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What Mark Carney’s China trip could mean for the future of Canadian-Chinese relations

It has been more than three years since China’s Xi Jinping told Canada’s Justin Trudeau to “create the conditions first” before the two countries...

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Ye Xue

Lessons from Palestine: Understanding the resistance of educators and students in times of crisis

Many educators and students living through war and displacement carry difficult emotions into classrooms, but they can also transform them into...

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Emmanuelle Khoury

Why Donald Trump is telling such obvious lies on the ICE Minneapolis killing

Obvious lies aren’t necessarily failed lies. They can confuse, distract, excite and intimidate a range of audiences. They can also be believed, no...

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Jennifer Saul

Why America hasn’t become great again

Trump is the predictable result of the deteriorating economic conditions in the U.S. since the 1980s and the political machinations that brought...

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Robert Chernomas

A Man on the Inside: Netflix comedy offers a timely defence of higher education

Good satire like ‘A Man on the Inside’ points out problems faced by universities, as well as possible remedies.

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Barbara K Seeber

Cyclone Senyar: Why hazards continue to turn into disasters in Indonesia

Weeks after Cyclone Senyar made landfall in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, the province of Aceh continues to struggle. The cyclone passed through the...

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Lisa Hiwasaki

‘Heated Rivalry’ shows how queer joy can disrupt hockey’s culture of masculinity

The reason people are so captivated by Heated Rivalry , the new Crave romance adapted from Rachel Reid’s popular novel, isn’t just because the...

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Jj Wright

Cyclone Senyar: Why hazards continue to turn into disasters in Aceh

Weeks after Cyclone Senyar made landfall in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, the province of Aceh continues to struggle. The cyclone passed through the...

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Lisa Hiwasaki

4 ways to empower students to spark social change

College students in the humanities and social sciences are constantly learning about the world’s biggest problems — from inequality, wars, forced...

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Oral Robinson

Blue Monday is a myth but winter blues are real — how to cope in the cold months

In 2005, psychologist Cliff Arnall coined the term “Blue Monday” as part of a marketing campaign for a British travel agency to encourage people to...

08.01.2026 3

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Joanna Pozzulo

Retaining employees as they age is possible with more flexibility

Many businesses say they’re suffering from labour shortages, but what are their management practices and what measures could be put in place to...

08.01.2026 3

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Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay

Blue Monday is a myth but the winter blues are real — how to cope in the cold months

In 2005, psychologist Cliff Arnall coined the term “Blue Monday” as part of a marketing campaign for a British travel agency to encourage people to...

08.01.2026 2

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Joanna Pozzulo

Dry January, T-breaks and the myth of willpower: An alternative reset in the New Year

Many Canadians start the new year with attempts to abstain from alcohol and cannabis for the month of January. However, this all-or-nothing...

08.01.2026 4

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Eric Andrew Collins

How online communities are helping women stay in the skilled trades

Canada is facing a significant demographic challenge. Between 2019 and 2028, approximately 700,000 skilled trades workers are expected to retire,...

08.01.2026 4

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Daniela Gatti

Canada has too few professional archeologists, and that has economic consequences

Canadian cultural resource management archeologists — professional consultants involved in environmental assessment and compliance processes — are...

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Lindsay Amundsen-Meyer