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Upgrade your browser today or install Google Chrome Frame to better experience this site Henry Salach suddenly passed away in his 85th year Patricia of 63 years; his saddened daughters his brother Steve (Mary) and family in Sooke Henry’s passion in life was his loving family which he captured in many videos throughout the years We can’t forget his beautiful gardens which he tended to daily and won a Trillium Award in 2000 Henry was a huge fan of Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Blue Jays and he would never miss a CFL game Funeral arrangements have been entrusted with the GEORGE DARTE FUNERAL HOME Cremation has taken place; a private family committal will be held at a later date A special thank you to the First Responders and the Doctors and staff at SCGH those who wish to make a donation to Hospice Niagara will be appreciated by the family Our mission is to serve each family to the absolute best of our ability along with their friends and to give to the good of our community in which we live and serve.  Email Us Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Live Cast Steve (Jill) Peterson of Omaha; 3 grandchildren: Blake and Troy Peterson; 3 brothers: Ronald (Ginny) of Jenks Bob volunteered for service in the Air Force during the Vietnam era That service took him to Strategic Air Command in Bellevue and he spent the rest of his life in the Omaha area Bob attended Purdue University and both the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Lincoln receiving both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and a member of First Presbyterian Church of Omaha He was a substitute teacher in Ralston and Bellevue and loved volunteering at Generation Diamond with his dear friend A memorial will be held at Heafey Hoffmann Dworak & Cutler at 7805 W Center Rd in Omaha Friends are invited to a luncheon and may meet with the family immediately following the memorial service at the mortuary Interment at Omaha National Cemetery will follow at 2:30pm donations will be directed to Goodfellows of Omaha or the Open Door Mission I enjoyed our time shooting pool looking at framed homes and talking about financial retirement His energy and his laugh seemed inextinguishable You will be missed enjoyed the times at the lake Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler Mortuaries © 2024 All Rights Reserved Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Award-Winning Omeath Visual Artist Anna Marie Savage is to showcase her latest work 'Uisce Salach' (Irish for 'dirty water') in two solo exhibitions in 2025 The first exhibition will take place at the Watergate Theatre in Kilkenny on 1 May with the opening reception running from 5pm-7pm The exhibition will be opened by the prolific and well-known Kilkenny artist the second exhibition will be hosted at the Gerard Dillon Gallery in An Cultúrlann addresses the alarming environmental impact of the illegal dumping of illicit fuels particularly in the local rivers along the Irish border She is currently collaborating with Leeds University on a project that investigates the impact of illicit fuels on the environment along the Mexican and Irish borders she highlights the contamination of our waterways by the illegal fuel industry Savage has meticulously collected samples of polluted water from the river The resulting art pieces offer a striking visual translation of these samples exploring the detrimental effects on both the river and the wider aquatic ecosystem Savage’s career has been marked by a number of prestigious recognitions A Fine Art graduate from the University of Ulster where she earned a First-Class Honours Degree in 2009 she has exhibited across Ireland and beyond part of the ‘Understanding the Decade of Centenaries’ project in collaboration with the Nerve Centre and the Tower Museum This led to her participation in Frontier Work shown at the Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny in January 2022 Savage’s exceptional talent was recognised in 2023 when she was awarded the prestigious Agility Award by the Arts Council of Ireland Her work was also featured in the Ulster Academy’s 142nd Annual Exhibition in Belfast she was shortlisted for the 2024 Wexford Emergence Award and is currently showcasing her work at the BEEP Painting Prize Biennial 2024 in Wales with the exhibition running from November 2024 to April 2025 Uisce Salach promises to be a poignant and timely exploration of the intersection between environmental destruction and human activity Anna Marie Savage continues to use her platform to raise awareness and inspire change and engage audiences with her powerful visual commentary on the environment and societal issues We have the address for the funeral home & the family on file If you're not happy with your card we'll send a replacement or refund your money God got a special angel on April 27, 2020. 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Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience The Plaza Group at Morgan Stanley: David Salach and Jennifer Denning; photo courtesy of The Plaza Group Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone The following is a paid thought leadership piece from The Plaza Group at Morgan Stanley Your employees want to build their wealth and be better employees Here’s how your equity program  can help them get there Every organization wants to find the right combination of employee benefits that help increase workers’  motivation A well-designed equity compensation plan can be a critical piece of  that puzzle Workers who participate in equity plans have the opportunity to build wealth and feel more engaged at work That can translate to better job performance and greater commitment to the  organization you can’t simply create an equity compensation program and hope for the best chair of the Rutgers University Human Resources  Management Department about how organizations can boost equity participation and employee share  ownership Here are four ideas he shared for building a program that helps employees build wealth and  manage financial risks:  Employers should use equity compensation to enhance existing wages When wages are at or above market levels and employers offer equity compensation as an additional  benefit workers are likely to view it as a “gift” on top of their salary—and they tend to reciprocate with  higher effort and cooperation at work offering equity in lieu of market wages can have the opposite effect: Employees feel  less motivated and less committed They may also feel less secure about their financial situation as their  fixed wages are effectively reduced and more of their wealth is tied to company performance a variable  that can be hard to predict or fully control When employees view the equity they receive as part of their compensation they may be more likely to cash  out their vested shares to fund short-term income needs which can be a detriment to their long-term  savings goals such as funding their retirement consider providing a short-term profit- or gain-sharing program alongside long term equity compensation can encourage employees to  accumulate equity over an extended timeframe and help them keep their focus on the organization’s  long-term results Just as it’s important for employers not to substitute wages for equity participation it is equally  important not to substitute retirement benefits for equity rewards Having a separate and diversified  retirement portfolio can help reduce the risk to employees that their wealth is  overly concentrated in too few assets that can fluctuate in value Using equity to instead supplement retirement benefits can help employees feel more secure in the idea  that they have a wider financial safety net they are more likely to participate in equity programs and feel higher levels of job  satisfaction employees are of course free to buy their company’s stock on the open  market with their own savings Castellano notes that when employees instead receive shares  as grants from their employer or have the opportunity to purchase shares at a discount through stock  purchase plans they tend to perceive these holdings more as long-term investments That perception can help employees work toward their own long-term savings goals and stay focused on the company’s  long-term financial health Any organization seeking to boost equity participation and employee share ownership today needs to  consider how they can structure their equity programs to achieve these ends Focusing on strategies that  help workers accumulate wealth and manage financial risks can ultimately be a win-win helping  employees focus more on both their financial future and the long-run success of their organization Bill Castellano is not an employee of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC His opinions are solely his  own and may not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC or its affiliates Bill Castellano is Professor of Strategic HR Management at Rutgers University School of Management  and Labor Relations He is also the Executive Director for the Center for Employee Ownership and an  Executive Committee member of Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit  Sharing Bill also serves as a board member of the Global Equity Organization Bill is the former Chair of  the HR Department Associate Dean of External Engagement and Executive and Professional Education and former Director of the Center for HR Strategy and consulting activities are  focused on understanding the impact of employee ownership and equity compensation strategies on  individual and organizational outcomes and the development of leaders for the challenges of the 21st century Bill has over forty  years of experience working in corporate Fortune 50 he held senior HR management positions at Merrill Lynch and Manufacturers  where he was involved with human resource strategies and practices that supported both  individual business groups and the global enterprise Bill is an accomplished researcher publishing his  work in practitioner and academic journals and is a frequent speaker at national HR and business  conferences Article by Morgan Stanley and provided courtesy of Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor This article has been prepared for informational purposes only The information and data in the article have been obtained  from sources outside of Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley makes no representations or guarantees as to the accuracy or  completeness of the information or data from sources outside of Morgan Stanley It does not provide individually tailored  investment advice and has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons  who receive it Tax laws are complex and subject to change Morgan Stanley does not  provide tax or legal advice Individuals are encouraged to consult their tax and legal advisors (a) before establishing a Retirement  Account ERISA and related consequences of any investments or other transactions made  with respect to a Retirement Account The Plaza Group at Morgan Stanley may only transact business, follow-up with individualized responses,  or render personalized investment advice for compensation, in states where they are registered or  excluded or exempted from registration, http://advisor.morganstanley.com/theplazagroupkc 2018 at 2:03 am CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}WORTH IL -- Three motel guests stole a woman’s purse when she was passed out in the hallway of a local motel 25 appeared before Cook County Judge Michael Cain on a felony charge of theft The three were staying at the Palos Motel at 106th Street and Harlem Avenue in Worth the prosecutor said video surveillance showed David Fosco and Salach crouched around a woman who was lying unconscious in the hallway The three were seen allegedly taking the woman’s purse which contained $1,004 she noticed her purse missing and called police The purse was found under the bed in the room where David Fosco and Salach were staying the prosecutor said Officers were able to identify the three from surveillance video as the purported purse thieves The assistant public defender told the judge that Salach is currently on four months supervision for retail theft Fosco is being held on an active warrant for retail theft His bail on the new case was set at $7,500 Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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The following is a paid thought leadership piece from The Plaza Group at Morgan Stanley in Leawood Volatile public markets may affect private company liquidity in a variety of ways; Find out what this might mean for private company shareholders According to recent research from Morgan Stanley at Work equity compensation remains an effective strategy for employers to attract highly-mobile talent in today’s labor market Yet the value of equity compensation may diminish if employees cannot sell it to make a profit This is a common challenge private companies face One of the advantages of an initial public offering (IPO) from the perspective of private company employees is that it may provide them with the liquidity to sell their shares That was certainly the case in 2022 when worldwide IPO volume dropped by over 50% year-over-year.1  private company shareholders may turn to the secondary markets in search of liquidity secondary market transactions reached a high of $57 billion.2 Yet these deal volumes may present challenges for private companies While greater demand for private company shares may push up share prices in the short term it may lead to fundraising challenges down the road That’s because when private company shareholders sell their equity holdings it may signal a lack of confidence in the company’s long-term growth prospects And if existing shareholders are willing to take a discount on their shares — as many shareholders did in 20223 — that signal may get louder may result in lower valuations should these private companies decide to go public demand for liquidity may build as shareholders struggle to find buyers for their shares Later-stage private companies may change their plans to go public and wait for more favorable market conditions Any change to a company’s public offering schedule may lead shareholders to ask for partial liquidity to compensate for the change equity holders with expiring options or high option exercise costs may look to their companies for liquidity support if public listing plans change To counteract the declining valuations that secondary market sales may trigger while relieving pent-up liquidity pressure private companies may want to introduce employee programs that allow for partial liquidity By giving early shareholders an opportunity to realize some of the value of their equity these controlled liquidity events — such as tender offers — may give companies an opportunity to reward current employees while minimizing dilution Global IPO activity cut nearly in half in 2022: just 20 launched in US during Q4 The information and data in the article has been obtained from sources outside of Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley makes no representations or guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of the information or data from sources outside of Morgan Stanley It does not provide individually tailored investment advice and has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives 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http://advisor.morganstanley.com/theplazagroupkc Moriyama & Teshima Architects (MTA) and Bélanger Salach Architecture have unveiled Place des Arts in Sudbury the first multidisciplinary art centre of its kind in Northern Ontario MTA with Bélanger Salach Architects (previously YBSA) jointly served as the lead design architects for this project The building site is part of a trio of public amenities along the anticipated Elgin Street Greenway and bike path linking the western and eastern districts of Sudbury the architectural scheme of Place des Arts is highly intricate The building program includes a 300-seat theatre The design of Place des Arts engages with the street and sidewalk level to invite pedestrians into the facility while reaching out to the surrounding neighbourhood with distinct Each face of the building responds to and augments the character of its respective abutting cityscape The team effort of developing Place des Arts represents a culmination of creative professionals with one shared vision successfully producing something that can be enjoyed for generations to come “The architecture of Place des Arts expresses the long history of the Francophone arts community in the Sudbury Region the building calls out an invitation to the community while the use of natural materials such as weathered steel and wood along with the artistic re-use of historic artifacts on the interiors provide a welcoming patina and speak to the deep-rooted presence and hospitality of the community,” says Brian Rudy Implementing Carbon Budgets in New and Existing Buildings Announcing the 2022 Canadian Architect Awards jury OAA Study Highlights Urgent Need for Site Plan Approval Reform Architecture and design firms announce promotion of staff members Recipients of 2024 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards announced Turenscape Announced as 2025 RAIC International Prize Recipient 07mayAll Day14sepGroundwork Exhibition - Canadian Centre for ArchitectureMontreal, Quebec Groundwork is a three-part film and exhibition series exploring the conceptual development and field research of contemporary architects cultivating alternative modes of engagement with new project sites the CCA will take a critical look at how designers across diverse geographies and contexts engage with their environments in preliminary phases of projects and stages of transformation will be highlighted as revelatory aspects of architectural work that help to deepen our understanding of new critical modes of practice and engagement the project questions how different architects situate themselves in relation to changing natural and disciplinary boundaries The exhibition is on from now until September 14 For more information, click here 13febAll Day11mayElana Herzog - ExhibitionToronto, Ontario This exhibition surveys the 35 year career of Toronto-born Brooklyn-based artist Elana Herzog and is curated by internationally Canadian artist Jessica Stockholder It features a new site-responsive installation made This exhibition surveys the 35 year career of Toronto-born Brooklyn-based artist Elana Herzog and is curated by internationally Canadian artist Jessica Stockholder It features a new site-responsive installation made using wallpaper designed by the artist Part of Herzog’s process is to encrust textiles onto – and into – different surfaces explains “while working in the building trades I became intimately acquainted with the built environment and how it is constructed On a very personal level I learned about how systems interact and are installed in buildings – what’s behind the walls and under the floors.” Her work can be described as a form of domestic archeology often engaging architecture and other more intimate forms of material culture For more information, click here 01mayAll Day30Arthur Erickson: Design in MindVancouver, British Columbia The Arthur Erickson Foundation has announced the world premiere of ArthurErickson: Design in Mind The immersive pop-up exhibition will run from now until May 30 This experience marks the culmination of the AE100 Centennial Celebration a year-long series of events honouring the life and work of architect Arthur Erickson For more information, click here 08mayAll DayTMU Department of Architectural Science Year End Show 2025Toronto, Ontario Toronto Metropolitan University's Department of Architectural Science encourages its students to test boundaries and apply their skill to prevailing issues present within their evolving surroundings Toronto Metropolitan University’s Department of Architectural Science encourages its students to test boundaries The annual Year End Show presents the culmination of the 2024-25 academic term showcasing the impressive and cutting-edge works of our top students in all four years of study and at the graduate level For more information, click here To view this year’s thesis booklet, click here 08mayAll Day14University of Montreal - Cohort 2025Montreal, Quebec The annual exhibition of graduates from the Faculty of Planning at UdeM will soon be back for an extended 2025 edition A full week to admire the innovative projects of future architects For more information, click here 09mayAll Day11housed…[un]housed...[re]housed… 2025 SymposiumToronto, Ontario The housed…[un]housed...[re]housed… symposium will shine its academic light on our affordable housing and unhoused crisis in Toronto Given our recent pressing issues and experiences with affordability issues The housed…[un]housed…[re]housed… symposium will shine its academic light on our affordable housing and unhoused crisis in Toronto the symposium will probe and discuss precedents with a critical and multi-disciplinary lens and expand on the Fair Housing Act discourse which prohibits discrimination and the Ontario Human Rights Commission that housing is a human right For more information, click here 09may7:00 pm10:00 pmPresence roma XLV exhibition - CambridgeCambridge, Ontario The University of Waterloo School of Architecture class of 2025 is proud to reaffirm its  long-standing Presence in Rome with an exhibit of our design projects For more information, click here 13mayAll DayUniversité de Montréal School of Architecture's 60th anniversaryMontreal, Quebec Come and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Université de Montréal School of Architecture on Tuesday the school is preparing a commemorative catalog and visuals to reminisce on the school’s 60-year history since joining the Université de Montréal To register for the event, click here 14mayAll Day24City Building 2025 - Call for SubmissionsToronto, Ontario This is an exhibition of contemporary works by artists who explore our changing urban environment while looking at local architecture and urban issues Artists interested in participating are being asked to send a image list, current CV /artist statement, and 4 to 6 jpegs to [email protected] Selected artists will pay $40 per selected work The exhibition will be on display from May 14 to 24 For more information, click here 24mayAll Day25Doors Open TorontoToronto, Ontario Doors Open Toronto invites the public to explore the city’s most-loved buildings and sites The event provides rare access to buildings that are not usually The event provides rare access to buildings that are not usually open to the public and free access to sites that would usually charge an admission fee it has attracted more than two million visits to nearly 700 unique locations and remains the largest event of its kind in Canada For more information, click here Create an account for a 7-day trial to access this article and all of AL-Monitor For subscription inquiries, please contact subscription.support@al-monitor.com For all other inquiries, please use contactus@al-monitor.com DELAND — How does a football coach make his way from the powerful Southeastern Conference to Stetson University’s non-scholarship football program By way of a construction site in Big Ten country and I’m not young anymore,” says Scott Salach who spent part of his yearlong — and unwanted — sabbatical on his brother-in-law’s construction crew in Michigan and now finds himself preparing for Saturday's spring game in DeLand After an awkward dismissal from Mississippi State after the 2016 season — “I was blindsided,” he says — Sallach found himself out of coaching for the first time since he graduated from Ursinus College in 1994 He stops and practically shudders at the recent memory of being out of football “I would’ve in bad shape if I was a single man Sallach’s future was eventually rescued by a blast from the past He’d coached under Roger Hughes at Princeton from 2003-08 Hughes had been combining head-coaching duties with oversight of the offense Hughes hired another former Princeton assistant to be offensive coordinator and offensive line coach He had to lure Clayton away from Morgan State There was little luring necessary when he called Sallach to offer the job of quarterbacks coach I don’t know if I would’ve taken this job or waited (for another offer),” Sallach says of Hughes “That’s the way I think of him as a person Sallach left Princeton after the 2008 season when he was hired to coach tight ends at Mississippi State I was coaching quarterbacks at Princeton,” he recalls “But here was a chance to go coach in the SEC Mississippi State announced that Sallach had resigned to “pursue other opportunities.” Sallach publicly stated otherwise “When you’re on a certain side of the ball doesn’t think of you as their head coach,” Hughes says of his previous dual chores “I wanted to get closer to the defensive side and make sure they know I’m the coach for the whole team and not just that one side.” Hughes has handed the quarterbacks to a guy with plenty of stored-up energy and enthusiasm in going from the high-octane SEC to the non-scholarship Pioneer League even though the speed differential is quite evident “You have to get used to dealing with each individual’s positive skill sets A guy here at Stetson might have a different positive skill set than a guy in the SEC a subject that sends Sallach into an energetic monologue if you’re not the CBS game at 3:30 on Saturday afternoon one in every 17 or 18 high school players get to play college football The fact you get to put the pads on is still special.” ratfucking way Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and economic adviser Peter Navarro went about convincing the president to implement them In a podcast recorded this month with Freakonomics, Cohn tells host Stephen Dubner: And when the team decides you’re going to do X versus Y even though you passionately think that Y is right and X is definitely wrong When I worked at Goldman Sachs for 27 years it is the most team-oriented place in the world So I believe in that team-oriented approach What happened in the White House is we got to a point where one or two people decided that they were going to no longer be part of a process and a debate And they were going to use a direct connection to the president to set up a meeting and call in C.E.O.s of aluminum companies and steel companies to announce steel tariffs and aluminum tariffs without there being a process and a procedure to set up that meeting; without the chief of staff knowing there was a meeting; without the Office of Legal Counsel having written an executive order or a memo or anything to sign And they created that meeting without anyone knowing it.” C.E.O.s of aluminum and steel companies were always going to be in favor of tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports importers would pay the tax on those products as Ross and Navarro were presumably happy to let Trump assume DUBNER: These were [Peter] Navarro and Wilbur Ross I don’t want to live in a chaotic organization I’ll live in an organization where people vehemently disagree all day long as long as there’s a policy to vehemently disagree When people start end-running the process and start trying to take over that’s not an organization that I wanted to be part of describing the situation as “worse than you can imagine,” Trump as “an idiot surrounded by clowns,” and claiming “I need to stay because I’m the only person there with a clue what he’s doing.” The White House did not immediately respond to The Hive’s request for comment — How three brothers hijacked South Africa — The deepening mystery of Trump’s SAT scores — The best crime show you’re not watching — Is this Trump move an actual, real-life impeachable offense? 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ARCHITECTS Moriyama & Teshima Architects in joint venture with Bélanger Salach Architecture Franco-Ontarian heritage spans over 400 years When the CPR transnational railway arrived in Greater Sudbury (Grand Sudbury in French) in 1883 a large number of French speakers from Quebec moved to the area to work in agriculture Francophones represented 35 percent of the area’s population and they remain 25 percent of Sudbury’s residents The impact of la Francophonie is reflected in the city’s institutions including the Jesuit Collège du Sacré-Coeur a French-language educational institute established in 1913 that led to the creation of the University of Sudbury in 1957 generations of Francophones growing up in Sudbury ever more strongly embraced their uniquely French culture Grand Sudbury was the epicentre of its own Francophone ‘serene revolution,’ including the “Nouvel-Ontario” movement a collective of young artists which fought—and succeeded—in forging a distinctive Franco-Ontarian culture and identity Those cultural and historical roots are still bearing fruit today most recently made visible in the lyrical and urbane Place des Arts (PdA) Designed by Moriyama & Teshima Architects in joint venture with Bélanger Salach Architecture the long-awaited Place des Arts addresses Elgin Street and brings together seven key Francophone arts institutions in a single stunning facility Place des Arts’ weathering steel planes slide past and intersect with one another while its interior reflects Francophone history rigorously displayed through historical artefacts placed in-situ The building’s long horizontal stone plinth echoes the Canadian Shield and large areas of glazing are strategically placed to amplify urban activity or frame vistas The client-artists challenged the design team to forge an architectural framework equal to the artistic vision of the Francophone community of Grand Sudbury—now translated into an architecture that feels both contemporary and comfortable with a familiarity as if it had always been there the movement known as le Nouvel-Ontario embodied a cultural explosion in literature and the arts in northern Ontario that was centred in Sudbury; a movement whose effect was as dynamic as the meteor impact that created Grand Sudbury millennia ago This “artistic explosion” remained a powerful metaphor for Place des Arts’ founding president who penned a historical manifesto to guide the PdA project “Through the Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario (CANO) [artists] achieved an unprecedented and momentous extension of their sphere of resonance,” he writes “They founded institutions that provided new means for ongoing cultural expansion,” he continues adding a list of Franco-Ontarian ‘firsts’ created by the group First province-wide popular music festival These groups redefined Francophone music The dream of a singular cultural hub started 15 years ago when the Regroupement des organismes culturels de Sudbury (ROCS) brought together seven of them: Carrefour francophone ‘Under one roof,’ is elegantly express­ed in the Place des Arts’ logo designed by Christian Pelletier of Studio123 Instead of continuing to compete for grants or pay for separate real estate scattered throughout Sudbury these seven cultural groups agreed to join resources adding an eighth partner in the Place des Arts itself Place des Arts’ plan is organized around three public rooms dedicated to the creation and performance of contemporary art: the main theatre a black box theatre and a white box gallery But much of the place is open to all with no admission fee Greeted by an external welcome bench and canopy one enters past a librairie-boutique that will sell books En route is a reception desk for tickets and information followed by a long triangular space named the salon The salon is defined by a curved exhibition wall currently displaying names of key donors and black-and-white photos of Francophone artists from the 1970s; the temporary exhibition faces the café’s dining area One immediately experiences the vibrancy of Le Bistro as a gathering place for flâneurs as well as a spot for fostering potential collaborative synergy among the PdA’s multi-disciplinary artists Juxtaposing old and new was a driving force for the project beginning with the reuse of part of the foundations from the 1905 King Edward Hotel that once occupied the site as well as using over 800 of its bricks in the interior the building imaginatively reveals a series of collected artefacts within its walls The pressed-tin ceiling from Sudbury’s 1914 École St Louis-de-Gonzague is tucked under a plane of Corten in the bookstore-boutique pointing to a site of Francophone resistance against cultural assimilation in the 1920s Bread pans from Sudbury’s Canada Bread create a patinated wall near the bistro recalling a company founded on cooperation prevailing over competition amongst major bakeries Salvaged white pine beams from Chicago are repurposed as benches a clin d’oeil to the northern Ontario forests used in rebuilding Chicago after its great fire of 1871 Through the language of bricolage and adaptive reuse each artefact offers a window into history that resonates with the Francophone community’s focus on cultural heritage as storytelling Behind the curving wall of the salon lies La Grand Salle a 299-seat theatre whose deep stage and proscenium are shrouded by a serene providing excellent acoustics and intimate sightlines Bélanger Salach principal Amber Salach recalls the technical gymnastics including neoprene gaskets and structural separation required to achieve a quiet performance hall across from CP’s downtown railyards a black-box theatre designed as a flexible space for both rehearsal and a variety of performances Third in the sequence is the Galerie du Nouvel Ontario With its Palladian-scaled white cubic interior and large partition doors the art gallery is both a beautiful room and a flexible exhibition space One windowed wall with large shutters faces Larch Street connecting the gallery to the urban streetscape while the opposite gallery wall opens onto the public salon On the second level a daycare with a large protected exterior terrace offers views overlooking the railyards; the floor also includes a multi-functional youth zone The third level of the building includes PdA administration and a meeting room shared between the organizations the graphic signage for wayfinding in multiple languages is punchy and crisp adding another layer of artistic narrative partner at Moriyama & Teshima Architects muses over the duality of the clients wanting a “signature building” for the arts community at the same time as wanting “a welcoming house” grounded in Francophone culture The inclusion of the bistro and the daycare are programs that PdA believed would help create an intergenerational building open to the wider Francophone community a Franco-Ontarian architect who had often done work for the individual arts groups in the past the experience was deeply personal; he remains extremely proud of the scale and cultural meaning achieved in the overall design The Place des Arts’ tagline is: “A centre of artistic and cultural excellence and a gathering place for Francophones and for the whole community.” A few short months after opening thanks in no small part to a building that embodies the organization’s mission The design gains its strength from a delicate balance: the architects have crafted a building whose scale is intimate and image is welcoming while creating a timeless signature piece for downtown Sudbury The result is reminiscent of the wonderfully ambiguous spaces designed by Dutch modernist Aldo van Eyck in the 1960s The PdA remains both a cultural institution and an urban “living room,” with the Grande Salle’s performance space at its heart that le Nouvel Ontario will continue to give birth to successive generations of talented artists is Founding Director and Professor at the McEwen School of Architecture in Grand Sudbury This article is dedicated to the memory of Paulette Gagnon CLIENT La Place des Arts du Grand Sudbury | ARCHITECT TEAM Moriyama & Teshima Architects—Brian Rudy (FRAIC ) Bélanger Salach Architecture— Louis Bélanger Aaron Dent) | MECHANICAL SNC Lavalin (Jeff Hunter Filippo Biobdi) | ELECTRICAL SNC Lavalin (Stephane Chiasson Laurier Lalonde) | LANDSCAPE PMA Landscape Architects (Terrence Lee) | INTERIORS Moriyama & Teshima Architects and Bélanger Salach Architecture | CONTRACTOR HEIN | PROJECT MANAGER Colliers | ACOUSTICS Thornton Thomasetti | THEATRE EQUIPMENT/AV DESIGN Novita Techne Ltd | COST CONSULTANT Marshall & Murray | FOOD SERVICES DESIGN KAIZEN Foodservice | AREA 3,716 m2 | BUDGET $24.3 M | COMPLETION April 2022 The building is projected to have a 6.3% energy use reduction over the ASHRAE 90.1-2013 ECB as modified by SB-10 2017 Exhibition Review: House of Card Creative Turn: How will AI change architecture? New Espace Citoyen des Confluents transforms former industrial site into sustainable… Poise and Flow: University of Manitoba Desautels Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canadian Classic: Canadian Canoe Museum, Peterborough, Ontario Public Good: Montreal City Hall modernization, Montreal, Quebec Artists interested in participating are being asked to send a image list, current CV /artist statement, and 4 to 6 jpegs to [email protected] Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time The national health regulator has been plagued by reports of widespread bullying creating fears the public is at risk of harm if staff are unable to properly investigate rogue surgeons and doctors The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) hired four external consultants in 2019 after staff raised concerns about a toxic culture causing high turnover within teams responsible for investigating medical misconduct around the country Leaked documents reveal the national health regulator is dealing with bullying under-resourcing and a poor corporate culture.Credit: The Age According to a leaked internal presentation circulated in 2020 obtained by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald consultants held focus groups with 317 staff across Tasmania Canberra and Sydney offices and held 302 online surveys and 61 individual interviews These efforts identified four “thematic findings” about AHPRA’s workplace culture staff and medical boards that “may increase the risk of psychological safety” of employees Another problem identified was workload strain high turnover” as well as “inappropriate KPIs leading to stress and strain” among teams and “helping to perpetuate uncivil behaviours” The review found “hierarchy issues” within AHPRA with a corporate culture defined by “command and control styles of leadership” and “too much top down communication and a lack of bottom up ‘voice’,” which created “siloed working” and “us vs them subcultures” throughout the organisation “A multitude of cultures with shared hallmarks of distrust disconnection and disengagement,” was identified During each investigation – patients, medical staff and whistleblowers raised concerns about the inadequacy of the regulators to hold the industry to account The consultants engaged by AHPRA made wide-ranging recommendations to address the problems within the national body responsible for registering and regulating Australia’s health industry increasing training and improving communication between staff this masthead has interviewed more than 30 current and former AHPRA staff most of whom could not be named because of employment obligations who said little had changed in the years since these recommendations were made staff painted a picture within AHPRA where workloads are unmanageable badmouthing colleagues occurs in the open and staff are put on stress leave creating a “super toxic” and “stressful” workplace Morale in general is very low,” said one staff member who worked at the regulator for almost a decade The poor culture impacted the quality of work creating fears high-risk complaints are slipping through the cracks Staff reported feeling as though they are unable to voice concerns internally and had no avenue to challenge board decisions they did not agree with “Lives of people are at stake because of the work we’re doing,” said another staff member AHPRA is broadly divided into two divisions – notifications where patient complaints are investigated and disciplinary action is recommended to the relevant medical board where health practitioners self-disclose changes to their practice when renewing their annual registration Investigators working in the notifications team described the highest level of burnout alleging senior managers pressure staff into working quickly within ever-changing standards for how to assess complaints All stakeholders in the investigation process – including patients health practitioners and AHPRA staff – agreed it takes too long to process these complaints But efforts at making the process more efficient or effective have backfired which has caused a backlog of complaints to build up AHPRA quietly launched an internal project known as “Operation Reset” designed to tackle the backlog – with key performance indicators (KPIs) used as a key tool to encourage investigators to work efficiently While some staff said the KPIs were manageable these targets were weaponised to target staff with performance reviews and pressure to “clear” cases caused important regulatory work to be rushed “There were serious high-risk matters that should have been caught and they weren’t,” said one investigator In one internal submission made to AHPRA during the internal review process a staff member calculated the workload was so high that investigators spent less than one hour working on each case per week “This appears to be enough for low-risk matters however appears insufficient for high-risk and cluster matters [multiple complaints about one practitioner],” the submission stated AHPRA declined an interview for this story a spokesman said the number and complexity of cases had increased over the past year which had “placed pressure on notification timeframes” AHPRA also dealt with COVID-19-related resource challenges which had an impact on our performance,” the spokesman said The spokesman said resources were quickly diverted during the pandemic to establish a separate taskforce to manage the additional workload He said KPIs were regularly reviewed to determine the best way to reward or review team and staff performance and pointed to internal policies around bullying “AHPRA takes any claims of bullying seriously and any allegation is investigated independently with recommended findings or allegations provided to management for action.” AHPRA has published policies and procedures that highlight its commitment to providing a safe flexible and respectful environment for everyone that is free from all forms of bullying The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up here These efforts identified four \\u201Cthematic findings\\u201D about AHPRA\\u2019s workplace culture staff and medical boards that \\u201Cmay increase the risk of psychological safety\\u201D of employees high turnover\\u201D as well as \\u201Cinappropriate KPIs leading to stress and strain\\u201D among teams and \\u201Chelping to perpetuate uncivil behaviours\\u201D The review found \\u201Chierarchy issues\\u201D within AHPRA with a corporate culture defined by \\u201Ccommand and control styles of leadership\\u201D and \\u201Ctoo much top down communication and a lack of bottom up \\u2018voice\\u2019,\\u201D which created \\u201Csiloed working\\u201D and \\u201Cus vs them subcultures\\u201D throughout the organisation \\u201CA multitude of cultures with shared hallmarks of distrust disconnection and disengagement,\\u201D was identified The Age and the Herald published a number of medical investigations last year and concerns about practices of celebrity surgeons and around and and raised concerns about the to hold the industry to account The consultants engaged by AHPRA made wide-ranging recommendations to address the problems within the national body responsible for registering and regulating Australia\\u2019s health industry creating a \\u201Csuper toxic\\u201D and \\u201Cstressful\\u201D workplace Morale in general is very low,\\u201D said one staff member who worked at the regulator for almost a decade \\u201CLives of people are at stake because of the work we\\u2019re doing,\\u201D said another staff member AHPRA is broadly divided into two divisions \\u2013 notifications All stakeholders in the investigation process \\u2013 including patients health practitioners and AHPRA staff \\u2013 agreed it takes too long to process these complaints AHPRA quietly launched an internal project known as \\u201COperation Reset\\u201D designed to tackle the backlog \\u2013 with key performance indicators (KPIs) used as a key tool to encourage investigators to work efficiently these targets were weaponised to target staff with performance reviews and pressure to \\u201Cclear\\u201D cases caused important regulatory work to be rushed \\u201CThere were serious high-risk matters that should have been caught and they weren\\u2019t,\\u201D said one investigator \\u201CThat\\u2019s very dangerous.\\u201D \\u201CThis appears to be enough for low-risk matters however appears insufficient for high-risk and cluster matters [multiple complaints about one practitioner],\\u201D the submission stated which had \\u201Cplaced pressure on notification timeframes\\u201D AHPRA also dealt with COVID-19-related resource challenges which had an impact on our performance,\\u201D the spokesman said \\u201CAHPRA takes any claims of bullying seriously and any allegation is investigated independently with recommended findings or allegations provided to management for action.\\u201D The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the day\\u2019s most important and interesting stories Coillte is considering whether or not to appeal the refusal of planning permission by Galway County Council to proceed with a 343-hectare forest and bogland rehabilitation project near Sraith Salach in Co Galway The national forestry company has until 28 April to either appeal or accept the decision made Coillte changed its approach to the management of the forest estate it owns with greater emphasis on environmental sustainability and biodiversity To support the delivery of Ireland's climate action goals it set itself the target to rehabilitate 30,000 hectares of peatland forests for climate and ecological benefits by 2050 The first planned action in that regard was the felling and removal of 343 hectares of conifer plantation situated in Binn Doire Chláir We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences As well as removing the non-native sitka spruce and lodgepole pine trees the company planned to plant 62 hectares of native forest and rewet 281 hectares of Atlantic blanket bog and heathland by blocking artificial drains and restoring the high water table They also planned to control invasive species in the areas The 343-hectare site is situated partially within the Twelve Bens Coillte planned to install silt traps at water outflows to prevent silt flowing into protected areas The application also sought permission for construction of deer fencing to protect the proposed native woodland construction of a new internal access road 4 water crossings to facilitate the harvesting of the timber and installation of water monitoring stations for real time water monitoring during operations The permission sought was for 10 years and an Environment Impacts Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement were submitted to the planning authority Following provision of additional information requested by Galway Co Council the planning authority refused permission at the end of last month stating "the proposed development would be contrary to the proper planning policies as set out in the County Development Plan" The council said possible "adverse impacts" on the integrity of adjacent Special Areas of Conservation and sensitive areas to which the Derryclare site is linked by location and hydrological connectivity "cannot be excluded" given the nature and scale of the proposed development "it would materially contravene Policy Objectives of the Galway County Development Plan and would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area" a spokesperson for Coillte said the company "was disappointed with the recent decision by Galway County Council to refuse planning permission for this peatland restoration and conversion to native woodland We will reflect on the decision and consider the next steps including consulting with key stakeholders about how best to move forward with this ambition" Galway County Council outlined to the company that it has four weeks from the date or refusal to lodge an appeal in writing with An Bord Pleanála RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann RTÉ is not responsible for the content of external internet sites A Coillte map showing the area for the proposed forest and bogland project Garraun Special Area of Conservation\u003C/p\u003E Maltalingua has been awarded points of excellence in 8 of the 12 categories of evaluation Ellis also reported that Maltalingua can already be considered as a provider of a high quality learning experience with good standards of accommodation and social activities for both adult and junior students.