Meetings

• Shopify has culled meetings. Should other companies do the same? 

  Shopify cut the vast majority of meetings from employees' calendars at the start of the year. Experts say there's some merit to the move, even in the remote work reality.

  Tech

  Jan 11, 2023
  
• Weekly time spent in online meetings has increased over 252%: Microsoft

  As workplaces move to hybrid and back-in-office models, an organizational behaviour expert says it is time to find more effective ways to collaborate.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2022
  
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• Guelph City Council to shift meeting days

  When a new Guelph City Council is elected this fall, there will be a new day for Council and committee meetings. Meetings will now go on Tuesdays instead of Mondays starting the next Council term. The current Council voted to approve the change of meeting days at their July 4th Committee of the Whole meeting,...

  Politics

  Jul 7, 2022
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• Lethbridge city council holds final meeting before municipal election

  With just under six weeks to go before the municipal election, Lethbridge city council held its last scheduled meeting on Tuesday.

  Politics

  Sep 8, 2021
• Toronto lost $8.35B in tourist activity due to 1st year of COVID-19 pandemic

  Destination Toronto said when the Greater Toronto Area region is factored into the analysis, the economic losses grow from $8.35 billion to more than $14 billion.

  Economy

  Mar 4, 2021
• Don’t be rude to Hamilton city council

  Hamilton city council is causing controversy, after proposing changes to its procedural bylaw, which looks at how city hall meetings operate. The new proposed bylaw states anyone who "speaks disrespectfully" to council may be booted from its public meetings.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2018
• London city council approves recording in-camera meetings

  Audio of closed-door meetings by London city councillors will be recorded in the very near future. City Council voted 8 to 4 in support of councillor Mo Salih’s motion to implement in-camera recordings, knocking back a request to refer the idea to staff for more information. Councilors Anna Hopkins, Bill Armstrong, Harold Usher and Paul...

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2017
• Londoners to weigh in on switching to ranked ballot system at open house meetings

  Open house meetings next week will give Londoners a chance to weigh in on switching to ranked ballots from first-past-the-post.

  Politics

  Feb 28, 2017
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• London councillors tackle lengthy meetings

  Daytime council meetings could be in London's future. The length of council and committee meetings was discussed by the corporate services committee yesterday.

  Politics

  Feb 22, 2017
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• Mandarin-only meetings should be illegal: resident

  A British Columbia man who filed a human rights complaint against his townhouse council for conducting Mandarin-only meetings says he wants the law changed to prohibit the use of unofficial languages.

  Feb 25, 2016