Summary "Economic crisis takes toll on mental health"

By Charlie Fieldman

The January 10 article "Economic Crisis Takes Toll on Mental Health" published in The Montreal Gazette written by Charlie Fidelman, is about the effects of the current economic crisis on mental health. He starts his article telling readers that only the mental health professionals will not be affected by the economic meltdown since everyone else will be and will need professional help because of it. A number of research have been done proving that a raise in problems such as anxiety, lost of self-esteem and suicides are caused by the financial crisis. Also, many mental health experts think that theft, drug use, alcohol and violence will increase.

In his article, Charlie Fidleman enumerates some examples of suicide events that may be related with the recession and of the present unemployment rate. However, the coordinator of Suicide Action Montreal does not believe that this is true because suicide rates have not yet gone up. Likewise, the author mentions a stress expert who manages the company "Work Smart Live Smart" that affirms that money will be the last cause of their troubles. In fact, a series of other problems such as mental illness, substance abuse and failed romances will affect the number of suicides before money ever will. Moreover, people who tend to complain about basic needs like sleepiness, eating or physical aches tend to be more depressed.

The author writes that it is normal that anxiety and stress will be results of the economic crisis, especially if a person gets laid off. Still, not everyone is the same and some factors such as family, friends and optimism allow each and everyone of them to get better and stay positive. The economic crisis can even lead to some good like an opportunity for change and guidance in one’s life.

Mr. Alan AllnuttEditor-in-chief of The Montreal Gazette
1010 Ste. Catherine St. West, suite 200
Montreal, QC H3B 5L1Dear Mr.Allnutt,


I have been working in the sports and arts departments at The Gazette for over a year now and we have always had the same staff working in these departments. However, you recently hired a new employee, John Stinson, who is not cooperating well with the others in the team.

John Stinson does not respect his coworkers at all and we have received many complaints. he tells inappropriate jokes and yells at whoever he has to work in team with. Mr. Stinson is a very good worker, but his conduct has been bothering the other employees. We have already given him a warning, but he continues upsetting the others in the team.

I would like to schedule a meeting with you to discuss the situation. I do not want to fire Mr. Stinson, but if he does not change his conduct I am afraid we will not have a choice. I am available te meet you either next monday between 1 and 4 o'clock or on wednesday when ever you are free.

Yours sincerely,

Susan Dumouchel,
Assistant-publisher, Arts and Sports department
The Gazette

Summary of an article about my company

The Evolution of The Gazette as an Official Language Minority Newspaper
by John Kalbfleisch

John Kalbfleisch’s article about The Montreal Gazette explains how the oldest newspaper in Montreal isn’t the most popular because of the language it is written in. Using events that occurred during the 228 year old newspaper’s history, the author unravels some important facts about how the newspaper came to be how it is today. For example, although the French population outranked the English population in the 1970s, The Gazette, Montreal’s only English newspaper,was highly supported. He goes on writing about how The Gazette started out to be a French newspaper and how only literate Montrealers used to read it when it was invented in 1778.

When the Gazette’s creator Fleury Mesplet started his newspaper, he lied about its content. Instead of publishing good-hearted articles as promised, he and his editor, Valentin Jautard, published a newspaper based on their personal thoughts that weren’t always noble. They both ended up in jail. After his three years in prison, Mesplet published The Gazette once again, but this time he wrote good and acceptable articles and the newspaper became bilingual. In 1822, The Gazette’s founder passed awayand his paper was written in English only.

The Gazette, being all English, went through some hard times after the death of Mesplet, since the French population was still dominant. Both the French and English population were in some sort of war about who was dominant throughout the history in Quebec for quite some time and the author shows, using many examples, that The Gazette was highly affected by this history. For example, he explains how the Patriot Movement affected the newspaper in the 1930s. The English community was the only one who was interested in reading The Gazette hence it wasn’t doing very well. Throughout history, this newspaper has had some ups and downs, but in the end The Gazette became Montreal’s oldest newspaper and is very popular.

Mr. Alan Allnutt
Editor-in-chief of The Montreal Gazette

1010 Ste. Catherine St. West, suite 200

Montreal, QC H3B 5L1

Dear Mr.Allnutt,

After seeing the job offer for the arts section publisher in the February 16 edition of The Gazette, I was very interested in working for your company. Therefore, I am responding to the offer because the job would suit me quite well. I am a very determined worker and I work well under pressure.

I recently finished my studies in desktop publishing at Édouard-Monpetit College and am searching for a job in the field. I have a lot of experience in publishing and treating pictures.

I am available to work in all times, thus a full time job would be preferable. If possible, we could schedule a meeting next week. I am free all day on Monday, Thursday and Friday, but if there is a date and time that would be better for you, I will be able to change my plans. Thank you for your time, I am hoping to get a response soon.

Sincerely,
Susan Dumouchel








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Porfolio Project

MY COMPANY

Created in 1778, The Gazette is an English newspaper sold in Quebec (more specifically in Montreal). At first it was edited in French, but over the years it turned out to be an all English newspaper. It is one of the oldest newspapers found in the area and is the most popular English newspaper bought in Montreal. However, a lot of the French population buys it as well. The paper is separated in the many sections such as business, sports, arts, life, health, technology and travel. You can also find ads, job offers, games, horoscopes and a lot more. Many jobs are found in relation to this newspaper such as writers, editors, photographs, columnists, advertisers and many more.

COMPETERS

The Gazette’s main completers are of course all the other newspapers sold in Montreal. Since there are not a lot of English newspapers, the two main computers are edited in French. The first one is considered one of the most preferred French newspapers in North America. “Le journal de Montréal” is a smaller format of newspaper which is called a tabloid. Since it is smaller, Montrealers enjoy it better for some reason. The second competing newspaper in Quebec is called “La presse”. This paper is not as popular as the others, but still gets a good read. “La presse” is a formal newspaper that is quite long to read compared to The Gazette and “Le journal de Montréal”.

Business report: tracking my investments

Loblaw.inc is a Canadian grocery store company. The grocery stores we can associate with this company are Loblaws, Provigo, Maxi, Maxi&Cie, The Real Canadian Superstore and many more. Loblaw provides a one-stop range of corporate stores and franchised stores that holds food and everyday household needs. There is also, for the customers, a chance

I started out with 70, 000.00 $ in bank and invested in Loblaw Company Limited by buying 50 shares of 35.00$ each. I began this investment on the 2th of December. I thought this was a good company to invest in because I work in one of the many franchised stores and saw how, in my store, things where going well financially.

I was wrong to think that because the moment I began my investment, I was already loosing my money. When I started, the change section in red and was at -3.62. However, I did non change companies, having a little bit of faith in this one that it would make me some money. From week to week, I saw some improvement in the change section. I kept going higher as I kept checking how where. It when from -2.46 to -1.11 and when I checked today, it was at 0.00. I kept checking throughout the day, and as I predicted at the very beginning, I have made some money out of this. At the moment, the companies change is written in green and is up to +0.22. I have made, in four weeks, 1,431.81 $.

In conclusion, I find that I have made a good investment and if I would continue, I would probably end up making more money since every week an improvement was present. However, I do not know for sure if the company will always improve.

I do recommend this company to potential investors because I did see an improvement in this short period of time. I do think that it will continue improving for at least a couple of months from now seeing that in only one month it has. I suggest not buying to many shares to see how things will go and if an improvement is shown, to purchase more.

Tableland summary

Tableland, a movie by Craig Noble, is a documentary about where food comes from. The camera crew visits different farms that show the viewers how they work. The movie is divided in five chapters. In the first chapter, namedd “Sustainability”, farmers talk about the satisfaction they get from growing and selling their own food. Also, they mention that they grow their food naturally because they claim that they do not need poison to grow good crops. In the next section, “Small Scale”, the farmers talk about the advantages of owning a small scale farm. For example, how small can be beautiful, economical and successful. They talk about how the population can’t count on big scale farms to be nourished correctly. When it comes to small scale farms, buyers know where their food comes from and how every product they buy is unique and chemical free. However, the famers do admit that their organic food is more expensive than regular chemical filled grocery store food. In addition, the third section is about how the quality of food is poor and getting poorer. This part of the movie, titled “Industrial”, talks about all the disadvantages of industrial food companies. They teach the viewers some facts about how industrial food companies make our food unhealthy and less expensive than it should be. Moreover, the farmers talk about the hidden costs in industrial food, for instance taxes, packaging, bad heath (cancer) and exploitation. Afterwards, the next chapter, named “Taste”, talks mainly about how organic food is more flavorful than industrial food. The hand labor farmers put into harvesting their own food makes it taste better. Accordingly, the farmers think that everyone needs to be educated to taste because they often have a tendency to buy industrial food. Finally, the movie ends with the last chapter named “Local” where the farmers try to promote their small scale farms by telling the viewers that supporting local farms is very important. They mention some advantages of selling food locally such as how they get a chance to know their customers and how the customers get to know them how they can stay in their homes to work and how they are proud of what they do. Nevertheless, famers must go trough a cycle, meaning that from season to season they do not always get the same products. Hence, in the end, people want to know where their food comes from.

By Susan Dumouchel