Year: 2021

“We asked employees what they were looking for as the pandemic gets more under control,” said Tara Ataya, Hootsuite’s chief people and diversity officer. “While free snacks and PingPong tables may have cut it pre-pandemic,…

At the venerable La Quercia in Kitsilano, co-owner Adam Pegg didn’t just put a corner aside. He turned the entire dining room into a deli on wheels. By day, he sells fresh-rolled pasta, sauces, prepared…

Freedom is not the issue here. It is well established in American law that “your freedom to swing your fist ends at another person’s nose.” Similarly, the “freedom” to spread a potentially deadly virus ends…

There are a few things that get in the way of intuition. They are overthinking, ‘shoulds,’ bias, approval seeking, when you really want something, and even trauma. To get through those obstacles, become self-aware, scan…

We move through a storied world as living stories. Every human life is an autogenerated tale of meaning — we string the chance-events of our lives into a sensical and coherent narrative of who and…

Shaw believes that, as health and safety policies evolve, “the workplace of the future is going to be a very different place” from those we recognize today. She envisions postsecondary and graduate programs that guide…

In September of 2021, Polonen sat down with The Debrief to share his thoughts on the type of individuals most likely to succeed in the coming decades and the “soft skills” these future workers will…

Decades later, at age 98, Costantini would recall in crisp detail how he waited, alongside other young soldiers, to receive a handful of vaccinations that the Army required. “The government was worried about their soldiers,”…

Anti-vaccine protesters fueled by existential anxiety, psychologist says ‘We want to feel something that is larger than ourselves, that transcends our personal lives’ http://www.cbc.ca People refusing to get COVID-19 vaccine may be doing so as…

Will Wright discusses his upcoming game that maps your conscious and subconscious mind.