Joel Etienne wins Tory nomination in York Centre
Joel Etienne will be the Conservative Party’s candidate in York Centre, Ont., in the next election, after winning a nomination contest for the riding early this week. Mr. Etienne defeated Julius Tiangson in the nomination election, which was conducted online. Voting took place from April 25 to 27. York Centre is located in the northern […]
Mixed reviews on budget supports for hard-hit tourism industry, amid calls for a national recovery strategy
The tourism sector has been particularly hard hit by the pandemic, and while some were satisfied with the new budget’s announcements in the tourism sector, others were less enthused, with problems with current support being brought to the forefront. According to a March report from Destination Canada, the federal government’s tourism marketing arm, nine per […]
Tory candidate for York Centre to be decided early this week
The Conservative Party will select its next candidate for York Centre this week, after nearly turning the riding blue in a 2020 byelection decided by 701 votes. Julius Tiangson is running to recapture the Conservative nomination in the riding. He narrowly lost last year’s byelection there to rookie Liberal MP Ya’ara Saks. Mr. Tiangson is […]
Why our economy must hang onto PhD graduates
As we enter what is expected to be a prolonged period of economic recovery, Canada can ill afford to watch top talent walk out the door. Yet without meaningful, competitive career opportunities, this is exactly what is at stake. According to studies cited in a recent report by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), somewhere […]
Feds’ investment in university infrastructure comes with environmental benefits
A year of social distancing has given many of us a closer look at where our homes could use an upgrade—a leaky tap wasting water, a drafty window sending heat outside, a furnace that rumbles through the night. Picture that on a much larger scale where a campus is home to thousands of students, faculty […]
It’s time for a private-sector sunshine law
Kudos to The Globe and Mail for digging into the darker side of Bay Street’s dirty little secrets. In a series on workforce gender bias last week, the Globe published confidential information on the remuneration of partners in one of Canada’s largest business law firms. At Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP, female equity partners earn […]
A new era for working from home
With COVID-19 lockdowns restricting our mobility, working from home (i.e., telecommuting) has become a ‘norm’ for many sectors. We’ve been trying to figure out this “new” normal, and what it will look like going forward. Telecommuting has had many positive outcomes, at least from the transportation point of view. This includes reduced traffic congestion and […]
Get on with it: Senate cuts a year off feds’ deadline for new oil rig regs
The Senate has chopped in half an extension the government proposed to give itself for making permanent health and safety regulations for offshore oil and gas platforms. Senators and oil industry executives have expressed concern about the government’s failure to meet its latest deadline to enact those regulations. Senators from multiple groups in the Upper […]
Research excellence requires equity, diversity, and inclusion
OTTAWA—As a mathematician, I am drawn to numbers, and one particular set caught my eye not long ago. According to data compiled in 2019 by the Diversity Gap Canada, a project by University of Calgary political science professor Dr. Malinda Smith, the deans of Canada’s top 15 universities are mostly white and male, and only […]
The time for innovation in higher education is now
This month, Concordia University is launching its Innovation Lab, a bold move to support students to become skilled and confident innovators who can turn ideas into solutions that make the world a better place. The Lab is one response to the era of profound changes arriving at dizzying speeds, prompted by the growth and spread […]
