First a caveat: for close followers of our corporate activities and online destinations, you will note that some of what follows has been posted and re-purposed elsewhere on one of our other websites. Sometimes, that’s the challenge of being a contributor for two separate websites, the luxury of a day off, and ultimately, the ease [...]

Last year, I made an earnest effort to create a series of posts, categorized as “Catching Up”, that would spotlight some links of interest.  So, I’m resurrecting that and, without planning to, I seem to have hit on the theme of language:

An online database of names, HearNames.com lets you type in [...]

An historic civic literacy initiative will soon be upon us. Beginning the week of May 2, over 50 (so far) of our partner publisher newspaper/online publications will begin publishing The Canadian Experience, a 52-week editorial series about the history of Canada’s democracy — how our country works, the politics, the leaders, the peoples, and more [...]

In a country such as Canada, successful businesses know the value of having their workforce reflect their customers and stakeholders. Employment Equity Act aside, it just makes sense; our consumer base is becoming more and more diverse. So, for example, if branding experts are in high demand amongst marketing and advertising companies, it may just [...]

There still may be time: the deadline to nominate a candidate to receive the Paul Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism is March 1, 2010.   The federal Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism annual award recognizes “individuals who have made exceptional contributions to Canadian multiculturalism and the integration of cultural communities and new Canadians.”
In an interesting spin, the award [...]