In the wake of anti-Asian violence in North America, we need to demand accountability and not just stop after performing mental health check-ins.
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Creative problem-solving using metaphors can help us deal with the long-term anxiety and challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
The gun problem in Canada stems from sharing the world’s longest undefended border with the country that has the largest number of guns in civilian hands.
The invisibility of anti-Asian racism is inextricably connected to the model minority myth, which serves to disguise the violence experienced by Asian American and Asian Canadian women.
A study compared students’ performance in schools that had banned mobiles and schools that hadn’t. They found students who weren’t allowed to use mobile phones in class had higher test scores.
A revisionist reading of reality, in which social and political events are only understood by a chosen few, is the basis of the QAnon gospel.
Media coverage of the recent Dr. Seuss controversy are rooted in both a lack of awareness of the challenges and realities of maintaining collections and a false understanding of history.
The COVID-19 pandemic has vividly illustrated how little we know about how prisoners are treated behind bars around the world. The Prison Transparency Project aims to change that.
It’s clear that when girls and young women are at the forefront of major social justice movements, the old structures of patriarchy and misogyny can be challenged and hopefully dismantled.
We can learn about the spread of diseases through populations by studying naturally occurring instances of herd immunity. Avian cholera in the Canadian Arctic provides a useful case study.
Reading fiction can help business managers study sensitive workplace issues in an exploratory way, without the challenges of collecting employee data.
Perceptions about the role of sperm have changed over time, but asexual reproduction doesn’t need sperm for fertilization.
Une personne est-elle morte lorsque son cœur s’arrête de battre ? Il s’avère que la « ligne plate » classique de la mort n’est pas si simple.
To achieve environmental sustainability, we need strong corporate standards that are quantifiably enforced, accountants trained to accurately measure sustainability — and we must all play a role.
Is a person dead when their heart stops beating? It turns out that the classic “flatline” of death is not so straightforward.
Joe Biden has said he wants to create a cabinet that “looks like America.” But getting racialized people into powerful positions should be a means to tackle structural inequalities, not a goal in and of itself.
What happens over the next four years in Joe Biden/Kamala Harris administration could have a lasting impact on how childhood is understood and experienced in the United States and beyond.
In the absence of face-to-face interactions, people are using emojis to help express themselves. New research suggests that emoji use can drive engagement and make content more viral.
Studying how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, travels through indoor air spaces can help reduce transmission risk.
The messianic language used in relationship to Donald Trump and QAnon conspiracy theories have their roots in Christian expectations of messianic deliverance.
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Associate Professor, History, Carleton University
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PhD Candidate, Communication and Media Studies, Carleton University
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Instructor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University
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Professor of Music, Carleton University
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Ph.D. Candidate, Legal Studies, Carleton University
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Professor of music, School for Studies in Art and Culture, Carleton University
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Chancellor's Professor, Psychology, Carleton University
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Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University
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Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
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Assistant Professor of Accounting, Carleton University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Defence Policy, Carleton University
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Senior Instructor in Global and International Studies, Carleton University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism Studies, Carleton University
