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Thursday, January 28, 2016

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The Future of Work (and What it Means for Higher Education), Part 2

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The Future of Work (and What it Means for Higher Education), Part 2

January 28, 2016, Alex Usher 
Yesterday we looked at a few of the hypotheses out there about how IT is destroying jobs (particularly: good jobs). Today we look at how institutions should react to these changes.

If I were running an institution, here's what I'd do:

First, I'd ask every faculty to come up with a "jobs of the future report". This isn't the kind of analysis that makes sense to do at an institutional level: trends are going to differ from one part of the economy (and hence, one set of fields of study) to another. More to the point, curriculum gets managed at the faculty level, so it's best to align the analysis there.

In their reports, all faculties would need to spell out: i) who currently employs their grads, and in what kinds of occupations (an answer of "we don't know" is unacceptable - go find out); ii) what is the long-term economic outlook for those industries and occupations? iii) what is the outlook for those occupations with respect to tasks being susceptible to computerization (there are various places to look for this information, but this from two scholars at the University of Oxford is a pretty useful guide)? And, iv) talk to senior people in these industries and occupations to get a sense of how they see technology affecting employment in their industry.

This last point is important: although universities and colleges keep in touch with labour market trends through various types of advisory boards, the question that tends to get asked is "how are our grads doing now? What improvements could we make so that out next set of grads is better than the current one?" The emphasis is clearly on the very short-term; rarely if ever are questions posed about medium-range changes in the economy and what those might bring. (Not that this is always front and centre in employers' minds either - you might be doing them a favour by asking the question.)


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The point of this exercise is not to "predict" jobs of the future. If you could do that you probably wouldn't be working in a university or college. The point, rather, is to try to highlight certain trends with respect to how information technology is re-aligning work in different fields over the long-term. It would be useful for each faculty to present their findings to others in the institution for critical feedback - what has been left out? What other trends might be considered? Etc.

Then the real work begins: how should curriculum change in order to help graduates prepare for these shifts? The answer in most fields of study would likely be "not much" in terms of mastery of content - a history program is going to be a history program, no matter what. But what probably should change are the kinds of knowledge gathering and knowledge presentation activities that occur, and perhaps also the methods of assessment.

For instance, if you believe (as economist Tyler Cowen suggests in his book Average is Over that employment advantage is going to come to those who can most effectively mix human creativity with IT, then in a statistics course (for instance), maybe put more emphasis on imaginative presentation of data, rather than on the data itself. If health records are going to be electronic, shouldn't your nursing faculty be developing a lot of new coursework involving the manipulation of information on databases? If more and more work is being done in teams, shouldn't every course have at least one group-based component? If more work is going to happen across multi-national teams, wouldn't it be advantageous to increase language requirements in many different majors?

There are no "right" answers here. In fact, some of the conclusions people will come to will almost certainly be dead wrong. That's fine. Don't sweat it. Because if we don't look forward at all, if we don't change, then we'll definitely be wrong. And that won't serve students at all.


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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

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(2) Why is Linux much better than Windows at not slowing down over time? - Quora

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Monday, January 25, 2016

« BRÛLER » DES MILLIARDS EN CINQ ÉTAPES FACILES - La Presse+

L’éducation avant la santé - La Presse+:



ÉTUDE DE HEC MONTRÉAL

QUI EST ROBERT GAGNÉ ?

Économiste et professeur titulaire, il a été membre de la récente Commission de révision permanente des programmes, mise en place par Québec. Le député péquiste Jean-François Lisée l’a décrit comme l’un des économistes les plus opposés au modèle québécois. Chercheur polémiste, Robert Gagné « veut changer les choses et faire partie intégrante de ce changement », peut-on lire dans la revue HEC Montréal publiée en 2014. « Ses résultats suscitent souvent la controverse, ajoute-t-on. Et avec détermination, il martèle ses messages jusqu’à ce qu’ils soient entendus. »

« BRÛLER »  DES MILLIARDS EN CINQ ÉTAPES FACILES

Ce sont des outils utiles pour stimuler l’innovation et la productivité. Pourtant, Robert Gagné s’exaspère quand il parle des programmes québécois d’aide aux entreprises.
« Je ne suis pas contre l’idée, mais il faut une vision cohérente ! lance le professeur d’économie de HEC Montréal. Peu importe les gouvernements, on fait du travail à la pièce où la main gauche ne sait jamais ce que fait la main droite. Et on continue en ajoutant des couches de crédits, de subventions et de prêts. »
La dernière étude du Centre sur la productivité et la prospérité, dont il est le directeur, montre que l’aide de 3,4 milliards offerte aux entreprises en 2013-2014 a essaimé dans quelque 50 différents crédits d’impôt, dans 84 programmes administrés par au moins 11 ministères et organismes, et dans 500 organismes financés, à leur tour, par l’entremise de 40 programmes administrés par 8 ministères.
Comment en est-on arrivé à « brûler autant d’argent  » ? s’est demandé le professeur Gagné.
Réponse simple à une question complexe, en cinq étapes faciles.
1. DÉPENSER TROP
Le Québec dépense beaucoup pour ses entreprises. En fait, pratiquement trois fois plus que le gouvernement de l’Ontario, selon l’étude. Et il concentre plus de 70 % de ses efforts en aide fiscale, une stratégie différente de celle des provinces et pays étudiés. « Ça prend un sérieux coup de barre pour réduire les crédits d’impôt donnés à tout vent et faire davantage de place à l’aide budgétaire, mieux ciblée », propose Robert Gagné.
2. MAL CIBLER LES PME
L’étude démontre qu’en 2011, 4 % des petites entreprises ont utilisé le crédit en R et D, par rapport à 16 % pour les grandes. Pour mieux cibler les PME, M. Gagné propose d’utiliser davantage l’aide budgétaire directe, en favorisant des programmes moins coûteux, comme les incubateurs d’entreprises, et en se concentrant sur les entreprises porteuses d’innovation.
3. ÊTRE INEFFICACE
Les objectifs visés par l’aide sont mal définis, constate l’étude. Souvent, le gouvernement cherche à protéger des emplois précaires ou à soutenir une seule entreprise. Le professeur Gagné suggère au gouvernement de mieux configurer l’aide qu’il alloue pour se concentrer sur les entreprises les plus dynamiques, au lieu de saupoudrer des dollars dans des mesures inefficaces.
4. NE PAS ÉVALUER LES PROJETS
« Il n’y a aucune analyse, aucune étude pour évaluer l’efficacité des mesures, dit le professeur. Zéro comme dans Ouellette ! » Quand on n’est pas riche, ajoute-t-il, il faut se concentrer sur les bons programmes et les rendre « imputables, transparents et mesurables ». Pour le moment, il est impossible d’isoler l’impact de l’aide sur les entreprises. Pour avoir une idée générale, il faut se tourner vers les grands indicateurs, comme la croissance de l’économie et le niveau d’emploi. « Et, malgré les montants importants d’aide consentis, les résultats ne sont pas au rendez-vous », souligne M. Gagné.
5. AUGMENTER LES IMPÔTS
Le taux d’imposition des sociétés au Québec est nettement plus élevé qu’ailleurs au Canada (de 1,8 à 4 fois plus). « On se distingue aussi par l’ampleur de la taxe sur la masse salariale, ajoute Robert Gagné. C’est un non-sens, car la seule façon de réduire cette taxe est de congédier des travailleurs, ce qui va à l’encontre de la politique de création d’emplois du gouvernement. » Le chercheur reconnaît qu’il est difficile d’abolir cette taxe, dans le contexte budgétaire actuel, car elle priverait Québec de 4 milliards. « Mais il faut se doter d’un plan de 3 à 5 ans pour la faire disparaître, précise-t-il. Et on pourrait commencer en allégeant progressivement le fardeau des PME. » D’ici là, il suggère une baisse du taux d’imposition pour la première tranche de 500 000 $ de revenu imposable de toutes les petites entreprises.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Journée de la langue française

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Outils linguistiques

Anglicismes

Ce glossaire de suggestions, en ligne depuis mars 2011, a pour objectif d'aider le locuteur francophone dans un milieu unilingue ou multilingue, à éviter les anglicismes et calques de l'anglais les plus répandus. Ces suggestions sont assorties d’explications sur leurs conséquences : approximation, déstructuration du lexique, de la syntaxe, diversité stylistique moindre, glissement conceptuel, et, rupture de la transmission culturelle. Le locuteur non-francophone pourra s’interroger sur les conséquences de ces anglicismes et calques (appelées aussi traductions littérales) dans sa propre langue maternelle.
Face à l’anglicisation des langues, voici un outil pour un multilinguisme riche de sa diversité lexicale. L'auteure de ce glossaire, Myriam de Beaulieu, est interprète de conférence à l’ONU. Elle est francophone de France et les exemples du glossaire – une initiative personnelle en tant que doctorante – proviennent principalement de médias français.
Décharge de responsabilité : Le présent glossaire n'est pas un document officiel de l'Organisation des Nations Unies et n'émane pas du Service d'interprétation de l'ONU. Son contenu n'engage que la responsabilité de son auteure.

R-D Collaboratory 2016-01-20


R-D Collaboratory 2016-01-20
  • Rob Annan went on the CBC to talk about a new Mitacs research paper. That paper, Leveraging Canada’s Innovation Ecosystem, looks at Canada’s strengths and challenges in attracting foreign investment in R&D.
  • NSERC President Mario Pinto discussed some of the challenges facing NSERC, and the council’s strategic plan for the next few years.
  • Here’s an article about some of the head-games PhD students play when deciding when it’s time to leave academia. Apparently, the proportion of PhDs in the US who manage to secure tenured positions is about 1 in 200.
  • An article about student debt in the US highlights that students loan debt now exceeds credit card debt and auto-loans. 

Friday, January 15, 2016

Actualités UQAM | La revue britannique International Innovation publie un article sur la mobilisation des connaissances à l'UQAM

Actualités UQAM | La revue britannique International Innovation publie un article sur la mobilisation des connaissances à l'UQAM:



Rapport de l’UNESCO sur la science, vers 2030 | UNESCO

Rapport de l’UNESCO sur la science, vers 2030 | UNESCO: "Rapport de l’UNESCO sur la science, vers 2030

Le Rapport de l'UNESCO sur la science, vers 2030 fournit plus d’informations au niveau des pays que jamais auparavant. Il dresse un état des lieux des tendances observées dans la recherche et les politiques de science, technologie et innovation dans le monde entre 2009 et 2015. Ce Rapport fournit des informations de base essentielles sur les priorités et les préoccupations des pays, qui devraient orienter la mise en œuvre de l’Agenda 2030 pour le développement durable et piloter son évaluation dans les années a venir.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Oristand : We’re disrupting IKEA: Canadian entrepreneur launches $25 stand-up desk

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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Percival 'Gull' (Great Britain). - NYPL Digital Collections

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Chapter 11: Searching Outlook Data

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Searching by keyword : contacts, emails, calendar events...



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Dev search:
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AdvancedSearch urn:schemas:contacts Feld Categories VB.Net Office-Loesung.de : http://www.office-loesung.de/ftopic172951_0_0_asc.php

Monday, January 4, 2016

These 4 Foods Will Be All the Rage in 2016 | Mother Jones

These 4 Foods Will Be All the Rage in 2016 | Mother Jones:



Packed with protein, loaded with vitamin C, or boasting "15 times the amount of iron in spinach," so-called superfoods continue to seduce health nuts and marketing gurus alike. You probably remember the quinoa craze, the hype surrounding coconut oil, the excitement about acai berries, or the hoopla about kombucha. They're notnecessarily better for you than more familiar fruits and veggies, but their exotic names and stories convince consumers to fork over extra for these supposed elixirs.
So which superfoods will catch on in 2016? The good news is that this year's top trends combine appealing nutritional qualities with a lighter environmental footprint than the average provision. The only problem? They don't necessarily look or taste great, so companies are currently rushing to repackage them for mass appeal.
A roundup of the most promising (but not necessarily appetizing) new superfoods:
Crickets: They thrive in hotter climates and survive off decaying waste and very little water and space, making them seem like the perfect protein for the warming, drought-stricken landscape we humans have engineered for ourselves. Starting in 2014, edible cricket farms have sprung up in Ohio and California; San Francisco'sBitty Foods grinds the bugs into a baking flour, and Six Foods uses them in its "chirps." But Americans haven't seemed quite ready to embrace the age of the edible insect. Marketing research group Blueshift Ideas revealed in September that one in five of those surveyed were likely to buy a product with an insect-based ingredient, but that marked a 10 percent decrease in enthusiasm from six months ago. Maybe due to the bugs' subtle aftertaste?
Hemp: Many consider hemp a wonder plant—it's naturally resistant to many pests, it can require half the water wheat does, it grows in tight spaces and in many climates, and it outcompetes other weeds. But laws prohibiting marijuana cultivation in the United States have meant that production of hemp, which contains miniscule amounts of THC, has also been off limits. As pot prohibition lifts in some states, people have been stockpiling seeds to plant more acres of hemp for use in textiles, building supplies, batteries, and edibles (no, not that kind).
According to a study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, hemp seed oil contains high levels of minerals, vitamins, and omega-3s. And move over, almond milk: Hemp milk offers way more omega-3 fatty acids, thought to help prevent heart disease. But online reviews of its flavor run the gamut, with some pointing out its "pleasant slight maltiness" and others saying "it tastes like rope." Bitter notes mean hemp milk might not be the best cream substitute; the blogger behind Veganbaking.net writes that it made her coffee "almost undrinkable."
Moringa: wrote about this ingredient after attending a San Francisco event called the Future of Food last summer:
Over to the Kuli Kuli Foods table, where women in acid-green aprons peddle samples of bars made of moringa, a leafy plant that Time recently deemed the new kale. Kuli Kuli is the first US company marketing moringa. Its founder, Lisa Curtis, first learned about the plant while in Peace Corps in Niger in 2010. Feeling malnourished on the local diet, she was urged to try the nutrient-dense moringa plant, which is high in calcium, protein, amino acids, and vitamin C. The plant grows super fast and thrives in hot, dry climates. Curtis realized that locals weren't marketing the superfood because they had no international market, so she set out to create one in the US by importing the plant in powder form. Aside from fueling her own fruit and nut bar company, she tells me that local juice joints around San Francisco are picking it up for use in smoothies. (Side note: Fidel Castro is a huge moringa fan.)
I want to love moringa. If the current California drought is any predictor, we're going to need plants that survive harsher conditions and provide such an impressive array of nutrients. But this one tastes rather grassy, and goes down like a shot of wheatgrass, which is to say, abruptly. So power to Kuli Kuli, but here's hoping its moringa recipes continue to evolve.
Seaweed: New Yorker writer Dana Goodyear recently deemed seaweed one of the "world's most sustainable and nutritious crops." It requires neither fresh water nor fertilizer to thrive, and it grows at lightning speed. And rather than contributing to our carbon footprint, as many fertilizers and food sources do, seaweed cleanses the ocean of excess nitrogen and carbon dioxide. As far as its benefits on the dinner plate, certain types of the marine algae offer lots of protein and vitamin B12. That's all well and good, but remember, we're talking about a type of plant that tends to be dark green or brown, leafy, and slimy. As one of Goodyear's sources put it, seaweed is going to be "one of the toughest food types to convince Americans to eat."
Then again, unpalatability hasn't stopped other obscure ingredients from zooming to the top of American shopping lists in short periods of time. Chia, slightly bland little seeds that puff up with moisture, gained massive momentum due largely to savvy marketing; the number of food products with chia seeds in them shot up more than 1,000 percent between 2009 and 2013, reports Mintel. Many people stomach turmeric, an anti-inflammatory yellow spice that can be acrid on its own, in capsule form. If all else fails, there's always the blender. Cricket seaweed banana smoothie, anyone?

Nos projets de recherche - Fonds Nature et technologies

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Projet de bureau de plusieurs millions bloqué à Parc-Extension | André Dubuc | Immobilier

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Living Stingy: Do You Really Want Hydronic Heating?

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