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Parents provide the energy needed for their young to grow large brains. Climate change may negatively affect birds’ brain development as it impacts food supplies.
Some have claimed the proposed new Indigenous names for Winnipeg streets are too difficult to pronounce. But what does it mean when we say a word is hard to pronounce?
As human interactions with technology increase, AI-based religions are in our near future. While these religions carry risks for users, a tolerant mindset is important to consider worshippers’ rights.
By starting their own entrepreneurial and developmental projects, First Nations are working toward economic prosperity for their communities and furthering reconciliation.
Farm consolidation, increasing land concentration and expanding investor ownership of farmland is leading to growing land inequality in the Canadian Prairies.
By addressing the root causes of violence, we can reimagine systems to allow for more supportive, safe and accountable sport communities.
If there’s any silver lining to the aerial objects being shot down over North America over the last few days, maybe it’s that North Americans will recognize and appreciate the binational NORAD.
A recurrent theme in the testimonies of Residential School survivors is how their cultural and linguistic identities were adversely affected.
Rather than promoting individual electric vehicles for lower-income consumers, governments should fund electric public transit instead.
NORAD is having a moment in the wake of growing tensions between the United States, China and Russia. Will it last?
Language used to speak about disability changes over time, and preferences shift due to advocacy and allyship, legal proceedings and empirical research.
Price inflation has hit countries differently, but most central banks and governments are concerned about the rising cost of living in 2023.
Evidence-based tools for dialectical behaviour therapy can help us manage family stressors during the virulent respiratory virus season.
Systemic social issues affect vaccine access and acceptability. Yet, the term ‘vaccine hesitancy’ overlooks this, reducing the multiple factors that affect vaccine uptake to individual-level choices.
Spirituality is a vital part of Indigenous identities. Incorporating spiritual education can create space in schools where Indigenous students can learn and grow.
Taxation of sugar-sweetened drinks is not only inequitable, but also has the potential to create or perpetuate weight stigma, which has negative effects on mental and physical health.
There has been a monumental policy shift in paying blood plasma donors in Canada.
Canada’s current income assistance programs are not doing enough to support Canadians. If the goal of temporary assistance is to help those in need, these programs must have better, broader coverage.
In B.C., residential school principals sat on public school boards, and some Indigenous children even attended public schools. Understanding such links matters for truth and reconciliation.
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba
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Canada Research Chair in Human Rights, Social Justice and Food Sovereignty, University of Manitoba
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MBA Student, I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba
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Professor, Associate Dean, and Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba
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PhD Candidate & Sessional Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
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Adjunct professor in Natural Resources, University of Manitoba
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Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Language Interactions, University of Manitoba
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Sessional Instructor, I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba
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MBA Student, I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba
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Professor, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
