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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...

yesterday 10

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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...

yesterday 10

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Jj Wright

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...

yesterday 10

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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...

yesterday 10

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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 2

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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 6

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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 10

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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...

07.01.2026 10

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Lindsay Amundsen-Meyer

Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues

In the summer of 2025, the federal government quietly pulled national strike and lockout data from public view. The move followed a complaint from...

07.01.2026 6

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Larry Savage

Canada risks missing out on Africa’s trade boom under Mark Carney

At the G20 summit in South Africa in November, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced several new initiatives, including talks toward a Foreign...

07.01.2026 1

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Isaac Odoom

Maduro’s capture: ‘Trump has taken an unprecedented and very risky gamble,’ according to a historian

The United States military recently carried out a covert operation to capture and then remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife,...

07.01.2026 10

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Jacob Blanc

What the New Year’s fire at a Swiss bar tells us about fire prevention

In the early hours of Jan. 1, 2026, a fire ripped through Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, killing 40 people and injuring 116,...

06.01.2026 2

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Brodie Ramin

Venezuela attack, Greenland threats and Gaza assault mark the collapse of international legal order

The American invasion of Venezuela — along with fresh threats to annex Greenland — provide the world with a unique opportunity to perform a post-...

06.01.2026 1

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Jorge H. Sanchez-Perez

Digital payments can expand financial inclusion — but only under the right conditions

Digital payments are often presented as a way to bring more people into the financial system. Mobile wallets, online transfers and app-based...

06.01.2026 1

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Mesbah Sharaf

2025 was the year protein ‘jumped the shark’

Thirty years ago, when I began studying protein metabolism, I would never have guessed that 2025 would be spent explaining why more protein is not...

06.01.2026 6

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Stuart Phillips