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  Lighting can have myriad effects on a patient, including their well-being and recovery. Given this, having lights that can mimic daylighting or have adjustable color temperatures can make a difference for patients. Daylighting and mimicry of it allows for a natural feeling in an otherwise stressful environment. Adjustable color temperatures also can influence a…

Research conducted over two decades has continually affirmed that organizational health (how you run the place) is a valuable, competitive differentiator across industries. Organizational health has been linked to value creation, profitability, resilience, and safety metrics (see sidebar “How to assess organizational health”). Organizations in the care delivery sector are no exception: those that prioritize…

The Ontario government is investing more than $26 million to build a new training centre at LiUNA 183’s skilled trades training campus in Vaughan, Ontario. The union will be able to train nearly 50,000 additional workers, doubling their current training capacity to almost 100,000 workers, for in-demand careers in construction across the Greater Toronto Area…

A new school in Masset, B.C. includes Canada’s first-ever tsunami evacuation tower. The Government of British Columbia provided more than $16 million for seismic upgrades and a tsunami evacuation tower at Daaxiigan Sk’adáa Née Secondary school. The Haida Gwaii Board of Education provided $250,000. The school is now home to Daaxiigan Sk’adáa Née Secondary school and Tahaygen…

The Fire Chiefs Association of B.C. and the B.C. Professional Fire Fighters Association have released a joint statement warning of a dangerous amendment the province of British Columbia recently made to its building code that allows for a single exit stairway (SES) in multi-residential buildings. Permitting residential multi-unit dwellings to reduce their minimum egress stairways…

The way students learn has changed. As a result, academic libraries are grappling with an identity crisis. No longer seen as merely archives for print materials or a place for silent, solitary work, leading academic libraries are alive with activity and support hands-on learning and information creation. Digitization has made many resources easily accessible and…