Click and hold your left mouse button while moving your mouse in any direction over the image above to move within this environment. Grade Five students visited the Toronto Reference Library's Digital Innovation Hub for a hands-on lesson about Virtual Reality (VR) Website Design. The work featured above was done by their teacher and includes a photo taken […]
Hey teachers! Are you looking for different ways to incorporate STEM – AKA STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) – into your lesson plans? Benefits of using STEM/STEAM principles in your classroom include: engaging reluctant learners and creating responsible digital citizens. As part of Toronto Public Library's mandate to support innovation, the Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) […]
Coinciding with International Women's Day is Endometriosis Awareness Week, an annual campaign which takes place during the first week in March. #EndometriosisAwareness is the Twitter handle for the yellow ribbon campaign bringing awareness to this affliction. Women suffering from this affliction suffer heavy menstrual cycles often accompanied by extreme pain. National Institute of Child Health […]
As I am write this piece, I am taking moments to savour morsels of dark chocolate covered blueberry bites. When I purchased this package of chocolate a few days ago, I expected the combination of dark chocolate and fruit to be a healthier choice to other chocolate options at the convenience store, thus fitting my […]
November 14th has been designated a World Diabetes Day and the campaign is led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). This got me thinking about my connection to this condition. It has been about ten years ago since my dad nearly slipped into a diabetic coma and was rushed to hospital with a sugar count of over 60 […]
The strangest thing happened to me on two occasions at different nail salons. First, a bit about myself, I have a perfume sensitivity and prefer bringing my own products such as cream and Epson salt. Due to language miscommunication with the technician they thought I suffered from some disease and put on their NC-95 masks […]
World Pride launches June 20-29, and always, will be a celebration of love, diversity and fun – and number of parking lots will be transformed to beer gardens. Pride's Clean, Sober, & Proud committee have organized an alcohol and drug free area as part of this year's festivities. Sober events will be located at Paul Kane Parkette […]
Canadian children and teens are not getting enough exercise – spending between six to nine hours in various sedentary states. Youth are viewing screens / hanging out – but they are not getting out and about. Active Healthy Kids Canada’s 2014 Report Card rated activity levels of children in 14 countries. Compared with children in New […]
Canada's Olympic darlings, the Dufour-Lapointe sisters had an advantage when training… the sisters wore tanktops measuring biometrics such as steps taken, breathing, heart rate, GPS and g-force. The Hexoskin undershirt was created by Montreal biotech company Carré Technologies. The company received funding through Indigogo (a crowdfunding website) and the Canadian Space Agency, which recently tested […]
This past February, a medical team at Sunnybrook’s Schulich Heart Centre live tweeted a coronary bypass artery graft procedure for the first time in Canada. The medical team explained why they decided to involve the public via social media using the handle #SBheart. The doctors even took time out to Skype with a grade five […]