Other Voices

POLICING – How police departments can identify and get rid of killer cops

June 11, 2020 // 2 Comments

By TEMITOPE ORIOLA University of Alberta THE GLOBAL CONDEMNATION of the death of George Floyd, one of the latest in a constellation of officer-involved deaths of unarmed [Continue]

COVID-19 – Current pandemic stirs memories of the Y2K scare

June 11, 2020 // 1 Comment

By LEE HARDING Research fellow Frontier Centre for Public Policy TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO, the world panicked over an invisible, media-hyped enemy. That enemy was Y2K, a [Continue]

SUZUKI – Rethinking roads can drive down the decline of species

June 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

WITH ROADS CLOSED and vehicle traffic down during the pandemic, some animals are getting a better shot at survival. Roads are a main driver of wildlife decline in Canada, [Continue]

COVID-19 – The importance of social connection in a time of isolation

May 28, 2020 // 1 Comment

Social isolation has become a defining feature of modern Western societies and there’s a growing concern about its effects By GERAINT OSBORNE Professor, University of [Continue]

POLITICS – Why leaders who bullshit are more dangerous than those who lie

May 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

By HAMID FOUROUGHI University of Portsmouth MARIANNA FOTAKI University of Warwick YIANNIS GABRIEL University of Bath BULLSHIT SEEMS TO BE the new currency in politics. Around [Continue]

SUZUKI – Do ‘murder hornets’ really pose a serious buzzkill?

May 13, 2020 // 1 Comment

AS IF WE DIDN’T have enough to contend with, now we’re facing a “murder hornet” invasion — but it’s more an invasion of newsfeeds than an actual descending [Continue]