By Alan Broadbent (originally published in The Mark)
One of the definitions of high intelligence is an enhanced ability to perceive relationships – the perception of patterns or correlations that can lead to new insights and to innovation. It is through the observation of data that we derive the information from which knowledge is created.

By Ratna Omidvar (originally published on August 14, 2010, as an op-ed in the Toronto Star).
According to the Ethnic Diversity Survey, about 20 per cent of visible minorities, or 587,000 people, have sometimes or often experienced discrimination or unfair treatment because of their ethnicity, culture, race, skin colour, language, accent or religion. They are most likely to say they face discrimination when at work or when applying for work. While employment equity has helped make great strides in hiring women, aboriginal people and people with disabilities into the public service, it has yet to achieve its targets with visible minorities. Visible minorities make up 9.8 per cent of federal employees compared with 12.4 per cent of the national workforce. What’s more, these overall numbers mask a “glass ceiling” within the public service, where the leadership is still overwhelmingly white and male.

By Alan Broadbent (originally published in The Mark)
The decision of where to build a new football stadium in Hamilton is the latest litmus test of the “cities agenda” in Canada. What began as a disagreement between a city and a football team has escalated into another intergovernmental turf war.