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New research has found that technology startups with immigrant founders are more likely to pursue an exit strategy during the initial revenue stage — which is more profitable, but also more risky.
This month, an image of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier raising the rainbow flag in Gaza went viral. But the photo obscures nuance, context and history.
WeWork’s bankruptcy casts doubt on hype that the boundaries between physical space and computer technology are dissolving.
The idea of the 15-minute city has become popular globally. But this approach relies on ableist assumptions and doesn’t reflect inclusive urban design.
The persistence of food insecurity in Canada is a policy choice. By not doing more to improve the adequacy and stability of household income, governments are choosing to let food insecurity fester.
Psychedelics are an opportunity to do better than our past drug control strategies. Adults should be trusted to make the right decisions, but policymakers should ensure they do so fully informed.
Discrimination, a lack of accessibility and isolation still prevent persons with hearing loss from experiencing equity and inclusion at work.
In a time of growing partisanship and general political uncertainty, a short research project provides a snapshot of the young people who might one day walk the halls of power.
A historian whose family was taken hostage by Hamas, and a geographer with family in the West Bank, get together to discuss a way forward in the Middle East.
Does the ‘diploma divide’ make politics more about culture than economic inequality?
The work environment is a social determinant of health. However, work has been underused as a lever to address health inequalities.
A national procurement program for essential medicines could provide a principled, evidence-based solution to the current challenges facing a national pharmacare program in Canada.
Cancer screening and other routine primary care can help address inequities if we choose to leave the unfair status quo behind.
Communities and employers miss out when they don’t embrace disabled employees. Companies must be supportive and proactive about including and accommodating people with disabilities.
Climate change has affected food availability for polar bears, which can impact polar bear mothers’ ability to lactate.
New research about the Nutrition North Canada program shows that the subsidy is not being fully passed on to consumers.
Researchers from an Indigenous literatures lab examine texts that are well-suited for a new Grade 11 course, First Voices.
Une nouvelle étude met en lumière la nature interconnectée du génome humain et ce que cela signifie pour les futures thérapies géniques.
While blatant discrimination is easy to condemn because of how obvious it is, there are subtler, more insidious forms that also need to be rooted out.
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Toronto
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
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Professor of Epidemiology (Emeritis), University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, History of Modern Architecture, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and Director (Interim) of the Transitional Year Programme, University of Toronto
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Political Science, University of Toronto
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Professor of History, University of Toronto
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Senior Scientist, Institute for Work & Health. Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
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PhD student, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto
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Professor, Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, University of Toronto
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Research Program Coordinator, Food Insecurity, University of Toronto
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Professor of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Toronto
