modelled for a while before vanishing into the ether. Her sister Annie is a hunter, a fiercely-independent woman who’s always resented her weaker twin. But their mother’s despair sends her south to retrace Suzanne’s steps. Her life in Moosonee soon recedes as she’s drawn into the glittering “artists and models” scene her sister left behind. Meanwhile, her uncle Will copes with the dangerous consequences of Suzanne’s disappearance… and comes up against the ghosts of his own private tragedy. The two worlds finally collide in the fallout from the missing woman's troubled life. Biography Don McKellar Don McKellar was born in Canada and has had a varied career as a writer, director and actor. He was the screenwriter of Roadkill and Highway 61, and co-writer of Dance Me Outside, the Genie Award-winning Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould and The Red Violin (he also appeared in the latter two). He received a Genie Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role in Atom Egoyan’s Exotica and the Prix de la Jeunesse at Cannes for his directorial debut, Last Night, which he also wrote and starred in. He also wrote, directed and played the lead in his second film, Childstar. His stage writing credits include the five plays he co-created with the Augusta Company and the book for the musical The Drowsy Chaperone, for which he won a Tony Award. He also wrote and starred in the CBC television series Twitch City. Other film and television appearances include David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ, Atom Egoyan’s Where the Truth Lies and the series Slings and Arrows for the Sundance Channel. He collaborated on the film adaptation of Jose Saramago’s Nobel Prize-winning novel Blindness. Directed by Fernando Mereilles, he also starred with Julianne Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal and Mark Ruffalo. His recent work includes the Max Films feature The Grand Seduction, for which he won a DGC Award for Best Direction in 2014. Tina Keeper Tina Keeper is Cree, originally from Norway House Cree Nation, now a Winnipeg based media producer. She is President of Kistikan Pictures, a partner company to Buffalo Gal Pictures. Tina was formerly an actor, best known for her work on the hit Canadian series North of 60. Recent productions include Through Black Spruce, the 360-3D VR short film Sky Stories, Road of Iniquity, the critically acclaimed Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Going Home Star about the Indian Residential School history in Canada, and The REDress REdress Project a short documentary on the issue of Murdered and Missing Aboriginal women in Manitoba. Tina also served as a Member of Parliament for the federal riding of Churchill. Tina has a BA Theatre from the University of Winnipeg and has trained at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre, the Banff Centre and the Sundance Film Institute Tina currently serves as Chairperson of the board of trustees for the Helen Betty Osborne Memorial Foundation, member of the advisory Committee to Urban Shaman Gallery, the advisory committee to Red Cross Manitoba, Honourary Witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and is member of the Order of Manitoba, Canadians for a New Partnership, a recipient of an Aboriginal Achievement Award, a Gemini Award, 3 American Indian Film Festival awards for acting and producing, a 2014 Canadian Civil Liberties Association award for Public Engagement, was named ACTRA’s 2017 Women of the Year. In June 2017, Tina received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Wilfred Laurier University and a Governor General Meritorious Service Medal along with the late Elder Mary Richard, and RWB Artistic Director Andre Lewis for the ballet Going Home Star. Image Copyright: Serendipity and D Films. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wilfred Laurier University professor David Haskell speaks to Alex about the importance of free speech on Canadian campuses.

ur gay correspondent Shane joins Christine, Twyla and me, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson, to discuss the recent BLM-esque extortion tactic of holding Edmonton Pride hostage till no one in uniform - not EMS, not military nor police - can take part in the festivities. More news in the Regressive Left Files.... Lindsay Shepherd is suing Wilfred Laurier University over continued harassment by university staff. The lawsuit includes her inquisitors - professors Nathan Rambukkana and Herbert Pimlott, as well as diversity officer Adria Joel. And in Catholic Watch... Bishops in Australia plan to disobey a new law which will require priests who learn of abuse in the confessional to report such crimes. The new openly-atheist Prime Minister of Spain is doing evil things such as considering the removal of religious symbols from public institutions, and the Prime Minister of Ireland will require any health care provider receiving public funds, including Catholic hospitals, will be required to provide abortion services. And finally, Pope Francis says blasphemy is the worst sin. Guess "betraying the trust of those whose welfare we purport to ensure by molesting children" would be too much to hope for from the Vatican.

CLOSE.IO WOMEN IN SALES INTERVIEW SERIES blog.close.io/topic/women-in-sales Host: Rebecca Luo, Close.io Account Executive rebecca@close.io, @rebeccatluo Listen: iTunes, Soundcloud, & your favorite podcast app Watch: YouTube Shikha Bindra (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shikhabindra/, @BindraShikha ) is the Manager of Business Development at Vidyard (https://www.vidyard.com/. She’s been an avid community volunteer at several different organizations working on a range of causes including children, education, and health. Prior to Vidyard, Shikha worked as a Direct Support Professional at the Kitchener Waterloo Habilitation, providing daily emotional, behavioural, and practical support. She graduated from Wilfred Laurier University with a Bachelor of Science, Psychology with Biology Minor. Episode highlights: How Shikha's science education background shapes her view of sales being a process of trial and error How Shikha realized that building trust is about being able to help people, as learned through her experience as a direct support habilitation professional Shikha describes an experience that she was able to prevent from escalating negatively, and shares what she learned about conflict resolution and diffusing tense situations Selling with a purpose: Shikha's message and kudos to all the BDRs out there showing up each day for the grind!

Is Canada's PM saying "sorry" too much, too often, and for too many things?  Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann is with Wilfred Laurier University and shares her thoughts.

Researchers are raising their concerns when it comes to letting social media giants Twitter and Facebook have a role in the Canadian election debates in the next federal election. Guest: Simon Kiss. Professor Journalism/Leadership, Wilfred Laurier University.

At the Public Works committee meeting yesterday, it was revealed that there's no plans for median barriers as a safety measure but that there are other enhancements such as cat's eyes and rumble strips incoming. Guest: Sam Merulla, City Councillor, Ward 4. Ontario has announced that they will spend $784M this year to build and renovate 79 schools across the province. How will the HWDSB benefit from this announcement? Guest: Todd White, Board Chair and Ward 5 Trustee with Hamilton Wentworth District School Board. Researchers are raising their concerns when it comes to letting social media giants Twitter and Facebook have a role in the Canadian election debates in the next federal election. Guest: Simon Kiss. Professor Journalism/Leadership, Wilfred Laurier University.

In November 2017, Wilfred Laurier University teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd was called to a disciplinary meeting by two professors (Nathan Rambukkana and Herbert Pimlott) and one administrator (Adria Joel) to discuss her screening of a video clip from TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin during a class she was conducting. Shepherd taped the proceedings (http://bit.ly/2mMPvok) and released them, causing a national and international firestorm of outrage over the manner in which she was treated. The video clip featured me discussing the provisions of Canada's compelled speech law, Bill C16, with Professor Nicholas Matte of the Mark S Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. During the proceedings, Shepherd was accused of breaking the law, both federal (Bill C16) and provincial, violating Wilfred Laurier's standards of conduct, and of being actively transphobic. Rambukkana compared me directly to Hitler (and Milo Yiannopoulos, to be fair), failing to recognize that what I predicted would happen in the aftermath of Bill C16 (see http://bit.ly/2AZqj4B) was exactly what was undertaken by the tripartite disciplinary panel he headed. Twenty of Rambukkana's colleagues signed a letter of support for his actions (http://bit.ly/2DiedjN), despite the almost universal condemnation. In addition, great efforts were made by the neo-Marxist/postmodernist/critical theory ideologues to cast Shepherd as the perpetrator, as noted in Quillette (http://bit.ly/2l3Np0h), and the Wilfred Laurier Faculty Association president wrote this missive (http://bit.ly/2C9Ulm1) decrying "the violent speech and actions that have, unfortunately, become a daily occurrence on our campuses" despite there being no evidence whatsoever for such violence. On December 18, Dr. Deborah MacLatchy, President and Vice-Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University, released a statement on the independent fact-finder's report on the Lindsay Shepherd affair, exonerating her completely, stating that the disciplinary meeting should have never occurred and indicating even that the claim of student complaint was essentially fabricated (although Dr. MacLatchy has released a statement of clarification about that: http://bit.ly/2C8xWWp). Dr. David Haskell, Associate Professor, Digital Media and Journalism / Religion and Culture and Dr. William McNally, Associate Professor of Finance at the School of Business and Economics (both of Wilfred Laurier) joined me for this discussion (December 19), where we "deconstructed" Dr. MacLatchy's response. They are not alone at WLU, by the way, in their opposition to the ideological zealotry that has possessed their campus, and most others. Hopefully, in 2018, more professors will come to their senses and join them. Why should you care? Because this is, in truth, the state of the modern university -- and what happens there will happen everywhere five years later. Additional relevant links: My new book, 12 RULES FOR LIFE: AN ANTIDOTE TO CHAOS now available and discounted at: Amazon UK: Allen Lane/Penguin: http://amzn.to/2AgWCsj Amazon USA: http://amzn.to/2yvJf9L Amazon Canada: http://amzn.to/2g2K7uQ Dr. Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

Butterflies of Wisdom is a podcast where we want to share your story. We want to share your wisdom if you have a small business if you are an author or a Doctor, or whatever you are. With a disability or not, we want to share your story to inspire others. To learn more about Butterflies of Wisdom visithttp://butterfliesofwisdom.weebly.com/ Be sure to FOLLOW this program https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wins-women-of-wisdom/id1060801905. To learn more about Challenge Aspen go tohttps://challengeaspen.org. To learn how Win walk and about Ekso go to http://www.bridgingbionics.org/, or email Amanda Boxtel at amanda@bridgingbionics.org.   On Butterflies of Wisdom today (Tuesday, November 7, 2017), Best-Selling Author, Win C welcomes Kory Livingstone. Kory’s hometown is Toronto, Canada. He’s an author, and a keynote artist. Keynote artist? That’s a speaker who accents his talks with a live music performance. This makes perfect sense for Kory seeing that he has a lifelong calling, centred around music in many different capacities, ranging from that of composer, pianist, singer, teacher and entrepreneur. Keynote speaking has been revolutionized with the inclusion of live musical performances. Music is emotion. Kory puts the emotional impact of his talks into overdrive, by accentuating them with personalized music, that he’s written specifically for each speaking topic. People remember genuine emotion years after they’ve forgotten the facts, numbers, and stats of any presentation. Kory continues to write music & songs for artists, tv, radio and has recently added the service of creating custom-made songs for corporations,individuals and other keynote speakers. To date he’s released 5 CD’s of original music, and shows no signs of stopping. Kory has succeeded where others thought he would fail. In his youth, he was enrolled in a bachelor of music programme at Wilfred Laurier University. He didn’t graduate because it was deemed he didn’t meet all the requirements as set out by the music faculty. A classmate of Kory’s, Daniel, suffered the same fate. Oddly enough, Kory and Daniel took other routes and became the only students in their class, to make their living as full-time, professional musicians. Statistics show that very few music students, anywhere in the world, manage to make their living as a professional musicians. As an business entrepreneur, one of Kory’s early successes was being the founder and director of the Toronto High School of the Performing parts. A private non-sectarian school where students combined their academic studies with that of the music,dance,drama, and art. Alumnae included Keanu Reeves,and Cree Summer Franks, Cree Summer was Freddy, in Bill Cosby’s “Different Strokes” series. It was the only school of its kind in all if Canada. Many other school boards have since followed suit. “The fondest memory of my time as director of this school happened on a warm spring evening when the students had just come back to the student residence,after our annual spring prom. They were gathered on the front lawn, saying their goodbyes for the summer. There were tears, there were smiles, there was hugging & kissing. There was love. I watched and drank it all in. I realized that I was responsible for this. I bought so many different people together. I gave these young people new life experiences. New friends. I helped them grow. This moment above all, was my reward. Money cannot buy this. I realized that I, little ole me, had made a difference in so many lives. How many people can say, ‘I made a difference’? It doesn’t get any better than this.” With a lifetime of experience, knowledge and creative enterprise, Kory continues to live by the motto that his mother instilled in him as a boy. “Lifting as We Climb”. His goal is to help others in the development and application of their own mindsets for success, in their lives, in quest of their special hopes, aspirations and dreams. This letter that I received on a tiny 3x3 post-it note sums it all up. “Dear Kory, I have admired your persistent, quiet determination and attention to details. It is more than talent; it’s a mature determination. I could do well to apply the same to my life. May God bless all of your efforts.” - Neil S. I’m best known for my sense of humour.  Even my kids say, “Dad, you’re funny!” To learn more about Kory visit http://korylivingstone.com/. To learn more about Win Kelly Charles visithttp://wincharles.weebly.com/. To follow Win on Twitter go to @winkellycharles. To follow Win on Instagram go to winkcharles. To follow Win on Snapchat go to Wcharles422. To follow Win on Snapchat go to Wcharles422. To see Win's art go to https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/2-win-charles.html. Interview with Mel Marton: http://traffic.libsyn.com/winwisdom/LAF3494_08172017150526412_1189015.mp3. "Books for Books," you buy Win's books so she can purchase books for school. "Getting through school is a 'win' for her fans and a 'win' for her." Please send feedback to Win by email her at winwwow@gmail.com, or go tohttp://survey.libsyn.com/winwisdom and http://survey.libsyn.com/thebutterfly. To be on the show please fill out the intake at http://bit.ly/bow2017. Butterflies of Wisdom sponsored by Kittr a new social media tool that is bringing about new ways of posting on Twitter. It's fun, full of free content you can use, helps you schedule at the best times, is easy to use, and it will help you get more followers. Visit Kittr at gokittr.com. This is a 20% off code for www.gracedbygrit.com. The code will be XOBUTTERFLIES. If you would like to support Butterflies of Wisdom go to https://www.patreon.com/wcharles. If you want to check out what Win’s friend, Dannidoll, is doing (a.k.a. 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In a rapidly changing world, our kids will need different skills to thrive than the ones that we learned in school, and our education systems are going to have to adapt. My guest on this episode is Dr. Kelly Gallagher-MacKay, an education activist, lawyer, researcher and Wilfred Laurier University professor at Wilfred Laurier University. She's the co-author of Pushing the Limits: How Schools Can Prepare Our Children for the Challenges of Tomorrow, which she wrote with respected educator Nancy Steinhauer. She explains why kids need to learn the “4Cs” in addition to the traditional “3Rs,” and why creativity is such a prized quality in the workplaces of today and tomorrow. Show Notes Love our work? Please check out our Patreon Campaign! Become a patron of the show for as little as $1 per month 

For this holiday weekend, Latino Rebels Radio gives you a BONUS episode from our friends at Latino Media Collective! The LMC goes north of the border to speak with Todd Gordon, author of "Imperialist Canada" and "Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America." Todd Gordon is an assistant professor of social justice & community engagement at Wilfred Laurier University in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

Story 1 - Park Passes are still necessary Unless you've been living under a rock for the past year you'll likely be aware that the federal government has decided to make entry into Canada's national parks completely free for 2017. Parks still needs to be able to track the number of visitors to national parks, so passes will still be necessary. If you're planning a trip to any of Canada's National Parks this year, you can pre-order the pass for free online by visiting http://bit.ly/2iUBQVD For the national parks, the 2017 summer reservations opened on January 11, so again, book as early as possible by visiting www.reservation.pc.gc.ca Outside of the national parks, there are also many other camping options. You can reserve sites in Alberta Provincial Parks by visiting www.reserve.albertaparks.ca The site opens for bookings on Feb 21, 2017 so if you'd like to reserve your site, be on the site on that day. One important note, they are planning on closing Three Sisters Campground, just on the outskirts of Banff National Park, at the community of Dead Man's Flats. This will take another 60 campsites out of the already limited availability for camping during the summer months. Reservations for British Columbia's Provincial Parks can be made at www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/reserve. The key this year is planning ahead. We expect the parks to break visitation records and I want to help you to have the kind of visit that you have in your mind's eye. The key is planning and visiting whatever destination you want to explore as early in the day as possible. Parking Lots at many of the Rockies most famous attractions, places like Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, are usually full by 9am. Be there at 7am and you can have a truly magical experience…and besides, sites like these are really morning scenes. Don't forget, the sun comes up very early here so by 7 am  the sun is already getting high in the sky. Plan ahead, get a good alarm clock, and I'll see you this summer.  Story 2 - We're Number One Canada has been getting a lot of kudos lately. We're a fabulous place to live and an awesome place to visit - and the world seems to be getting the message. This week, the New York Times put out its list of 52 places to go in 2017 and topping the list was Canada. In the past, places like Toronto, Ontario were on the list but this year, they entire nation got the nod. According to the story, Canada's 150th birthday is a great reason to visit Canada. There will be celebrations planned from coast to coast to coast throughout the year and, as we've already mentioned, all the national parks are free. In addition to Canada's birthday, the city of Montreal, turns 375 this year, so they'll also be celebrating both events. Story 3 - Canmore Becomes a Hub of Water Research There's no arguing that water is the issue of the 21st century. With changing weather and climate patterns, we're seeing more moisture in the mountains of Alberta and B.C. but we're getting it in fewer, more extreme weather events. 2013 has become a stark reminder of just how vulnerable many areas are to catastrophic floods. It also moved the scientific community to increase the amount of research being focusing on issues directly and peripherally related to water. Canmore has become the centre point for much of the research now taking place and Dr. John Pomeroy of the University of Saskatchewan is the lead researcher. Pomeroy is the Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change, and Director of the University of Saskatchewan's Centre for Hydrology. Pomeroy will serve as Associate Director of the Global Water Futures: Solutions to Water Threats in an Era of Global Change Initiative (or GWF), based in Canmore. As part of a 900 million dollar federal funding initiative, the University of Saskatchewan was awarded $77.8 million to partner with the University of Waterloo, Wilfred Laurier University, and McMaster University. By combining grants received by those partners, total funding adds up to $143 million. This makes it the largest university led water research program in the world. Story 4 - Climate Trends in 2016 NASA has released some updated statistics on climatic trends for 2016 and it seems that two particular climate change indicators are continuing to break records - global average temperature and Arctic sea ice extent. For the first 6 months of 2016, each month set a record as the warmest respective month since record keeping began around 1880. The first 6 months of 2016 were also the warmest collectively on record, averaging 1.3°C or 2.4°F warmer than in the late 1800s. Of the first 6 months of the year, 5 set a record for the lowest extent of Arctic sea ice since satellite records began in 1979. It is of particular importance that these two trends are working in unison. They are both reflections of the greenhouse effect with increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere holding more and more heat. Story 5 – Mountain Caribou Globally, things are not too rosy for caribou. Here in the Rockies, a 2009 avalanche along the slopes of Mount Hector killed the last 3 remaining caribou within the boundaries of Banff National Park. Jasper, bordering Banff to the north, still has caribou but they too are declining over time. Caribou in the southern mountain population are currently listed as threatened according to the Species at Risk Act, however the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada lists the southern mountain population as endangered. They comprise some 19 herds across the mountains of Alberta and British Columbia and, at present, fully 13 of those 19 herds are in decline - with many likely to disappear. In the mountain national parks, Parks Canada has identified 5 major threats to local populations. They include changes to predator prey interactions, human caused changes to the landscape that allow increased predator access to caribou, direct disturbances, loss of habitat and finally, stresses inherent to small populations.  Like moose, caribou are a northern specialist and have roamed the north country since the ice age. Unfortunately, without some major changes, their future is likely to be uncertain. Over the past 3 decades, populations of caribou in the mountain national parks have dropped from 800 individuals to less than 250 today. One of the first steps in trying to build any kind of recovery program is to identify those areas that are most critical to caribou. By looking at areas that caribou currently and previously occupied, as well as looking at how caribou travel between areas of critical habitat, biologists can begin to get an idea of where to focus conservation efforts. In the mountain parks, there are currently only 5 local herds. Four of them are in Jasper National Park and the Columbia south herd, is in Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Park. Of the 4 herds in Jasper, only the A La Peche herd is currently stable with about 100 animals. Recent aerial surveys showed the Tonquin herd had approximated 30-34, the Brazeau around 15 and the Maligne herd has dropped to just a few individuals.

In Episode 8 of The Rights Track, Todd talks to Professor Rhoda Howard-Hassmann, International Chair of Human Rights at Wilfred Laurier University in Canada about state food crime, what it is, where it's happening, why she believes it should be considered an international human rights crime and the challenges around prosecuting it. 0.00-4.48 How Rhoda got interested in food crime. She mentions an article by David Marcus which discusses four levels of state food crime: intentional, reckless, indifference and incompetence and argues that the intentional and reckless starvation of citizens should be considered an international crime. Rhoda explains how she produced a case study for each of the levels: on North Korea, Zimbabwe, Israel and Venezuela. She has also examined malnutrition in aboriginal people in Australia and Canada. Discussion of the law and the legal basis for these claims. Rhoda argues that food crime should have same status as torture. Existing human rights laws include the rights to be free from malnutrition as laid out in Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. International Criminal Court has a clause prohibiting extermination of populations. Laws have not been consolidated though and possible or likely punishments are not clear so a case has never been made. 4.48-12.55 Rhoda mentions the important work of the Indian economist and philosopher Amartya Sen who argued that famine was caused by countries who did not allow political opposition, elections or freedom of the press based in part on the Great Famine in Ireland in the 19th Century. In her book, State Food Crimes published by Cambridge University Press, Rhoda examines famines in countries with totalitarian regimes: Soviet Union and Ukraine in the 1930s, China in 50s and 60s and Cambodia in the 1970s. She also looked at countries where there was some level of democracy e.g. Canada (but not for aborigines) and Ireland (voting for the English but not for the Irish) and in Germany post World War 1. Rhoda outlines and explains four additional rights that she developed from this research: right to citizenship, right to mobility, right to own your land/property and right to work. 12.55 -17.10 Further discussion about Venezuela and the effect of price controls and other actions of Hugo Chavez' government including hijacking of media for his own purposes, land invasions and the rise of political violence up to and since his death in 2013 and the uncertainty and continuing political violence and protests surrounding the new Government of Nicolas Maduro including reports of power and food rationing. 17.10 - end Discussion around accountability - who can be held accountable by whom and how for the sorts of things that Rhoda's research reveals? Rhoda uses North Korea as an example of a country that could potentially be taken to court for starving its own people. She points out that other concerns about North Korea's nuclear capability and the wider threat of this to the region and other parts of the world tend to take precedence. Todd summarises points made around the inter-relatedness of rights, how international human rights law is powerful in some areas and not in others, how accountability is difficult to prove and the competing priorities around power and access to weapons etc.  Further information and resources Famine Crimes in International Law, David Marcus, The American Journal of International Law Colonialism and Under development in Ghana Rhoda Howard-Haussmann's blog Rights and Rightlessness: Rhoda Howard-Haussmann on Human Rights Related articles from Rhoda's blog Hugo Chavez and the Right to Food in Venezuela Venezuelan Update: Food Situation Worsens Venezuela: Demonstrations and Repression under Nicolas Maduro North Korean Slave Labour Crimes against humanity in North Korea Cannibalism in North Korea North Korea: Still one of the world's most awful places to live (and die) African Union Chooses Dictator Mugabe as New Chair Property Rights of West Bank Palestinians Water Rights of West Bank Palestinians Canada: Malnourishment of Aboriginal Children 21st Century Malnutrition among Canada's Aboriginal Peoples Other related articles from OpenGlobalRights Legal mobilization: a critical first step to addressing economic and social rights Can legal interventions really tackle the root causes of poverty? The international treaty on economic and social rights has positive impacts Historic step towards access to justice for ESCR violations at UN The twilight of human rights law Twilight or dark glasses? A reply to Eric Posner