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
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...
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...
¿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...
SABORES PERUANOS CONQUISTAN LOS PALADARES DE LA ONU
La sede de la ONU en Nueva York fue escenario esta seman de un festival de cocina peruana para dar a conocer una gastronomía mutante, diversa y multicultural que llegó a conquistar durante cinco...
The ‘warspeak’ permeating everyday language puts us all in the trenches
Robert Myers, Alfred University
In a manifesto posted online shortly before he went on to massacre 22 people at an El Paso Walmart, Patrick Crusius cited the “invasion” of...
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...
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...
High school dropouts cost countries a staggering amount of money
Louis Volante, Brock University; John Jerrim, UCL, and Jo Ritzen, Maastricht University
Recently, the Ontario government proposed educational reforms that collectively amount to savings of almost $1 billion, according...
