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The World Cup brought many visitors to Canada, which put public health authorities on alert for contagious illnesses. It’s crucial that Canada...
Soccer is already Canada’s most-played sport, but its fans have historically lagged behind its players. A recent record-breaking World Cup run may...
Birthright citizenship has become a point of debate as some governments adopt more restrictive policies aimed at limiting access to citizenship for...
As our climate warms, beavers are appearing sooner and moving northward. This could have implications for the environment and human infrastructure.
For experiential learning to remain vital, it must engage communities to improve social outcomes.
From space hotels and artificial meteor showers, to a new giant mirror that reflects sunlight to Earth — low-Earth orbit is getting weird.
In its current form, safe drinking water legislation would weaken key legal provisions, particularly those related to rights and governance for First...
Spending by NATO members show they are prioritizing the strategic needs of the alliance as a whole rather than simply giving in to Donald Trump’s...
Three provinces have passed laws that make it easier for governments to withhold, delay or dismiss requests for public records — and Ottawa may be...
Permafrost holds an extraordinary molecular record of ancient life — and we are only now learning to read it, just as warming begins to erase it.
Taiwan pushes back every day against an authoritarian vision of international order that allows dictator regimes to decide who’s allowed to be seen,...
A Supreme Court refusal to hear an appeal to the Wolastoqey case doesn’t affect the B.C. ruling that has sparked dubious political grandstanding.
Fibreglass is denser than seawater, and it sinks quickly and accumulates in sediments where many coastal organisms live and feed.
As Canada advances its national AI strategy, we must ask what digital migration data reveal, and what they leave unseen.
The challenge is not a lack of evidence. It is a lack of urgency.
Russia’s use of the Oreshnik nuclear missile extends beyond a single weapons system — its underlying logic is to terrorize civilians, not to deter...
An ethics process must not become so preoccupied with the potential harm of participation that it overlooks the certain harm of exclusion.
The FIFA decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s red card is a compact case study in how power can shape the application of rules without ever...
The film is a chance to examine what research tells us about the roles of play and digital technology in children’s lives, and how parents can...
The ‘Canadian Dream’ works for some immigrants and not others because of the hidden role of socioeconomic class.
As religious affiliation declines, the rituals and guidance it once provided around dying have disappeared for many people. Death doulas fill that...
A growing body of research shows electronic monitoring rarely improves performance and reliably increases employee stress and distrust.
Some people rely on AI romantic companions for emotional support or private sexual exploration. Some partners experience this as betrayal.
In mountainous environments, logging can hasten snowmelt, leading to larger floods.
There’s no neutral, universal standard for judging whether a joke crosses the line from comedy into discrimination.
Teachers in a study reported strong emotional reactions to small setbacks from their perfectionistic students, ranging from crying or lashing out to...
Canada co-hosting the World Cup and its national team’s success is an opportunity to explore how people living in multicultural regions decide who...
With weather records dating back hundreds of years, it’s possible to track everything from sudden downpours that led to flash floods to the slow...
Relocating trees to protect forests struggling with climate change seems promising, but the extreme complexity of ecosystems poses challenges.
Career influencers and resume services profit from exaggerated claims about how applicant-tracking systems work. Most of the popular advice is not...
Canadians fund our public media at a far lower level than many countries, but this could change if CBC articulated a strong vision for the digital and...
Setback regulations remain the only lever that affords some protection to those bearing the greatest health risks of shale gas development in their...
Beyond mere identity, ‘Empathie’ embodies a queer sensibility through its refusal to judge and its radical insistence that love takes multiple forms.
Changes to Canada’s immigration system have dramatically reduced legal pathways towards permanent residency based on myths about the impact of...
Scientists are using AI and physics-based simulations together to design new peptides that will kill previously drug-resistant bacteria.
Canada co-hosting the World Cup and its National Team’s success is an opportunity to explore how individuals living in multicultural regions decide...
Language that fails to explicitly name women has historically excluded them. And that exclusion is an active, reversible mechanism that’s now...
The Montréal shooter was a lonely, furious young man who built an ideology to justify killing, and its bedrock was a hatred of women.
Scientific and engineering breakthroughs are allowing us to make ammonia from pollution rather than fossil fuels.
How prepared are we for a solar storm, bad software update or cybersecurity event that could trigger widespread loss of satellite control?
AI literacy should help students recognize simulated care, not make simulated care a normal part of schooling.
The language used in response to gender-based violence erases who’s doing the harm and who’s experiencing it, making it harder to report on and...
Getting refugees to safety is essential, but helping them build a life while displacement continues should be just as important to Canadian...
Canada’ aging population is a marker of national success, not a crisis. The question is whether we will seize this moment to build the strongest...
Changes to Canada’s immigration system have dramatically reduced legal pathways towards permanent residency based on myths about the impact of...
Companies facing hostile takeover threats invest more in environmental, social and governance initiatives, and the effect spreads to their...
By celebrating our authors — especially on Canada Day — we honour their role in shaping, illuminating, and preserving our unique Canadian culture.
Algal blooms are not maintenance failures requiring paint or treatment with hydrogen peroxide and nanobubbles. They are ecological warning signs.
A Senate committee is recommending a permanent tribunal that could ban strikes in federally regulated industries. The proposal would gut...
Resilient urban mobility can be created by giving people options that ensure they can still move around when a shock affects one form of...