The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need...
Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo, University of Sydney
Record fires are raging in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, with more than 2,500 fires currently burning. They are collectively emitting huge amounts of...
Celebrate Mother’s Day with feminist solidarity
It’s critical to acknowledge that global health of women impacts the health of a nation. Here, Tohono O’odham women lead the Tucson 2019 Women’s...
Las consecuencias de la paz truncada en Colombia
Silvia Otero Bahamón, Universidad del Rosario y Sandra Botero, Universidad del Rosario
Al grupo de países latinoamericanos que en los últimos meses han vivido oleadas masivas de protesta social...
Separar a un niño de sus padres puede modificarle el cerebro
Jacek Debiec, University of Michigan
Cuando nacemos, el cerebro es el órgano más inmaduro de nuestro cuerpo y hasta bien entrada la década de los veinte años no madura...
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...
Green with rage: Women climate change leaders face online attacks
Tracey Raney, Ryerson University and Mackenzie Gregory, Ryerson University
Women leaders who support climate action are being attacked online with increasing regularity. These attacks should be viewed as a...
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...
From depression to Parkinson’s disease: The healing power of dance
Adrianna Mendrek, Bishop's University
Why do we stop dancing when we grow up? Why do we disconnect and alienate ourselves from the body? It is surprising to me that...
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...
Sending surplus food to charity is not the way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Elaine Power, Queen's University, Ontario
With the recent news that Canada is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is...
