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The North Water Polynya, or Pikialasorsuaq, is a key ocean area for Arctic animals and for Inuit hunting and fishing. Rocket launches threaten to contaminate the area with harmful chemicals.
Indonesian politicians have engaged in post-truth politics, framing information and stories by appealing to emotions with very little or no regard to any policy details and objective facts.
Politikus Indonesia melakukan praktik politik pasca-kebenaran dengan membingkai informasi sehingga ia menyentuh emosi namun mengabaikan detail kebijakan dan fakta objektif.
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?
Amid the rising forces of populism and nationalism, it’s easy to fear a new age of tyranny. But history proves tyrants are often no match against democracy and its defenders.
Licensing journalists would be difficult to do, and the rules would be tough to enforce – and wouldn’t prevent anyone with a smart phone from disseminating false information online.
Robots have already taken over the world. It may not seem so because it hasn’t happened in the way science fiction author Isaac Asmiov imagined it in his book I, Robot. City streets are not crowded by…
Amid fears of electoral fraud in Indonesia’s presidential election, voters are using digital media to monitor the Election Commission’s tally process. Singapore-based math wiz Ainun Najib has set up kawalpemilu.org…
On July 9, Indonesia votes for a new president in a neck-and-neck race between former military general Prabowo Subianto and Jakarta governor Joko Widodo. Backed by media moguls, Prabowo Subianto’s camp…
When the International Studies Association attempted to regulate the blogging activities of some of its members, the reaction was unsurprisingly hostile. The row has prompted coverage in academic outlets…
Canadian dairy giant Saputo Inc has lifted its stake in Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, as it creeps up the register following its A$504 million bid for Australia’s oldest dairy producer. Saputo is pitted…
Like many Canadians to achieve high office in his country over the past half-century, Mark Carney came from an ordinary, middle-class background. And like his two immediate predecessors as governor of…
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PhD Candidate in Management and Strategy, Carleton University
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Associate Professor of Climate Change, Technology and Policy, Carleton University
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Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University
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PhD Candidate, Building Engineering, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University
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Chancellor's Professor, Psychology, Carleton University
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MA Sociology Student, Carleton University
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PhD Candidate, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Department of History, Carleton University
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Professor, Management and Strategy, Carleton University
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Professor, Sexuality Studies/Human Rights & Social Justice, Carleton University
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Emeritus professor, Physics, Carleton University
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Academic Co-Director, Desautels Centre, Robson Hall Law School, University of Manitoba, Adjunct Professor, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University
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Canada150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics and Visiting Professor, WiSER Wits University, Carleton University
