Out with the old: Blue- and white- collar job labels aren’t cutting it anymore
May 18, 2024 11:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The old way of classifying jobs as blue- or white-collar is no longer relevant in Canadas modern labour market. Our 21st century economy and workforce are too complex to boil jobs and work categories down to a simple blue-...
It’s OK to mow in May − the best way to help pollinators is by adding native plants
May 16, 2024 02:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Its a simple idea: Stop mowing your lawn in the month of May to let flowers in the lawn, such as dandelions and clover, grow and support bees and other pollinators. No Mow May was started in 2019 by Plantlife, a...
How to buy a good pair of sunglasses
May 16, 2024 02:00 am UTC| Life
Nowadays you can buy a cheap pair of sunglasses just about anywhere from supermarkets and petrol stations to corner shops and online fashion retailers, but such ubiquity may prompt doubts as to the protection they can...
Meet Paris’ black dandies, the Sapeurs
May 15, 2024 07:50 am UTC| Life
You can spot them in the streets of Paris or at fashion events in London, Milan, Brussels or Dubai. Most are black African men with sharp outfits designed and chosen to get them noticed. Known as Sapeurs the name comes...
A student’s visa has been cancelled for links to ‘weapons of mass destruction’
May 15, 2024 07:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Over the weekend, Queensland University of Technology PhD student Xiaolong Zhu became national news and not for a good reason. Zhu is a Chinese citizen, and his visa to study in Australia has been denied on the grounds of...
Doing a job you find meaningful is great – until it consumes your life
May 11, 2024 12:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Securing a job that you find meaningful work that you think is significant and value positively may be one of your most important career goals. But there can be a negative side to doing work that youre passionate...
Water cremation: sustainable body disposal is coming to Scotland – here are the benefits
May 09, 2024 07:59 am UTC| Life
Already a popular option in the US, and famously chosen by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died in 2021, alkaline hydrolysis a sustainable method of disposing the body after death is set to be regulated in...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects