Etobicoke Lakeshore Press: January 2023 Edition

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Kira Bauer www.linktr.ee/kirabauer (Health & Wellness)

James Maloney, MP www.jamesmaloney.libparl.ca (Community)

June

MacDonald-Jenkins www.humber.ca (Humber College Community Update)

Amanda Kirkland www.amandakirkland.com (Personal Development)

John Van Goch

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Jonathan Nhan

www.curateandupgrade.ca (Wellness)

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BLUE

Smile!

Using the “Waste Wizard” on your municipality’s website, you’ll be made to believe that empty tubes of toothpaste are garbage. THIS IS MISLEADING! Crest and Oral-B will recycle these items, FOR FREE, as well as any other oral care products such as toothbrushes, flossers, floss containers, and all other “non-recyclable” oral care products. This is done via a company called Terra Cycle Canada.

The government has no infrastructure in place to recycle or collect these products. Imagine a private entity such as a drugstore willing to take these items back. What a great marketing tool! Imagine, the “ONLY PLACE” that facilitates recycling these products. This could increase foot traffic. This establishment could offer a discount on a next purchase which quite likely could lead to increased sales, increased profit, etc.

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Make no mistake. Doing this for the environment IS WORK! The argument is that it’s not hard work and the reward is well worth it.

In today’s day and age, I believe that we can’t rely on the government to do everything for us. Private individuals and businesses can step up and do more. I’ve named three companies who are doing it. Will you be the fourth?

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By: John van Goch

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

Welcome to our first edition for 2023!

Every year, we print an issue dedicated to Mental Health & Wellness. There’s so much we could touch on here, in fact, we could probably publish this content all year long. Maybe I should.

I’d like to thank our Editorial Contributors for another job well done. I’d also like to introduce two new writers; John van Goch and Kira Bauer. Thank you for joining us and thank you for your contributions!

I’m excited for the new year and I hope it brings you much happiness, health, and prosperity.

Until next time... Thanks for reading!

Roger Tumminieri

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We are thrilled to share Humber’s newest partnership with the community. We always strive to develop meaningful partnerships that we hope will change the environment for our learners, our staff or our communities and in very special circumstances we are fortunate when all three happen at the same time. This partnership will not only benefit our students and staff but will have long term impacts on policing and society as a whole.

The new collaboration between Humber and Texas-based genetics company Othram Inc. will have us working together to develop programs to educate the next generation of forensic professionals and tools to support law enforcement and social justice impact.

As many of you already know, Humber is the only college in the province to offer a Forensic Identification program. Our program provides students with the leading-edge forensic knowledge and skills required to help them start their careers in public and private laboratories or with police services. The College also has strong connections to law enforcement agencies across the country.

It’s one of the reasons why we are pleased to partner with Othram, a leading forensic sequencing laboratory for law enforcement and the world’s first private DNA laboratory built specifically to apply the power of modern parallel sequencing to forensic evidence.

The company develops forensic DNA technology that has been used to help law enforcement solve cases in the United States and Canada, many of which had remained unsolved for decades. Othram recently assisted the Toronto Police Service in high-profile criminal investigations including the murders of Christine Jessop, Susan Tice, and Erin Gilmour.

This partnership will enable applied research initiatives to drive validation and adoption of new DNA technology in forensics. It will also support the development of curriculum to educate the next generation of forensic professionals in diverse topics such as genomics, bioinformatics, and forensic genetic genealogy.

The newest member to Humber’s Centres of Innovation (COI) Network, the Centre for Social Innovation, will provide leadership to identify and cultivate social impact

David Mittelman, Othram CEO and Humber’s June MacDonald-Jenkins

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MacDonald-Jenkins,

opportunities generated by the partnership with Othram.

Our COI Network brings together interdisciplinary teams of faculty, students, and community and industry partners to solve complex, real-world problems. They also provide an experiential learning environment for our students and prepare them to become the innovative and strategic problem-solvers of tomorrow.

Our President and CEO, Dr. Ann Marie Vaughan, noted “Humber brings academic excellence and commitment to developing a future-focused and career-ready workforce, particularly through industry collaborations offered through the College’s Centres of Innovation Network. Humber is partnering with Othram to develop academic programs, conduct applied research, and build the infrastructure to serve law enforcement agencies across Canada while providing our students with invaluable real-world experience.”

That infrastructure will support the deployment of forensic genetic genealogy and other new tools for Canada’s forensic and law enforcement communities. It will also measure and monitor the impact of cold case backlog reduction at the level of victims, their families and society at large to affect social policy change.

Othram CEO David Mittelman says they are “thrilled to be working alongside Humber

College as we build tools to power the future of forensic DNA testing in Canada and we are particularly excited to incorporate social impact measures into our work.”

This collaboration also marks the potential for understanding the impacts of forensic-grade genome sequencing technology in a social innovation application. The contribution to social justice initiatives and support of the law enforcement community with emerging investigative technology is unique in Canada.

I’m truly excited about this partnership and the potential it has for our students. Developing a curriculum that will ensure our learners are even more prepared to enter the forensics profession upon graduation is an important opportunity for Humber and one that will have many benefits for our learners.

This is yet another wonderful example of how Humber continues to be at the forefront of polytechnic education. We hope this partnership also provides further evidence to our learners that they have made a sound decision to further their post-secondary education with Humber.

MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS

TOXIC

By: Amanda Kirkland

Your values can trap you in toxic relationships. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t support, respect, and value you!

As a caring person you... - are generous - have honesty - believe in affection - are compassionate - are giving and loving

When it comes to toxic people, none of this holds true. For them, the toxic person’s value system is completely different from yours.

A toxic person... - believes in being powerful - is completely self-absorbed - must be in control - is opportunistic

What traps you is assuming they have the same value system as yours. So, you keep giving in to this problematic relationship, but they are unable to receive it. The things that are important to you are not significant to them.

Just some food for thought.

TRUST YOUR GUT

By: Kira Bauer

Do you suffer from headaches? Joint pain? Skin issues? Digestive problems? You might be surprised to know that all of these symptoms are connected.

My name is Kira, I am a Holistic Health Coach and IBD warrior specializing in anti-inflammatory nutrition and healthy habit formation.

In the recent explosion of scientific re-

search that looks at chronic conditions that plague our modern society, we now know that 95% of all chronic disease has a root cause of inflammation. The majority of these conditions are preventable and reversible with nutrition and optimal lifestyle choices.

Your gut is connected to every system in your body. This is why food has the extraordinary power to dictate our level of health and how we feel! Three things you can do to optimize your gut and decrease inflammation in the body are by eating whole foods, eliminating ultra processed foods and seed oils, and cooking at home.

Working with a health coach can exponentially increase your success in managing your disease and health outcomes. If you are seeking extra support, let’s chat! I am offering complimentary discovery calls this January for entrance into my 1:1 health coaching program and would love to work with you. You can reach me at:

kbauercoaching@gmail.com

Every day, we take actions that affect the world around us and these actions originate with thoughts and decisions that start in our minds. Fully understanding the mind can seem like a complicated undertaking, but to know how the mind works in a practical way that can enhance your day-to-day life can be rather simple. I will present to you a simple model that we will explore in depth in this series on the human mind.

The human mind can be divided into two parts, the conscious and the unconscious mind. The conscious mind is what we are aware of in any given moment. It is the part of the mind that is aware of our thoughts and perceptions, making sense of what we perceive. It is responsible for where we choose to focus our attention, and can be used to direct our intention.

The unconscious mind is everything outside of our conscious awareness. It is where our memories are stored and our emotions originate. Many of our driving forces in our daily life originate from the unconscious mind. It is a powerful force that can drive our actions and behaviours.

While some people may believe that the conscious mind is the strongest part of the mind, the reality is that the unconscious mind is much more powerful. The unconscious mind is responsible for processing all input that we receive, and generating the output of our physical bodies and minds. The unconscious drives the automatic processes, such as breathing, digestion, heart function, and posture. In addition, it is constantly deleting and distorting sensory input to make sense of it.

Even though the unconscious mind has all the processing power, the conscious mind has an important role. By directing our attention, the conscious mind can produce the filters that direct the unconscious processing power to our own advantage. Understanding this interdependent relationship is key to personal growth and discovery.

When you have been stuck on a problem, often times thinking consciously about the problem limits your solutions because of the limited power of the conscious mind.

When you are able to identify the problem and hand over processing to the unconscious mind, the solution will come easier. This is the reason that often taking a break from your work will give you the space to find the proper next steps.

At this point, it is important to understand that everything I will present in this series is simply a model - a representation of reality that may be useful to you. The test of a model is its usefulness, so take time to reflect on how this model can apply to your life.

In the rest of this series, I will break down the conscious and unconscious mind and by the end of this set of articles, you will have a model of the mind that you can apply to find balance and harmony for better mental health.

JAMES MALONEY, MP IN THE COMMUNITY

March 8 is International Women’s Day. It’s a global day to recognize and celebrate women’s and girls’ social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. It’s also a time to raise awareness of the progress made towards achieving gender equality and the work remaining to be done.

The beginnings of International Women’s Day can be traced back to the early twentieth century. It emerged from the activities of labour movements in North America and Europe and reflected a growing call for women’s equal participation in society. International Women’s Day first took place on March 19, 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. That day, over a million women and men attended public events to show their support. Other countries began to observe and celebrate this day in the years that followed. The United Nations recognized 1975 as International Women’s Year and began celebrating March 8 as International Women’s Day.

Every year, I organize an International Women’s Day Breakfast with a guest speaker. During COVID we took it online but I am particularly pleased that we can once again hold it in person. I hope you will join me.

This year’s breakfast is taking place on Friday March 3rd, 2023, at 8:30 am at Canadiana Restaurant (Six Points Plaza, 5230 Dundas St W, Etobicoke, ON, M9B 1A8).

I am honoured that our special guest speaker will be Alexandra Chyczij, Presi-

dent of theUkrainian Canadian Congress.

Tickets are $30.

Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/womensdayel2023 and if you are able, please pay in advance. However, tickets will be available at the door.

See you then!

Alexandra Chyczij

Alexandra was elected President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) on December 8, 2018. She previously served as 1st Vice President of the UCC, an organization that represents the interests of Ukrainians across the country. As UCC President, Alexandra represents one of Canada’s largest ethnocultural communities (1.35 million persons).

She is also the Executive Director of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association and has an extensive background in civil litigation.

Alexandra has been actively involved in various organizations and initiatives related to the Ukrainian community in Canada, including the Endowment Council of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund, the Ukrainian Canadian Bar Association, and the Canada-Ukraine Stakeholder Advisory Committee.