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Calls for grizzly hunts to return to Western Canada oversimplify a complex ecological issue
Calls for grizzly hunts to return to Western Canada oversimplify a complex ecological issue
Hunting advocacy organizations and politicians are inciting a moral panic about grizzly bears, oversimplifying an inherently complex ecological problem.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Calls for grizzly hunts to return to Western Canada oversimplify a complex ecological issue
An art historian looks at the origins of the Indigenous arts collection at the Vatican Museums
An art historian looks at the origins of the Indigenous arts collection at the Vatican Museums
Catholic missionaries sent thousands of Indigenous belongings to Rome for a 1925 exhibition. Beyond what the Vatican has now committed to repatriating, many more belongings must be returned.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
An art historian looks at the origins of the Indigenous arts collection at the Vatican Museums
Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity
Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity
London, Ont., adopted Canada’s first stand-alone Urban Agriculture Strategy in 2017. Yet, almost eight years later, many of the strategy’s goals remain unrealized.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity
Reconciliation without accountability is just talk — especially when it comes to Indigenous health
Reconciliation without accountability is just talk — especially when it comes to Indigenous health
Despite a decade of commitments, audits and Calls to Action, the federal government has failed to deliver meaningful and measurable improvements in First Nations health services.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reconciliation without accountability is just talk — especially when it comes to Indigenous health
How ‘relationship anarchy’ is changing the nature of connection for millennials and Gen Z
How ‘relationship anarchy’ is changing the nature of connection for millennials and Gen Z
Younger generations are exploring non-traditional, non-hierarchical relationships as a way to cultivate authentic connections in a world where meaningful interactions are increasingly rare.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
How ‘relationship anarchy’ is changing the nature of connection for millennials and Gen Z
The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields
The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields
A new study finds farmers can enjoy increased crop yeilds under partial shade of solar panels long after they stop working decades from now.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields
‘Quiet piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media
‘Quiet piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media
Gender-based violence in politics has democratic costs, diminishing diverse voices and expertise in public office.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
‘Quiet piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media
Social media can be understood as a role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons
Social media can be understood as a role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeon & Dragon’s expansion over the last 50 years was driven by digital social networks in the same way that the evolution of digital social networks was driven by D&D.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Social media can be understood as a role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons
Worker honey bees can sense infections in their queen, leading to revolt
Worker honey bees can sense infections in their queen, leading to revolt
New research shows that virus infections change the queen’s pheromone, which may lead to a grim demise.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Worker honey bees can sense infections in their queen, leading to revolt
Motherhood changes how women spend, save and think about money
Motherhood changes how women spend, save and think about money
Research suggests mothers put their children’s future ahead of their own, prioritizing education savings or splurging on non-essential items they believe will make their children happy.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Motherhood changes how women spend, save and think about money
Weak infrastructure leaves Jamaican schools devastated in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
Weak infrastructure leaves Jamaican schools devastated in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
The structural vulnerability of many Jamaican schools is linked to decades of under-resourcing, where the state has adopted austerity measures imposed by the International Monetary Fund and other international institutions.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Weak infrastructure leaves Jamaican schools devastated in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
Reality check: The Supreme Court actually did the right thing in its child pornography ruling
Reality check: The Supreme Court actually did the right thing in its child pornography ruling
The Supreme Court of Canada’s rejection of child-pornography mandatory minimums reflects an allegiance to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, not a crisis.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Reality check: The Supreme Court actually did the right thing in its child pornography ruling
We can’t ban AI, but we can build the guardrails to prevent it from going off the tracks
We can’t ban AI, but we can build the guardrails to prevent it from going off the tracks
Generative AI may appear to offer a shortcut, but without verification and expertise, it can easily mislead users.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We can’t ban AI, but we can build the guardrails to prevent it from going off the tracks
Baseball in Canada is thriving — but not on campus
Baseball in Canada is thriving — but not on campus
Baseball’s exclusion from the varsity system in Ontario and its absence from university athletics bodies in the rest of the country doesn’t square with fan interest and cross-Canada baseball participation.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Baseball in Canada is thriving — but not on campus
The deep sea and the Arctic must be included in efforts to tackle climate change
The deep sea and the Arctic must be included in efforts to tackle climate change
The momentum of COP30 and the first global agreement for marine areas beyond national jurisdiction creates a unique opportunity to further integrate the ocean, particularly the deep sea, into the climate agenda.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The deep sea and the Arctic must be included in efforts to tackle climate change
What Yiddish literature reveals about Canada’s diverse canon and multilingual identity
What Yiddish literature reveals about Canada’s diverse canon and multilingual identity
Canadian literature cannot be defined solely by the language in which it is written. Instead, it must be understood as a multilingual body of work shaped the diverse people who live here.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What Yiddish literature reveals about Canada’s diverse canon and multilingual identity
How Canada and the European Union could ensure the survival of the International Criminal Court
How Canada and the European Union could ensure the survival of the International Criminal Court
Canada and the European Union could amend key laws designed to shield companies from American sanctions, which could significantly aid in the operation of the International Criminal Court.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
How Canada and the European Union could ensure the survival of the International Criminal Court
Artificial intelligence is front and centre at COP30
Artificial intelligence is front and centre at COP30
COP30 is the first conference where AI has been formally integrated as a central theme in the conference agenda.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Artificial intelligence is front and centre at COP30
Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here’s why
Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here’s why
How can time feel so obvious, so woven into the fabric of our experience and yet, for thousands of years, remain the bane of every thinker who has tried to explain it?
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November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here’s why
The rise of the ‘performative male:’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online
The rise of the ‘performative male:’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online
Gen Z’s ‘performative male’ trend is both mocked and embraced because it exposes deep cultural contradictions around what we expect of masculinity today.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The rise of the ‘performative male:’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online
Silent cyber threats: How shadow AI could undermine Canada’s digital health defences
Silent cyber threats: How shadow AI could undermine Canada’s digital health defences
Shadow AI is the unsanctioned use of AI systems without formal institutional oversight. In health care, it means pasting patient details into public chatbots.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Silent cyber threats: How shadow AI could undermine Canada’s digital health defences
Is Trump’s aggression in the Caribbean violating a Victorian-era court ruling on murder at sea?
Is Trump’s aggression in the Caribbean violating a Victorian-era court ruling on murder at sea?
A landmark 1884 court ruling essentially outlawed ‘murder by necessity’ on the high seas. Is Donald Trump running afoul of the law with his boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific?
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November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Is Trump’s aggression in the Caribbean violating a Victorian-era court ruling on murder at sea?
New study finds that ingesting even small amounts of plastic can be fatal for marine animals
New study finds that ingesting even small amounts of plastic can be fatal for marine animals
To date, every family of marine mammal and seabird and all seven species of sea turtles have been documented to ingest plastics.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
New study finds that ingesting even small amounts of plastic can be fatal for marine animals
Alberta’s education legislation erodes gender-based violence prevention in K-12 schools
Alberta’s education legislation erodes gender-based violence prevention in K-12 schools
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s legislation attacks critical gender-based violence prevention in the province.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Alberta’s education legislation erodes gender-based violence prevention in K-12 schools
Federal budget 2025: Is Canada Strong actually weak on AI?
Federal budget 2025: Is Canada Strong actually weak on AI?
Promoting AI as an economic driver within an unregulated environment risks disrupting key sectors and services that sustain Canadian democracy.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Federal budget 2025: Is Canada Strong actually weak on AI?