More than food banks are needed to feed the hungry during the coronavirus pandemic

Elaine Power, Queen's University, Ontario; Jennifer Black, University of British Columbia, and Jennifer Brady, Mount Saint Vincent University COVID-19 is revealing critical weaknesses in how we care for each...

Governments must resist coronavirus lobbying and focus on long-term transformation

Mark Winfield, York University, Canada Reports recently emerged that the Ontario government is quietly setting up an online portal where businesses can ask for regulation or rule changes to...

El coronavirus y la fuerza de la selección natural

Manuel Porcar, Universitat de València No es novedad que estamos viviendo una pandemia vírica sin precedentes. El SARS-CoV-2, causante de la enfermedad COVID-19, infecta a cientos de miles de...

The chronic stress of coronavirus is affecting your mental health. Here’s how exercise can help.

Jennifer J. Heisz, McMaster University and Maryam Marashi, McMaster University Suffering a quarantine dip in mood? Struggling to find motivation to do anything? You are not alone. Just six...

The coronavirus doesn’t exist in isolation — it feeds on other diseases, crises

Tiff-Annie Kenny, Université Laval We may be in self-isolation, but the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly not. It isn’t isolated from other social, environmental and health crises...

La urgencia de un plan de alimentación para la pospandemia en América Latina

Martín Arboleda, Diego Portales University Uno de los aspectos más alarmantes de la expansión del Covid-19 es el hecho de que amenaza con generar una crisis alimentaria aguda. Cadenas...

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...

Cómo aplanar la curva de la inactividad física

Luis Cereijo Tejedor, Universidad de Alcalá y Pedro Gullón Tosio, Universidad de Alcalá Los últimos meses estamos viviendo algo que nunca imaginamos que tuviéramos que afrontar. Vivimos en nuestras...

About that spare room: employers requisitioned our homes and our time

Julie P. Smith, Australian National University and Fiona Jenkins, Australian National University Working from home during COVID-19 appeared to cost us little. Yet employers effectively requisitioned...

Economía circular: una oportunidad para la recuperación sostenible

Javier Carrillo Hermosilla, Universidad de Alcalá La economía actual, una economía lineal, de usar y tirar, genera una cantidad de residuos asombrosa. Esto implica una pérdida de valor igualmente...