Asynchronous video interviews, or AVIs, are a virtual hiring trend that are gaining a lot of traction. Here’s how job candidates and organizations can best use them.
Schools across Canada are using different methods to try to stop the spread of COVID-19.
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School boards across the country are using different measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. A new study suggests rotating students during different times at school could be most effective.
Kyangwali Refugee Settlement and Reception Centre in Uganda.
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The country has been praised for the humane treatment of its vast refugee population. Now questions arise about how it can continue to do so without without assistance from aid workers.
Nearly 300 workers at Northampton’s Greencore factory tested positive for coronavirus.
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Wildfire smoke makes it harder for firefighters’ bodies to fight off viruses. Social distancing is difficult in that environment, but fire crews are coming up with solutions.
India’s coronavirus toll is rising.
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Taiwan has a population of over 20 million people and no new cases of coronavirus since mid-April. Embracing ‘digital democracy’ and ‘hacktivism’ have been the keys to their success.
Many people in Victoria are opting to wear face shields instead of face masks. It’s allowed – but are they as effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19?
The fallout from COVID-19 for housing and homelessness just adds to the urgency of fixing the long-standing ills of the housing market. The well-being of Australia’s economy and people depends on it.
Data trusts are a key part of a health data infrastructure that manages user and patient information in a responsible, transparent and accountable manner.
Volunteers prepare meals for food banks on the floor of the Bell Centre in Montréal in May 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Food insecurity is income insecurity. After COVID-19, we must no longer tolerate the inequities of corporate charity and the stigma associated with relying on society’s leftovers for those in need.
The turn to private funding of education reduces the responsibility of governments to adequately fund schools and to ensure all children have access to high-quality education programming.
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand