http://blog.shscorp.ca an SHSC blog Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:50:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/08/02/green-jobs-on-the-rise-in-ontario-thanks-to-the-gea/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/08/02/green-jobs-on-the-rise-in-ontario-thanks-to-the-gea/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:25:25 +0000 Cheryl Shour http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=1995 50,000 is the number of ‘green’ jobs that is frequently used as the anticipated outcome from implementing Ontario’s Green Energy Act (GEA). Given the economic gloom and doom, any province would be happy with that kind of growth. So I thought it might be a good idea to see where that number comes from and if it is, in fact, an accurate prediction.]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/08/02/green-jobs-on-the-rise-in-ontario-thanks-to-the-gea/feed/ 0 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/06/02/making-the-connections-for-green-youth-jobs/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/06/02/making-the-connections-for-green-youth-jobs/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:05:36 +0000 Cheryl Shour http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=1600 I am not a huge fan of acronyms, but REDY (Reducing Energy Demand with Youth) is pretty cool. Let’s Get REDY; REDY, Set, Go; REDY or Not…well you get the picture. But what makes REDY really cool is a lot more than how well it works in those phrases. This green jobs youth training, just wrapping up in London after successful sessions in Toronto and Kingston, is one of those great ideas that connect all the dots. Those dots are youth unemployment, energy poverty, building retrofits and green jobs.]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/06/02/making-the-connections-for-green-youth-jobs/feed/ 0 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/05/13/5-ways-to-reduce-your-electricity-demand-from-the-energy-smart-initiative/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/05/13/5-ways-to-reduce-your-electricity-demand-from-the-energy-smart-initiative/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 18:26:30 +0000 Cheryl Shour http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=1564 Energy Smart Initiative was recognized by the City of Toronto’s Green Toronto Awards at the Green Living Show 2011. Here are five energy saving tips from the initiative that you may consider implementing either personally, in your buildings, or to pass on to residents.]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2011/05/13/5-ways-to-reduce-your-electricity-demand-from-the-energy-smart-initiative/feed/ 1 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/10/26/3-basic-rules-to-lowering-your-utility-costs/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/10/26/3-basic-rules-to-lowering-your-utility-costs/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:08:17 +0000 Catherine Wood http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=1138 With rising energy costs, more and more people are becoming worried about their utility bills. Are you one of them?]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/10/26/3-basic-rules-to-lowering-your-utility-costs/feed/ 0 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/06/21/negative-consequences-of-an-oil-spill/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/06/21/negative-consequences-of-an-oil-spill/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:41:14 +0000 Cheryl Shour http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=865 It is "unlikely that an accidental surface or subsurface oil spill would occur" and if it did “….no significant adverse impacts are expected." That statement was given in February 2009 before BP received approval to begin drilling the Deepwater Horizon well. Now the whole world watches as the disastrous effects of this oil spill unfold in the Gulf of Mexico.]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2010/06/21/negative-consequences-of-an-oil-spill/feed/ 0 http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2009/11/18/recruitment-and-retention/ http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2009/11/18/recruitment-and-retention/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:59:34 +0000 Dave Colangelo http://blog.shscorp.ca/?p=56 Recruitment and Retention: Changing the "Image" of Social Housing sessions at the ONPHA conference was excellent, but the real stars of the show were the participants that asked some great questions and offered insightful feedback such as an undergraduate housing essay competition and involving tenants in the operation of their own housing. More >>]]> http://blog.shscorp.ca/index.php/2009/11/18/recruitment-and-retention/feed/ 0