Sherrilynne Starkie

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The word of the year is an ‘un word’

Sherrilynne Starkie

An emoji, ‘Face With Tears Of Joy’, has been chosen by Oxford University Press as the 2015 ‘word of the year’. Tears Of Joy was chosen because it was the most-used emoji globally in 2015. For the first time ever, something that is not even a word has been given this accolade. .

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IABC Canada: the big shift

Sherrilynne Starkie

Life expectancy is increasing especially for women which means that Canada is becoming more female and by 2015, only a few years down the road, senior citizens will outnumber children for the first time ever in the nation’s history. However, the fertility rate is below replacement levels; it’s actually immigration that is driving growth.”.