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Posters protesting Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations in Toronto on July 31, 2017. (Shutterstock)

February 2, 2021

Indigenous child welfare is grounded in community and children’s needs

Philip Burge, Queen's University, Ontario and Verla Umpherville

Focusing on the needs of Indigenous children means that foster care must be community-based and emphasize the importance of family and connections.

Front of the Regina Court House, during the trial of Louis Riel, which began 135 years ago in July 1885. (O.B. Buell/Library and Archives Canada)

July 16, 2020

Louis Riel’s trial from 135 years ago continues today with competing cultural stories and icons

Albert Braz, University of Alberta

The political metamorphosis of Louis Riel illustrates one of the most paradoxical aspects of nationalism: how former enemies can be transformed into compatriots.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba under Brian Pallister is expected to return to power in the Sept. 10 election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

September 4, 2019

Manitoba’s summertime election plays well for Conservatives

Shannon Sampert, University of Winnipeg and Royce Koop, University of Manitoba

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister called an early election and the summertime campaign will likely help his Progressive Conservative government be re-elected.

Carbon taxes on fossil fuels such as gasoline help lower greenhouse gas emissions. (Shutterstock)

April 2, 2019

Here’s what the carbon tax means for you

Kathryn Harrison, University of British Columbia

Environmental taxes encourage consumers to conserve energy or switch to less carbon-intensive fuels.

Using databases and community partnerships, we can end TB in Canada. (Shutterstock)

January 29, 2019

Fighting tuberculosis: Databases are new and powerful weapons

Lisa Lix, University of Manitoba

In Manitoba, Canada, researchers have used health databases to better understand how people with tuberculosis interact with the health-care system.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks about the federal government’s newly imposed carbon tax at an event in Toronto in October 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

January 3, 2019

Rethinking Canada’s climate policy from the ground up

Adebayo Majekolagbe, Dalhousie University

Canada's top-down approach to designing its climate policy has failed. It needs to find ways to engage with individuals.

There’s a hue and cry about Doug Ford’s scrapping of Ontario’s basic income project. But the project was a failing experiment with a dearth of high-quality data. Flickr

August 9, 2018

It was time to walk away from Ontario’s flawed basic income project

Gregory C Mason, University of Manitoba

Ontario's basic income project was deeply flawed and cursed by a lack of quality data. It needs a major overhaul.

Parenting programs and home visiting programs can offer vital support to mothers struggling with mental illness, substance use, and other challenges. Research shows that avoiding foster care is better for the health of mother and child. (Shutterstock)

November 1, 2017

Foster care damages the health of mothers

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, University of Manitoba

New research shows that having a child in foster care is often harmful to a mother's mental and physical health.

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Shannon Sampert
Associate professor Canadian politics, retired, University of Winnipeg
Elizabeth Wall-Wieler
Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Gregory C Mason
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Manitoba
Lisa Lix
Professor of Community Health Sciences & Senior Research Scientist with Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba
Kathryn Harrison
Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia
Adebayo Majekolagbe
Junior Fellow, MacEachen Institute of Public Policy and Governance; Doctoral Student, Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Royce Koop
Associate Professor, Political Studies, University of Manitoba
Albert Braz
Professor of English, University of Alberta
Philip Burge
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Ontario
Verla Umpherville
Child and Family Services Worker, Pimicikamak Cree Nation