Is blackface ever innocent? Is it less racist when a Black person enacts it as a statement of resistance? Because of our history of deep and ongoing racism in Canada, the answer is no.
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The World Health Organization has made bold progress by including many tests for non-communicable diseases on its new 'Essential Diagnostics List.'
Many claim that pornography is getting more violent. But a new study shows that porn has become less aggressive over the past decade, and videos in which women enjoy themselves are the most popular.
Wilful under-funding of Indigenous education is producing an Indigenous underclass.
David Suzuki may be best known as an environmental activist and the face of CBC's 'The Nature of Things,' but he's also a globally recognized scientist.
Countries globally should adopt and adapt the World Health Organization's new Essential Diagnostics List -- as a key step in the management of all diseases.
Dans le débat qui se relance autour du caractère inné ou acquis de l’intelligence, rappelons que le comportement humain est plus complexe qu’une mesure de QI ou qu’une molécule d’ADN.
The nomination deadline for science's most lucrative prize -- the Breakthrough Prize -- is looming. Why has no Canadian ever received this prize, despite groundbreaking discoveries?
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees assesses the refugee claims of millions of people worldwide. It needs to be more open about what it discovers and how it makes decisions.
'Rapid-onset gender dysphoria' suggests children are being persuaded into transgender identities before they know what that means. This theory is best explained by transphobia and research study biases.
On World TB Day 2018, eradicating TB finally looks like a goal that could be met — if political leaders can step up with cash and actions to match their political declarations.
Proposals for gun control run into vehement opposition from many Americans who, for deep historical reasons of race and revolution, continue to claim the right to use deadly force.
Canada has a clear choice. Either it embraces the potential of being a leader in responsible AI, or it risks legitimating a race to the bottom where ethics, inequity and justice are absent.
Imagine a collaboratively-designed smartphone app that could provide cues to an autistic individual -- about the emotional state of people they are communicating with.
Canada's female scientists are superstars in their fields yet most Canadians have never heard of them. On International Day for Women in Science, it's time to give them the recognition they deserve.
Dans une société progressiste, les scientifiques ne devraient pas seulement se préoccuper de leurs recherches mais inlassablement expliquer quelle est leur démarche, éclairer le débat public.
How did Trump came to be a symbol of national pride for evangelical Protestants who value strict morality and good manners? It has to do with their shared master narrative of white power and domination.
The tobacco industry claims that tobacco- growing is essential to the livelihoods of millions of small-scale rural farmers in Malawi, Zambia and Kenya. Research shows that's untrue.
Only one Canadian has ever received the Nobel Prize for medicine, in 1923. But Canadian discoveries have been essential to stem cell research, gene sequencing and treatments for cancer.
NGOs (non-government organizations) run by women in India and Tanzania fuel the success of development projects, but the women are too easily marginalized once the projects get off the ground.
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AI Ethics Researcher, McGill University
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Psychiatre, neurobiologiste, McGill University
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Doctoral candidate, McGill University Faculty of Law, McGill University
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Research Associate, International Development, McGill University
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Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, McGill University
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LL.M. Candidate in Law and Bioethics, McGill University
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Associate Professor of History, McGill University
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Emeritus Robert Reford Professor and Professor of Medicine at McGill, McGill University
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, McGill University
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PhD Candidate, McGill University
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Director of Global Health & Professor, McGill University
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Assistant Professor of Education, McGill University
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Assistant Professor, McGill University
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Assistant Professor of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University
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PhD candidate at Queen’s University, Anishinaabe from Pikwàkanagàn, Lecturer, McGill University
