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A Canadian beacon for food, wine and tourism
A Canadian beacon for food, wine and tourism

Infusions Restaurant, operated by and located on campus of the Okanagan College in Kelowna, B.C., offers mouth-watering selections, from savoury apple, beet and fennel salad, to seafood cioppino featuring B.C. seafood, squid ink truffle and root vegetables. These palate-pleasing dishes, created by culinary arts students under the guidance of Red Seal-certified chef instructors, illustrate the “bounty of the surrounding region,” says Ruth Wigman, who recently assumed the role of executive chef at the restaurant.

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Business, Education, Innovation, LifeRandallAnthony CommunicationsFeature
Badging programmes break down barriers and build up students
Badging programmes break down barriers and build up students

As a mentor and teacher with the Peel District School Board (PDSB) in Ontario, Kim Thomas has worked with children and youth from marginalized and equity-deserving communities for almost 30 years. These students, says Thomas “have faced some of the greatest barriers” in accessing educational opportunities. And while the PDSB “has been very intentional around dismantling anti-Black racism,” she is excited about new program partnerships with corporations and organizations that “open up doors for Black and Indigenous students.” These learning initiatives have the potential to “bring the kids from the back of the line to the front,” says Thomas.

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Business, Education, Financial, Health, Innovation, LifeRandallAnthony CommunicationsFeature
Significant step forward for children’s oral health
Significant step forward for children’s oral health

Dental hygienists see the impacts of poor oral health first-hand and have long called for expanded access to preventive oral care services for Canadians. Ensuring proper dental hygiene care for children is especially important, given the consequences for their healthy growth and development if children’s oral health is neglected early in their lives.

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Education, Health, Life, Innovation, TechnologyRandallAnthony CommunicationsFeature
Solutions are available to help you manage atopic dermatitis and enhance your well-being
Solutions are available to help you manage atopic dermatitis and enhance your well-being

It’s a skin condition experienced by up to 17 per cent1 of Canadians at some point in their lives, with consequences that can have a significant psychological impact on sufferers and their families. For people with atopic dermatitis (AD), the most common type of eczema, challenges with managing the condition can leave people feeling anxious, stressed and depressed.2

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Environment, Education, Health, InnovationRandallAnthony CommunicationsFeature
Building climate resilience and food security
Building climate resilience and food security

There are many mysteries about humanity, but we know at least one thing is true: people need food and water to survive. Canada is a land of tremendous bounty, especially when it comes to our food supply. With so much growing land and places to raise livestock, the agricultural possibilities, in the southern part of the country at least, have traditionally felt seemingly endless. But climate change is throwing a wrench into agricultural practices around the world, with drought, flooding and disease threatening the security of our food systems. With consistently ballooning populations and unstable growing conditions, the future of food security is a pressing concern for academics and the general population alike.

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Business, Education, Environment, Home, Health, Innovation, LifeRandallAnthony CommunicationsFeature
New first-of-its kind centre to address inequities in mature women’s health care
New first-of-its kind centre to address inequities in mature women’s health care

Expanding clinical capacity, research, education and advocacy for women as they age

A new Centre for Mature Women’s Health at Sinai Health in Toronto, Ont., will act as a “one-stop-shop” to address the spectrum of health challenges that women face as they age. The new centre, located at Mount Sinai Hospital, will double the number of patients that specialists at Mount Sinai Hospital can see every year.

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Business, Education, Life, InnovationRandallAnthony CommunicationsFeature
Probing ecological change
Probing ecological change

From zombie fires to global resilience: mapping climate futures at Wilfrid Laurier University

Jennifer Baltzer, an associate professor of biology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, was living with her family in the Northwest Territories in the summer of 2014 when a “massive, historically unprecedented wildfire season” burned approximately 3.5 million hectares of forest, releasing megatonnes of carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere.

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Business, Education, Innovation, TechnologyRandallAnthony CommunicationsFeature
Shortening the regulatory timeline will benefit patients and the economy
Shortening the regulatory timeline will benefit patients and the economy

Despite ongoing challenges that have been made worse by the pandemic, Canadians have many reasons to be proud of our health systems. Our hospitals are among the best in the world. Our doctors, nurses, surgeons and specialists are dedicated professionals who consistently deliver the highest standards of care. Our universities produce ground-breaking research that supports and improves lives every day.

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Education, Health, Innovation, LifeRandallAnthony CommunicationsFeature
Support for Indigenous and immigrant students
Support for Indigenous and immigrant students

New bursaries are a critical step toward removing barriers for under-represented groups

While Douglas College has one of the most diverse student populations in British Columbia, a recent review of the post-secondary institution’s awards, bursaries and scholarships identified a gap in financial aid and motivated the creation of a campaign to raise funds to better support Indigenous and immigrant students.

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Business, Education, Innovation, LifeRandallAnthony CommunicationsFeature
Flying in the face of a chronic disease and searching to improve the lives of Canadians suffering from IBD
Flying in the face of a chronic disease and searching to improve the lives of Canadians suffering from IBD

When he was only eight years old, Andrew Mac Isaac was living in what he can only describe now, at the age of 26, as “hell.”

Severe stomach cramps, which meant a constant run to the washroom, 10 plus times a day, either to throw-up or because of diarrhea, left him in the fetal position on the floor.

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