A 28-Year Partnership Lights the Way
Good Reads February 05, 2014
The First annual United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada) Day was launched by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC) on December 2, 2013 to highlight the incredible 28-yearlong fundraising partnership between the two organizations. UFCW Canada is the country’s leading and most [...]
Read full storyCanada-Kazakhstan Bilateral Relations Flourish
Good Reads February 04, 2014Kazakhstan and Canada established diplomatic relations in 1992. The 20th anniversary of this historic event saw a significant strengthening of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in 2012, through highlevel exchanges, inter-parliamentary contacts and enhanced trade and economic ties. Bilateral [...]
Read full storyAccreditation Canada: Highlights from the 2012 Annual Report
Good Reads February 04, 2014
In 2012, Accreditation Canada's many collaborations with healthcare organizations included the development of a comprehensive report on medication reconciliation and efforts to improve patient and staff safety. Since 2005, Accreditation Canada has worked with many partner organizations and stakeholders [...]
Read full storyCanada Health Infoway: Better Health Through Digital Technology
Good Reads January 28, 2014
Better Health Together through new technology. That’s what it’s all about. An important trend in health care these days is patient-centred care and convenience. The idea is that in a world driven by technological innovation, patients should be able to securely access their full medical records online. [...]
Read full storyPulitzer Prize Finalist Detroit by Lisa D’amour
Arts & Events January 21, 2014
In a "first ring" suburb outside a midsize American city, Ben and Mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors who’ve moved into the long-empty house next door. The fledgling friendship soon veers out of control, shattering the fragile hold that newly unemployed Ben and burgeoning alcoholic [...]
Read full storyOttawa to Ring in the New Year Scottish Style
Arts & Events December 23, 2013
The people of Ottawa will have another chance to get their Celt on this New Year’s Eve. After the success of last year’s first-ever Scottish Hogmanay at Ottawa City Hall, the Scottish Society of Ottawa has announced it will host another free downtown party on December 31, presented by TD. This year’s [...]
Read full storyCanadian Athletes and a Look at Canada's 2014 Olympic Men's hockey team
Sports November 29, 2013
I can't wait for Men's Olympic Hockey to start. Will there be another Crosby dream moment or will the Russians take it this year? Canadians look forward to the Olympics to watch many winter sports but in the end the juggernaut is the Olympic Men's hockey team and the most anticipated games are men's [...]
Read full storyFederal Employees And Retirees Raise $20.1 Million To Date To Support Their Communities
Arts & Events November 29, 2013
On November 28 at the Canadian Museum of Nature, hundreds of federal employees and retirees celebrated the success to date of this year’s Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign (GCWCC), which raised $20.1 million in the National Capital Region. Thanks to these generous contributions, thousands [...]
Read full storyKazakhstan: at the forefront of nuclear non-proliferation and peaceful uses of nuclear energy
Good Reads November 27, 2013
In our continuing series on Canada-Kazakhstan relations, we look at Kazakhstan’s expanding uranium mining sector and its position in the vanguard of middle-power countries supporting nuclear non-proliferation. The decision of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev in 1991 to eliminate the nuclear [...]
Read full storyAn Exhibition of Photography by Asif Rehman
Arts & Events November 25, 2013
Asif Rehman’s photography reveals that the label “Canadian Muslim” at best defines only a part of a person’s identity, and seeks to break down stereotypes held by Muslims and non-Muslims about what it means to be a Canadian Muslim. "In spite of differences that exist between [...]
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