I am very excited to be sharing this special episode with you, the Season 2 Finale of this podcast, featuring one of the most respected cognitive scientists in the world, Dan Willingham.
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Before we go over to Dan, I wanted to thank all of you who have supported me by tuning in this season. Unlike Season 1, which was formatted as a debate show between myself and my progressively incorrect friend, Bradley Arnold, Season 2 was all about the interviews. In total, I was able to interview 29 fabulous guests about their ideas…
Milena Trojanovic is one of nine educators in Canada to receive the National Award for Teaching Excellence in Physical and Health Education (Photo Courtesy of Halton District School Board).
A teacher at Boyne Public School in Milton has received the National Award for Teaching Excellence in Physical and Health Education.
Milena Trojanovic is one of nine educators across Canada to receive this award from Physical and Health Education (PHE) Canada.
PHE Canada honors teachers at all school levels who exemplify high-quality physical education in the country.
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To protect Americans from tobacco-related disease and death, the FDA provides information about tobacco products and the dangers they pose to the public.
Educating people, especially young people, about the risks of using tobacco products, is a critical part of the FDA’s public health mission. FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products offers many educational resources such as:
Information on the health effects of tobacco use: Key facts on how smoking affects heart health, the consequences of smoking on your lungs and why nicotine makes all tobacco products so hard to quit.
Award-winning public health education campaigns: Facts, data and key information…
The government of Ontario took an extraordinary step this month when it announced that mental health literacy would be a mandatory subject for Grade 10 high school students as of September, 2024, and that students in Grades 7 and 8 would be given enhanced tools for recognizing and managing mental health issues as of this fall.
It’s a first in Canada, and its impact could be as revolutionary as the introduction of mandatory sex education classes in most provinces in the last century. As such, all the provinces should be watching as Ontario rolls out its program and start thinking…
The recent study by Stoll and colleagues1 showed a substantial reduction in perinatal death (relative risk [RR] 0.44), low birth weight (RR 0.24), preterm birth (RR 0.39), an Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes (RR 0.63) and cesarean delivery (RR 0.17) when care was provided by midwives. The analyzes were based on the most responsible provider (MRP), and risk stratification was carried out with a risk scoring system. Several potential methodological and analytical errors need consideration before these inferences can be made.
This risk scoring system could not have substantially reduced the selection bias. Many individual risk…
A recruitment team unknowingly recommended ChatGPT for a job interview after the AI was used to complete an application task.
Since its release back in November, the internet at large has been putting out the impressive language model through its paces to see just how flexible and human-like it can be.
With little more than a short prompt, the bot has had a go at everything from writing articles to solving PC problems, putting the fear of potential redundancy into copywriters, customer support staff and beyond.
But one business owner decided to get ahead of that particular game, involving the…