Technology is not neutral, as facial recognition algorithms and predictive policing have shown us. Algorithms discriminate by design, reflecting and reinforcing pre-existing biases.
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In the absence of serious efforts by mental health centres, shelters and youth group homes to prevent people from running away from their facilities in the first place, police involvement is necessary.
Thousands of people around the world have said they are willing to be exposed to COVID-19 to test new vaccines. Since we don’t fully understand the long-term effects of the disease, is this ethical?
This important discovery demonstrates that cognitive maps are not the exclusive domain of humans and a few other species.
Posez votre surligneur. Les recherches sur le cerveau et la mémoire montrent qu’il est plus efficace d’apprendre en laissant du temps entre les séances d’étude et en se testant fréquemment.
Put down the highlighter. Research about the brain and memory shows that leaving time between study sessions and testing yourself frequently are more efficient ways to learn.
Missing persons are sharing their stories and experiences as part of new research in Australia. The goal is to better understand what causes people to disappear.
Putting pressure on corporate sponsors is a tactic that has worked when it comes to changing racist team names. But it’s not enough to address systemic racism.
Recent years have seen a rise in the number of businesses offering employees bias training. However, bias training is not a one-size-fits-all solution and unless tailored to specific contexts loses its value.
There has always been a strand running through P.E.I.’s history of some Islanders expressing ambivalence, displeasure or outright hostility towards the tourists and tourism that the island relies on.
Research shows that millennials don’t drive as much as previous generations, largely because of their beliefs.
The police killing of George Floyd galvanized populations already frustrated by the effects of COVID-19 to take to the streets.
One in four children will experience sleep problems before their 10th birthday. Here are the top factors, plus steps parents can take to give their kids (and themselves) a good night’s sleep.
While staying at home during the pandemic, foreign language learners can improve their vocabulary and comprehension by watching films and television shows in the language they are studying.
Bike shops have seen record sales during the pandemic as people try to avoid crowded transportation. But governments must do more to keep new cyclists in the saddle.
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.
COVID-19 is affecting many people’s state of mind, but some of the most vulnerable members of our communities are children and youth with pre-existing mental health challenges.
Even if you exercise, sitting too much is linked to health risks from anxiety to diabetes. But this ‘invisible’ behaviour may pervade our lives even more under COVID-19 stay-at-home guidelines.
What does Dr. Anthony Fauci have in common with a fictional doctor in Henrik Ibsen’s classic 1882 play, ‘An Enemy of the People’? More than you’d think.
Migrant workers are not inherently more vulnerable to COVID-19, nor more likely to be carrying it than Canadians. Yet our treatment of them this year stigmatizes them and puts them at risk.
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Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University
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Post-Doctoral Associate, Child Health and Physical Activity Lab, Western University
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, Western University
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DANCAP Private Equity Chair in Human Organization, Western University
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography and Environment, Western University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University
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Distinguished University Professor and Associate Dean Teacher Education, Western University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Western University
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PhD Candidate, Law, Western University
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Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, Western University
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Professor, Department of English, Western University
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PhD Candidate in Psychology, Western University
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Professor of Psychology, Western University
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PhD Candidate, Clinical Psychology, Western University
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Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University
