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LBGTQ2+ people in Canada may be more vulnerable to challenges related to COVID-19

August 8, 2022, 11:02 a.m. (EDT)
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Measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 bring a unique set of challenges to LGBTQ2+ people in Canada—that is, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, Two-Spirit, or who reported using another term that refers to sexual or gender diversity.

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Labour shortage: Immigration as part of the solution

August 16, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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Here are some snippets from our new publication, “Research to Insights: Immigration as a Source of Labour Supply.”

Check out the full report for more information on the role of immigration in addressing challenges in the supply of labour.

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Corn, sweet corn

August 5, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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Corn, sweet corn is there anything you cannot do?

You can eat it fresh, frozen or from a can, make tortillas or bread with its flour, or feed it to livestock. You can even drive your car using ethanol made from corn.

Let’s shuck the husks off of our big pile of corn data and dig into this super, sweet vegetable.

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Less tobacco use for Canadian youth, but their reasons for vaping are concerning

August 4, 2022, 11:10 a.m. (EDT)
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First, some good news: in 2021, over 6 in 10 (61%) of Canadian youth aged 15–19, and over one-quarter (27%) of young adults aged 20–24 have never tried a tobacco cigarette in their lives.

However, vaping rates have been increasing and tend to be higher among youth than older Canadians. Many e-cigarettes also contain nicotine.

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Overwhelming majority of Canadian women start breastfeeding soon after giving birth, and more than half stop within six months

August 4, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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From 2017 to 2018, we asked women who had given birth over the previous five years about their breastfeeding experiences and challenges.

To mark World Breastfeeding Week, let’s look at some of the results from these questions.

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Take off, eh! A look at air travel entering the third summer of the pandemic

July 29, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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Canadians are taking flight again in large numbers, both here at home and around the world. International visitors are also coming back. However, headwinds remain in the industry, mostly as a result of labour shortages at airports across Canada and around the world that have led to passenger frustration and cancelled flights.

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Fewer Canadians were food insecure during the first year of the pandemic

July 28, 2022, 11:01 a.m. (EDT)
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The first year of the pandemic was a time of tremendous uncertainty, especially among Canadians who had lost their job, were working fewer hours or were already economically vulnerable when the pandemic hit. One concern at the start of the pandemic was the financial ability of Canadians to put food on the table.

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Hot summer job market for university and college students

July 26, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
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With unemployment and job vacancy rates both hitting records this spring, the summer job market for university and college students has rarely been better.

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