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Canada’s Dirty Little Secret

February 17th 2008

Barbara Moses in her Globe Career article titled Getting Xs and Ys on the same page dated January 25th addresses what she refers to as Canada’s dirty little secret. Older workers, despite organizational chatter about inclusion, feel simply put unwelcome in many organizations. The range of outcomes seems to yield at best a feeling of being undervalued and at worst, being forced into early retirement.

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Rocco Rossi climbs
The Heart and Stroke 7 Summits expedition
February 12th 2008

On February 24th, Rocco Rossi - CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario will be joined by 100 business leaders for the first-ever Heart and Stroke 7 Summits expedition. Together they will climb the stairs of Toronto’s seven tallest office towers to reach their ultimate goal - to raise $1 million for the placement of life-saving Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) across Ontario.

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It’s not a jungle, it’s a biathlon out there

January 4th 2008

Which Sport does your job resemble? More Canadians see themselves as multitasking biathletes than team-foucsed hockey players.

This Globe and Mail Article takes the traditional sport/workplace metaphor and applies a little twist. "Visualizing your work as a sport can help assess whether you are playing to your potential and set up a training porgram to get your career in better shape" says Patrick Sullivan, president of online job site Workopolis.com

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