“Living to work” can have fatal risks

A growing body of data suggests that overtime and long working hours adversely affect the health and well-being of workers. A new global study finds working more than 55 hours per week increases a persons risk of stroke and heart disease.

According to a systematic analysis from the World Health Organization and International Labour Organization (WHO/ILO), latest estimates suggest long working hours killed three quarters of a million people in 2016, up 29% from 2000.

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কোভিড-১৯ পরবর্তী শিক্ষা কার্যক্রমে গুরুত্বারোপ করেছে গবেষণাপত্র

টরন্টো, মে ২৭: অন্টারিও প্রাদেশিক শিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়ের নির্দেশনায় টরন্টো ডিস্ট্রিক্ট স্কুল বোর্ড (টিডিএসবি) যখন চলতি বছর সেপ্টেম্বর থেকে শারীরিক উপস্থিতিতে ক্লাস শুরুর উদ্যোগ গ্রহণ করেছে, ঠিক তখন আজ অন্টারিও পাবলিক স্কুল বোর্ডস অ্যাসোসিয়েশন (ওপিএসবিএ) ‘ট্রান্সিশনিং ফ্রম দ্য কোভিড-১৯ স্কুল এক্সপেরিয়েন্স’ অর্থাৎ ‘কোভিড-১৯ পরবর্তী স্কুল অভিজ্ঞতা’ শিরোনামে এক গবেষণাপত্র প্রকাশ করেছে, যেখানে এই মহামারির দুটো গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অভিজ্ঞতার উপর আলোকপাত করা হয়েছে। Continue reading→

Discussion paper identifies crucial educational transition from the COVID-19

Toronto, May 27: As the Toronto District Education Board (TDSB) under the guidance from the Ontario Provincial Education Ministry to resume physical classes from September this year, today the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) has released a new Discussion Paper, Transitioning from the COVID-19 School Experience, which reveals two compelling realities that must be addressed following the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading→

Is Canada’s Electricity Safe from Cyber Attacks?

Who could forget the Northeast Blackout of 2003? Eighteen years ago, on August 14th,
50 million people in Canada and the USA lost power.

In Toronto, I remember hearing stories of students having to walk from their summer jobs down at Queens Quay to Yonge and Finch, 4 hours to get home, uphill. Along the way, variety store owners were offloading buckets of ice cream to these kids for their freezers had broken down.

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Koryente nang Kanada

Sino ang makakalimot sa blakout noon 2003. 18 taon nang lumipas noong 14 nang Agosto, 50 milyones na tao nang Kanada at Amerika ay nawalan nang koryente. Sa Toronto natatandaan ko ang maga kuwento nang maga istudiante na maga nag lakad mula sa tag init na trabaho nila sa baba nang Queens Quay Yonge hangang Finch apat na oras nag lakad papauwi pataas. Sa kanilang dinadaan ay mayroon na barieti na tindahan na pinamimigay ang ginds nilang sorbetes na natutunaw na dahil ang maga preserve nila ay tumigil na. Continue reading→

Justin Trudeau to the Italian-Canadians: “We are sorry, chiediamo scusa”

The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, officially apologized to the Italian-Canadians interned during the Second World War as considered “enemy aliens”: a designation that caused many to lose their jobs, depriving their families of a sustainable income , making their homes prone to the projects of rapacious city officials eager to expropriate them for non-payment of property taxes. Continue reading→

Canadá investe 890 mil dólares em formação de mão de obra qualificada

article by Priscilla Pajdo, translation and video by Luis Aparicio

Uma força de trabalho forte no Canadá é crucial para uma recuperação económica próspera. As profissões especializadas desempenham um papel vital nessa recuperação. O governo do Canadá está a investir 890 mil dólares no College of Carpenters and Allied Trades (CCAT, em Woodbridge), para ajudar a formar, apoiar e manter uma mão de obra especializada e qualificada. Continue reading→