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Mineral-rich Mongolia is experiencing a mining boom, but its growth is creating distrust and conflict with herder communities.
Recent revelations about the lack of privacy protections in place at the companies on Libra’s foundation raise concerns about how much trust users can place in Facebook’s new cryptocurrency.
Multicultural market places in big cities like Toronto and Vancouver may seem like an equalizing market force. But the availability of diverse foods says nothing about the equity of ethnic groups.
If governments can’t get something like Quayside right, that bodes ill for Canada’s digital future. The election gives us a chance to see where the parties stand on vital data governance issues.
Our inability to foresee the jobs of the future should be tempered by the realization that that jobs have always appeared in the past, regardless of technological advances.
What would a classically conservative government have to offer Canadians this election?
Rapidly growing metropolises like Beijing, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City are struggling to protect residents against tobacco. Life-saving policies in rich countries may be partially to blame.
A triple-bottom-line approach can be used to evaluate health-care interventions, such as treatment for schizophrenia.
This election will have a major impact on Canada’s efforts to combat climate change. But how best to approach the available choices on the ballot remains a serious dilemma for Canadian voters.
Corporations are often stepping in to fill the void when governments are failing to adequately address social, economic and environmental crises.
Rather than just bribing us with our own money, politicians on the campaign trail should propose structural changes to the way government works and budgets itself.
Asking clear, concise, direct questions in job interviews can help employers hire highly capable, skilled workers with autism.
Companies are developing technologies to mine the deep sea, but environmental regulations have yet to be finalized.
The paper “Me Too: Does Workplace Sexual Harassment Hurt Firm Value?” shows that firms with high levels of sexual harassment decline in value.
New research suggests that non-profits tempted by the social enterprise model do not necessarily lose sight of their social mission in favour of profits. In fact, the opposite is true.
Project Reconciliation is a direct response to one of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls that Indigenous communities ‘gain long-term sustainable benefits from economic development projects.’
Transforming knowledge and letting oneself be transformed by the knowledge of others requires slowness, almost an asceticism.
Canada is playing a role in the life-and-death struggle for migrant justice in the United States – from our foreign economic policies to the actions of our mining companies and domestic asylum laws.
Canadian technology start-ups that incorporate an approach that learns from failure tend to perform and innovate with greater success than start-ups that seek to assign blame.
Despite a recent Tahoe Resources settlement and apology to Guatemalan protesters, Canadian companies can still get away with crimes committed abroad — even in the face of insurmountable evidence.
Growing demand for large salt-water clams is leaving parts of the B.C. coast littered with plastic debris.
The place of Huawei in Canada’s 5G network, and the associated national security implications, will be a key issue for the next federal government.
Despite the Doug Ford government’s claim that it’s now listening to ‘the people,’ there’s little evidence anything has changed.
There’s a buzz around sustainability, but consumers still struggle to develop new habits. Here’s how to change that.