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Remembrance Day: How the Canadian Armed Forces could help solve the youth employment crisis
Remembrance Day: How the Canadian Armed Forces could help solve the youth employment crisis
Canada can’t afford to leave young people on the sidelines of its economy or in the fight for Canadian sovereignty.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Remembrance Day: How the Canadian Armed Forces could help solve the youth employment crisis
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows how multilingualism bridges divides in diverse democracies
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows how multilingualism bridges divides in diverse democracies
When a politician addresses issues such as Islamophobia, immigration or housing in multiple languages, they’re engaging with a wider world of shared experiences that migration has woven together.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows how multilingualism bridges divides in diverse democracies
We asked teachers about their experiences with AI in the classroom — here’s what they said
We asked teachers about their experiences with AI in the classroom — here’s what they said
Classrooms are shaped by emotion, relationships and unpredictability. Teachers in a study described a widening gap between AI policy expectations and the realities of classrooms.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We asked teachers about their experiences with AI in the classroom — here’s what they said
Why the 2025 federal budget won’t really make Canada strong
Why the 2025 federal budget won’t really make Canada strong
How Ottawa responds through its fiscal strategy will determine whether Canada can navigate this new geopolitical and economic reality.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Why the 2025 federal budget won’t really make Canada strong
Sex work on trial: What the recently dismissed constitutional challenge means
Sex work on trial: What the recently dismissed constitutional challenge means
Canada’s criminalization framework continues to undermine sex workers’ safety and exclude their voices from shaping laws that govern their lives.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Sex work on trial: What the recently dismissed constitutional challenge means
Governments can protect marine environments by supporting small-scale fishing
Governments can protect marine environments by supporting small-scale fishing
Nearly 30 per cent of the world’s population lives in coastal areas. A changing climate and biodiversity loss represent an unprecedented threat to these ecosystems.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Governments can protect marine environments by supporting small-scale fishing
Budget 2025 ignores the looming succession crisis facing Canada’s family businesses
Budget 2025 ignores the looming succession crisis facing Canada’s family businesses
Budget 2025 failed to provide any measures to support and equip entrepreneurs and family business owners for generational transitions.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Budget 2025 ignores the looming succession crisis facing Canada’s family businesses
The Māori ward vote in New Zealand contains important lessons for Canada
The Māori ward vote in New Zealand contains important lessons for Canada
Recent Māori ward plebiscites indicate that while institutional reforms for Indigenous representation are vital, meaningful change isn’t possible without broad public understanding and trust.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Māori ward vote in New Zealand contains important lessons for Canada
How two Canadian war amputees hiked 2,000 kilometres and shaped disability rights activism
How two Canadian war amputees hiked 2,000 kilometres and shaped disability rights activism
After the First World War, two war amputees raised the profile of disabled veterans and challenged ableism as they trekked 2,000 kilometres from Calgary to Thunder Bay.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
How two Canadian war amputees hiked 2,000 kilometres and shaped disability rights activism
New global research shows eye movements reveal how native languages shape reading
New global research shows eye movements reveal how native languages shape reading
The language you learn as a child becomes the lens through which you understand the world. A team of researchers from over 30 countries has found it also affects how you read in your second language.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New global research shows eye movements reveal how native languages shape reading
How we’re tracking avian flu’s toll on wildlife across North America
How we’re tracking avian flu’s toll on wildlife across North America
Researchers have detected highly pathogenic avian influenza in 41 at-risk bird species across all 10 Canadian provinces.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
How we’re tracking avian flu’s toll on wildlife across North America
Federal budget: Mr. Prime Minister, child care is infrastructure too
Federal budget: Mr. Prime Minister, child care is infrastructure too
Child-care expansion should be as high a priority for public capital investment as housing and other infrastructure.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Federal budget: Mr. Prime Minister, child care is infrastructure too
Canada’s food sovereignty depends on better jobs for farmworkers
Canada’s food sovereignty depends on better jobs for farmworkers
A resilient and affordable food system depends on good quality jobs in agriculture.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Canada’s food sovereignty depends on better jobs for farmworkers
Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is being celebrated by skeptics while frustrating scientists
Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is being celebrated by skeptics while frustrating scientists
Gates recently called for a ‘strategic pivot’ in climate strategy. That appears to have hit a nerve.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is being celebrated by skeptics while frustrating scientists
Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion
Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion
Rather than uphold a dominant hypermasculine image of men in sport, this years’ World Series might have opened our eyes to a counter-narrative in sport.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion
Canadian immigration policy has become a moving target
Canadian immigration policy has become a moving target
Canada remains one of the world’s most desired migration destinations, but shifting policies have left would-be immigrants and residents facing uncertainty.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Canadian immigration policy has become a moving target
Why Canada must transform its long-term care system
Why Canada must transform its long-term care system
The long-term care system is under pressure — both from an aging population and from a workforce in crisis. More humane, sustainable models of care are critical.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Why Canada must transform its long-term care system
Canadian universities must do more to ensure their branded clothing isn’t made in sweatshops
Canadian universities must do more to ensure their branded clothing isn’t made in sweatshops
Canadian universities must take action to ensure decent work for garment factory workers who make their students’ hoodies. They can do this by affiliating with the Worker Rights Consortium.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Canadian universities must do more to ensure their branded clothing isn’t made in sweatshops
From nerve-racking to welcome: How mindfulness helps people engage with feedback to improve
From nerve-racking to welcome: How mindfulness helps people engage with feedback to improve
Whether you’re walking into a performance appraisal or anticipating a grade, recognizing that feedback is valuable is the first step towards growth.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
From nerve-racking to welcome: How mindfulness helps people engage with feedback to improve
An innovative tool coating could improve the way products — from aerospace to medical devices — are made
An innovative tool coating could improve the way products — from aerospace to medical devices — are made
A new breakthrough that enhances cutting-tool performance won’t just benefit manufacturers — it’s a significant leap forward in materials science.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
An innovative tool coating could improve the way products — from aerospace to medical devices — are made
Taylor Swift and the performative ambiguity of ‘The Life of a Showgirl’
Taylor Swift and the performative ambiguity of ‘The Life of a Showgirl’
The pop icon’s new album marks a growing debate about the social tensions between feminism and rising conservatism.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Taylor Swift and the performative ambiguity of ‘The Life of a Showgirl’
How AI is challenging the credibility of some online courses
How AI is challenging the credibility of some online courses
AI agents can navigate course sites, consume materials and complete assignments, effectively simulating student engagement.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
How AI is challenging the credibility of some online courses
I’m a criminologist and grieving aunt. Here’s why Ottawa’s bail reform won’t make Canada safer
I’m a criminologist and grieving aunt. Here’s why Ottawa’s bail reform won’t make Canada safer
A criminologist whose nephew died in prison awaiting trial explains why the federal government’s proposed bail reforms will reduce, not enhance, safety without big investments in correctional systems.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I’m a criminologist and grieving aunt. Here’s why Ottawa’s bail reform won’t make Canada safer
Robert Munsch has prepared for the eventual end of his story, but his letters and books keep speaking
Robert Munsch has prepared for the eventual end of his story, but his letters and books keep speaking
Munsch wrote back to me after I wrote him a letter at age 11. His longstanding connections with readers highlight how the relationships nurtured through story shape identity in enduring ways.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Robert Munsch has prepared for the eventual end of his story, but his letters and books keep speaking
The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier
The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier
New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure
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November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier