#The prolific Canadian inventor behind the ‘Ironsuit’

#The prolific Canadian inventor behind the ‘Ironsuit’

“#The prolific Canadian inventor behind the ‘Ironsuit’” On a cool, bright Saturday morning in March, Phil Nuytten stands on the deck of a 23-metre barge docked in British Columbia’s Horseshoe Bay. He wears a weather-beaten black-and-yellow parka. An orange inflatable life vest peeks out from underneath his coat, though on this day the barge would…

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#The prolific Canadian inventor behind the ‘Ironsuit’

#The prolific Canadian inventor behind the ‘Ironsuit’

“#The prolific Canadian inventor behind the ‘Ironsuit’” On a cool, bright Saturday morning in March, Phil Nuytten stands on the deck of a 23-metre barge docked in British Columbia’s Horseshoe Bay. He wears a weather-beaten black-and-yellow parka. An orange inflatable life vest peeks out from underneath his coat, though on this day the barge would…

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#The Delta variant is ‘moving the goalposts’ for Canada’s vaccination targets

#The Delta variant is ‘moving the goalposts’ for Canada’s vaccination targets

“#The Delta variant is ‘moving the goalposts’ for Canada’s vaccination targets” Vaxx Populi: Outbreaks at a Toronto hospital and in Yukon have been linked to more infectious variants; data shows vaccines are very effective at preventing hospitalization among those who contract Delta The public’s crash course in epidemiology and vaccine efficacy shows no sign of…

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#The extraordinarily slow plan to reopen the border

#The extraordinarily slow plan to reopen the border

“#The extraordinarily slow plan to reopen the border” The Trudeau government is keeping shut the U.S-Canada border for the foreseeable future, with no clear end date in place nor with any metrics on when, and how, the border will reopen. Nothing will change about the border measures at all until July 5, when fully-vaccinated travellers…

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#Leaning into distance learning – Macleans.ca

#Leaning into distance learning – Macleans.ca

“#Leaning into distance learning – Macleans.ca” Bishop’s student Loch Baillie got a job co-designing virtual classes and discovered ways to make studying from home better—for himself and others Originally from Worcester, Mass., Loch Baillie is a fourth-year honours English literature and French student at Bishop’s University. It was March 2020 and I had just returned…

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