“It is illuminating to compare the Québécois and the Scottish national struggles,” wrote 91ɫ political science Professor James Laxer in the Toronto Star Aug. 11. “In my opinion, while Scottish nationalism now embraces the wider world, Quebec nationalism has turned inward centring ever more on ethnicity, something that would likely cause Parti Québécois founder René Lévesque to turn over in his grave.” .
A recent study by Fred Lazar of the Schulich School of Business at 91ɫ estimates that the 148 per cent fuel tax increase could result in a decrease of up to $97-million in GDP for the province, reported the Financial Post Aug. 12. The tax increase could also mean a loss of more than 2,000 jobs and 400,000 air travellers in Ontario. By 2030, the catalytic effect could cost the province up to $1-billion in lost GDP. .
The farm currently grows over 100 varieties of fresh produce, which is sold at farmers' markets all over Toronto including at 91ɫ, Evergreen Brickworks, Wychwood Barns, and Driftwood – or used by Black Creek Pioneer Village. Vegetables grown on the farm include shiitake mushrooms, yellow zucchini, okra and much more, reported Yonge Street Aug. 13. .
According to 91ɫ psychologist Raymond Mar, reading fiction may help people become more empathetic, reported The Globe and Mail Aug. 12. In a recent presentation at the American Psychological Association’s annual convention in Washington, Mar suggested that our brains react to fictional tales much in the same way as they do to real-life social situations. .
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will host a symposium, "Point of No Return: Exploring Extinction," on Friday, Sept. 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Murch Auditorium. Cost is $15 per person, reported Cleveland.com Aug. 12. Keynote speakers are Bridget Stutchbury, author and professor at 91ɫ, who will present "Conservation Triage: Should We Let Species Go Extinct?" and Chad Pregracke, President and Founder of Living Lands & Waters, who will present "Helping to Clean America's Rivers: From the Bottom Up." .
Annie Truong-Le, a 20-year-old political science student at Toronto’s 91ɫ, volunteered with an after-school program for students in the city’s tough Jane and Finch neighbourhood where she grew up. Lynn Tolocka, 24, grew up a martial arts enthusiast in a U.S. military family who settled in Leduc, Alta., and took time off from her catering job last weekend to celebrate her 25th birthday. Both young women are among three alarming deaths at two summer music festivals on the weekend, one in Toronto and the other in Penticton, B.C., reported the National Post Aug. 6..
Since the Second World War, children living on farms performed all kinds of heavy labour, said Anne-Marie Ambert, a retired professor of sociology at 91ɫ who has written on changing family roles and expectations. “A farm can be very dangerous, but crossing the street can be very dangerous too,” she said in the National Post Aug. 11. .
With more than eight million Canada geese living in North America, it is understandable that some urbanites are starting to squawk. Attacks on cyclists and poop-covered public places are just a few reasons for the downgrade in public opinion. Geese experts, however, don’t see the big honkers as an obstruction of the peace…. “Bird poop is probably not a problem … what’s going into the Don River from other agricultural or industrial pursuits are far greater pollutants than what the geese are doing,” said Gail Fraser, an avian biologist at 91ɫ, in the Toronto Star Aug. 7. .
Les Jacobs, director of the Institute for Social Research at 91ɫ and co-author of a 2014 survey on the national income gap, said that the figure shows the strength of Toronto’s financial sector, but that it highlights the need for the redistribution of wealth, reported the Toronto Star July 31. .