129 officers and crew died during the 1845 Franklin Northwest Passage expedition. DNA analysis from their remains of members can reveal the identity of the men who perished during the journey.
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Stuttering has gained attention since the election of U.S. President Joe Biden, who has had a stutter since childhood. Research is changing how stuttering is understood, as well as approaches to treatment.
ECOWAS needs to be decisive in enforcing its protocols and sanctioning members that flout the provisions of its protocols and policies.
The crisis of statehood and citizenship confronting Nigeria can only be tackled by committed work around political justice.
Nigerians, as well as other Africans, need to actively work to decolonise social arrangements created by the British.
Conflicting groups in Kaduna can only achieve peace if they negotiate based on the value and inherent dignity of the human person.
The fact that the colonial system was essentially a commercial expedition meant that the outcome was the creation of corporate entities rather than nation states.
As Turkey reaches around the world to spy on and intimidate dissidents, new research shows Turks living in Canada are fearful and make frequent changes in how they live to protect themselves.
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the health-care system that leave those without identification documents vulnerable.
The approach that schools take to addressing how to get students caught up in learning they missed due to COVID-19 school closures may have a lasting impact on this generation.
Local fish are almost impossible to find on the shelves of grocery stores in northern Ontario, even though the region has an abundance of fish.
Improving a child’s sense of numbers, and their understanding of probability, fractions, ratios, shapes and patterns, can all be incorporated into daily life or with simple games.
Despite the nihilism and pessimism of internet memes, people ultimately understand the direness of the danger posed by a powerful virus, climate change and global instability.
A truly new approach to combating bullying would investigate the factors that make bullying attractive, rewarding and legitimized in the first place, both in schools and beyond.
Don Cherry and his supporters would do well to listen to others who are justifiably offended by his xenophobic comments, and learn from them. Canada would be an even better place for it.
Two math professors set the record straight on Ontario math curriculum and achievement.
In 2018, Hollywood released two films depicting youth forced into Christian ex-gay conversion therapy programs. A survivor of these programs tells the story.
We love to be scared by creepy movies. But fear has other uses too. It can be used negatively by politicians to control us, but can also be a tool to harness internal change.
A recent summit in Ottawa on what’s known as agroecology has shown that more equitable and sustainable methods of producing food are not only possible, they’re beginning to spread around the world.
The president of the United States has a classical tyrannical soul. An ancient Greek text provides us with some insight into what a tyrant wants and what fuels his ambitions.
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lakehead University
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Canada Research Chair in Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems, Lakehead University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Lakehead University
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Assistant Professor, Criminology, Lakehead University
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Professor in Education of Gender, Sexuality and Identity, Lakehead University
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Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Lakehead University
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Profesor in the Department of Indigneous Studies, Lakehead University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University
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Lecturer, Criminology, Lakehead University
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychology, Lakehead University
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Professor of Media, Film, and Communications, Lakehead University
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Assistant Professor, Department of English, Lakehead University
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Technical Manager, Paleo-DNA Laboratory, Lakehead University
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Master of Social Work Student, Lakehead University
