Days before Remembrance Day, more than 90 health care workers at a veterans' care facility in Burnaby are being handed pink slips. The Hospital Employees Union is reporting long-term staff at the George Derby Centre will be displaced by the end of April, because their jobs are being contracted out. Services affected include food and nutrition, … [Read more...]
Care home jobs contracted out
October 31, 2012 by The Reporter
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From College Dropout to Contracted Author in Two Months: An Alternative Education Perspective with Dale J. Stephens of UnCollege
March 20, 2012 by The Techie
Almost one year ago, Dale J. Stephens abruptly left university not knowing what he would do, or how he would support himself. Two months later he signed a lucrative book contract with Penguin Press, an achievement that most authors dream of their entire lives. What happened? How did he do it? Dale would be the first to admit that he’s no more … [Read more...]
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