Month: March 2021

Trustees losing faith in their own Board

[GTranslate]If they had taken place in a Parliamentary precinct, Daniel Di Giorgio’s motions at the Catholic school Board’s meeting on Thursday, March 25, would have amounted to a Motion of non-confidence against a minority government. The government either survives those motions, or it collapses and is replaced. In either case, the target of the motion of non-confidence suffers severe reputational damage.

The world’s most environmentally conscious countries

[GTranslate]To be environmentally-friendly or “green”, requires engagement in practices and processes that are sustainable and minimize harmful impacts on the environment. Some countries do it better than others.

According to the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), formulated by researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, Denmark is rated the “greenest” country in the world. The Nordic nation has the highest EPI score at 82.5. (see graph below)

Status update of Covid-19 cases around the world

 

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[GTranslate]Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of March 27, 2021, at 3:00pm (EST).

Globally, there have been over 126 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 102 million people have recovered and more than 2.7 million fatalities were attributable to Covid-19.