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Refueling Resiliency Reserves
By: Veda Prajvalan
Tags: Priorities, Self Care, Resilience, Resiliency, Balanced Life

2020 made us all dig deep into our ability to be resilient, and tapped a lot of us out. In looking back at lessons learned, among the most important for me has been a consistent practice of self-care that refuels my resiliency.

Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. — Thich Nhat Hanh

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Throughout the day I pause to balance and raise my energy by whatever method seems most suitable at the time. Walking in nature, stretching and dancing are among my favorites, as well as music, mantras, bells and breathwork. Aromatherapy is always in the mix. It’s fun to discover what brings peace and joy and do more of it. :) And with added resiliency, it’s easier to transition through adversity and change.

Years ago I would knuckle down pushing through breaks and lunch, and maybe even dinner, working away. When I got home exhausted, I’d have a couple of drinks to wind down. I would then generally not sleep well, wake up tired and stressed, and do it all again. I pushed my body until I’d put on a lot of weight and had hypertension. Mentally I was in a depressive state with frequent downward spirals. The quality of my relationships reflected the level of care I was demonstrating towards myself — not good. It was a long road, one day at a time, practicing healthier habits and releasing beliefs and behaviors that no longer served me. Sometimes I made great strides and lots of times just baby steps. But it got much easier with practice to maintain a positive focus and pick up speed moving in the direction of health and joy.

Reach out if you’d like support in your journey to increase self-care and balance in the year ahead or to share your favorite resiliency boosters.

Be well!
Making Peace With 2020
By: Bingz Huang
Tags: Gentleness, Newsletter, Writing, Resilience, Peace

Making Peace With 2020

Photo by Jonathan Meyer on Unsplash

Dear fellow gentle souls,

Hello again!

It feels like as we approach the end of 2020, we also feel a greater need yet resistance to make peace with all that has happened in this eventful year. It feels difficult to make big plans for 2021, and much more comforting to gather resources and ‘small tribes’ where we can help support and move one another forward, one baby step by another baby step.

Does this echo your sentiments too?

I hope that Gentleness Ambassadors can continue to grow as a virtual tribe to support fellow writers and readers in 2021. Currently, we have 51 followers and 19 writers. Out of 19 writers, 9 of them have already contributed their articles on Gentleness even when this pub is still an infant. A big thank you to these writers!

Thank you, Melissa Bee, Darshak Rana, Camille Grady, Alice Toneatto, Carolyn Riker, Myriam Ben Salem, Kim McKinney, Elies Hadi, and Shanna Loga.
butterfly
By: Naomi Folb
Tags: Creativity, Kafkaesque, Mindfulness, Resilience, Poetry

I wake

like draws open

between forms of light

marching ant like

with purpose

and tiny rhythms

on Kafka’s grass

sliding through tunnels

following white rabbits

into portals

sinkholes of imagination

that do not realise

the transformation

like sand without grains

or rain on the roof

of a log cabin

where butterflies sleep

wings closed

just as our mind’s

hide half

the other’s pattern.
4 things I learnt from COVID crisis?
By: Rajesh Rathod
Tags: Grateful, Learning, Resilience, Covid Diaries

To be Grateful:

While many of my colleagues and relatives suffered and lost their loved ones, lost their well-established career and jobs, went through a heavy financial crunch and emotional burden, I am grateful to not have faced those extremities. I am thankful to God for keeping my family members safe, keeping the money meter rolling and allowed me to spend time with my 3-year-old son and create that bond. With the amount of survival guilt I have, I can only wish the future to be shinier for everyone in this world.

To Trust & Believe

Leading large scale teams come with constant worry whether the team will deliver what is needed if there is no tracking in a Work From Home scenario. I WAS WRONG (and happy about it). Surprisingly, what I realized is that each of my teams performed outstandingly well without/minimal tracking. I learnt to keep more Trust in my team. Sorry for not being able to do that earlier. I believe more in my team members.

To Adapt and Move On> (Resilience)

While we love the idea of NO Change, COVID hit us left, right and centre. I was stunned to learn that we all almost learnt INSTANTLY to Work From Home and continued the HUSTLE of the new technology to deliver the best. I learnt to adapt to situations like water and without worrying about the past, just keep moving on.. KEEP MOVING… Chalte Raho (in Hindi)..

And, the future will be bright because we are STRONGER

During the whole process, we all developed more patience, performed brilliantly well under emotional pressure and sailed through these difficult times. I feel we all are far STRONGER than we knew we are.. We have come a long way and with this new strength of being RESILIENT, we will invite brighter days, brighter future and more smiles.

I hated 2020 to the core and felt that I won't wish a “Happy New Year’ this time to anyone, but I honestly wish you all that this New year will be Happy because that’s the HOPE we all have.

So, with that, I am wishing you all a “Happy NEW Year”.. Stay bless. and Never forget to count your blessings.
Walk Through The Fire And Rise
By: Nika C. Beamon
Tags: Christmas, Resilience, Self Love, Birthday, Black Girl Magic

Walk Through The Fire And Rise

I know I’m not what I once was: young, extremely thin, overflowing with so-called friends, untouched a paralyzing loss, or naive about the world, relationships, or my profession. The last year my life, as I knew it, went up in flames. So for Day 17 of my Christmas countdown, which is my birthday, I’m wearing my dumpster fire shirt.

I’ve learned so much about myself. I’ve gained enough confidence to know that I can get through extreme grief, cope with isolation, endure incurable pain, question my faith but retain it, shrug off career disappointments, and weather unexpected separations.

I’ve also discovered the power of saying “I love you” more, of saying “thank you” to those who go above and beyond for you, of saying “I’m sorry” to someone you hurt, of saying “I forgive you” to someone who needs it, of saying “goodbye” to someone who needs to go, of saying “i got you” to someone who is struggling, of saying “I need you, and of saying “no” when you don’t want to do something or simply can’t.

I thank God for allowing not only to grow a year older but wiser. Heck, this year I’m just grateful I was allowed to see another day given Covid, Cancer or anything else that could’ve taken me. I know that every day is a chance to be a better version of myself.

I’ve walked through so many fires and came out charred on the other side. But, I’m still standing, finding a reason to be merry and bright despite it all.

Happy birthday to me!

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Building resilience
By: Ujji - Meet The Future You
Tags: Ujji, Growth Mindset, Resilience, Self Improvement

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving; we get stronger and more resilient.” — Steve Maraboli

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Very few (and I doubt that there even are) historical and even present-day people that we now acknowledge as great minds because of the incredible feats of achievements they made in their niche had it easy for them. Most of them had to work in the face of adversaries, failed, repeated, failed again, and it went on and on until they arrived at their aimed goals. And that is why we quote most of them, not really for their findings, but their resilience. Take Thomas Edison, for example, the world now uses LED and fluorescent lights, but we will always quote him whenever we need the inspiration to move on after failing.

One might say, must we fail before we become successful?

Now, don’t get me wrong, if you are excellent at playing the cards that life deals you with, then most of your victories will require relatively less effort than other people, and that’s what working smart is. But what of the times that working smart doesn’t make the cut, where you have to deal with failure? That is where resilience becomes relevant, and here are a few ways you can go about it:

Start with a positive attitude towards what you plan to do. Optimism and all other forms of positive mindsets are crucial in trying times and in the face of failure because they are what will keep you determined and focused on the price of achieving your goals, and not necessarily how to get there.

After a positive attitude, you will need the right tools because they are crucial in getting you to where you’re going. It’s fair enough to believe that you can make it to Everest’s top, but it’d be unwise to think that you can achieve such a feat in summer clothes and sunglasses. With the right tools, which are not only materials in this case, but also knowledge and expertise, and the right people who can and will support you at every stage, you are good to go.

Now, believing that something can happen and that you can do it are two different things, bringing us to the last part that makes everything worth it; believing in yourself. If you do or don’t, you are right either ways, but which will yield the result you want?
Sky
By: Naomi Folb
Tags: Creativity, Mindfulness, Resilience, Poetry, Motherhood

(photo credit: naomi folb)

when I look

to the clouds

see the swifts

dart the leaves

quiver I remember

everything exists

just appears

each murmur

from the kitchen

happens comes

from another room

my son claps

a TV drones

the smell of butter

crossant seeps

outside in

I listen

to each request

that comes

from my children

yes I can

be your patient

help build a fort

clean up milk

watch you

do a handstand

jump with you

on a bed

play your song

take the pen lid off

help you

put a plaster on

or place a hand

on your heart

listen to it beep

tell you

I want you

to have fun

but it’s ok

if you’re not.
How trauma can lead to growth — for you and for society.
By: Bill Connolly
Tags: Growth, Personal Development, Obstacles, Resilience, Post Traumatic Growth

Today, we oft study the idea of “failure” across all sectors. Luminaries speak about the importance of failing before achieving success. We see it printed on inspirational Instagram posts from influencers we admire. But studying “failure” is a relatively new concept in the world of psychology, coming into play as recently as the 1970's.

I had an opportunity to interview Dr. Ali Mattu from the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety-Related Disorders (CUCARD), who shed some light for me on the evolution of our understanding on the usefulness of failure.

According to Dr. Mattu, the study of failure originally focused more on overcoming obstacles, specifically on younger populations. As an example, clinical psychologists became very interested in understanding the differences between kids growing up in urban versus suburban environments. If we look at that era, there was a huge growth of people moving to the suburbs. The general assumption that spurred this research was, “‘inner-city kids’ lives must really suck, and their mental health must be poor, so let’s try to understand their experience and see what we can do to help them.”

As they began to study inner-city kids, one of the things many psychologists had predicted was confirmed: inner-city kids did deal with more stressors, more violence, and more drug-use. However, their mental health was not as poor as expected. In regards to depression and anxiety, in many ways, they were doing better than kids in the suburbs. It was a total shock to the psychology world. It led to the development of the concept of resilience, which comes from the engineering term used to describe how much a metal can bend before it snaps. The more it can bend, the more resilient it is.

Resilience is one of Dr. Mattu’s favorite concepts in psychology, and he offered an example about it that we can all relate to: “You may be on a plane and see the wing moving up and down and get scared, but it is supposed to happen. That is resilience. We want resilience in our materials, and in psychology, we want it as well. We as a collective community realized that a lot of kids growing up in an urban environment were learning how to navigate the stressors of their lives and thus were becoming more resilient. The research then went on to discover what the variables were that went into developing resilience.”

Photo by Ross Parmly on Unsplash

Dr. Mattu pointed me to a summary of this research known as “Ordinary Magic.” The title reflects that the ability to overcome obstacles in youth is more common than psychologists originally thought: “Resilience is common and it typically arises from the operation of normal rather than extraordinary human capabilities, relationships, and resources. In other words, resilience emerges from ordinary magic.”

According to these studies, the following factors are responsible for resilience in young people:
Not a pivot, but a pirouette
By: Simone De Haas
Tags: Creativity, Leadership, Wisdom, Resilience, Self Leadership

In the musical 42nd Street, lyricist Al Dubin writes “Until you learn how to sing a new song, go into your dance…”.

I think it’s great advice as we all wait to see what will next unfold.

While I have been finding new songs to sing this year, I have realised that I have not ‘pivoted’ with any particular grace. Instead, I feel as if I have pirouetted — and then some. *Pirouette: to whirl about on one’s toes

2020 has definitely kept me on my toes, so I decided to take time out to reflect on my many pirouettes and what I’ve learned along the way.

I didn’t create 2,000 followers on social media; instead, in the first three months of lockdown I created a series of Facebook lives called “Coffee & Conversation with Simone: Your cup of calm”. During these lives, I told stories, channelled wisdom and extemporised on a wide range of topics for 30–45 minutes, five days a week for 90 days. And I realised it was never about the following, rather it was about being able to hold space and evoke calm for those seeking it.

I watched from the wings, with no little degree of envy, as friends and colleagues created fabulous home studios and garnered virtual audiences and wondered why I didn’t try harder to do the same. Until I realised that my personal and professional stage was transforming into something greater than I could comprehend and that the essence of this transformation required deep reflection and…pausing.

And that, as a conduit and catalyst for transformation, my message was also changing and it was time to honour what needed to be voiced, or not.

Not a pivot, but a pirouette.

I didn’t speak on any of the stages that were planned this year, but I did create and launch my first in-depth online course to great success and wonderful testimonials. And as an unexpected and delightful bonus, embraced the opportunity to share my creativity with those who needed my expertise — with the creation of upwards of forty short courses to date — and which have helped me focus and distill my creative talents in a very different arena.

Not a pivot, but a pirouette.

I haven’t been on social media much since my Facebook live extravaganza, not because I had nothing to say, but rather that there was too much. Too much that wanted to be said. Too much grief to be expressed and ultimately transmuted into wisdom and love. Too much rawness and reality.

So much that was asking to be voiced, and which required a hibernation of sorts, a willingness to be present with all that was, the shedding of the old and embracing the new. Embracing the panoply of talents discovered, uncovered and owned.

Not a pivot, but a pirouette.

A pirouette requires your full commitment to the whirl. To the lift, flow and grace of what is.

At first you will wobble — and that’s okay.

And then, you:

Ground your energy

Shift your stance

Activate your body

Focus your vision

Lift your spirit

Release your intention

and SPIN!

First published on www.simonedehaas.com/blog 17 December 2020
Learning from Moto GP
By: Godwin Njoroge
Tags: Resilience, Character, Life Lessons

How can we apply this?

We’ve been coasting for the last 2–3 decades of our lives. Perhaps on straights… Some have been faster than others because they had better circumstances, like higher budgets, better engines, and more experienced drivers.

We’ve coasted for so long that what most of us know is the straights. And now? We’ve seen the scariest corner anyone has ever seen in a long time. That’s 2020 and all that’s come with it.

The 2020 corner

When we got here, some of us parked on the side of the road. Some of the more experienced riders with amazing engines stopped, waiting to see who’ll keep going and risk it. Some even turned back and went home. But there have been a few…

There are a few who took it and are still taking it right now. And they’ve been leaning with almost 80% of their body-weight on the ground, gently doing the dance between holding the brake and caressing the throttle.

They don’t know where this corner will take them. It could probably be career-ending if they’re not careful, or even worse, could be the end of their lives, but to them, not riding on is the same as death.

Not riding on is the same as death

Of course, the fear within them is just like everyone else’s. The only difference is that they still have the belief. The belief that allows them to surpass their capability.

The faith that when they hit the throttle, the intensity of that acceleration will bring them upright and let them blast through the straight once more.

And so, with everything that has happened this year, this one is for you, the one who feels almost paralyzed by everything that’s happened. I can’t begin to imagine what you’ve gone through but I want to ask you to do one thing for me…

Lean. Lean with me…

Lean into this corner. It will be the scariest thing you do, I’ll know because I’ll be leaning right beside you, on my own bike, just as terrified.

Too frightening? Let’s start with 20% of your bodyweight… 30%… 47%… 60%…

Now feel that throttle… Caress it like your life depends on it because it probably does… 70%… 74%… 78%…

We can’t see where the next straight is but I want to ask you to do another silly thing with me. While at 78%, let’s lean further. 78.4%… 79… 80%.

And whilst you’re there, hit the throttle as hard as you can, not coz we’ve seen where the corner ends, but because you’ve chosen to believe that it will.

Love,

Godo.
How did I develop emotional intelligence?
By: Nir Tayeb
Tags: Relationships, Leadership, Self-awareness, Emotional Intelligence, Resilience

The first time I heard about Emotional Intelligence was in my high-school. My teacher criticized the whole class for not having EQ at all, and it was true; we were entitled and smartasses (“gifted class”). I didn’t understand it that much back in the days, and unluckily, she didn’t teach us enough about it.

During my army service, I began to read books by Dan Arieli & Sr. Ken Robinson, and they opened my mind to Psychology. My friend Tom, a great guy, introduced me to meditation, and since then, with years of practice and self-awareness, I became more and more emotionally intelligent. And, of course, I still have more to practice.

EQ helped me the most to advance as a leader. But why it took me years to develop it?

First, to develop emotional intelligence, I had to develop higher self-awareness: self-awareness of my emotions, actions, and habits.

Developing self-awareness takes a lot of time and effort:

Meditation practice takes a long-time until it helps in realtime. Journaling requires time, dedication, and it takes a long time to see patterns and results. I had to learn and practice how to reflect well (Bayron Katie, anyone?).

I didn’t receive many good feedbacks:

Mentors/Coaches/Courses are not there in a real-life situation. Most of the feedback I get was by “failing hard,” either I didn’t achieve my objectives or something blew up in my face (i.e., conflicts) Not all feedbacks were accurate or given constructively.

Self-awareness is the key, but it’s not enough. Learning a new way of thinking or acting and practice it without falling back to an old habit also takes time and effort:

I had to find “safe spaces” to practice new habits deliberately. Meditation helped me to create a space between the trigger and how I respond, which enabled me to choose to act differently once I was aware of a trigger in real-time.

That is my take on EQ so far.

What about you?

Is EQ a priority for you?

How did you manage to develop it?
It was a Friday night.
By: Maria Rattray
Tags: Honesty, Integrity, Parenting Advice, Resilience, Values

It was a Friday night. Late opening in our city, a night when it is de rigueur to shop after work, and then enjoy a simple meal out.

My husband needed some business clothes, and we went down to the basement of a large store in the men’s section. It was a store where he always found clothes that he liked, so we spent a fair bit of time looking. Our daughter, quite young at the time, perhaps three or four, was with us.

She was always a good little girl, well-behaved, and patient for the most part.

We duly met up with friends later and enjoyed a meal together, then made our way home. On the way, our daughter spoke up. “Nobody’s allowed to look in my bag,” she said.

“Why is that?” I asked.

“Just because,” she answered flatly as she tightly held onto the said bag.

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The Heat In Freezing
By: H.M. Loving
Tags: Personal Development, Life Lessons, Resilience, Self Love, Poetry

There is heat in freezing.

I used to think I was weak or depleting;

Too little to be worth greeting,

But it is not that I am not good enough to be heating.

I am the heat in freezing.

I am enough.

I am a scarce resource

That no extraction could force.

I am the barrier, buffer, and boundary

Between you

And absolute zero.

I am what I create in my foundry.

There is nothing you can do

To be my hero,

Because I am the heat in freezing.

I do not exist for appeasing;

My purpose is not to be pleasing.

Though I may seem contradictory,

I will achieve my victory

Because no blizzard could quell

The blazing fires of hell

Radiating, emanating, from my being.

I am the heat in freezing.

I am liberated.

I am freeing.

I am the heat in freezing.

My existence is exquisite and I won’t quit.

I follow my own directive.

I am not inadequate.

I am not defective.

For the heat in freezing,

Is precious,

Is sacred.

12/16/2020 HM, Jasper, Marie
Scientifically Proven Ways to Decrease Stress
By: Jerry Del Colliano
Tags: Gratitude, Mayo Clinic, Reduce Anxiety, Reduce Stress, Resilience

The Mayo Clinic’s Resilient Option program identifies four things that are science-enabled and confirmed to reduce life’s anxieties.

Gratitude — Mind off of problems, redirect thoughts to that which we’re grateful.

Mindful presence — Don’t just be there, be 100% focused on the present.

Kindness — It’s hard to increase stress when trying to be kind to yourself and others.

Resilient Mindset — The more I think about “me”, the weaker I become. Upgrade to higher values.

Accepting that stress is a part of our life is helpful and focusing on these four remedies makes us more resilient.
Ode to the mugs on my desk
By: Nicholas Kirkby
Tags: Tea, Lockdown, Resilience, Poetry, Reading

it is a trying time for the tea mugs.

the bowls that clutter, stacked with spoons

for mortar. the books piled

and yellowed by peppermint evenings

and Irish breakfast mornings.

it is a trying time to be a whim,

to be flung, storm-tossed

and vagrant.

I have dismissed textbooks

upon crumb-strewn carpets. left

a strange pairing of salt and sanitiser,

a sugarless can and a bottle

on a white desk.

my eyes see better in the dark now,

and the light of a day’s sun

would likely send me with sorrow

to the shade of the weeds

that pucker dry dirt

beneath towering eucalypts.

but I would be warm, warm

from tea-peppered thighs

and warming mantle.

a perfume of magma-blood

settling, serene

like dew distilled

from fingers

filtering sunlight.

toes curled

in ironed socks

in white shoes painted by the minutes

on tended tracks. these restless pines

left wanting.

and the mugs will kiss and kiss alike

a torn bookmark and a bottle-bride.

a strand of tea-bag wire,

strung barbed between

my passing principles.

but oh

brave, brave

plated warrior face.

you march to the dishes in the rack,

return every other evening, scoured

clean by the wars of motion,

unblemished.

stand fast my friend,

hold onto your womb of waters.

hold onto the scent of the fields

and the people I would visit.

hold on.
More Resilient Than You Can Imagine
By: Rachel Hamstra
Tags: Hip Dysplasia, Neuroplasticity, Feldenkrais, Resilience

I’ve got bilateral hip dysplasia. I’ve written some about it here, and I’m very open about it with my clients. In early 2019, I decided to get pelvic x-rays taken for the first time since about 2004 for tracking purposes. Today I remembered to get a copy of the images for myself, and want to share a little about what they show and mean.

Here is my 2019 x-ray, looking at the front of my pelvis and very strange hip joints. For those who don’t know what an average female pelvis x-ray looks like, or just want a reminder for comparison, here’s an example.

Having hip dysplasia means I have shallow hip sockets. Make a fist with one hand and cover it entirely with your other palm and fingers — that’s a normal hip socket shape. Now pull your hand back so only your fingers cover your fist — that’s a dysplasic hip socket shape.

There are all kinds of things you can see in this x-ray about my surgical and developmental history. For starters, you can see how shallow both sockets are, and you can see how deeply different my right side is from my left. You can see how much smaller the right femur and femoral head (leg bone and where it meets the socket) are from barely being used while on crutches and avoiding that leg while I was still growing in middle school and high school.

Notice the odd shape of the right wing of my pelvis? An x-ray technician who didn’t know my history read that as an underdeveloped illiac crest, but they were wrong. It’s actually where a surgeon cut part of the crest off to make a bone graft and extend my then extremely shallow right hip socket. See the weird little lip on the outside edge of the hip socket and the gap above it? That’s where the surgeon attached the bone graft, and then where my body decided it did not want extra bone and then reabsorbed said graft.

In this same section of the x-ray, look down and to the right from my hip socket. You’ll see another shallow divet — that is my original hip socket. It was so shallow that in elementary school, my femur migrated up and to the left to where it is now. With some help from that surgeon and despite a LOT of complications, it made a new socket for itself there, and it’s functional.

The point of all this is that bodies are AMAZINGLY resilient. That cliche phrase, “Life will find a way”, kind of drives me nuts, but it’s also true. My body needed to keep me upright and able to walk if at all possible, and it did and learned how to stabilize on this totally weird right hip joint. Not only can I walk, but I can dance and hike and have very little limitations or pain.

If you’re dealing with your own complications, please take this story as a little boost of your faith in your own body’s deep capacity to heal and function as well as it possibly can under very weird conditions. It’s trying really hard.

Originally published at www.rachelhamstra.com.
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By: C Y S
Tags: UK, Canada

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By: C Y S
Tags: Government, Canada

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Le Canada critiqué pour ses règles en matière de carburants propres qui frappent plus durement les ménages les plus pauvres
Tags: Politique, Opresse, Règle, Trudeau, Canada

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Travelers To Alberta Test Negative For Coronavirus
By: Betterplace Immigration
Tags: Alberta, Betterplaceimmigration, Covid 19, Canada Immigration, Canada

Canada has been very strict when it comes to adopting coronavirus prevention measures. The borders are closed to most international travelers even now; only certain groups are exempted. Canada also implemented a mandatory quarantine policy for all international travelers.

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While most provinces are still following these rules, Alberta decided to take the initiative and introduce a COVID-19 testing program for people arriving in the province. Currently, the province is offering the test at two ports of entry. These include the Coutts border crossing located in southern Alberta and the Calgary International Airport.

The objective of this program is to reduce the quarantine period for travelers who test negative. The smaller the quarantine duration is, the sooner people will be able to resume their regular lives.

How has the pilot fared?

Reports from The Canadian Press state that the number of positive tests is not alarming by any means. In fact, it has remained fairly low. As of December 10, Alberta had tested just over 14,000 travelers. Only 1.4% of the candidates tested positive for coronavirus after the first test. The percentage fell to 0.7% following the second test.

The pilot is going to continue for six months. Alternatively, the pilot might close once 52,000 passengers agree to the test after arriving in the country. The Edmonton International Airport might also start offering the test from next year.

International travelers are allowed to register for the test up to 5 days before their arrival in the country. The ones who opt for it will have to self-isolate for a day or two until they get their test results. They won’t have to quarantine anymore if their results are negative. They will have to take another test in a week or so.
How To Find The Best Dentist in Calgary
By: Ambiance Dental
Tags: Calgary, Dental Care, Dentistry, Canada, Dentist

Taking good care of your oral health is critical to maintaining a dazzling smile over time. It is also critical to your overall health, as poor oral health can lead to a host of chronic issues such as heart conditions, Alzheimer’s and certain types of cancer. Making sure to visit the dentist twice per year is a very important part of keeping your mouth healthy, so you need to find the best dentist in Calgary.

Looking for a dentist can take some time, but finding the best dentist in Calgary is well worth the effort it takes. A great dentist can help you to keep your teeth clean, your gums healthy and ensure any potential issues are taken care of before they become complicated or detrimental. They will also be there to help you by screening for any type of disease that shows initial symptoms in the mouth and if you ever require emergency dental care.

Though each person’s needs are unique, there are some common qualities to look for in the best dentist in Calgary and how to find one can also be a similar process.

Here are the top qualities to look for so you know you’ve found the best dentist in Calgary.

1. Continuing Education — The best dentists have educated themselves past basic dental school. There are various areas to continue to study such as specializing in cosmetic dentistry techniques or learning more about children’s dentistry. Depending on your unique needs, be sure to look for a dentist who has invested more time in learning about that particular area of dentistry.

2. Experience — Nothing dictates excellence more than experience so be sure you ask your dentist about their previous experience.

3. Current — You want to work with a dentist that stays current with new science, trends and keeps up with new technology in their clinic.

4. Good Listener — The key to getting the right dental treatment for you is a dentist who takes the time to really listen to you and gets to know your lifestyle and overall health so they can best support you.

In order to find a dentist like this, there are a few ways you can go about it:

1. Ask for referrals from family & friends who have similar needs in a dentist

2. Search Google for highly rated & reviewed dentists and clinics

3. Schedule a Meet & Greet to get an in-person sense of whether the dentist meets the criteria above. Get a tour of the clinic and be sure to ask lots of questions. Chat with the front desk team as well to learn more about their policies, billing and any other pertinent info.

4. Try an appointment to see how things go.

Look for these characteristics in a dentist to ensure you’ve found the best dentist in Calgary by following our tips on how to find them and you’ll be glad you did. The search for an awesome dentist can take some time, but it’s a worthwhile investment of time to support long term good oral health, which protects your entire body.
Another Pakistani activist found dead in Toronto
By: The Workers Rights
Tags: Toronto, Canada, Pakistani Activist, Karima Baloch

Missing last Sunday, the well-known Pakistani activist Karima Baloch was found dead in Toronto, in Canada, where she was living in exile for five years. Thirty-seven years old, from the Baluchistan region, Miss Baloch was one of the main opponents of the Islamabad government on the minority rights issue. The Toronto police confirmed the news of her death after it launched an appeal in recent days for her disappearance. A police spokesman stated on Wednesday that there are still no suspects for her death. In 2016, Baloch was ranked among the hundred most influential women on the planet by the BBC channel for her commitment to defending civil rights in her region of origin.

She was forced to leave Pakistan in 2015 after a series of accusations, including terrorist activities. Once she arrived in Canada, she continued to fight on social media for civil rights in Baluchistan. And her threats also haunted her in Toronto, according to what her friends and colleagues testified. She recently received a threatening letter in which there was talk of a “Christmas present” that would “teach her a lesson.” The sister of the activist said today her death is not a tragedy only for her family, but also for the Baloch national movement. She added that she did not leave Pakistan by her will, but only because fighting for civil rights has become impossible in their homeland.

In the Baluchistan province, minorities are carrying a long-standing independence revolt. Baloch was one of the most prominent personalities of this fight. She was the first woman to hold the position of president of the local student organization. The authorities dissolved this group in 2013. Her first public appearance dates back to 2005, when she participated in a protest demonstration on missing persons in her province, where the regime kidnapped thousands of activists, resulting disappeared. At the beginning of this year, another exiled activist, this time in Sweden, the journalist Sajid Hussain Baloch, was found dead after a few days missing. The police did not discover anything strange in his death, related to Karima Baloch, and had ended up recognizing the causes of death by drowning.

In the RSF ranking of freedom of press and expression, Pakistan ranks 145 out of 180 in the world. The situation has deteriorated since former cricket champion Imran Khan took office. Few countries are experiencing a climate of intimidation and terror as in Pakistan in recent months. Journalists and reporters denounce killings, kidnappings, enforced disappearances, and torture by the authorities and security forces.

https://www.theworkersrights.com/another-pakistani-activist-found-dead-in-toronto/
Algonquin
By: Suntonu Bhadra
Tags: Nature, Weeds And Wildflowers, Poetry, Travel, Canada

stillness in water, a few ripples on the smooth surface

keeping the trees in close encounters

reflecting green and the upper blue sky,

a few cloud shades, assembling at some corners

a hint of color in distant tree-tops

diverting the emotions of the nearby lovers

ah, my Algonquin

counting the time

the days and nights of winter hardness

the challenging pandemic insanity

to pass

I will be there

with you

just wait, it’s not that far.

Suntonu Bhadra ▪ December, 2020
Trudeau government announce $5.6M for Alberta tech & health companies
By: Kim Siever
Tags: Health, Alberta, Alberta Politics, Technology, Canada

Last week, the federal government announced about $5.6 million in funding for Alberta institutions developing medical technologies.

The announcement made by Jim Carr, the special advisor for the Prairies, on behalf of the Mélanie Joly, the minister of economic development and the minister responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada, reported that the money would specifically be given to 2 companies and 2 non-profit organizations who support businesses.

Circle Cardiovascular Imaging, a Calgary-based health technology company, will receive about $2.65 million to develop and commercialize new products that help physicians accurately diagnose complex cardiovascular diseases, including diagnostic tools integrated with artificial intelligence. This money from Western Economic Diversification will be repayable.

Kent Imaging, another health technology company based in Calgary, will receive $1.75 million, also repayable funding from Western Economic Diversification. They plan to use this money to enhance its medical imaging devices to further support wound care clinicians and vascular surgeons in assessing patient tissue health and quickly determining the required level of treatment.

This is in addition to $1.13 million in federal funding the company received in 2018.

Health City, an Edmonton-based not-for-profit organization, will receive $200,000 to teach 12 digital technology companies to integrate their products into regional healthcare information technology systems.

Finally, The Institute of Health Economics, another Edmonton-based not-for-profit organization, will receive $953,250 over 3 years to support 30 health companies in Western Canada with customized economic analysis. This support will include providing product analysis and enabling clinical testing, which will help companies develop and commercialize innovative products faster. Up to 20 products may be developed for market through this initiative.

In total, 44 health and technology companies could benefit from this funding.
Five Top Destinations For an English Course in Canada
By: Elance Rashik
Tags: Education, Canada, Nepal, Studyincanada

It’s hard picking the right place in which to take an English course in Canada. Weighing the pros and cons of its cities may be tough — after all, whether it’s marvelous Montreal or top-class Toronto, many cities in Canada have only got so much going for them.

To help narrow the choices down just a little, here (in no specific order) are the five best destinations for an English course while you go for studying in Canada:

1. Montreal

But it’s far from being merely a scenic city, as it is also packed with things to see and do — if it is in the many museums and galleries, or outdoors, in magnificent parks like the Parc du Mont-Royal, Parc Maisonneuve along with the charming Parc Lafontaine.

2. Toronto

What does Toronto have to recommend it as a location to study and live? Better rephrase that to what does not Toronto have?

3. Ottawa

Canada’s capital, Ottawa, is often (rather mystifyingly) overlooked by travelers and students. However, for those who do go, cultural and history enthusiasts are invariably fascinated by Canada’s House of Commons on Parliament Hill; there’s great shopping (at Westboro Village, among other areas ), although Ottawa nightlife is excellent.

Outdoors fans, meanwhile, (as is almost uniformly true in Canada!) Will be thrilled at the prospect of exploring the trails of Gatineau Park or, through the wintertime, ice-skating on the Rideau Canal. Overall, then, it is hard to disagree that it’s a pretty attractive proposition.

4. Vancouver

It is a hub of ethnic goings-on that only includes a particular buzz about it.

But that’s not really that Vancouver’s got going for it — that makes it a unique place is how it seems to simply blend seamlessly into its natural environment, with Stanley Park, Grouse Mountain, and the beaches of Pacific Spirit Park all right there on the city’s doorstep.

5. Whistler

Whistler’s an undeniably pleasant type of place, and one for the student who doesn’t need to live and study in a big city. Vancouver’s just a few hours’ off for a culture or nightlife repair, but for the rest of the time, it’s a real chance to be surrounded by the serene natural beauty of the mountains.
A Genuine Or Fake Immigration Consultant? Visum will tell the ways to find out the same for you kindly consider the parameters.
By: Visum Outsourcing
Tags: Consulting, Canada, Canada Immigration, Consultant

A Genuine Or Fake Immigration Consultant? Visum will tell the ways to find out the same for you kindly consider the parameters. Visum Outsourcing Dec 23, 2020·2 min read

Anyone who is planning to settle in foreign country then it is not an easy task. Its quite difficult to leave the comfort zone and move to the new country. You required a visa for the entrance their. There are two ways to complete this process which include:-

You have to complete this procedure by yourself or

By the help of immigration consultant.

If you are planning to complete this process by your own it is an difficult task, time-consuming, and sometimes complicated. Firstly, you need to determine that what kind of visa suits you as per your profile . After that, you have to search for required documents, paperwork, and forms which you need to submit by yourself in support of your application. You will find this task so easy .

So if you want to make this task easier and reliable then hire the best immigration consultant. They do not only guide you in submitting your documents but also help you in completing your whole immigration process. There are many immigration consultants who are available in the market but it is essential to choose the best out of them. Select wisely.

There are so many consultants who are available in the market, but how should you know that the immigration consultant is actually a genuine or fake one? Here are the few things which help you to find the genuine one which are:-

It is essential that immigration consultant must be registered with the immigration authorities of the country.

The immigration consultants should be highly-qualified and skilled consultants who are experienced holder in this field. So that, they can easily complete entire visa application process of yours .

The immigration company have license which are issues by immigration authority of India.

If immigration consultants are authorized ones then easily applications will be accepted and others who are not authorized will have majorly rejections.

The genuine immigration agency always stands with you in any difficulties and helps you to resolve it during the process. They know all the laws of their motherland as well as foreign country where you wish to move to.

They must not have any criminal records.

You can also check their positive feedback of customers and reviews.

Majorly you will find the positive face of an authorized and genuine consultancy so choose the genuine one with confidence. Think big think smart.