If in doubt, let them out. Children have the right to play
Mark S. Tremblay, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Mariana Brussoni, University of British Columbia
New research from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Health Measures Survey reaffirmed the dramatic decline in Canadian...
How progressive voters can truly win in future Canadian elections
Jeffrey B. Meyers, Thompson Rivers University
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have won a minority government. They hung on in Québec, Atlantic Canada and Ontario sufficiently to forestall a Conservative government...
Are Canadians ready to ditch GDP as a key prosperity indicator?
Fernanda Tomaselli, University of British Columbia and Sandeep Pai, University of British Columbia
In 1968, the late Robert F. Kennedy, then a presidential candidate in the United States, pointed...
¿Hemos pecado de optimistas ante el cambio climático?
Antonio Figueras Huerta, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM-CSIC)
“El cambio climático es el mayor desafío de nuestro tiempo y ahora nos encontramos en un momento decisivo para hacer...
What a minority government could mean for affordable housing in Canada
Carolyn Whitzman, University of Ottawa
Along with climate change, affordable housing was one of the big issues of the recent Canadian federal election, with political parties scrambling to catch...
Fashion production is modern slavery
Anika Kozlowski, Ryerson University
Fashion shouldn’t cost lives and it shouldn’t cost us our planet. Yet this is what is happening today. Globalization, fast fashion, economies of scale, social...
How we rely on older adults, especially during the coronavirus pandemic
Sally Chivers, Trent University
“Unprecedented” might be the word of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for many, especially older adults, life has taken many abrupt turns. Maybe it’s their first...
George Floyd: why the sight of these brave, exhausted protesters gives me hope
Akwugo Emejulu, University of Warwick
In a way, you could say we’ve been holding our breath this whole time, until now.
What you’re witnessing is Black...
Friends until the end
I never saw myself as a dog whisperer or even a potential pet owner. I admired them from afar and gazed at them as they walked past me on the street, but did not want the responsibility of caring for another being
Depresión: el riesgo de sufrirla es mucho mayor en hombres que en mujeres en...
Olivia Remes, University of Cambridge
La depresión es una de las principales causas de discapacidad en todo el mundo y, si no se somete a tratamiento, puede conllevar abuso...
