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One First Nations community stands out in northern Ontario, for its low rates of suicide and other mental health challenges. The residents say it’s all about their connection to the land.
The right-wing extremist group La Meute recently held a rally in Québec City that put Canadian racism in the spotlight. Is Donald Trump emboldening hate groups in Canada?
Visible minority consumers prefer advertising that features white models to advertising that feature models from other ethnic minority groups. Why?
The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decisions on Clyde River and Chippewas contain key lessons to ensure that Indigenous rights are recognized and respected in the future.
An education psychologist offers tips for parents of new high school kids on everything from navigation to time management.
Never mind NAFTA – Canada’s quiet efforts to boost trade with China should be ringing alarm bells given Chinese human rights abuses, and raises questions about whether Beijing has demanded secrecy.
Green roofs could play a critical role in helping cities cope with extreme rainfall events in the age of climate change. The roofs essentially suck up stormwater like sponges if designed properly.
After violence in Charlottesville, internet firms are erasing bigoted content. But should private companies serve as unaccountable regulators and be responsible for policing complex social issues?
A recent Canadian court decision suggests universities should police any potential copyright infringements on campus and online. That’s the last thing universities should have to do.
For centuries, most children’s books reinforced messages that children are unimportant, incompetent and powerless. Children need to shape up and adopt adults’ values. Children must change to fit into an…
When teen romance crashes, adults often see it as trivial or “character building.” The truth is, breakups are a major cause of suicide, drug use and self-harm.
From kingfishers to dandelion seeds and bone tissue, natural organisms are the source of many radical human innovations in technology and medicine.
A war of words among Cuba, Venezuela and the United States sounds a lot like a Cold War revival. A closer look at the conflict reveals a new generation of contradictions.
The future and the past, money, technology and politics documented and imagined in fact and fiction, in an economist’s recommended reading.
Good songs are like good poetry. Literature professor Robert Morrison reflects on The Tragically Hip’s best song, “Ahead by a Century,” and explains the politics of hope within the tune.
If you’ve ever wondered why you can look at a solar eclipse and why it can harm your eyes, the answer is in the sun’s rays.
A Canadian federal report recommends paying jurors at least $120 daily. Provinces should take action.
Eleven years after its release, An Inconvenient Truth, the iconic climate documentary, has spawned a sequel. But did the original do more harm than good by polarizing Americans on climate change?
The Inuit town of Clyde River has won a long battle to stop Arctic seismic testing. The Supreme Court ruled the Inuit weren’t adequately consulted. What does that mean for future consultations?
One white educator reflects on the challenges, and the urgency, of tackling white supremacy in schools and on campuses in every country
Media pundits are promoting Canada as exceptional in its tolerance and diversity but the truth is, Canadians have a tendency not to be not less racist than Americans, but to be less loud about it.
Most law schools frown upon their students questioning how laws were originally conceived. But a Canadian law school once argued convincingly that law should be taught as a social science.
Bees and home security cameras use the same complex techniques to monitor their environments.
There is much debate over how to react to North Korean missile threats. What can we learn from Israel’s responses to actual rocket attacks?