This Canada Day might be a good time for Canadians to think about the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action that ask Canadians to reject European sovereignty over Indigenous lands and peoples.
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Many in the LGBTQ community want a different Pride, one that lays claim to the movement’s history, celebrates revolution and liberation and acknowledges the violence that many LGBTQ face.
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Research suggests there are hidden costs to abandoning personalized banking relationships in favour of online banking.
In North America, women have faced many challenges in maintaining a successful professional league, despite other women’s sports growing in popularity.
People on the minimum wage can afford only 2% of private rentals and only 1% if on the pension. Affordable housing requirements are often mandatory overseas, but Victoria is relying on negotiation.
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It’s clear that young voters are bringing critical issues to the fore as they did in the recent EU elections. Will they do so in Canada too?
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Health Canada must be unbiased and it must be seen to be unbiased – so that Canadians get the best possible value out of prescription drugs.
For better childhood developmental outcomes and better economics, and in the absence of other long-recommended child care policies, the child care subsidy system should be expanded, not cut.
The history of how Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiaries manage children and data is a troubling one. How will Sidewalk Labs address concerns about minors and privacy in Toronto’s Quayside project?
Canada’s federal government is running out of time before the summer session to pass a bill that would pardon those convicted of minor cannabis possession.
Migration governance without immigration detention is desirable and achievable. Eliminating all detention will universally benefit citizens, migrants and everyone in between.
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Fellow, Dalla Lana Journalism and Health Impact, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, Educational Policy and Equity, University of Toronto
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Professor and LR Wilson/RJ Currie Chair in Canadian Business History, University of Toronto
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at Ontario Institute for the Study of Education (OISE) and Senior Policy Fellow at the Atkinson Centre, University of Toronto
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Affiliate Scientist, KITE Research Institute, Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto
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Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto
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Professor Emerita of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate, Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
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Kerry McCuaig is a Friend of The Conversation.
Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Fellow, Dalla Lana Journalism and Health Impact, University of Toronto
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Professor, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Institute for Management & Innovation, University of Toronto
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Senior Research Associate & Social Epidemiologist, Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Institute for Management and Innovation, University of Toronto
