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Federal research body in talks with University of Alberta to ensure EDI requirement compliance
Federal government lawyers have contacted the University of Alberta to make sure it's meeting equity requirements for the country’s most prestigious professorships. It comes after the university proposed to remove equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) from its hiring policy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/federal-research-university-of-alberta-compliance-edi-requirements-9.7114756?cmp=rss

WIST Quotations Feb 11

A quotation from James Howell

Necessity never made good bargain.

James Howell (c. 1594 - 1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “New Sayings,” 3rd Century (1659)

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Howell, James - Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, "New Sayings," 3rd Century (1659) | WIST Quotations

Necessity never made good bargain. See Franklin (1735).

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Justin Buzzard Feb 8

Whether your plan/system is called a Quality Assurance or Quality Control Plan, based on your client/customer/sector/business needs, elements of both are essential for success. #qa #qc #success #plan #requirement

WIST Quotations Feb 7

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.

[La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

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La Rochefoucauld, Francois - Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)] | WIST Quotations

True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more. [La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.] Present in the 1st (1665) edition. In manuscript it begins "L’éloquence est de ne dire que ce qu’il faut…

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WordofTheHour Jan 21

#requirement : demand; requisition

- French: condition requise

- German: die Forderung

- Italian: requisito

- Portuguese: requerimento

- Spanish: requerimiento

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