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The federal government has set aside $22.2 million to develop and co-ordinate sanctions while educating Canadians about their obligations. Where to start is the first question.
The cancellation of Ontario’s basic income pilot not only violates our ethical obligations to participants. It also means forfeiting a valuable research opportunity on income security.
Ontario’s basic income project was deeply flawed and cursed by a lack of quality data. It needs a major overhaul.
Many Canadians have volunteered to help newcomers adjust to society. This board game was developed to help these volunteers understand what it feels like to enter a new country and build a new life.
NORAD is celebrating its 60th anniversary this May. New challenges face Canada and the U.S. now and in the coming years. How will NORAD evolve?
Canola is an example of an innovation that sprung from university research and became a major economic boon to Canada. It should be happening more often.
Mothers are dying prematurely after their children are taken into foster care.
In our increasingly noisy world, how do you make sure that your voice is heard? If you’re a bird, that depends on the type of noise and what you’re trying to say.
The deployments of SWAT teams by public police for routine police activities have risen in major Canadian cities. This militarization will likely fall disproportionately on those from minority groups.
New research shows that having a child in foster care is often harmful to a mother’s mental and physical health.
The debate on spanking is over. Scientific studies consistently show that it is harmful to children, increasing the likelihood of mental health problems and antisocial behaviours.
One professor explains how war in Iran led her to a career in biomedical engineering - a rapidly growing field that offers students exciting opportunities to serve humanity.
When Zahra Moussavi’s mother developed Alzheimer’s, the scientist pursued a technology that directly stimulates the brain with electromagnets to mitigate the effects of the disease. It worked.
How do anesthetics work, and what makes for an ideal anesthetic? It’s not as mysterious as once believed, and there’s a gas that ticks all the boxes for a perfect anesthetic: xenon.
Visible minority consumers prefer advertising that features white models to advertising that feature models from other ethnic minority groups. Why?
Bees and home security cameras use the same complex techniques to monitor their environments.
Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein would have bridled under today’s research funding bureaucracy. It’s time to allow scientists to indulge their curiosity again.
The Trump brand has taken a hit since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency. The mistake? Failing to separate the businesses from the personalities.
Sanders and Clinton have been trading blows over who’d be best to reform Wall Street, but new research suggests they may not have the ‘authority’ to do it.
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Director, Centre for Human Rights Research and Distinguished Professor, History and Women's and Gender Studies, University of Manitoba
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Research Technician at RESOLVE (Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse), University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, Political Studies, University of Manitoba
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Associate Professor of Classics, University of Manitoba
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Instructor, Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media, University of Manitoba
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PhD Candidate, Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources and the Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba
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Professor, Faculty of Social Work & Director, RESOLVE (Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse), University of Manitoba
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Distingioshed Professor & Canada Researc Chair, Political Studies, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor in Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba
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Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba
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MA Student, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, Departments of History and Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba
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PhD student, Clinical Psychology, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, Anthropology, University of Manitoba
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Wayne Simpson is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
