Bulletin Update: Sept 22, 2022
In this update:
MEET A GROW STAFF MEMBER: Steph & Pooja!
Curiosity: The Neglected Trait That Drives Success (BBC)
EVENT: Author Talk - Why Our Gardens Matter with Lorraine Johnson (Wed, Oct 19)
Botanists Are Disappearing - Just When The World Needs Them Most (The Conversation)
NEW RESOURCES! Employment Rights at Work
1. Meet Steph & Pooja!
Say hello and learn more about our GROW staff who brings Landscape Ontario’s GROW Training Programs to you.
Check out their Staff Profiles: Steph McCormick | Pooja Sood
2. Curiosity: The Neglected Trait That Drives Success (BBC)
How can curiosity help you in your growing career?
David Robson explores how curiosity can not only be good for your mind, but it also has benefits for learning, creativity, and job enjoyment.
Read the Article on BBC
3. EVENT: Author Talk - Why Our Gardens Matter with Lorraine Johnson (Wed, Oct 19)
WHAT: Lorraine Johnson has been writing about gardening as a force for ecological and social change for more than 30 years, in numerous books. In this illustrated talk, Lorraine shares stories and readings from these works, looking at what we can learn from efforts to rethink some gardening traditions in order to take us into a future of ecological health and justice.
WHEN: Wednesday, October 19th at 7 PM
WHERE: Toronto Botanical Garden (777 Lawrence Ave. East, Toronto)
Join Sarah (GROW Lead Technical Trainer) at this event by the Toronto Botanical Gardens!
Register for the Author Talk
4. Botanists Are Disappearing - Just When The World Needs Them Most (The Conversation)
Can you recall any of the plants you saw today?
Probably not. As a species, we are not programmed to recognise and register everything we see within our field of vision. This would be an overwhelming amount of information for our brains to process. …
… In our latest study, my fellow researchers and I found that people are not only less aware of plants through a lack of exposure and a loss of knowledge, but demand for an education in botany and opportunities to study it in the UK have diminished too.
Read at The Conversation
5. NEW RESOURCES! Employment Rights at Work
Worker’s Health and Safety Legal Clinic recently gave GROW’s LO 308 cohort a workshop on Ontario's Employment Standards Act (ESA) and your employment rights at work.
Here is the workshop presentation and various print and online resources that were shared, you can access it through GROW’s Alumni Portal at anytime!