The Conversation

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]

COVID-19 – What cities can learn about planning for life after the pandemic

May 9, 2020 // 2 Comments

By JILL GRANT Dalhousie University FOR DECADES, epidemiologists have warned of the risks of new pandemics in our world of stressed natural environments, densely populated [Continue]

POLITICS – Bernie drops out as Democrats pick pragmatism over consistency

April 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ADAM HODGES University of Colorado Boulder IN MANY WAYS, Bernie Sanders is the anti-Trump. And, in important ways, he ran his campaign as the anti-Biden. Sanders bowed out [Continue]

CONVERSATION – By calling survivors ‘heroes,’ we miss the full picture

February 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANNIE ST. JOHN-STARK Thompson Rivers University WHEN DISASTER STRIKES — a hurricane, a terror attack, a landslide — we are quick to label the survivors as heroes. On [Continue]

HARRY AND MEGHAN – Let’s laud them for their self-care and leave them alone

January 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

By SHANA MacDONALD University of Waterloo In just the first month of 2020, #MeghanandHarry has been trending across social media more often than not. In a series of public [Continue]

MONTREAL MASSACRE – It’s finally recognized as an anti-feminist attack

December 6, 2019 // 1 Comment

By MELISSA BLAIS Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and FRANCIS DUPUIS-DERI Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) In the late afternoon of Dec. 6, 1989, a gunman [Continue]