Substitute teachers say recovery between schools amid pandemic can put academics at risk
Several replacement instructors in Ontario told CBC News that they were involved in feeding the transmission of the new coronavirus if they were invited to paint in other study rooms and buildings. “I put myself in danger. I’m putting our students at risk,” said Nahid Mawji, a replacement instructor who paints for the Peel District High School Board. “Of course, I take precautions, but this pandemic is unpredictable.” Mawji takes care that instructors carry the virus without symptoms.
Another occasional high school instructor in the Peel region, whom CBC News does not identify in relation to the precarious nature of his work, said he had a circle of family members with diabetes and “really concerned” about bringing the virus home. This concern relates to the situations of monetary demands of these roles, which are not accompanied by reliable income. For maximum replacement instructors, also known as replacement instructors through their academics, he said that each and every shift counts.
The role of substitute teachers is just one component of the province’s school system, which is preparing for academics to return to elegance in September in an ongoing debate on how to do it safely. Dr. Anna Banerji, an associate professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, said exposure to more people can increase their threat of COVID-19. She addressed the physical care staff moving between the long-term care facility, which were hot spots for coronavirus cases and deaths throughout Ontario.
Paul Bocking, vice president and negotiating leader of the replacement teacher negotiation unit with the Ontario High School Teachers Federation, needs the board and province to take action, and said replacement teachers are in a “vulnerable position” in terms of aptitude and funding. His paintings are not only sporadic and temporary, but informal roles sometimes do not have access to paid days in poor physical condition, he said.
Bocking said the union advocates a formula in which each school has an organization of assigned replacement teachers, updating permanent staff, thus ensuring that replacement students do not move from one building to another. Banerji, for his part, warned that within weeks of the school year, school forums and the province are “running out of time” and deserve to consider delaying the return of students. “The prevention charge is greater than the charge of an epidemic,” he said.
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Pandemic threatens to erase decades of progress for mothers in the
During the COVID-19 pandemic, women’s participation in the Canadian pictorial force fell to a point that had not been noticed in decades, and with dubious school plans and few childcare options, some women did not repaint. “If we don’t return women to the pictures in the types of numbers we’ve noticed before … we’re not getting the economic expansion we need,” said Jennifer Reynolds, CEO of Toronto Financial International, a company that aims to stimulate investment. and encourage women’s participation in the labour market.
A report last month through RBC Economics called the hit of women’s employment “unprecedented,” with 1.5 million women in Canada wasting their jobs in the first two months of the pandemic. In April, women’s participation in the Canadian workforce, or the percentage of the paint-aged population painting or looking for paintings, fell to 55%, a point last observed in May 1986. In past recessions, according to the report, men’s unemployment rate is higher than for women, but not this time. RBC’s report also warned of “significant economic consequences” if women’s participation rates do not return to pre-COVID points.
Countless articles have shown women’s tendency to bear the burden of childcare in the hunt for a pandemic as they hunt to keep running. The New York Times recently called the phenomenon “shecession.” Reena Parekh, a private trainer in Toronto, said she knew about it. Parekh found herself virtually unemployed when gyms closed in March. It was quick to put visitor inquiries online, but the effect on their income was significant. Parekh also has young children at home and now juggles them as he gets to work. According to experts, this is a scenario that helps minimize the number of women who are running or looking for work.
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Cyberattacks THE CRA and the benefits of COVID-19 through Canadians have been controlled, officials say
Scammers exploited a security breach on the Canadian Government’s online page and leveraged login credentials in previous hacks to trigger a series of cyberattacks targeting the Canadian Revenue Agency and compromised the non-public data of thousands of Canadians, according to federal officials. . Attacks occur at a time when millions of Canadians rely on the CRA’s online page to claim and access COVID-19 emergency benefits. Although violations were contained, the systems allowed hackers to fraudulently access the government and request or redirect invoices themselves.
Marc Brouillard, Acting Chief Information Officer of the Canadian Treasury Board Secretariat, said a total of 11,200 accounts were affected by the attacks, adding more than 9,000 GCKey accounts and 5,600 other CRA accounts, although almost part of the CRA accounts are connected. GCKey. Cut to cut. “Thanks to the systems we have in place, we were able to stumble across those attacks from the beginning and were able to greatly mitigate the effect on Canadians,” Fog said. Earlier this month, Canadians began reporting online that email addresses related to their CRA accounts had been changed, that their direct deposit data had been changed, and that cerB’s budget or other invoices had been issued in their part even though they had not implemented for COVID. 19 advantage.
Annette Butikofer, head of data at the CRA, said the tax firm had been affected by 3 separate cybersecurity breaches. The firm became aware of the first infringement on 7 August. The firm contacted the RCMP on 11 August and began to strengthen its own security measures, Butikofer said. Canadians were only informed of the breach over the weekend when the CRA temporarily became the target of some other attack and shut down their online platforms, cutting off access to facilities connected to My File, My Business Case and Representing a Customer. Butikofer said CRA expects its online facilities for Americans to be operational by mid-week. Meanwhile, Canadians can still apply for COVID-19 to obtain benefit systems by calling 1-800-959-8281.
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CFL cancels the season after the request for monetary assistance is rejected
The CFL canceled its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which made 2020 the first year of the Grey Cup, which has not been held since 1919. The resolution thwarted the hopes of a shorter season in the central city of Winnipeg and arrived here after the CFL failed to resolve a series of upheavals in a season-saving effort. The league was unable to secure federal investment after applying for a $30 million interest-free loan in Ottawa on August 3 to host a shortened 2020 season.
The league had argued that it needed government investment to organize a shorter season, despite a much stronger ownership scenario than in previous years. The CFL said the federal government had advised the league to apply for an advertising loan, which would be partially funded by Ottawa. “Our government has helped the CFL navigate existing COVID-19 emergency reaction systems that help tens of thousands of companies across Canada deal with money flow and profit problems during this period,” said Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage. “While the league would possibly have benefited from some of those systems, its board nevertheless took the decision not to continue next season.”
With the cancellation, the CFL has become one of the few professional sports leagues in North America to finish the game in 2020. Unlike other Primary Leagues in North America, the CFL does not have a $1 billion television contract and remains a doorway. . which is a major challenge when enthusiasts are not allowed in the stands. Last April, CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie told the Canadian Press that the CFL is up to $150 million in federal assistance in a season that has been eliminated. The league then reduced its call to about $44 million, before applying for a $30 million loan. Meanwhile, the league also struggled to fix the fences with the CFL Players Association. Politicians from all primary parties have criticized the CFL for not involving their players in their initial request for monetary assistance.
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Neglected school ventilation systems worry parents and experts about COVID-19 pandemic
Ventilation is essential to help soothe COVID-19, and schools across Canada move away from the fragmented technique in the indoor air, according to experts in engineering and public fitness. Schools can be poorly ventilated and overcrowded spaces where others spend much of the day in close contact, all of which can turn them into high-risk environments and which, according to public fitness officials, can facilitate epidemics when a new school year begins.
But experts point to two main tactics to decrease the likelihood of transmission of infectious diseases: strategies known for many years: to boost herbal ventilation, such as opening windows and doors to introduce more air and dilute contaminants, adding viruses, indoors, and expanding air intake through construction ventilation systems.
Dr Anne Huang, a public exercise doctor in Regina, said that in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, studies to date suggest that the virus would likely persist for minutes or hours in the air. Most of the time, aerosols are at a shorter distance than for highly contagious measles virus. Jeffrey Siegel, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Toronto who conducts studies and consultations on buildings in good condition, ventilation and indoor air quality, said it was now a golden opportunity to upgrade the replaced systems.
Like Huang, Siegel said scientists did not have a complete concept of the virus’s contagion in the air. In the absence of answers, Siegel said, experts like him depend on what is known to examine the problem: poorly ventilated and overcrowded environments provide a clear threat of transmission. To solve the problem, he said, governments and school forums want to reduce the number of schoolchildren in the classroom, check ventilation and cleanliness quality, adding spaces such as crowded hallways or bathrooms.
Yukon scholars write songs about COVID-19 pandemic
Whitehorse musician Matthew Lien said he’s not sure how to get started at the summer music camp he runs. The concept of getting a teen organization to write and produce a song from scratch. “I said, “What’s in your brain in the last few years? What do you need to write? “remember Link. Turns out that’s what’s been bothered with everyone in recent years: COVID-19.
Two teams of academics proposed a song that reflected their perspectives on the pandemic. “Everyone in the group, or the 3 scholars, we all write our own lyrics and our own piano segment to accompany them,” said Finnian Hanley, whose father, Medical Director of Health, Dr. Brandan Hanley, directs Response to the Pandemic of Yukon Territory. Hanley eagerly awaits the end of the pandemic to see her father more.
Link said he was inspired by what the scholars had proposed. “Seeing this COVID crisis [-19] through the eyes of these young artists, and you know, they’re just at the beginning of their lives and the overall total is upside down and their long term is completely uncertain, it was touching to hear how they see this situation,” Lien said.
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