Nearly 3,400 students received help covering urgent and pressing needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic - from rent to food to health care - thanks to $2.6 million distributed by the university as part of its Student Relief Fund.
Wanting to explore the impact planned economic contraction would have on gender equality and social justice, Bipasha Baruah needed to imagine a scenario where the world completely changed how it worked: Job shares. Flexible schedules. Work from home.
Lena Schreyer would rather not be known as a super-achiever - despite excellent grades, on-campus mentoring and community volunteerism. Instead, the third-year Science and Neuroscience student would prefer to be seen as someone who follows her passions and is willing to risk failing.
Pregnancies, at the best of times, are stressful. When the world is experiencing a global pandemic, human response to risk - real or perceived - is undoubtedly heightened.
A busy season for campus construction, renovation and maintenance resumes this week after a six-week shutdown to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic - although it will not be business as usual, Facilities Management officials announced.
Learn how easy it is to manage your workplace retirement and savings program with the tools and services available online through mysunlife.ca. The Retirement Planner and the Sun Life Mobile app are just two of the financial tools that we will explore.
This is an unprecedented time in world history. Though COVID-19 is not the first world pandemic, it is the first time that people under quarantine have been able to share their experiences in real time through electronic communications. The material that we create and keep now will tell the story of the pandemic for future generations.
Despite being the largest minority in the world, including about 1 in 5 Canadians, we often forget about disabled people. Those whose bodies and minds function differently are often an afterthought and, when we do seek out stories about disability, we often privilege parents' or professionals’ opinions over first-hand accounts.
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