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Canada’s arts and recreation businesses face greatest risk of closure, according to the CFIB
Canada’s arts and recreation businesses face greatest risk of closure, according to the CFIB https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/07/29/canadas-arts-and-recreation-businesses-face-greatest-risk-of-closure-cfib.html
Sick Kids experts say students should attend school every day, smaller classes ‘a priority’ in updated report
Sick Kids experts say students should attend school every day, smaller classes ‘a priority’ in updated report https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2020/07/29/sick-kids-experts-say-students-should-attend-school-every-day-smaller-classes-a-priority-in-updated-report.html What the science says about kids and COVID, as Sick Kids experts make recommendations for going back to school...
SirsiDynix Free Webinar: COVID-19: How to Cope with Ongoing Isolation
Episode 10 COVID-19: How to Cope with Ongoing Isolation Wondering how COVID-19 is affecting your mental health? Looking for strategies to reduce feelings of stress and loneliness during COVID-19? Join Brigham Young University psychology and neuroscience professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad as she shares her insight into how social distancing practices are affecting our minds, why relationships are important, and helpful habits we can implement to cope. Professor Holt-Lunstad has been researching...
Counsel: COVID-19 Update Toronto and Peel to Move to Stage 3, Ontario Launches Commission into Long-Term Care
COVID-19 Update Toronto and Peel to Move to Stage 3, Ontario Launches Commission into Long-Term Care July 29, 2020 Good Evening, Peel and Toronto Move to Stage 3 Reopening Today the provincial government announced that the Region of Peel and Toronto will enter Stage 3 of Ontario’s Framework for Reopening our Economy effective Friday, July 31, 2020 at 12:01 a.m. The Windsor-Essex region is the last region to be held back in Stage 2. For regions in Stage 3, gathering limits will increase to a...
RHPL Press Release: Select In-Branch Services Available at Richmond Hill Public Library
July 29, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Select In-Branch Services Available at Richmond Hill Public Library Starting Aug. 4 (Central Library) and Aug. 18 (Oak Ridges, Richmond Green and Richvale Libraries), Richmond Hill Public Library (RHPL) will partially open to provide vital services to our community. With the safety and wellbeing of both our community and staff as our priority, library locations will offer in-branch holds pickup, printing/computer access, and reference/account...
Covid-19 and the challenge to chain retail bookstores in Canada’s cultural landscape
Covid-19 and the challenge to chain retail bookstores in Canada’s cultural landscape https://www.morecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Covid-19_and_Canadian_bookstores.pdf A discussion paper prepared by the More Canada think tank project steering committee 17 June 2020 Executive summary Covid-19 has created crisis conditions for Canada’s troubled retail bookstore sector, and that has serious implications for Canadian cultural life. Indigo Books, whose bricks and mortar Indigo, Chapters and...
Municipal World: Triumphs and failures of evidence-based policy making – latest episode of MW Shares Podcast
July 29, 2020 MW SHARES: MUNICIPAL WORLD PODCAST Award-winning community engagement practitioner Ashleigh Weeden joins Municipal World CEO Susan Gardner to explore why evidence-based policy making is so important for local governments, especially during a time like this – and why it's sometimes hard to modify such policies, even once the evidence has changed. LISTEN...
IMPORTANT: Final Reminder to complete your 2019 Annual Survey of Public Libraries / Rappel final pour compléter votre enquête annuelle 2019 sur les bibliothèques publiques
Sent on behalf of Sarah Cossette / envoyé au nom de Sarah Cossette Dear Public Library and First Nation Public Library CEOs: This is an important reminder to submit your 2019 Annual Survey of Public Libraries (ASPL) before the final deadline of August 15, 2020. Timely submission helps the Ministry to update and publish the Ontario Public Library Statistics, which supports policy work within government and provides key context for the Ontario public library sector’s planning activities....
Forbes: Where To Get Help Finding A Job: The Virtual Library
Where To Get Help Finding A Job: The Virtual Library https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2020/07/24/where-to-get-help-finding-a-job-the-virtual-library/ "Public libraries have long been known for helping people with job searches, through one-on-one résumé advice and classes teaching computer skills. Since many libraries have been closed physically due to the pandemic, they’re now often offering job-search help virtually so people can benefit from the resources at home. “They decided career...
Toronto, Peel get green light to go to Stage 3 on Friday
Today’s coronavirus news: Toronto, Peel gets green light to go to Stage 3 on Friday; Only one new case in Toronto reported https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/07/29/todays-coronavirus-news-ontario-set-to-announce-stage-3-plans-for-toronto-peel-windsor-essex-bc-to-announce-plans-for-september-return-to-school-amid-covid-19-pandemic.html Toronto and Peel to enter Stage 3 reopening. Here’s what that means...