Disabled Canadians and those with chronic health conditions have been left out of government COVID-19 policies and programs and are struggling financially.
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Around the world, policing — as an institution — is being challenged. But calls to defund the police will fall short if they do not address the history of policing.
Every once in a while, the story that Beethoven was Black circulates in popular culture, but there’s no evidence to support this claim.
First the Washington Redskins. And now the Edmonton Eskimos. It’s about time professional sports franchises recognized the harm that comes from racist team names.
The political metamorphosis of Louis Riel illustrates one of the most paradoxical aspects of nationalism: how former enemies can be transformed into compatriots.
Scandals are violent shocks to social systems, yet not all questionable behaviour produces scandal. How can we explain that some figures escape the consequences of their own behavior while others don’t?
Listening more deeply to what makes sounds meaningful for people within their respective contexts matters in an era of rising expressions of racism in the pandemic.
In the wake of protests about systemic racism, sports teams are under increased pressure to lose their racist nicknames. An Inuit scholar calls on the Edmonton Eskimos to do the right thing.
Television shows about police often perpetuate false narratives about violent crime that excuse police violence.
History will cast a long shadow over Donald Trump’s first campaign rally since the pandemic began.
Research on excessive use of force by police and the sociological context and psychological characteristics of killer cops point to useful policy measures.
Researchers who visited parks throughout Alberta’s bear and cougar country want to know if parks education is improving park-friendly behaviour.
Oklahoma is a place of trauma that cuts much deeper than anything on ‘Tiger King,’ which is essentially poverty porn for people who like to see people make hot messes of themselves.
New research identifies areas where species may take refuge as the climate changes and finds they’re largely unprotected.
African countries face unique challenges in their efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19, but lessons learned in other regions where the coronavirus has already peaked may be helpful.
Canadians with disabilities often have little to nothing left after paying for food, shelter and other living expenses. We need policies that target the root causes of their inequality.
Avec les feux de forêt, la présence massive de cendres et de sédiments dans les cours d’eau constitue une menace pour l’approvisionnement hydrique des populations.
Wildfires reduce the reliability of city water supplies in North America. But active forest management provides a key to the solution.
Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women gives us perhaps the most explicitly feminist take to date on the classic novel, highlighting the value of women’s joy and labour.
Plants can store mercury and keep it from contaminating waterways, air and soils. Unfortunately, that mercury is released when plants burn.
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Professor, Musicology, University of Alberta
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PhD student, Sociology, University of Alberta
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Ph.D. student in Marketing, University of Alberta
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Professor, Russian and East European History, University of Alberta
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Associate Adjunct Professor of Disability Ethics, John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta
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Professor Emeritus, Political Science, University of Alberta
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Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta
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Senior Policy Research Analyst, University of Alberta
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PhD Candidate, Digital Humanities & Media Studies, University of Alberta
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Academic Teaching Staff Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
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PhD student, Sociology, University of Alberta
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Professor of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta
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Professor, Digital Humanities, University of Alberta
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Professor, Sociology, University of Alberta
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Research Fellow, International Relations, China Institute, University of Alberta
