Posted By:  darrendraper Posted On:  Sep 16, 2008	What I Have To Look Forward To, Fall Edition, 2008
Yikes ! Yeah, I don't really understand this stuff , either, but I'm keeping my head down, gritting my teeth, and trudging forward. I mean really, does it get any better than this? "Back in my day, we did multiple regression and correlation analysis in grade school. Uphill. Both ways....... [view]

Posted By:  judym Posted On:  Jul 4, 2008	living with violence a national report on domestic abuse in Afghanistan, Global Rights: Partners for Justice
The high levels of violence taking place within Afghan households indicates an environment in which women are valued less than men. Situating domestic violence within an international human rights framework is important: it shifts responsibility for responding to domestic violence away from a...... [view]

Posted By:  judym Posted On:  Jul 25, 2008	report from the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women all things (not) being equal
Facts and figures from the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women. News for those who think women have reached equality. News for those who think the status of women has not improved. ... [view]

Posted By:  ohegarty Posted On:  Mar 14, 2008	Another great video? Yup. I fell on the ice this week. I'm taking it easy.
This is a great 2004 talk by Malcolm Gladwell (18 minutes) . Statistics meets the food industry...that is right up my alley :) ... [view]

Posted By:  msouther Posted On:  Oct 19, 2007	How Much Better?
We hear a lot about what environmentally friendly actions have been, will be, or could be better for the environment . Whether the thing that is "better" is something individual consumers can do, something companies have done or plan to do, or something a government somewhere is considering...... [view]

Posted By:  Kip Posted On:  Jul 13, 2007	Kenya Re IPO Opens 18th July 2007
Initial Public Offer (IPO): It is now official that the Kenya Re IPO opens in a week (July 18) and most investors are bracing themselves ready to jump in on the bandwagon and get a piece of this national cake. Retail Investors: In most IPos from Kengen, Scangroup, eveready, acessKenya etc...... [view]

Posted By:  gkesselman Posted On:  Apr 16, 2007	Class stats - May '07 Cohort
Total number of students: 70 Percentage of female students: 17% Percentage of Int'l students: 25% Percentage of students born outside Canada: 52% Of those who filled-in their career section, listed... : 50% - Consulting 25% - Finance 15% - Entrepreneurship 10% - Other ... as their area...... [view]

Posted By:  scoutbanana Posted On:  Mar 26, 2007	why the US does not become involved in african conflicts
The title of this entry is a question that very often crosses my mind as I continue to read the news and stay up to date on the various African conflicts across the continent. How can the country with the most power sit idly as conflicts that tear nations and governments apart worsen? How can the...... [view]

Posted By:  moheyuddin Posted On:  Apr 16, 2007	World Development Indicators 2007
World Development Indicators (WDI) 2007 is out.   WDI is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The 2007 WDI includes more than 900 indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global...... [view]

Submitted By:   VanierCollege Event Date:  Dec 1, 2008 Event Location:  Vanier College Auditorium [view]

Youth as Leaders: Vanier AIDS Day Conference

A statistical overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia

Submitted By:   ozmars Author Name:  HREOC Published:  0000-00-00

Website:  http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/statistics/index.html   Description:   This collection of statistics has been chosen to highlight the current situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, (hereon Indigenous peoples)[1] across a range of indicators including: health; education; employment; housing; and contact with criminal justice and welfare systems. Where possible, data is also provided that identifies: * absolute change in the situation of Indigenous peoples over the past five and ten years; * relative change in relation to the non-Indigenous population over the past five to ten years; and * the position of Indigenous peoples in relation to other indigenous peoples, notably those in New Zealand, Canada and the United States, and population groups around the world.   [view]