NEXT Canada appoints Kyle Winters as CEO
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TORONTO, April 20, 2021 /CNW/ - Kyle Winters, currently Chief Advancement Officer at NEXT Canada, has been appointed as the organization s Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1.
Kyle joined NEXT in 2019 as the Chief Development Officer and progressed to Chief Advancement Officer in 2020. In these roles, he led a high performing fundraising team, and successfully cultivated new donors and corporate partners to support NEXT s mission.
Joe Canavan, current CEO of NEXT Canada, will re-join the Board of Directors at its upcoming meeting in June. In the early months of 2019, Joe assumed the role of CEO and committed to serving the organization for two years, with a clear mandate to establish a long-range plan that was visionary and sustainable.
Solar-powered medical oxygen systems saving lives in Somalia: using innovation to accelerate impact in a fragile setting
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1 April 2021 – On 5 February 2021, minutes after she gave birth to her eighth child at the Hanaano General Hospital in Dusamareb, 37-year-old Zahra’s heart sank. Her doctor explained her baby had birth asphyxia, which meant she was having difficulties in breathing. She had an oxygen rate of less than 40%, compared to the required levels of 90% and above.
“I cried and was worried when I saw my child very ill,” said Zahra. “I believed she would die.”
Immediately, the baby was admitted to the maternity ward, where doctors rushed to offer her medical oxygen using one of the 3 solar-powered oxygen machines that had just been installed at the Hanaano General Hospital.
March 15, 2021 - 9:39 AM
TORONTO - The Canada Co-Operative Championship Rugby League, which is hoping to help grow rugby league in the country, has named former Leeds Rhinos star Stevie Ward its director of welfare and safety.
Ward has also been appointed to the CCCRL s board of directors.
Organizers of the CCCRL hope to kick-start rugby league at the grassroots level in Canada. Their goal is to eventually establish a 12-team league with both men s and women s teams with fans literally able to buy into the concept.
The idea is to start with a six-team league in 2023, with plans of increasing up to 12 teams â six men s and six women s â with representation from B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec.
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The pandemic is negatively affecting working Canadian women s careers, stress levels, and mental health at greater levels than men; while women still earn nearly a quarter less than men in total income
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TORONTO, March 8, 2021 /CNW/ - A new survey from ADP Canada and Leger shows that pay equality remains a persistent challenge for Canadian organizations. The survey also reveals that the ongoing pandemic dissimilarly impacts men and women, particularly working mothers, in terms of career growth, stress levels, and potential to seek new employment.
Equal pay and pay equality are still major issues for Canadian working women, who are open to finding new jobs during the pandemic. (CNW Group/ADP Canada Co.)
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Rugby training gear is shown during a Torotno Wolfpack during a practice at Lamport Stadium in Toronto. Bradford, Featherstone, Leigh, London, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Neil Davidson March 01, 2021 - 6:44 AM
TORONTO - Professional rugby league in Canada lasted less than four seasons with the Toronto Wolfpack. The Ottawa Aces have yet to take the field.
But there are plans to kick-start the sport at the grassroots level in Canada, in the form of the Canada Co-Operative Championship Rugby League (CCCRL). Organizers hope to eventually establish a 12 -team league with both men s and women s teams with fans literally able to buy into the concept.