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Doctors in Ontario have been without a contract with the provincial government for almost five years. The new Doug Ford administration has taken a tough stand in the ongoing negotiations. Today in The Conversation Canada, Tara Kiran of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto lays out the case that planned cuts by the province in primary care will be a major setback for the health of millions of patients.
That’s just one of several great Thursday reads we have for you today:
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Do you deal with “emotional labour” at work? I’m guessing we all do. We explain the concept and offer suggestions on how best to cope with it.
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Innovation is a buzz word in virtually every industry, but what’s the best way for organizations to imagine and take bold new paths? The answer: design thinking. It’s a concept that has practical applications, such as coming up with a great idea to help kids see having an MRI as something magical instead of a terrifying experience.
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Government analysts responsible for trying to thwart terrorism often focus on what motivates individual terrorists. But most acts of large-scale terrorism are conceived by teams. Understanding the group dynamics of terrorist teams can reveal valuable information.
And finally…the Frontier is an important part of American mythology. But the story of brave and hard-working people moving west to develop great swaths of the land ignores an important fact – Black people were prevented from becoming pioneering land owners. J.M. Opal, Chair of History and Classical Studies at McGill University, helps us understand why discriminatory land practices of the 19th century still have an impact today.
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The Ontario government is proposing more than a 30 per cent pay cut for doctors working in new primary care models.
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Tara Kiran, University of Toronto
The Ontario government and the Ontario Medical Association are currently engaged in arbitration to determine how family doctors will be paid.
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Deep acting at work could be a protective factor for employees in challenging situations, but it can also take a toll and lead to burnout.
Astrid Helene Kendrick, University of Calgary
To protect employees from burnout, organizations should recognize which emotions are expected to be managed as a part of the job, and what situations generate emotional labour.
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Senior leaders need to move beyond design thinking as it’s often introduced in non-design-savvy settings, like business schools, and get to deep design thinking that inspires and ultimately produces results.
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Kevin Morris, OCADU
Leaders in private and public organizations should seek creative problem-solving skills to better innovate. Design thinking may be the answer.
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A person lights a candle to remember the victims of the Madrid train bombings in 2004. About 200 people were killed and over 1,800 were injured in a series of commuter train bombings in the Spanish capital March 11, 2004.
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Matthias Spitzmuller, Queen's University, Ontario
There is a common misconception in the West that leaders of al-Qaida and ISIS are recruiting and brainwashing people into giving up their lives for the Jihad. This is an incorrect model.
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In the 19th century, white families in the U.S. could easily acquire real estate. This was never the case for Black Americans, who President Jefferson called an “enemy nation” within the country.
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J.M. Opal, McGill University
Old 19th-century agreements between the U.S. government which expelled Indigenous peoples from their land and gave it cheaply to white settlers continue to impact inequalities in the United States.
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Des virus bactériophages infectant des cellules bactériennes.
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John Bergeron, McGill University
La modification dirigée du génome pourrait vraisemblablement avoir des conséquences sur l’humanité plus graves que les changements climatiques et le péril de l’énergie atomique.
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Durant les Fêtes, nous devons faire face à de nombreuses obligations, et bien souvent cela signifie passer du temps avec des gens qui nous horripilent et nous empêchent de nous ressourcer.
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Jamie Gruman, University of Guelph
Durant les Fêtes, nous devons faire face à de nombreuses obligations, et bien souvent cela signifie passer du temps avec des gens qui nous horripilent et nous empêchent de nous ressourcer.
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Culture + Society
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Therese O'Sullivan, Edith Cowan University
In many households, Christmas means visits from relatives eager to smother kids with kisses. But respectful parenting means giving the kids fair warning so they can decide whether that's ok.
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Health + Medicine
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Connor Bamford, University of Glasgow
The instability in the DRC and it deadly properties make the Ebola virus recalcitrant to efforts to stop it.
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Environment + Energy
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Barbara Maher, Lancaster University
Air pollution is bad for our heart and lung health – and a new study says it may be bad for brain health, too.
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