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As many offices have converted to work-from-home operations during the coronavirus pandemic, the human connection needed for successful work cultures has changed for the better.
Contact tracing is being touted as essential to controlling the spread of COVID-19, but it comes with alarming concerns related to our rights to privacy.
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has caused Sidewalk Labs, a Google affiliate, to withdraw from the Toronto waterfront development partnership.
Canada’s free-trade obsession has made us overly reliant on global supply chains. That's a huge unforced error given that 19 years ago, 9/11 showed us just how quickly border policy can change.
Society needs to spend as much time considering youth options for creating as we we do considering what can happen with digital learning, finds a study in Hamilton, Canada and Glasgow, Scotland.
Until we acknowledge that toxic white masculinity is fuelling mass murders, aggrieved white men will continue to commit them -- and we'll all continue to pay the price.
The Stanley Cup hockey finals were cancelled mid-series in 1919 because of the flu pandemic. Unlike a century ago, the NHL has put player health ahead of profit when dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
With so many people working from home on vulnerable networks and set-ups, cybersecurity is a growing concern.
In a social emergency due to COVID-19, schools are moving into uncharted territory where student assessment will need to flexibly and equitably adapt to changing circumstances.
Nurses, cleaners, grocery store clerks and other unionized workers have been on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. They should emerge from it with a greater level of respect.
Video games are a fun diversion, but they can also build connections and help address feelings of isolation and loneliness.
An Ontario labour board decision to allow Foodora workers to unionize appears to have set an important precedent. But unionizing workers in the gig economy will continue to be an uphill battle.
A closer look at Canada’s hit TV show, 'Hudson & Rex', invites us to think differently about animals’ minds, work and contributions to our shared communities.
By providing users with pertinent and reliable disaster-related information, Twitter has the potential to reduce the impact of a disaster. So why aren't public organizations using it properly?
Canada's cannabis industry needs to reduce costs and improve quality. That's difficult to do when key government data is unreliable.
Young people are often seen as lacking but research shows they're motivated by their concern for future generations.
Closing the reading achievement gap continues to be a pressing global challenge.
Political parties protect themselves rather than voters in refusing to be bound by privacy laws.
The downing of Flight PS752 suggests Iran’s missile technology has grown increasingly sophisticated. But its ability to responsibly control that technology has not.
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Assistant Professor of Digital Media, Brock University
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Assistant Professor, Brock University
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Dean, Goodman School of Business, Brock University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Associate professor, Department of Educational Studies, Brock University
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Adjunct Professor, Child & Youth Studies, Brock University
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Associate Professor, Game Studies. Director, Centre for Digital Humanities., Brock University
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Associate Professor, Sport Management and Director, Centre for Sport Capacity, Brock University
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Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence; Chair of the Labour Studies Department; Member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists; Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, Brock University
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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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Professor of Education, Brock University
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Associate professor of operations research, Goodman School of Business, Brock University
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Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies & Professor of Marketing and Product Innovation, Brock University
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Assistant Professor, Centre for Women's and Gender Studies, Brock University
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Assistant Professor of Labour Studies, Brock University
