(Sudbury – December 3, 2019)
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Linda St-Pierre received the prestigious Bernice Schranck Award at the National Council of the Canadian Association of University Teachers in Ottawa on Saturday, Nov. 30.
The award recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the enforcement of collective agreement provisions through grievance and arbitration. Over the past decade, Linda has become nationally recognized for her passionate commitment to improving labour rights and her vigilance in protecting the collective agreement from administrative overreach.
Linda has been elected Chief Steward six times since her first election in 2009. In 2012, she also became LUFA’s Chief Grievance Officer, after the creation of that position in order to respond to the high volume of breaches of the collective agreement by the Laurentian administration.
Linda has been on nine bargaining teams, filed hundreds of grievances, and participated in innumerable mediations and arbitration hearings. She also has led certification drives for online instructors, on-campus clinicians, and clinicians at Health Sciences North.
As a sessional instructor, Linda, who has a doctorate in biological sciences, has taught courses in neuroscience and labour studies; she also has over 30 publications to her credit.
We congratulate Linda as a most worthy recipient of this great honour, and thank everyone who wrote in support of the nomination.
Two symbol types do most of the work in a modern slot beyond the standard icons. Wilds fill gaps in a combination, while scatters ignore the line structure entirely. Knowing which is which makes a paytable considerably easier to read.
Substitutions, Sticky Wilds And Feature Triggers
Expanding wilds stretch to cover a full reel, walking wilds shift position each spin, and sticky wilds hold their spot while the reels around them turn. Anyone learning these mechanics can Bet Portal and read how individual games implement them. Scatters usually do not substitute for anything, so their role is to pay directly and to open the bonus round rather than to complete lines.
| Symbol | Function | Line Dependent |
|---|---|---|
| Standard wild | Substitutes | Yes |
| Expanding wild | Fills a reel | Yes |
| Scatter | Pays or triggers | No |
- Wilds complete combinations, scatters usually do not
- Expanding and sticky wilds behave differently from standard ones
- Three or more scatters commonly trigger a feature
The variety of wild mechanics is largely a matter of presentation, since the overall return is fixed whatever form the features take. Knowing what each symbol does simply removes the guesswork from a spin. Choose games whose features you enjoy watching, decide a stop point in advance, and treat the bonus rounds as part of the entertainment.