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The recent record-setting snowfall that hit the east coast of Newfoundland left cars buried and snow drifts higher than many people’s front doors. Shovelling snow is a Canadian rite of passage in the winter. Today in The Conversation Canada, Scott Lear of Simon Fraser University digs deep into the statistics about what happens to our bodies when we pick up a snow shovel. “In lab testing, snow shovelling was equivalent to vigorous physical activity, like running on a treadmill,” he writes. But like any physical activity, shovelling snow can
lead to heart attacks for some people. Read on to know how to stay safe when the next snowstorm hits.
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Residents of St. John’s, NL dig out after a major storm in January 2020.
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Scott Lear, Simon Fraser University
Shovelling snow is excellent exercise that works the upper and lower body. However, it's important to remember that digging out from a storm pushes many people to their maximal fitness capacity.
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Digital technology may help improve the effectiveness of anti-stigma education programs.
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Javeed Sukhera, Western University
People seeking mental health care still encounter stigma, even within the health system. New tools for teaching and sharing information may help address it.
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Employees want their companies to be genuine in their embrace of corporate social responsibility, and have no appetite for self-serving efforts.
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Magda B.L. Donia, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Even if employees don’t care about a particular cause to begin with, they will react positively or negatively to the reason they believe their organization is choosing to engage in that cause.
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Pour l’instant, les autorités sanitaires estiment que chaque personne infectieuse pourrait transmettre le virus à deux autres individus.
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C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW
Le coronavirus chinois peut-il se transmettre avant les premiers symptômes ? Les preuves manquent encore pour l’affirmer, mais une étude suggère que des enfants asymptomatiques peuvent le propager.
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Business + Economy
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Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
The preliminary evidence suggests the Wuhan coronavirus is less deadly than SARS. But with social media, panic can now spread more rapidly and further.
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Arts
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Roslyn Petelin, The University of Queensland
Philip Pullman's call for a boycott against the new 50p coin is just the latest Oxford comma controvery.
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Politics
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Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Trump's "deal of the century" is not a realistic plan to resolve a decades-old conflict, but an invitation to Israel to expand its territory at Palestine's expense.
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