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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]