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...
Andreescu’s meteoric rise shows what happens when we value women’s sport
Katie Lebel, Ryerson University and Ann Pegoraro, Laurentian University
Sometimes the stars align and allow for an unexpected, seemingly impossible feat to occur. But more often, a series of...
Making youth soccer less competitive: Better skills or a sign of coddled kids?
Ryan Snelgrove, University of Waterloo and Daniel Wigfield, University of Waterloo
With summer ablaze and recent World Cup fever stoking inspiration, soccer fields are sites of athleticism, friendships and...
Mathematical thinking begins in the early years with dialogue and real-world exploration
Helena Osana, Concordia University
It’s natural to think that mathematics is primarily about numbers. In school, we first learn how to recite numbers and then spend considerable time writing...
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...
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...
Más allá de lo económico: la visión humana del cambio climático
Ana Belén García Varela, Universidad de Alcalá y Alejandro Iborra Cuéllar, Universidad de Alcalá
Ahora que estrenamos año, y tras la Cumbre del Clima organizada en Madrid, cabe preguntarse...
From across the globe to El Paso, changes in the language of the far-right...
Arie Perliger, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The recent shooting attack in which a young white man is accused of killing 22 people in a Walmart in El Paso fits...
La COVID-19 confirma lo que todos sabíamos: que el mundo escapa a nuestro control
Carlos Alberto Blanco Pérez, Universidad Pontificia Comillas
La pandemia de la COVID-19 representa una dura e inesperada cura de humildad para nuestras tentativas de adelantarnos a una realidad...
Will Canada finally get pharmacare?
Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph
When I had lymphoma 12 years ago, I needed to take the drug pegfilgrastim (Neulasta) to get my white blood cell count high enough...
