To our family and friends to yours, have a wonderful and safe holiday season ..read more

I have often wondered if non-believers like me do any of the following: have a family dinner at home on December 25th or 26th anyway; go out for dinner with their wife/husband/partner just by themselves; go out for dinner with friends; stay home, eat pizza, etc., and watch TV; go to the neighbours/friends for drinks; other….. The forces of conformity to traditions extend back generations, to not only family but also to societal practices. If you are a European or North American product, most likely your grandparents and great-grandparents went to church on Christmas Eve, had decorated their ..read more

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There is no doubt from science research, that clothing’s micro-fabrics contribute to global air and water pollution, from households and landfill sites, to streams, rivers and oceans. Fabric pollution is the third-leading cause of worldwide pollution. Micro-fibers are in effect, everywhere, including many foods. The culprit is tiny fabric and dyes from worn, washed, and discarded garments, and towels and sheets. The worst fabrics that pollute are non-natural, such as rayon, dacron, polyester, and nylon, as opposed to less harmful wool and cotton which are natural and bio-degradable. Ways to mi ..read more

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/first-person-hijab-sports-1.6242217 A combination of symbolic interactionism and feminism theory would help explain the various dilemmas this case presents ..read more

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‘We’re not going back to life as it was before’: Toronto’s financial district has not seen workers or visitors bounce back at anywhere close to the ra… — Read on www.thestar.com/business/2021/11/10/new-data-shows-number-of-workers-in-financial-district-is-still-down-by-77-per-cent-and-experts-say-it-may-never-recover.html The adage “once bitten, twice shy” could be applied to work-from-home employees who are reluctant to return to the office. The benefits of home work have now become obvious to not only employees but to employers as well. This social change has however, spun off some negative ..read more

OPINION: Regardless of what denialists say, there is broad scholarly consensus that the term applies to the residential-school system. — Read on www.tvo.org/article/canadas-treatment-of-indigenous-peoples-fits-the-definition-of-genocide This has become perfectly clear and requires more than just apologies ..read more

Researchers at the University of Rochester, in New York, found Mennonite women produced milk which was more abundant in antibodies and bacteria. — Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10060315/Women-traditional-farming-communities-milk-richer-good-bacteria-antibodies.html Food for (more than) thought. Decades ago, some social scientists suggested that humans must return to rural “face-to-face communities” of 3-500 self-sufficient people, in order to survive as a species. Urban-rural breast milk variation is one signal in support of a massive social change. Cultural variations would be le ..read more