By Kevin G. Lynch. Much of our public discussion about talent lately seems devoted to the issue of temporary foreign workers rather than the much more foundational question of whether we are adequately educating Canadians for the jobs of tomorrow in a technology-fuelled and hyper-competitive global economy. A new technological revolution, driven by big data, huge computing power, smart analytics and inferential machine learning, will be disruptive in restructuring not just how we work but whether the work is done by humans or machines. More...

By Rachel Fox. I have long dreamed of becoming a scientist, but now—just weeks after receiving my B.A. in biology from a prestigious university—I’ve decided to leave science behind. I am rejecting a career in science, or rather, science is rejecting me, because much like oil and water, being fat and being a scientist don’t mix. More...

By Natasha Sajé. Each year I attend 30 or more literary readings sponsored either by the colleges where I teach or by bookstores and community organizations. Their quality varies both in performance (writers are not necessarily good readers of their work) and in the writing itself. Sometimes I feel “like some watcher of the skies/when a new planet swims into his ken.” Other times, I am held hostage. More...