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Bringing up baby: dads seek parental leave
In the morning, Mylon Ollila spends time with his newborn son Sébastien, who sleeps against his chest while he watches television. Being a father is something Ollila finds hard to put into words. “I feel like I’m finally a man,” he said. Ollila, 27, who lives in Timmins and works as a policy analyst at the…
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Transit key to urban development in 21st century
The car was central to urban planning for the baby boom generation. Now, many North American cities are beginning to see public transportation as the key to attracting a young workforce and, with it, economic growth. That’s the view of many transit experts, including three who spoke about the benefits of rapid transit at the…
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Canadian black history: More than just a month
“I remember in elementary school, whenever Black History Month would come around, people would treat me with such a celebratory tone – like it was my birthday or something. But it’s, like, we’re still black the other 11 months of the year.” Staasia Daniels’ statement elicited laughter, cheers and even a light applause from her…
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Video Class 2014
Students in the Graduate Program of Journalism in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western produce stories in all media – video, audio, print and online. Here are a couple of examples of the visual story telling they did this past year. A Veteran’s Ongoing Battle by Asymina Kantorowicz Nine veterans affairs offices…