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How junk food shapes the developing teenage brain

The teenage brain has a voracious drive for reward, diminished behavioural control and a susceptibility to be shaped by experience. This often manifests as a reduced ability to resist high-calorie …

Teenager - General

Home for the holidays? LGB youth report lower parental support than heterosexual youth

LGTBQ Asian Community marches with QUEER ASIAN YOUTH banner at the 2017 Toronto Pride Parade. Shawn Goldberg/Shutterstock Hilary Rose, CFLE, Concordia University During the holidays, most people — including young …

Teenager - General

A year of resistance: How youth protests shaped the discussion on climate change

Millions of youth have participated in climate strikes, negotiations, press conferences and events, demanding urgent climate action this year. (Shutterstock) Joe Curnow, University of Manitoba and Anjali Helferty, University of …

Teenager - General

Friday essay: From Bowie to Bieber – the under-appreciated art of the music video

The music video for Justin Bieber’s Sorry is one of the contenders at Sunday’s MTV Music Video Awards. Justin Bieber Vevo/Youtube Catherine Strong, RMIT University and Dr Phoebe Macrossan, UNSW …

Sustainability / ESG

Can we rely on organisations to be socially and environmentally focused?

Can we rely on organisations to evolve from the capitalist ‘profit focused’ model to that of being socially and environmentally aware in sufficient time to save themselves and, more importantly, …

Sustainability / ESG

Security of employment still remains key for many.

Notwithstanding the changing nature of the workplace and workforce, secure employment remains a key focus for many.  Whilst organisations need to embrace the change in workplace and workforce structures, organisations …

Sustainability / ESG

Lego – the big little construction company showing the way.

Sustainability requires the increased use of renewable resources and a reduced reliance on non-renewable resources and the sustainable use of renewable resources requires that the renewable resources are used at …

Sustainability / ESG

Business and Sustainability: Doing Well By Doing Good

Organisations are increasingly being assessed not only on ‘profit’ achievement but also the costs incurred in achieving that result. They are increasingly being rewarded and/or punished for the positive and/or …

Sustainability / ESG

Is your workplace culture killing your business?

I have been lucky to have worked with a lot of different companies on governance and sustainability, across many different industries.  Sometimes it’s been good, and other times challenging. When …

Sustainability / ESG

Corporate support for employee volunteering programs is good business.

Corporate support for employee volunteering programs is good business.  An article titled ‘Corporate Volunteerism proves a smart business move’ noted that corporate volunteering is “an exciting phenomenon” in the volunteering …

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