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Going In Circles? Good!

All Work

The Carbon Leadership Forum defines embodied carbon as “greenhouse gas emissions arising from the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance and disposal of building materials.” But, we must learn to embrace adversity, love complexity and treat every obstacle as an opportunity.

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United Auto Parts (UAP) Offices – Montreal

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Completed in April 2024, what was once an industrial warehouse for automotive parts and accessories for cars and heavy vehicles is now the site of a 70,000-square-foot structure that embodies impactful levels of decarbonization. Design : Lemay Contractor : Les Entreprises QMD inc.

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Is College Still Worth It?

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Yet college—in the traditional sense of a bachelor’s degree from a four-year institution of higher learning that a student pursues full time on campus—is still imaginatively linked with the supposed American Dream and assumed to be the one and only road to success. Here’s a head-scratcher. Reinventing apprenticeships.

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How to navigate the seismic shifts in workplace rules and roles in 2024

Work Life

Work is assessed according to where the employee can work—either on site or anywhere, and the level of customer interaction—either standalone right up to fully hands-on: Highly hands-on, on-site workers include emergency services, early education, travel and hospitality, and transport roles that can only be performed in person.

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The dockworkers’ strike is suspended, but automation remains a sticking point for unions

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The ILA is “taking a hard stand on the never ending threat of automation that is infiltrating our industry, and I have heard the remarks from those that say we need to learn how to deal with it!” I guess the argument is there are fewer people to be hurt,” says Greg Regan, president of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department.