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The article focuses on concern over airborne transmission of covid-19 virus and importance of managing indoor air quality as an integral part of the ventilation system in building design.

The article offers information on the use of algorithms by police to predict crime in Edmonton, Alberta and its potential in the period of high-technology (high-tech) racial profiling in the region.

The article offers information related to various contributors of the periodical including John Loring, Sakeina Syed and Harley Rustad.

The article offers information about companies which provide wrong corporate responsibility report regarding their sustainability efforts to conserve natural resources and reduce emissions and waste like Raytheon, and offers suggestion for investors to cross check reports before making investments.

The article offers the author's views about the value of the role of school board trustees in Canada, noting the impact of the erosion of trustees' policy-making ability on their dysfunction, public indifference toward them, and school board governance in the country.

The article focuses on the military liaison unit or MLU by the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) in early 2000s. It states that MLU coordinated the Canadian Forces troops assigned to the 2010 Winter Olympics. It mentions that the VPD program is an expansion of highly coordinated militaristic tactics involving municipal police services and other agencies

The article focuses on the increasing incidence of police shootings of mentally disordered people in Toronto, Ontario. Topics discussed include that death of Michael Eligon at the Toronto East General Hospital on February 13, 2012 after being shot by a police officer, the insights of Deputy Chief Mike Federico on the capability of police forces to deal with mental illness, and the police training program introduced by Sam Cochran, one of the best officers of Police Director James E. Ivy.

The article reports on the condition of labor unions in Canada. It mentions Canadian Auto Workers president Ken Lewenza as well as Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada head David Coles who both addressed the challenges of employees at the quarterly executive meeting of the Canadian Labour Congress in May 2011. It also notes the contribution of the growth of public sector in stabilizing the status of the workforce in the country.

The article offers the view of the author on the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) and its performance as a better retirement fund throughout the world. He mentions that its success since its establishment in 1990 can be made through smart management and financial insightfulness rather than contributions from the government which only accounted 12 percent of its finance. He also notes that it has the highest total of returns worldwide.

The article provides information on the Citizen Lab research group, which is dedicated to the political power in cyberspace. It states that the group, which consists of human rights experts, technicians, and advocacy-minded post-docs, has become a cyber-resistance movement. It adds that although Citizen Lab is a university research unit, it acts and looks more as a mini-intelligence gathering service.

The article focuses on the problems of the city of Toronto, Ontario. Particular focus is given to the two-tier approach on rural government imposed by former Ontario Premier Bill Davis in the early 1970s. Andrew Sancton, an expert in municipal government, considers the two-tier approach as the original mistake of the city. The social and economic woes of the city under Mayor Rob Ford are also outlined.

The article reports on the aggressive geoengineering effort underwritten by a bloc of Asian nations in 2011. The effort uses particularly designed aircraft to spread thousands of tonnes of sulfate aerosols into the upper atmosphere. The effort aims to calm regional weather patterns and lessen global temperatures. Geoengineering is frequently described as the Plan B of the fight against climate change.

The article offers the author's insights on the travelogue produced by a travel writer Taras Grescoe on the daily commute and transit system in several cities including Bogotá, Vancouver, and Copenhagen. The author states that the streets in Bogotá was added hundreds of kilometers of bike paths while in Vancouver, they focused on using SkyTrain stations and in sub-urban growth. He says that Copenhagen developed bike infrastructure, a bike lanes which was embraced by all ages.

An essay is presented on Canada's Financial Literacy Leader Act. It states that the act introduced by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will provide for the appointment of a Financial Literacy Leader who will exercise national leadership to strengthen the financial literacy of Canadians. It contends that the task force's overall approach is informed by optimism about the redeeming value of well-timed advice.

The article focuses on laws and regulations governing archaeology across Canada.

The article discusses concerns regarding availability of affordable apartment in cities of Canada and chronic shortages of purpose-built rental apartments experienced by the public; and reflects on contribution of factors like ultra-low interest rates on home ownership.

The article focuses on the master's degree in political management that Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario will launch. It is conceived by Reform Party founder Preston Manning to train prospective political aides. It aims to steep these aides in the mechanics of the field and link them with those who work in the power. Conservative activist John Matheson says that degree will give political aides the credits they deserve.

An essay is presented on federal budgets in Canada. He tackles the influence of the global recession on the nation's fiscal deficits, federal budgets, and economic condition. He also stresses the federal government's efforts to address the existing multibillion U.S. dollar deficits and the diminishing government revenues of the nation.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to article in the July/August issue on topics including mental illness and law enforcement by John Lorinc, the 1998 Railway Safety Act in Canada by Lorne Sossin, and future of North America by John Macfarlane.