Description: Are the assignments beginning to pile up already? Have you missed a deadline or an important meeting this term? Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the pace and complexity of your university life? Perhaps it’s time for you to read about Emotional Agility: that’s a term developed by Harvard psychologist Susan David and she sees… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Student life
Payday loans and poverty
Description: They are regulated in most Canadian provinces. But payday loans still have astronomically high rates ranging from 456 percent to 639 percent. Don’t be fooled by the simple phrase of $15 for a $100 loan. When you figure out the math on an annual basis, you can see why Professor Jerry Buckland is calling… Read more »
Take back that bookshelf
Description: Lots of us love IKEA. And now comes word that IKEA is looking at a program that will let you take back your old IKEA furniture to the store to receive credit on new purchases. Your old stuff will be resold or recycled, adding a big environmental benefit to the program as well as… Read more »
Let’s take a walk
Description: Steve Jobs was fond of it. And apparently so too is John O’Donnell, the CEO of Allstate Insurance in Canada. Mr. ODonnell and his staff can often be found in a walking meeting, roaming the paths around Allstate’s Markham head office. There are benefits to thinking outside the box of the office walls as… Read more »
Ikea Foundation steps in
Description: Many students have found value, pleasure and comfort in Ikea’s furniture. And they’ve gone on to be Ikea shoppers as they move into the world of work. But did you know the Swedish furniture giant also operates a humanitarian arm known as the Ikea Foundation? This Foundation, in typical Ikea fashion, has developed lightweight,… Read more »
Where’s my porcelain mug?
Description: Last year 3G Capital Partners LP of Brazil purchased Canadian coffee giant Tim Horton’s. It’s perhaps a sign of 3G’s famous cost-cutting behaviour that some Tim’s outlets are doing away with the classic porcelain coffee mugs in favour of an all paper cup regime. It’s unlikely that all patrons will be happy with this… Read more »
Learn from the boomers
Description: Housing prices in places like Vancouver and Toronto are causing Globe and Mail arts columnist Marsha Lederman to wonder what retirement might be like for Gen-Xers, like her, or the Millennials who are following. She remembers the big day when her mother celebrated receiving a notice from the bank saying the home mortgage had… Read more »
A new way to repay student loans
Description: Not liking the look of the climbing balance in your student loan? Wondering how you are ever going to repay that thing after you graduate and start working? Well, how about using a travel rewards program such as Aeroplan to help pay down that debt? Two provinces have already started such a program… Read more »
Paper flyers keep on flying
Description: The digital world has had a deep impact on media such as movies, television, music and magazines. But for some reason, the much-maligned paper advertising flyer seems to be doing just fine. “Customers love their flyers,” said retail executive David Thorpe in a recent Globe and Mail. Apparently 98% of Canadians examine a flyer at least… Read more »
Debits left, Credits right; Debits left, Credits right
Description: Teachers often repeat that just as the students learn from them, they often learn things from the students. This is often true, it seems, when it comes to technology, where our students often have the jump on their professors in knowing the latest and greatest of those tools. This week, I experienced this when… Read more »
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