Whistleblowers Create Transparency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpsIm99QQHQ

Video: Why does medicine shoot the messenger when things go wrong? by Centre for Free Expression

A simple description of a whistleblower is: an employee of an organization who reports abuse, fraud, corruption, theft, conspiracy and/or dangers to public health and safety. 

The Centre for Free Expression, launched in 2015, is a non-partisan platform focused on freedom of expression

The Centre for Free Expression, launched in 2015, is a non-partisan platform focused on freedom of expression – the human right to express one’s views, to be heard, and to participate in political, artistic, and social life. It also includes the ‘right to know’: the right to seek, receive, and share information through any media. CFE works in collaboration with academic and civil society organizations across Canada and internationally and is based in the Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University).

Prominent Canadian Whistleblowers

Whistleblowers are people, often employees, who reveal information about activity within private or public organizations or institutions that they feel is illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe, fraudulent, or otherwise harmful. Current laws and policies to protect whistleblowers in Canada are weak, if not entirely ineffective.

Links to famous events initiated by USA Whistleblowers

Gun, horrified at these “dirty-tricks”, leaked the email to the Observer, and was subsequently sacked and arrested,

Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war 

10 Most Famous USA Whistleblowers

SEC Whistleblower Frequently Asked Questions

The Pickholz Law Offices - A Securities & SEC Whistleblower Law Firm

What I learned:

Whistleblowers are defamed, abused, tortured, murdered for "trying to or telling the truth".

Are Lounges the EDEN of Airports

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSxWOP7g--k

Video by: Portable Professional (Travel Tips with Megan)

What I learned

-what is available in airport lounges
-check to see what credit cards have airport lounge included
-lounge access services like priority pass, plaza premium, dragon
-how to buy day passes from individual sellers

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Another airport lounge user experience video - jokes are a free extra

Turns Out Anybody Is Allowed in Airport Lounges??? by Sam Reid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLT6pNvfos

What I learned:

You can pre-book or add access to the lounge on your flight ticket

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Additional Videos explain Airport lounge Passes

How to Use Priority Pass in 2024: What You Need To Know To Access VIP Lounges 

(Beginners Guide)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uAdmxxEnoM

These Are The Best Airport Lounges in 2024

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Amtg897RPk

How do I get a pass for airport lounge access?
Airline Status: Elite Status.
Business or First Class Ticket : Premium Class Travel.
Credit Card Benefits : Co-Branded Credit Cards.
Priority Pass or LoungeKey Membership: Independent Memberships.
Airline Alliances: Alliance Benefits.
Pay-Per-Use Lounges:One-Time Fee.
Day Passes: Available for Purchase.

Google flights is an excellent tool for estimating real travel costs

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER6gUwjzQj8

                                                           Video by Travel for every budget

What I learned:

Google flights is an excellent tool for estimating "real travel costs". You are able to put in travel dates for high and low seasons and have some perspective of what is a deal and what is regular and what is over-priced.

The video shows google flights can be used to separate a long international flight into separate flights  using known major transportation hubs. Sometimes this results in the two or more smaller flights that can be significantly lower priced than one large flight.

Google flights can be used to create price/date grids for comparison purposes.

Additional Videos Demonstrating Google flights

Find CHEAP Flights on Google Flights [UPDATED TECHNIQUES]

What I learned:

Sometimes using a VPN can change the prices that are available.

How to find the CHEAPEST flights on Google Flights!

What I learned

Sometimes 2 one-way tickets are cheaper than a return ticket.

Shows the use of a chrome extension called Travel Arrow that searches and compares prices.

Marketplace went Undercover to Investigate Life Coaches

 

Many life coaches help clients work on things like mindfulness, goal setting,  boosting confidence and offer career and relationship advice.

Life coaches are not therapists and there is no organization regulating the industry. Anyone can call themselves a life coach even with no training.

Marketplace wanted to know if they’d cross the line and offer unqualified advice about mental illness. To investigate Marketplace producers created cover stories with the help of several experts and met with a number of life coaches. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FygdK--wT8

More on this story

Additional advice

Be wary of how much a coach is charging. If they’re offering you a time-sensitive sales pitch, or pressuring you to sign up, take a step back. 

Go elsewhere if you want mental health support. If you deal with mental health issues like anxiety and depression, you may want to go to someone who has been specifically trained in treating those issues. If you or someone you know is struggling, here’s where to get help: 

● Canada Suicide Prevention Service: 1-833-456-4566 (phone) | 45645 (text). 

https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/

● Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 (phone), live chat counselling: 

https://kidshelpphone.ca/

● Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention: 

https://suicideprevention.ca/resources/

 ● For adults in crisis, try the Crisis Text Line (Text:686868) 

This guide from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health outlines how to talk about suicide with someone you're worried about:

https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/guides-and-publications/when-a-family-member-is-suicidal