by Sharon Broughton, February 18, 2020 The Age of Increasing Inequality: The Astonishing Rise of Canada’s 1%, Lars Osberg, Lorimer, February 19, 2019, 248 pp., $25.71 What kind of Canada do we want for the future of our children? Does the increasing inequality between the top 1% and all those left behind matter for our human rights and … [Read more...] about The Age of Increasing Inequality: A widening gap between the rich and poor—the new Canadian ‘normal’
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Conversations with Buddha & Ingenious: Noble truths, now and next
Conversations with Buddha: A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts, Joan Duncan Oliver with forward by Annie Lennox Ingenious: The Unintended Cost of Human Innovation, Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson Imagined conversations on suffering, impermanence, and karma by Lucy White (February 14, 2020) Conversations with Buddha: A Fictional Dialogue Based on … [Read more...] about Conversations with Buddha & Ingenious: Noble truths, now and next
Noise: A lifeline during an information tsunami
by Nicole Salmon (February 11, 2020) Noise: Living and Leading When Nobody Can Focus, Joseph McCormack, Wiley, December 5, 2019, 304 pp., $29.70 If you feel bombarded or aimlessly adrift in a sea of information, Joseph McCormack’s latest book Noise: Living and Leading When Nobody Can Focus will feel like a lifeline amidst an information … [Read more...] about Noise: A lifeline during an information tsunami
Conversations with Dickens: ‘Anything that can lift wretched children out of woeful ignorance’
Conversations with Dickens: A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts by Paul Schlicke Successful Philanthropy: How to Make a Life by What You Give by Jean Shafiroff (Author), Georgina Bloomberg (Introduction) My Dinner with Dickens By Katherine Verhagen Rodis (February 7, 2020) Conversations with Dickens: A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts, … [Read more...] about Conversations with Dickens: ‘Anything that can lift wretched children out of woeful ignorance’
Vacanti, Ehrenreich, Taylor and Lebo: I blended my bedside reading—and discovered it’s all about work!
By Maryann Kerr (February 4, 2020) There’s been a lot of talk lately at conferences, on podcasts and social media, and in business books about the impact our work life is having on our mental, physical and emotional health. As we face issues related to retention and a significant leadership gap in the charity sector, it is a topic important to discuss. … [Read more...] about Vacanti, Ehrenreich, Taylor and Lebo: I blended my bedside reading—and discovered it’s all about work!