The Daily Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Survey of Postsecondary Faculty and Researchers, 2019
First results from a new survey of academic faculty and researchers show that one-third of survey participants from Canada’s postsecondary sector identified as members of at least two diversity groups—with postdoctoral fellows and PhD student respondents most likely to identify with multiple groups.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Canada, 2020
Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in Canada. More Canadians die of lung cancer than colorectal, pancreatic and breast cancers combined. In 2020 alone, it is estimated that more than 21,000 Canadians are expected to die of lung cancer. The high rate of death (mortality rate) from lung cancer reflects both its high rate of diagnosis (incidence rate) and its low survival.
Retail Services Price Index, first and second quarter 2020
During past recessions, margin growth has slowed, but remained positive. This has also been the case in the first two quarters of 2020, during the global COVID-19 pandemic. In the first quarter of 2020, margins were also influenced by a rail blockade and a crude oil price war.
Wholesale Services Price Index, first and second quarter 2020
In a context marked by the contraction of the Canadian economy and plummeting sales in the majority of the wholesale trade sector because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wholesale Services Price Index (WSPI) increased in the first two quarters of 2020. The WSPI was up 0.9% in the first quarter and 0.1% in the second quarter.
Study: Job displacement in Coal Mining and in the Oil and Gas Industry, 1995 to 2016
In recent years, governments in numerous countries have faced growing pressures to make a transition to a low carbon economy by reducing their economies’ reliance on traditional energy-producing sectors such as fossil fuel electric power generation, coal mining as well as oil and gas extraction. As these sectors progressively get replaced by clean technology industries, some Canadian workers employed in these sectors are likely to be displaced and to seek employment in other industries. This transition raises the following question: how do workers displaced from traditional energy-producing sectors fare after job loss?
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