Article by Jonathan Perron-Clow, CIA PMR member - Canada
COVID-19 pushes us to New Collaboration
As we all sat at home during the spring of 2020, our favorite balloon events getting cancelled left and right, a few of us got chatting about the dream of bringing competitive ballooning back to Eastern Canada.
The day after the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu International Balloon Festivalin Quebec was cancelled, we hatched our plan. It would be a low-tech, informal activity with no publicity, and we’d make it as COVID-proof as possible.
It was but one of a number of opportunities Canadian balloonists took advantage of in what was a difficult year on families, businesses and events at home and around the world. It led to a change in venue for the Canadian Hot Air Balloon (HAB) Championship and to better connections with balloonists across the country.
Enough of bottles already, urges top Australian wine consultant
Throughout his career, Richard Smart has been unafraid to say things his clients find uncomfortable. Especially when it comes to climate change.
Dr Richard Smart, left, calls himself the Carbon-Conscious Vine Doctor and is on a mission to help the wine industry become more sustainable.
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Richard Smart has been calling himself “The Flying Vine Doctor” for decades.
After gaining a PhD in vine canopy management in the US in the mid-1970s, the Australian viticultural expert has forged an illustrious career, consulting to wine growers in 40 countries, lecturing at universities, presenting papers at scientific conferences, writing books.
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GVSU professor speaks about experience as Asian adoptee, stopping Asian hate
Courtesy of Dr. Kimberly McKee
By: Kellen Voss
and last updated 2021-04-22 20:30:40-04
ALLENDALE, Mich. â GVSU Associate Professor Dr. Kim McKee was recently quoted in the
L.A. Times in a story about the negative experiences that Asian adoptees have faced in America.
Dr. McKee, who works in the Integrative Religious and Intercultural Studies Department at GVSU, spoke with FOX 17 about her interview, the hate she has faced and how West Michiganders have been protesting to stop Asian hate in this country.
After the tragic shootings in Atlanta that killed six Asian woman, Dr. McKee was one of many adoptees who was approached for the story.
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