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Heart Health Month is a little bit longer this year, with an extra day in February. For Leap Day, give a bit of thought to the bigger picture of cardiovascular health, like how work and workplaces can affect hearts, and women’s hearts in particular.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Shannan Grant, Jacquie Gahagan and Leigh-Ann MacFarlane of Mount Saint Vincent University, Barb Hamilton-Hinch and Dayna Lee-Baggley of Dalhousie University and Jessica Mannette of Saint Mary’s University write about the specific risks to women’s hearts in the workplace, and offer seven evidence-based ways to make working women’s hearts stronger.
“In terms of workplace health, women and equity-deserving groups have been compared to the ‘canary in the mine.’ Canaries were traditionally used in coal mines to detect the presence of carbon monoxide,” they write. “However … No one ever declared that the canaries needed to be more resilient or do more self-care to be less susceptible to the influence of carbon monoxide.”
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All the best.
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Research shows women are at higher risk for burnout and psychological, emotional and physical stress in the workplace in comparison to their male counterparts.
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Shannan M. Grant, Mount Saint Vincent University; Barb Hamilton-Hinch, Dalhousie University; Dayna Lee-Baggley, Dalhousie University; Jacquie Gahagan, Mount Saint Vincent University; Jessica Mannette, Saint Mary’s University; Leigh-Ann MacFarlane, Mount Saint Vincent University
Acknowledging that factors like the built environment, social and health systems, and outdated policies are the problems — rather than people — is a step towards healthier and safer workplaces.
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A satellite image of a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of St. John’s, N.L.
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Frédéric Cyr, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Recent research sheds light on the ocean’s annual ‘biological clock’ and highlights the key dynamics that make it susceptible to climate change.
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There’s been a big shift in how journalists consider their audiences in newsrooms. That shift is largely due to audience data.
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Nicole Blanchett, Toronto Metropolitan University
A new study on Canadian journalism examines the impact of audience data on journalistic roles and journalists’ perceptions of their audience
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The presence of pain, especially when it persists over time, is not necessarily a sign that your condition is deteriorating.
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Marc-Olivier Dubé, Université Laval; François Desmeules, Université de Montréal; Jean-Sébastien Roy, Université Laval
Education and advice, as well as exercise, can play a role in the management of shoulder pain.
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Il est très difficile, voire impossible, de savoir exactement combien de personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle sont dans des plateaux de travail au Canada.
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Samuel Ragot, McGill University
Au Québec et au Canada, les personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle sont encore souvent exploitées – via les plateaux de travail – selon l’ONU et les organisations de défense des droits.
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Culture + Society
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Rebecca Stephenson, University College Dublin
Monks who failed to factor in the leap day placed spring equinox on the wrong day, which meant Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week and Pentecost were also marked on the wrong day.
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Politics
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Michael Traugott, University of Michigan
Organizers of the protest had set a goal of 11,000 uncommitted votes to show dissatisfaction with Biden’s support of Israel in the Israel-Hamas war.
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