Summary: A new study highlights the varying rates of cognitive decline among different races and sex groups after retirement. White men showed the sharpest decline, while Black women experienced the least.
Surprisingly, individuals who attended college showed a greater decline than those who didn’t. The research suggests that factors such as job opportunities and lifelong structural inequalities may play a role in cognitive aging post-retirement.
Key Facts:
The study found significant post-retirement cognitive decline in white adults, with white showing the steepest decline.
Black women demonstrated the least cognitive decline post-retirement, according to the study.
Interestingly, individuals who had attended…
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Selkirk College takes part in 94 Days of Education and Action
Shared learning about Indigenous peoples and shared understanding about the legacy of colonialism is the focus of the 94 Days of Education and Action initiative that was launched on June 29.
Building towards the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation that takes place on Sept. 30, Selkirk College is taking the regional lead on recognizing the impacts of the residential school system. Inspired by the 94 calls to action released by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, the initiative provides opportunities for engagement, education and action over three months.
“It’s essential that we grow a collective understanding of what…
Timmins news: Students learn about the trades during Catholic Education Week
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“With the high demand trades, it’s never too early to teach them or to, you know, expose them to different trades out there.”
Chad Tolonen, who owns Timmins Mechanical Solutions, visited the school to donate a remote control excavator and show them how it works.
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Education minister storms out of Quebec parliament
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After tearfully apologizing to voters in Lévis on Thursday morning for a road tunnel project that won’t happen, Education Minister Bernard Drainville left the Salon Bleu in the middle of the afternoon debate, irritated by questions from the opposition.
It is rare, if not unheard of, for a minister to walk out during a debate on an issue that concerns his responsibilities.
Drainville was questioned by Liberal education critic Marwah Rizqy about the increase in lunchtime fees at a school service center in the north of Montreal.
The minister blamed the school service center. Drainville’s Coalition Avenir…
The English school district accepts the findings in the deaf education discrimination case
Carter Churchill’s family won a human rights case against the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District in March. (Submitted by Kimberly Churchill )
The Newfoundland and Labrador English School District says it accepts the findings of a human rights tribunal report that it ordered to provide Carter Churchill — a profoundly deaf child from Portugal Cove-St. Phillip’s — with education and evaluation in American Sign Language and pay his family nearly $150,000 for discrimination.
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Ontario introduced mandatory technology credit for high school students
The provincial government is bringing in a new mandatory technological education credit for Ontario high school students, the education minister announced Friday.
In a news release, the province said the change will begin with students entering Grade 9 in September of 2024.
“I am proud to announce another step forward to ensure all students learn the critical skills necessary to succeed and get a good paying job,” said Education Minister Stephen Lecce, in a statement.
“By requiring students to take at least one Technological Education credit in high school, we are opening up doors and creating new pathways to good…
What are the best alternatives to a gallery wall? Designers share 10 creative ways to decorate a blank space
Gallery wall alternatives
We won’t go as far to say anything as drastic as the gallery wall is dead, it’s a timeless approach to filling a blank wall that’s going nowhere. But the gallery wall as it has been known (framed prints and photos in various grid-like layouts) is starting to become a bit… done? They have become the safe, easy option, the simplest way to decorate the walls of any room.
So now what we see in those who like to avoid safe and ease in the world of interiors, is the gallery wall morphing into something else. A…