Happy New Roman Year!

Today is Martisor Day an important celebration for all Romanians as it marks the beginning of spring symbolizing rejuvenation, fertility, health, love, purity, luck, etc.

As the origin of this anniversary goes back to the Roman's New Year Eve I've extrapolated in time their holiday even though I don't know if and how Romans were expressing New Year's whishes.

Centennial Canadian Aerospace Anniversary.

It was a week ago, on February 23rd, when Canada celebrated 100 years of aerospace history. It all started with the historic flight of Silver Dart, the first controlled powered flight in Canada.

Canadian aerospace history is quite fascinating, starting from the telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell involvement in the Silver Dart flight, to the stellar design of the supersonic interceptor Avro Arrow or Beaver plane, up to Canada's involvement in international space programs with Canadarm.

There are a lot of aerospace achievements that every Canadian should be proud of.

The dedicated enthusiastic volunteers (some of which are shown in this picture) that try to preserve a glorious past are among the first of them.

Happy Canadian Aerospace Day!

Are we ready for the workforce challenges of the next decade?

Are we too complacent in the face of the rapid changes that surround us? Intriguing questions that could raise lots of debates. Some of them were debated during the launch of the first Waterloo Region Vital Signs report.

In the next few days a Conference ("2017 The Workplace"), that celebrates the 50th anniversary of University of Waterloo and Cooperative Education in Canada, will try to find answers to the question.

I'm glad that at its 50th anniversary the University of Waterloo is thinking ahead, as always proven during its visionary history.