Tuesday Edition How to spend less time in meetings (Academia Made Easier)
Have you been feeling like time is going really quickly these days? I am not sure if it is getting older, living in Covid times, or simply a lack of mindfulness on my part, but lately I am struck by how quickly my weeks seem to move. Boom, it is Friday again. Boom, it is already Wednesday. Boom, boom, boom, two months of the year are behind me. When time moves like the wind, the idea of ‘time management’ seems comical. How can I manage what I can’t even seem to grasp? And yet, things continue to get done and I continue to enjoy my days. Over the years I have put relatively hard boundaries on my work time and relatively reasonable expectations on myself for what is possible to get done in my work time. More...
Land-Based Education: Embracing the Rhythms of the Earth (QI Power Hour) Land-based approaches to health and education is not a trend for First Nations peoples. In this session, participants can expect an introduction to how health and wellness is connected to the lands and waters First Nations occupy. They will learn how First Nations worldviews frame mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical development with links to strengthening families and communities through land-based education and healing. Participants will also learn the importance of land-based approaches for the professional development of health care professionals and mental health workers in the aftermath of colonization and residential schools. More...
The Future of Senior Care Technology (Health Tech)
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) solutions offer significant promise for independent and assisted living communities. VR tools can help patients with physical fitness, therapy and rehabilitation and assist clinicians in assessing balance and fall risks. Care providers also have used VR to manage pain and calm patients with conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. Older adults can take advantage of VR to engage in experiences that otherwise might be unavailable to them, such as visiting a foreign country or seeing a Broadway show. Research suggests that regularly engaging in these virtual experiences can improve older adults’ feelings of relaxation and well-being. More...
A virtual escape room is teaching people about the Sixties Scoop — through one survivor's story (CBC)
Over Zoom, a group of coworkers make their way through a barn and a residential school classroom — analyzing photos, diary entries and other clues to unlock the story of a Sixties Scoop survivor named Della. This is Della's Story: an online escape room game that's helping thousands of people to better understand a dark chapter in Canadian history. "I call it Dungeons & Dragons meets escape room, meets Indigenous history," said LeeAnne Ireland, executive director of the Calgary-based Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth, which created the game. More...
No going backward: Canada must prepare now for an uncertain future — and do its fair share globally (Canadian Medical Association)
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated just how ill-prepared the world was for a major health crisis. The pandemic continues to have an impact in Canada and around the world. The virus remains with us, and the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) continues to encourage Canadians to get vaccinated, receive their boosters and wear a well-fitting mask especially when among at-risk populations. Canada must also do more to support international vaccination efforts against COVID-19 to reduce global inequities and the impact of future COVID-19 variants. More...
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