Le cours d’empathie obligatoire dans les écoles danoises L’empathie, ou l’aptitude à pouvoir ressentir les émotions d’une autre personne est une capacité considérée comme cruciale dans la vie quotidienne danoise. Enseigner l’empathie aux enfants contribuerait en effet à leur épanouissement futur. Des collégiens déprimés et narcissiques Une étude de l’Université du Michigan, réalisée sur environ…
For the first time since the revolution, the Cuban president met a free press The thing about dictators is they don’t have to answer any stinking questions from the press. We call it undemocratic; they call it job security. That’s why President Obama’s joint news briefing with President Raúl Castro of Cuba last week was…
MTL’s soccer stadium featured in the world’s most influential architecture mag The Crystalline soccer stadium by Saucier + Perrotte is a football stadium in Montreal that has a giant faceted roof structure, which folds over an indoor playing field before morphing into spectator seating surrounding a second open-air pitch. It is located on the former Miron Quarry and…
This four-letter word is the Swedish key to happiness at work Can short coffee breaks spell the difference between loving and hating work? In Sweden, where workers are among the least stressed worldwide, the secret to happiness is a four letter word: fika. The word “fika” is used as both a noun and a verb,…
For the first time in history, you have your say on the next UN Secretary General For the first time in history, candidates for UN Secretary-General can be scrutinised and questioned by citizens, not just countries. Starting in April, candidates for the role of Secretary-General will be taking part in public debates, and United Nations…
New reading movement aims to bring books to people The campaign, that will be launched in Singapore this year, hopes to help adults rediscover the joy of reading for themselves. To encourage more adults to pick up reading, the new National Reading Movement, to be launched this year, will bring books to people in places…
U.S. cracks down on slave-labor product imports President Barack Obama has signed a bill to let U.S. officials enforce an 86-year-old ban on importing goods made by children or slaves. The law closes a loophole that forced the U.S. to accept products made under those conditions. The Tariff Act of 1930, which gave Customs and Border…
Montréal : les élèves transgenres dans le vestiaire de leur choix Les élèves transgenres de la Commission scolaire de Montréal pourront bientôt choisir la toilette et le vestiaire où ils se changeront selon le sexe auquel ils s’identifient, une première au Québec. Cela signifie par exemple qu’un enfant qui s’identifie comme un garçon alors que…
Le « camion des psys » à la rencontre du public pour parler des troubles mentaux Au marché de Villefontaine (Isère), un drôle de camion a pris place à quelques mètres des étals animés. A bord, une équipe de psys et de soignants s’apprête à partir à la rencontre du public pour le sensibiliser aux troubles mentaux.…
The New York Times reveals daily unpublished pictures from their archives: Hundreds of stunning images from black history, drawn from old negatives, have long been buried in the musty envelopes and crowded bins of the New York Times archives. None of them was published by The Times until now. Photographers for The Times captured all of…