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Next-generation leadership
Next-generation leadership

Employee-led network gives young professionals new tools to advance their careers

When Olivia Falcone joined a Greater Toronto Area office of WSP in Canada as a transportation planner in 2018, she was fresh out of university and uncertain about how she would fare in the corporate world. Describing herself at the time as timid, overwhelmed and reluctant to speak up in unfamiliar settings, she took the opportunity to join an employee-led resource group for emerging professionals that had just been formed that year in her local office.

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Toronto Foundation named Canada’s most equitable funder
Toronto Foundation named Canada’s most equitable funder

The new Future of Good and QuakeLab annual ranking assessed the country’s largest grantmakers on DEI performance, transparency and commitment to socially responsible investing.

he community foundation of Canada’s most populous city has been crowned the country’s most equitable funder, according to a new annual ranking created by Future of Good and QuakeLab.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Public-private partnership investing in research and training to strengthen cybersecurity protections for Canadians

Whether we’re a consumer worried about a suspected scam email or a corporation safeguarding its confidential business information from a breach, we all have a stake in robust cybersecurity. And on the national scale, cybersecurity products and services are an increasingly important component of the technology industry driving Canada’s economic growth.

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Whole-of-organization approach to climate leadership
Whole-of-organization approach to climate leadership

The college implemented a program in 2011 to reduce carbon emissions, which included changing lightbulbs to LED and working with students, faculty and staff to establish composting programs and community gardens. Local companies such as ArcelorMittal-Dofasco, Canada’s leading manufacturer of steel, became partners in the effort to make the city cleaner. In 2018, Mohawk opened the award-winning Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation, which is entirely off the grid. It houses the Centre for Climate Change Management, which has applied research opportunities around decarbonization and works with the Bay Area Climate Change Council looking at ways to green the environment.

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Charities and nonprofits change lives
Charities and nonprofits change lives

Charities and nonprofits change lives

Creating a secretariat would enable the sector to be stronger and more effective

An Ipsos poll conducted for CanadaHelps last fall showed that nearly a quarter of Canadians – 9.6 million people – expected to call on charities to support their basic needs within the following six months, but even that high number may have under-estimated the actual demand on the charitable sector.

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Life beyond addiction

Top 5 myths about addiction and treatment

isconceptions about addiction continue to persist even as experts have gained effective new treatment tools and research advances. Ongoing “myths” about the lives and motivations of individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) can cause considerable harm, says Dr. Yelena Chorny, Chief of Addiction and Trauma Services at Homewood Health Centre (HHC), in Guelph, Ontario.

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Business, Education, Environment, Health, InnovationRandall MangFeature
Capturing cost savings and emission reductions with heat recovery systems
Capturing cost savings and emission reductions with heat recovery systems

Thermal energy waste has been a long-burning issue for the companies that make the products consumers and businesses use every day. It’s a significant obstacle in the global race to meet carbon-neutral goals, given that this type of energy – essentially heat that’s produced by burning fuel – accounts for an estimated 90 per cent of industrial energy use.

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Applied learning: Fertile ground for success
Applied learning: Fertile ground for success

Real-world learning experiences – and a resulting network of connections with mentors from academia and industry – help set University of Guelph students on the path to success.

Although they have different backgrounds, interests and passions, fourth-year students Karen Reymer (BSc Agriculture, majoring in crop science) and Krupa Thakkar (BSc, majoring in food science) report a common thread shaping their student experience: applied learning has enriched their understanding of their chosen field and helped define a vision for the future.

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Autism Acceptance and Inclusion   
Autism Acceptance and Inclusion   

April is World Autism Month, an annual time for a dedicated conversation about autism. Autism Speaks Canada is a leading source of information and a national charity championing inclusion for the autism community. For nearly two decades, Autism Speaks Canada has advocated for, supported and stood with autistic people at every stage of their lives. To celebrate World Autism Month, they are calling upon autism allies to #ActFearlessly for change by launching a new autistic-led Champions of Change program. They also collaborated with other autism organizations across Canada to report on the effects of the pandemic on Canadians on the spectrum.

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