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Established in 1841 and one of Canada’s oldest degree-granting institutions, Queen’s today is a mid-sized university that provides a transformative student learning experience within a research-intensive environment A member of the prestigious U15 group of research-intensive Canadian universities, Queen’s conducts leading-edge research in areas of critical concern. Queen’s is also a member of the Matariki Network, an international group of research-intensive universities with a strong shared commitment to the undergraduate and graduate student learning experience.

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An elephant wades through flood waters to help bring relief supplies to villagers in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand on Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

How the ‘social cost of carbon’ measurement can hide economic inequalities and mask climate suffering

While poorer nations face more severe climate impacts, their ‘social cost of carbon’ remains disproportionately low, reflecting deeper economic inequities that complicate global climate action.
Surmonter les disparités sociétales pour parvenir à l'égalité des chances en matière de leadership est un défi, mais les organisations peuvent prendre des mesures tangibles pour favoriser le potentiel de leadership dans l'ensemble du spectre socio-économique. (Shutterstock)

Du terrain de jeu aux conseils d’administration : comment l’enfance et de l’adolescence façonnent les leaders de demain

De nouvelles recherches suggèrent que l’enfance et l’adolescence jouent un rôle clé dans la façon dont se développe le leadership.
Canada needs to reform its policy on internationally trained doctors to help ease the health-care crisis and, more broadly, promote economic growth and more equitable labour standards. (Pixabay)

Canada’s treatment of internationally trained physicians exacerbates the health-care crisis

Mobility restrictions imposed on internationally trained physicians in Canada could be aggravating the health-care crisis intensifying an ongoing doctor shortage.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., on Aug. 16, 2024. Harris is already a target of disinformation campaigns. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

How Russian gender-based disinformation could influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election

States like Russia use gender-based disinformation to influence elections. Now that Kamala Harris is running for president, Americans must be aware of the disinformation they likely consume.
Community connectors are known by various titles such as community service workers, link workers or system navigators. They are specialists in preventive and social care. (Shutterstock)

Why increasing Canada’s health budget for preventive and social care makes sense fiscally and medically

Supporting preventive and social care through investment in community connectors addresses the root cause of health issues, lowers future curative costs and provides better value for taxpayers.
Members of Hezbollah walk during a procession in Beirut marking the holy day of Ashura in August 2022 carrying a poster of a drone with the words “we are coming” in Arabic. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

How drones form part of Hezbollah’s deterrence strategy against Israel

Hezbollah’s recent release of drone footage taken inside Israel appears designed to send a message that the armed group can cause serious damage in the event of a full-scale war.
Overcoming societal disparities to achieve an equal opportunity path to leadership is challenging, but organizations can take tangible steps to foster leadership potential across the socioeconomic spectrum. (Shutterstock)

From playground to boardrooms: How childhood and adolescence shape future leaders

While many view the path to leadership as a journey that begins later in life, new research suggests childhood and adolescence play keys roles in how it develops.
Cows and their calves graze near Cremona, Alta., in 2019. Rather than seeing photos of animal abuses, efforts to educate people about how they mourn and have rich social lives might be more effective. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Is seeing believing? Not really, so animal welfare campaigns should take a different approach

It’s important to design public awareness campaigns that illuminate the richness of animal lives by directing attention to actual animal agency rather than to the human abusers of animals.

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