Unemployment has affected all age groups, but was more pronounced among younger workers aged 15 to 24
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New Zealand to ban cellphones in schools
New Zealand now faces a “literacy crisis” with more than one-third of 15-year-olds barely able to read or write
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Could better criminal records mean better job outcomes?
A criminal record tells the worst part of someone’s story. Could including positive details give former inmates a better shot at employment?
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Amazon releases AI chatbot called ‘Q’ for businesses
Amazon Q will cost $20 monthly, and perform tasks like summarizing uploaded documents and answer questions about data in the company’s server
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Clowning around: How Quebec became an epicentre for spreading joy
‘The clown is like an everyman figure that exists in all cultures,’ said Quebec clown Melissa Holland. The clown ‘connects us all’
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‘Existential risk’: Quebec’s English universities already hurt by tuition hikes
Quebec’s move to raise tuition for non-Quebec residents at anglophone universities is already affecting the schools’ recruitment efforts
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Fake AI porn leads to real harassment in US high schools
As AI has boomed, so has deepfake pornography, with hyperrealistic images and videos created with minimal effort and money
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Quebec public workers set for massive strike
The strike comes after a 10.3 per cent wage hike over five years and a onetime bonus of $1,000 for each public servant was rejected
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Alberta backs tech sector over regulator with software engineer law
In a gift to the tech sector, Alberta has proposed enabling software engineers to call themselves engineers, even if they’re not licensed as such
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A Texas school where students bring their babies along
90 per cent of adolescent women graduate, while only 53 per cent of those who become mothers finish school according to the NGO Child Trends