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Fight or flight? Why individuals react as they do

Credits: Photo: Aidan Milliff Next image Why do some people fight and others flee when confronting violence? “This question has been bothering me for quite some time,” says Aidan Milliff, a fifth-year doctoral student who entered political science to explore the strategic choices people make in perilous times. “We’ve learned a great deal how economic status, identity, and pressure from community shape decisions people make while under threat,” says Milliff. Early in his studies, he took particular interest in scholarship linking economic deprivation to engagement in conflict. “But I became frustrated by this idea, because even among the poorest of the poor, way more people sit out conflict instead of engaging,” he says. “I thought there must be something else going on to explain why people decide to take enormous risks.”

Local non-profits to receive federal funding to expand employment and other opportunities

Kincardine, ON, Canada / ShorelineToday.ca Feb 23, 2021 6:11 AM Nine organizations in Central Ontario have been awarded funding to help create employment and strengthen the nonprofit and charitable sector, including 4 in Grey-Bruce. Community Foundation Grey Bruce and Georgian College have partnered to disperse over $341,000 to the groups through the Government of Canada’s Investment Readiness Program, through Community Foundations of Canada. Eat Local Grey Bruce in Owen Sound was awarded $45,000 to formalize policies and procedures, complete full financial assessments and perform strategic planning for sustainable growth. $38,634 will go to fund the Launch Pad Youth Activity and Technology Centre in Hanover, for a feasibility study & business plan to operate an ice cream truck as employment training for youth.

WindsorEssex Community Foundation awards $190,000 to nine local organizations

  WINDSOR, ONT. A total $190,000 has been awarded to nine local social purpose organizations thanks to the WindsorEssex Community Foundation. The foundation awarded the funding to projects in Windsor-Essex, Lambton and Kent County as part of the Government of Canada’s Investment Readiness Program (IRP). “The pervasive and wide-ranging effects of the global pandemic has placed Canadian communities in crisis. Recovery efforts must be transformative to meet the test of an uncertain, and at the same time, hopeful and prosperous future,” Andrew Chunilall, CEO of Community Foundations of Canada, a national partner in the Investment Readiness Program, said in a news release.

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