New regulations will allow oilsands companies to release 1.3 trillion litres of liquid waste into the Athabasca River in 2022. A new technology could clean the wastewater before it’s let go.
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Naturally occurring retirement communities, or NORCs, are unplanned communities that have a high proportion of older residents. They may be critical to finding housing solutions for aging Canadians.
Understanding terms like sensitivity and specificity can help us make sense of COVID-19 testing, the accuracy of tests and what the results mean.
An intense controversy over sending Canadian teens to Cuba to cut sugar cane in the 1970s raises questions about why WE Charity’s international development approach hasn’t been controversial for years.
Moving classes outside deserves serious consideration not only for better ventilation, but also to introduce more education devoted to learning on, from and with the land.
Personne ne veut d’une marée noire dans son jardin. Mais pour comprendre le sort et les effets réels du bitume dilué – un produit des sables bitumineux – c’est ce que certains scientifiques ont fait.
Massive landslides can trigger destructive and deadly tsunamis, and climate change could make them worse.
As we venture out into the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, treating each interaction as a type of micro-negotiation provides a helpful road map for navigating potentially tricky situations.
A national health plan that uses data to assess individual risk and control disease outbreaks would have created less disruption than the current coronavirus pandemic response.
No one wants an oil spill in their backyard. Yet to understand the real-world fate and effects of diluted bitumen — a Canadian oil sands product — that’s exactly what some scientists did.
Stating that COVID-19 is a “Chinese” disease, dehumanizes and reinforces well-worn stereotypes of Chinese people as the “yellow peril.”
¿Debería España asumir prácticas consociativas para gestionar conflictos como el de Cataluña?
The Canadian government should send a clear signal that it cares about constitutional and international law, heed a Federal Court ruling and take steps to immediately suspend the STCA.
Le film « Jaws » s’ouvre sur un morceau de musique vraiment emblématique. Deux notes nous tiennent en haleine. Comment la musique manipule-t-elle nos émotions ?
A night at the theatre may now mean holding up props over Zoom, a peek into other people’s houses or being personally walked through a customized mystery over the phone.
Buildings account for a large proportion of greenhouse gas emissions globally. Sustainably sourced wood could be a better building material.
Le Canada a réussi à gérer l'impact de la Covid-19 sur les hôpitaux, mais il a échoué dans les centres de soins de longue durée où ont eu lieu plus de 80 % des décès. Quelles leçons en tirer?
Policy-makers and public health officials would be wise to consider a modern, data-driven approach and incentives to encourage people to adhere to safety measures in the COVID-19 era.
People living in long-term care facilities have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 in Canada. A new report analyzing long-term care around the world assesses Canada’s pandemic performance.
It is not just policing agencies that have a systemic racism problem, Canadian prisons do too
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PhD Candidate, Department of English Language and Literatures, Queen's University, Ontario
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Researcher, Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Candidate, Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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Smith Professor of Equity and Inclusion in Business, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Candidate, Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Ontario
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Postdoctoral fellow at Queen's University's Centre for International Policy and Defence (CIDP), Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD candidate, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Student in Human Geography, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Candidate, Sexuality Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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Distinguished Professor and Borden Chair of Leadership, Smith School of Business, Queen's University, Ontario
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Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Political Science, Queen's University, Ontario
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Animal Law and Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science, OCAD University/Associate Professor of Sociology, Gender Studies and Cultural Studies (retired), Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Candidate, Smith School of Business, Queen's University, Ontario
