The Digital Age Moves Forward
The rational of removing the penny out of circulation; the cost of producing the penny lost it’s usefulness.
Good Bye Penny
Nice to see Google paying respects to the penn. A very historical day in Canadian history.
Author: Jerome
Human Capitals: Last Stand
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China Opportunities In Transition
CANADA – CHINA FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY OF OTTAWA
website: www.fccfa.ca/Ottawa/ ; www.facebook.com/ccfs.ottawa
e-mail: ccfs.ottawa@gmail.com
CONFERENCE: CANADA-CHINA OPPORTUNITIES IN TRANSITION
Followed by a reception at the Chinese Embassy
(By invitation of the Chinese Embassy)
This is a premier event in Canada on our evolving relationship with our second largest economic partner. Timely and informative, the conference looks at the opportunities and challenges from a Canadian perspective but also with significant Chinese participation. This year in our country there will not be a better opportunity to expose yourself to the opportunities in transition with China. A relationship which is imposing itself upon us, and which deserves serious consideration.
The United Nations & Canada
The United Nations Association in Canada
A Better World Starts HERE.
It starts in our homes. In our schools and communities. In our country. It starts with you.
The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) is a national charitable organization established in 1946. Our mandate is to engage the Canadian public in the work of the United Nations and the critical international issues which affect us all. We accomplish our goals through a dynamic staff team at the National Office and a network of volunteer-driven regional branches.
The United Nations Association in Canada strives for a better world through a variety of national projects focused on specific issues and audiences. We work closely with the educational communities in every province and territory to build their capacity to educate young people from a global perspective. We also work directly with youth, challenging them to develop the tools and skills necessary to confront some of the world’s most complex problems.
Unlocking The Wisdom Of Our Elders
One of the most memorable and powerful movies I have ever watched was Finding Forester. As a young black man I still remember the very first time I saw the movie and how powerful of an impact it had on my life. It changed the paradigm of how I looked and viewed myself and of my potential as a young person in the world.
Bill 115, Putting Students First Act, 2012
Thoughts On Fight Bill 115 Marketing
“Teachers, the people who warm our hearts and give us the gift of knowledge.”
I finally found the time to really dig deep and look over Bill 115 after seeing the Ontario Secondary Schools Teacher Federation(OSSTF) FighBill115.ca Ad all over the internet. The conclusion I come to is this, the content of the bill is very strong in reason and rationality and it should be passed and accepted by the teachers this one time. Given the hard fiscal position Ontario is currently in the OSSTF marketing campaign has alienated the valid concerns some teachers actually have with Bill 115. It is overwhelming agreed within society that we need to protect our teachers, and make sure that they are cared for. However it is more important to protect the young minds of the children first.
I don’t think the Ad campaign FightBill115 has been effective and clear with its message on why parents should side with the union vs. the Liberal government that was just re-elected a year ago. This campaign shows the OSSTF blatant position that it is holding children’s lives and extracurricular activities hostage it is an unnecessary aggressive ad campaign.
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The SDTC Cleantech Maze
Policy Publication Resources
For more background on the subject matter the following are some very important reports and publications.
- Innovation Canada: A Call to Action – Review of Federal Support to Research and Development (Jenkins Report on Innovation)
- Moving Forward on Energy Efficiency in Canada: Achieving Results to 2020 and Beyond
- A Bright Green Future, Cleantech Asset Map: An Analysis of the Convergence of Technology, and Policy and Capital in Ontario.
- The 2010 SDTC Cleantech Growth & Go-To-Market Report
Canadian Commercialization: Problems, Failure, & Research Success.
When you look at the maze of images below you will see some of Canada’s most proud and recognizable organizations. However, in the 2010 Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) Cleantech Report, the membership partners attained the letter grade of D for commercialization. This is clearly unacceptable for a developed nation like Canada. The dependency we have placed on the “Crown” when it comes to “Business Development” has inhibited our country’s ability to perform and capitalize on the global growth within the Renewable and Environment sector. Continue reading
64th Senate Committee on Aborginal Peoples
Senate of Canada Committee on Aboriginal Peoples.
Serving as the Federal Government Liaison for the Eastern Woodlands Metis Nova Scotia. Doing my best to help support our most vulnerable.
“Our mission with the Eastern Woodland Métis Nation is to promote and preserve the Metis identity and heritage in our community. We strive to promote education, training, business opportunities, leadership, health and justice. Our goal is to be economically sustainable and self‑reliant. Our values of the ultimate authority of the Eastern Woodland Métis Nation reside with its membership. A consensus is sought from the grassroots membership and is ensured by organizational structures that take into account traditional values that our ancestors have given to us with the belief that the whole community and not just one individual group is to be represented. Our vision is to be self‑actualized, as laid out in the Royal Commission Report on Aboriginal Peoples”
Unrevised Transcript, December 5th, 2012 : Senate of Canada Committee on Aboriginal People.
Economic Independence and The Idea of Self Determination
In my personal opinion and experience even still today here in Canada, I find most police officers or “peace officers” still use excessive tactics of intimidation and force. I think this alienates the core rights and freedoms that are supposed to be protected under the law.
I fundamentally believe individual human rights and freedoms are worth fighting to protect, and even though institutional racism is a reality I choose NOT to turn a blind eye but instead work towards a modern solution that focuses on the self, because the system will not do it for us.
The Global Climate Breakdown?
This is image of the Arctic sea ice on September 13, 2012, the day it shrank to the smallest surface area since records began. The yellow outline shows the average sea ice minimum from 1979 through 2010. This photo illustrates what many climate scientists have been saying: global climate breakdown is proceeding more rapidly than they expected.
Key Question?
Do you think it is time for the world to mobilize to implement the solutions we already have?
Or
Is this just natures path and we have to accept the results?
© NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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