Young Black Canadian writers like Desmond Cole and Eternity Martis look at anti-Black racism on campus.
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There needs to be significant change in the administration of athletics programs. The global pause in sporting competitions is a unique opportunity to begin the urgent work of making it safe for women
Canada’s goal of increasing immigration to drive economic growth could be hampered if borders remain closed due to COVID-19. How then can the country attract the best and brightest workers to Canada?
We have seen our ability to act in alignment with public health measures during the pandemic. People’s everyday actions could also make a difference in addressing systemic injustice.
A little-known researcher’s theory on the experience of queer people continues to reverberate to today.
How much further study is required and how many witnesses need to be called to establish the reality of the violence of racism?
By making skilled workers the target of his latest anti-immigration policy, U.S. president Trump signals that he is willing to play to his far right base even if it undermines America’s economic interests.
The relative success of the CERB during the pandemic shows the time is finally right for a permanent basic annual income program.
The University of Waterloo sent out a statement that banned the use of the N-word on its campus, including classes. They did not consult Black faculty before doing so.
Television shows about police often perpetuate false narratives about violent crime that excuse police violence.
As anti-racism protests take aim at statues of slave owners and racist figures, Canada needs to reassess how it remembers its past.
Mood tracking apps are sophisticated tools that track, measure and improve our emotions. But doing so may make our emotional data vulnerable to interested third parties.
If Canadians want to know what the privatization of health care looks like, long-term care is a cautionary tale.
History will cast a long shadow over Donald Trump’s first campaign rally since the pandemic began.
Access to culturally appropriate food may be key for newcomers to build connections with their communities.
Many of us would probably like to watch some professional sports right now. But wouldn’t we rather Canada live up to its international legal responsibilities to respect the rights of asylum-seekers?
What stories will we tell about library collections in the future? As digitization takes over libraries, margin notes and scribbles are still part of the research process.
The decision to charge an incel youth with terrorism reinforces worrying trends in counterterrorism.
People moving to new cities build new connections and develop resources to meet their needs. But the pandemic has cut off access to the spaces and facilities that enable this.
Canada must consider funding programs that allow abuse victims and survivors to bring their pets with them when they leave their partners.
To use body cameras effectively, police need to be guided by law, not policy.
The COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to think critically about the place of prisons in society and how and why prisoners have been released in the past. COVID-19 could spark systemic change.
The federal government should create a federal child and youth advocate — a children’s commissioner — in order to help Canada’s crossover youth.
Reparations to African Canadians for enslavement and historical injustices need not be financial payments to every individual African Canadian. Instead funds for specific groups are a viable option.
Surviving COVID-19 means reconsidering what type of world we want to build and live in, together. We can no longer feign being a democracy that is not democratic.