Improving the intercommunity mobility of First Nation Peoples is a road to more inclusive and safer futures. This calls for recognizing Indigenous agency and sovereignty when developing solutions.
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Survivors of multiple colonial school systems need their voices to be heard. An exhibit examines how colonial schooling policies over a century and a half influenced the Blood People.
Bill C-7 has created ethical tensions between MAID providers and palliative care, between transparency and patient privacy, and between offering a dignified death rather than a dignified life.
Pope Francis and the Catholic Church must make a plan with Indigenous Peoples, not for us, in order to walk the path of reconciliation. Some initial suggestions of what a plan might include.
You can love a country and still hold it to account. I love Canada. But I won’t stand for the anthem at a sporting event or elsewhere, especially not when my kids are watching.
Companies are increasingly taking a stand on social and political issues, but they risk alienating customers in the process. Are other brands learning how to benefit from the backlash?
The conversation around the U.S.-Canada land border reopening should include Indigenous people and the restrictions they’ve faced since the international border was created.
In the absence of guidelines or training regarding sexual expression in long-term care homes, most staff are ‘just winging it’ on potentially sensitive issues.
‘Dementia friendly’ communities seek to support people with memory loss, recognize them as equals, celebrate their contributions and enable them to live with purpose in welcoming communities.
Death-friendly communities that welcome mortality might help us live better lives and provide better care for people at the end of their lives.
Attacks on houses of worship are increasing, as part of a trend of growing global violence. The aftermath of these attacks often includes interfaith dialogue and community support.
Countries closed their borders in response to COVID-19, but international cooperation and technology sharing could improve recovery against pandemics and potential bioterrorist attacks.
As Canadian provinces begin to ease COVID-19 restrictions, is it an exercise of one’s constitutional rights to protest or disobey those that continue to exist?
As the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates global economic and health insecurities, opportunities to emulate the pandemic’s effects with bioweapons affords terrorists a new model.
The effective integration of science into policy-making improves legislation and leads to effective solutions for society — and not only during times of crisis like the coronavirus pandemic.
Que l’on soit ou non en situation de crise, l’intégration efficace de la science dans la prise de décisions politiques améliore les projets de loi et mène à des solutions efficaces pour la société.
Canadian leaders have desperately tried to preserve the country’s image of liberal humanitarianism at our border, but the reality is Canada’s immigration history is built upon exclusion.
Minority parliaments create a political environment that discourages cabinet from bold acts. That means Justin Trudeau’s foreign policy will like be more risk-averse that it was before.
As students and faculty start a new academic year, it’s a good time to highlight the barriers to Indigenizing the campus and the importance of Indigenous voices on campus.
Historically, western corporate maps have been privileged over Indigenous ones. But given the essential debate of territory in resource conflicts, maps are a crucial tool.
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Research Associate - Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge
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Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies, University of Lethbridge
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Researcher, Co-Investigator, Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Lethbridge
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Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Lethbridge
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Associate Professor, Public Health and Alberta Innovates Research Chair, University of Lethbridge
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Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Critical Border Studies and Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Lethbridge, University of Lethbridge
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Instructor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge
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Masters Student, Biomolecular Interactions and Biophysical Modelling of RNA viruses, University of Lethbridge
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Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Lethbridge
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Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies, University of Lethbridge
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Associate professor, University of Lethbridge
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge
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Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, University of Lethbridge
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Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge
