Venture Workplace Stress: The Balancing Act
This program examines how difficult it is to balance work and life in today's workplace. Most people feel their lives are out of control and absenteeism, employee turnover and rising drug plan costs that are substantially on the rise would bear this out. For 20 years corporations have tried to deal with stress in the workplace through fitness programs and ...
- 2002
- 00:10:32
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
News in Review - February 2000 World Trade: The Subsidy War
Globalization is a political and economic concept that has been much extolled in the last decade. It is also a trading phenomenon that has had very real effects on the way Canadians live. This News in Review story, which revisits the troubled – some would say disastrous – Seattle World Trade talks, explores the advantages, disadvantages, and above all the conflicts created ...
- 2000
- 00:16:40
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/15/2000
The Exchange Young Canadians: Funding the Future
Paul Kershaw, founder of Generation Squeeze, is a UBC professor and leading thinker on generational inequality in Canada. He talks with CBC's Peter Armstrong about how Canada Pension Plan reforms will affect young people and their future plans for retirement.
- 2016
- 00:03:42
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/05/2016
News in Review - April 2016 Clean Energy: Seeking Renewable Sources
In March 2016 Canada’s federal government met with provincial premiers to put together a national climate plan, one that will address carbon emissions. Canada is far behind other industrial nations in outlining measures to reduce the burning of fossil fuels. Many experts argue that taxing the population may not be the best solution to a cleaner planet. So how do ...
- 2016
- 00:15:34
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/18/2016
News in Review - November 2015 Norway's Oil: Investing in a Nation's Future
The worldwide drop in oil prices has left Alberta facing a billion-dollar deficit and its economy balancing on the edge of recession, possibly dragging the rest of Canada with it. What happened with the surplus the province made over the years of high oil prices? There may be a lesson to learn from across the Atlantic in Norway. What did ...
- 2015
- 00:12:06
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/17/2015
News in Review - March 2016 The Canadian Economy: Facing a Global Downturn
When the International Monetary Fund downgraded its global economic forecast in January 2016, it predicted Canada's economy would only grow 1.7 percent for the year. Canadian banks aren't as optimistic, settling for a mere 1.3 per cent. It’s not good news for a country that is admittedly feeling the pinch of a downturn. What's to blame? China? Slower than expected ...
- 2016
- 00:16:21
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/17/2016
