From flexible learning options and applied research to community support, Canada’s colleges and institutes play a pivotal role in our nation’s COVID-19 response.
Hidden heroes inspire World Vision’s fight against COVID-19 and hunger in areas of need around the world.
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The coronavirus pandemic has served to highlight things in life deemed most essential – food among them. Pierre Petelle, president and CEO of CropLife Canada, hopes this heightened attention will bolster public understanding of Canada’s food system and generate support needed to advance Canada’s position among the world’s leading food producers.
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Planting trees helps to capture carbon, create natural forest restoration, provide oxygen and enhance wildlife habitat for generations to come. For TELUS, tree-planting initiatives in Oak River, Manitoba, and the Yunesit’in First Nation territory, B.C., achieved all this and more – they offset the amount of paper the telecommunications company used in 2018 and 2019.
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What factors cause disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS)? Why do some patients progress to the stage of serious neurological disability – such as losses in mobility, vision or speech – more quickly and aggressively than others?
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When educators sign up for the Facilitating Online Learning course offered by Lethbridge College, they receive a welcome message from Jess Nicol with an invitation to post a brief introduction and a picture of their pet if they have one.
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Clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of known drugs for treating COVID-19
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Now, more than ever, working as a first responder can be demanding and hazardous. Public safety personnel (PSP) put their lives on the line to keep the rest of us safe.
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Canada’s insurance providers are taking action to help their customers deal with the short-term impacts of COVID-19.
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The current global uncertainty has highlighted the obvious: food is life. To lessen risk of global malnutrition, food production must become more efficient and sustainable.
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Until recently, discussions on climate action often elicited the argument: “We can’t just stop everything to fix climate change, because of what that would do to the economy.”
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April arrived along with a ferocious bear market, but surprisingly, Canadian exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw more investment in than out in March. It was a continuation of a longer-term trend, favouring ETF investments even in the face of extreme market forces.
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Family-owned businesses that remain operating from generation to generation aren’t just beating the odds; their longevity shows the advantages of having different perspectives, greater consistency and long-term stability.
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Women’s College Hospital (WCH) is challenging traditional ideas about health-care delivery with its groundbreaking virtual hospital model. This forward-thinking approach on virtual care has allowed WCH to quickly adapt in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Developing smarter farming practices that tackle the challenge of feeding a rising population sustainably, while addressing the role of climate change on food systems, calls for new ideas and technologies coming from a workforce with diverse backgrounds, talents and experiences.
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When John Jamieson travelled to Qingdao, China, on a trade mission a few years ago, he was surprised to see numerous food items labelled in English and accompanied by the icon of the Canadian flag in the supermarket. In response to his query, a Chinese colleague informed him that made-in-Canada products were very popular with local shoppers.
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Researchers at the University of Regina explore diverse ways of addressing global warming and its side-effects.
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ESG ETFs? At first glance, it looks like the worst kind of insider-jargon “alphabet soup.” But unroll the acronyms and – for the ever-increasing number of investors concerned with the environmental and social impact of public companies – it’s just an elegant solution.
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From a distance, women’s and men’s hearts look the same, but when we drill down, we see differences in heart disease and how it develops and presents.
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The fraud landscape has transformed and no longer is fraud just the result of stolen wallets or break-ins. Today Canadians are experiencing fraud through multiple channels: in-person, by phone calls, texts and emails, and over public wireless networks.
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