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POLITICS – How the Liberals paved the way for the Bloc’s return

October 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

By MAXIME HEROUX-LEGAULT University of British Columbia THE LIBERALS launched the election with high hopes for Québec. After all, their 2015 victory hinged on securing 40 [Continue]

ELECTION 2019 – What place does populism have in election campaign?

September 18, 2019 // 1 Comment

By CHEDLY BELKHODJA Concordia University THE RECENT TWITTER ATTACKS by Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, on young Swedish climate activist Greta [Continue]

POLITICS – Green with rage: Women climate change leaders attacked online

September 14, 2019 // 3 Comments

By TRACEY RANEY and MacKENZIE GREGORY Ryerson University WOMEN LEADERS who support climate action are being attacked online with increasing regularity. These attacks should [Continue]

ELECTION 2019 – Canadians should watch out for dumbfakes, deepfakes

September 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

By DIANNE LALONDE Western University DUMBFAKES AND DEEPFAKES are edited or altered videos. In just the past few years, the capability to produce and share these videos has [Continue]

EDUCATION – Why cursive handwriting needs to make a comeback in school

August 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

By HETTY ROESSINGH University of Calgary TEACHING CONNECTED-STYLE handwriting, otherwise known as cursive handwriting, has fallen out of fashion on many school curricula. [Continue]

POLITICS – Would Trump concede in 2020? A history lesson from 1800

August 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

By SHIRA LURIE University of Toronto As primary season heats up in the United States, the Democrats are anxiously debating the best path to unseat Donald Trump in 2020. But [Continue]

POLITICS – Why environmental charities are afraid to talk about climate change

August 22, 2019 // 2 Comments

By DIANNE SAXE York University, Canada THERE IS A SERIOUS EROSION of democracy underway in Canada. Elections Canada is preventing environmental charities from telling the [Continue]

PIPELINE – Why a group of First Nations wants to own the Trans Mountain

May 30, 2019 // 2 Comments

By HARRIE VREDENBURT University of Calgary THE STANDOFF BETWEEN Indigenous communities — backed by environmentalists — and the oil industry has led to regional [Continue]

POLITICS – Biden’s front-runner status reveals weakness of #MeToo strategy

April 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

By HEIDI MATTHEWS York University, Canada WITH HIS OFFICIAL DECLARATION that he’s running for president again, Joe Biden is now considered the front-runner in the crowded [Continue]

SNC-LAVALIN – Deferred prosecution deals aren’t get-out-of-jail free cards

March 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

By SUKANYA PILLAY University of Windsor PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau’s government remains in hot water over SNC-Lavalin. Even anti-bribery officials from the Organisation [Continue]

ENVIRONMENT – If we can’t recycle it, why not turn waste plastic into fuel?

January 21, 2019 // 6 Comments

By MUXINA KONAROVA The University of Queensland AUSTRALIA’S recycling crisis needs us to look into waste management options beyond just recycling and landfilling. Some [Continue]

POLITICS – With an election ahead, public records must be made public

January 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

By BARRY WELLAR University of Ottawa CITIZENS REQUIRE ACCESS to public records in order to become properly informed about the activities of their governments and to provide [Continue]

LABOR – Back-to-work legislation may come back to haunt Justin Trudeau

December 7, 2018 // 1 Comment

By CHARLES SMITH University of Saskatchewan, and LARRY SAVAGE Brock University THE JUSTIN TRUDEAU government’s use of back-to-work legislation effectively put an end to the [Continue]

THE CONVERSATION – Goodbye Apu – here’s what you meant to us

November 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

By FAIZA HIRJI McMaster University The Simpsons’ Apu may be dead, but stereotyping of South Asians most certainly is not. In fact, from the debates that preceded the [Continue]