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\u201cThe explosion of imported goods from China, India and other Asian economies is leading to serious congestion in the ports, rails and roads of North America. The solution may lie with Canada\u2019s own transportation infrastructure,\u201d co-wrote 快播视频 Professor Charles McMillan<\/b> in the Financial Post<\/i> March 6. \u201cCanada is uniquely positioned to become the North American gateway from Asia and Europe to the markets of this continent. This is truly a nation-building opportunity to shape our country\u2019s future.\u201d Read full stor<\/a>y<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Keeping all the balls in the air<\/a>
\nParenthood and a research career have at least two things in common: the demands are ceaseless and the clock is ticking. Is it possible to juggle both?...It starts with maternity leave. Although the granting agencies and universities now all have accommodation for parental leave built in, the nature of a research job makes it very difficult to step away. \u201cThe fields march on, the publications march on,\u201d explained Lorna Marsden<\/b>, president emerita of 快播视频, in Canadian Chemical News <\/i>March 5. \u201cIn some fields the pace is so fast. You\u2019re often competing with other teams working on the same problem and you want to get there first.\u201d Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hamilton restaurant's use of Confederate battle flag call for trouble, profs say
\n<\/a>A Hamilton restaurateur\u2019s use of the Confederate battle flag on the sign for his Southern barbecue diner is a call for trouble, according to a Kingston-based American history professor\u2026.快播视频 history Professor Marc Egnal<\/b> added the flag is sure to offend African-American patrons. \u201cNo one, including that diner owner, can be naive about what the flag means,\u201d he said in the Toronto Sun<\/i> March 5. \u201cSymbols have a context.\u201d Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018Top Girls\u2019 asks how far have women come
\n<\/a>Top Girls<\/i>, a play set in Margaret Thatcher\u2019s England that tracks the success of a career woman, and what that really means, aims to put the lie to those who believe the struggle for women\u2019s equality is over....Director Saul Garcia Lopez<\/b>, a PhD candidate in theatre direction at 快播视频, said it\u2019s a political play with the image of Thatcher, Britain\u2019s first woman Prime Minister, hovering over it\u2026.\u201cThis play is about political criticism of the conservatives of that time, and the changes that Margaret Thatcher broached,\u201d said Lopez in the Waterloo Chronicle<\/i> March 5. Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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