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"Given their postmodern worldview, the millennial generation believes that organizationscan grow and prosper through greater emotional openness. They also perceive negative emotions as having the ability to destroy a company. In her seminal workTheManaged Heart, Arlie Hochschild studies the effects of emotional labor and the negative impacts of repressed emotions. Hochschild identifies emotionallabor as the act of managing one’s own emotions in the workplace. High degrees of emotional labor can lead to burnout, employee dissatisfaction, and reduced productivity."

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Published on: 27 Jun 2017

According to Charles Boberg, an associate professor of linguistics at 鶹ýվ, there are two main differences in Canadian English pronunciation of vowels. "One of them is called 'Canadian rising,' and this is the stereotype that most Americans have of Canadian English and it involves the 'OU' vowel and the 'I' vowel. It's referring to raising the pronunciation of the vowel in the mouth," says Boberg, author of "The English Language in Canada."

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Published on: 27 Jun 2017

The “Neuro”, as the institute is known, hopes its six-month-old open-science experiment will attract more private venture capital, create jobs and lure companies back to the city’s shrunken medical-research sector. The institute is in the midst of drawing up “measurable indicators” to track whether its groundbreaking approach to research and development is delivering on the promise, said Richard Gold, a professor of law and human genetics at 鶹ýվ, who is leading the evaluation.

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Published on: 27 Jun 2017

While the LDT program stresses physical activity and a healthy lifestyle, ܰԳDuvernay-Tardif said his mission is to promote balance. “It’s about a balance between school, physical activity, the arts,” he said. “Our goal is to help make better people.” It’s difficult to find a better role model than the Mont-St-Hilaire native who has combined playing football at the highest level with medical school. He was a standout at 鶹ýվ even though his practice time was limited by his studies.

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Published on: 21 Jun 2017

Graduation season is upon us, and with many bright young people taking their first steps into the workforce, it is important to acknowledge the challenges of what lie ahead. Learning and work styles of extroverts and introverts can be very different, so in order to succeed in the workplace, it is crucial to understand these differences and how to navigate them. As a newbie in the workforce, we have some advice from recent extroverted grads on how to start your career off on the right foot.

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Published on: 20 Jun 2017

"Especially in real time, the narrator has to keep going on the same storyline," said Nathalie Cooke, professor of literature at Montreal's 鶹ýվ. "So as Trump fuels the storyline with the populist Trump, the polarization in his readers actually fuels the continuation of the story."

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Published on: 19 Jun 2017

"Internationalstudieshave shown that greater public contribution to dental care helps to level these sorts of socioeconomic inequalities. The federal government must work together with provincial partners, as well as doctors and dentists, to come up with a new minimum standard of acceptable public dental coverage. Until that happens, Canadians should probably turn their smugness toward the American system down a few notches."

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Published on: 16 Jun 2017

“The aim is not placement,” says Marie-José Beaudin, executive director of the Soutar Career Centre at 鶹ýվ’s Desautels Faculty of Management. Instead, the goal is to equip students with career-long skills in networking. “Your career can’t evolve in a silo,” she says. “You need to have champions who support that and mentors can be fantastic.”

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Published on: 15 Jun 2017

Tough on litigators who prattle on, famously reserved in person, McLachlin has a plain-speaking, often wry style in court. Yet those who know her speak of her easy laugh. 鶹ýվ law professor Daniel Jutras, who worked as her executive legal officer for three years, said McLachlin deals with stress by resorting to humour and was an impressive champion for the Canadian charter, Canadian judges and the independence of the judiciary abroad.

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Published on: 14 Jun 2017

"In a welcome development, 40 years after publishing the first Essential Medicines List (EML), WHO ispoised to begin the development of an Essential Diagnostics List (EDL). An EDL should help amplify the impact of the EML. After all, patients need access tobothdiagnosis and treatment."

Op-ed byDr. Madhukar Pai,Professor & Director of Global Health, 鶹ýվ

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Published on: 13 Jun 2017

Jamie Orchard speaks to Paul Martin after 鶹ýվ awarded the former prime minister an honorary doctorate recognizing his work after politics.

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Published on: 13 Jun 2017

To Andrew Piper, a professor and director of the.txtLABat 鶹ýվ in Montreal, that's another potential pitfall and danger of data visualizations like these: People read a lot into it. "Just picking the top [word] isn't a good way of representing what comes across as really important semantic implications," he said. "Are people googling 'pneumonia' because it's raining in BC? We have no idea."

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Published on: 9 Jun 2017

Still, Ecofiscal chairman Chris Ragan – an economist at 鶹ýվ – said future governments should raise the levy significantly after 2022, and could offset the impact of a higher carbon levy by lowering other taxes. “It would be a very bad outcome if the price peaked out at $50 in 2022 and everything else is done by complementary policies,” he said in an interview.

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Published on: 8 Jun 2017

Health care is about serving people. Yet it is being managed badly, with serious consequences to patients, argues celebrated 鶹ýվ management professor Henry Mintzberg. He calls it an epidemic: Managing without soul, which is common in organizations throughout society, including health.

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Published on: 7 Jun 2017

Moses Gashirabakeis a confident, distinguished, sharply dressed 28-year-old who is normally completely composed. Butafter his convocation ceremony at 鶹ýվ, with degrees in both civil and common lawin his hands, he spotted Rosemarie Schademaking her way toward him for a hug and was simply overwhelmed with emotion. "Over and above being my professor, sheended up being my international mother," Gashirabake said, as he searched for a tissue to wipe away his unexpected tears.

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Published on: 6 Jun 2017

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