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Refilling a reusable water bottle has become routine for many, and education can inspire similar large-scale behaviour shifts. A water bottle filling station in Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana. (NPS Climate Change Response/Flickr)

Earth Day: ‘Green muscle memory’ and climate education promote behaviour change

Sparking global momentum and energy in young people through climate education can go a long way to addressing climate change now and in the near future.
Brendan Anderson of the United States competes in men’s modern pentathlon riding at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Modern pentathlon is invoking a fictional Pierre de Coubertin to justify its controversial politics

For more than 100 years, international sport organizations have executed monopolistic power. Now, one has resurrected the founder of the modern Olympics to promote its controversial politics.
En comparant les rêves, on constate qu’ils se déroulent de manière très différente selon l’environnement socioculturel. (Shutterstock)

Le rêve pourrait constituer une stratégie de survie par la coopération

Le rêve diffère d’une culture à l’autre, et ces différences pourraient permettre de comprendre comment et pourquoi le rêve a évolué chez l’humain et chez d’autres espèces.
Child-care wait lists have ballooned across Ontario since the province signed on to the national $10-a-day program, as demand due to the lower fees appears to be far outstripping the creation of new spaces in many regions. Children play at a daycare in Coquitlam, B.C., on March 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

3 years after Canada’s landmark investment in child care, 3 priorities all levels of government should heed

Governments need to co-operate to prioritize access to high-quality child care for low-income families, and sustain not-for-profit care centres with well-paid educators.
Une salle de traitement par protonthérapie à Prague, en République tchèque. Le Canada est en retard sur d’autres pays pour ce qui est de ce traitement. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

La protonthérapie : un traitement moderne contre le cancer pas (encore) offert au Canada

La protonthérapie est une forme de radiation de précision qui peut réduire les effets secondaires du traitement du cancer. Elle est disponible dans le monde entier, mais pas au Canada.
Anti-carbon tax protesters wave signs and chant slogans as they block a westbound lane of the Trans Canada highway near Cochrane, Alta., on April 1, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Fossil fuel subsidies cost Canadians a lot more money than the carbon tax

Never mind the carbon tax. Tax breaks and public spending for fossil fuel companies cost taxpayers billions every year and hurt the environment.
A pair of North Atlantic right whales interact at the surface of Cape Cod Bay, in Massachusetts, in March, 2023. Global warming is rapidly acidifying the oceans with dire implications for marine life. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, NOAA permit #21371)

New electrochemical technology could de-acidify the oceans – and even remove carbon dioxide in the process

Global warming is making the oceans more acidic. Our work aims to design realistic systems to reduce this acidity, and remove carbon from the atmosphere in the process.
Indigenous artifacts from the northwest coast of North America on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Updated U.S. law still leaves Indigenous communities in Canada out of repatriations from museums

U.S. laws on the repatriation of Indigenous artifacts and remains still uphold inequities in the relationships between Indigenous people and the agencies holding their materials.
The waters of Crawford Lake in Milton, Ont., in July 2023. Crawford Lake was the site of the proposed ‘golden spike’ — the most compelling evidence for the beginning of the geological Anthropocene. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Anthropocene or not, it is our current epoch that we should be fighting for

The recent rejection of the start of the Anthropocene epoch reminds us of the paramount importance of preserving what remains of our current Holocene.
We should be asking legislators and policymakers to build a health-care system that supports better lives for people with mental disorders and their families. (Gus Moretta/Unsplash)

MAID and mental health: Does ending the suffering of mental illness mean supporting death or supporting better lives?

In addition to asking health-care systems to prepare to end suffering of mental illness through Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), we must ask policymakers to support better lives for families.
An investment in a national school food program today is an investment in a stronger Canada tomorrow. (Shutterstock)

Beyond the cafeteria: The economic case for investing in school meals

From reducing families’ grocery bills to boosting the economy, school meals offer far-reaching benefits, fostering both immediate well-being and long-term economic prosperity.
While the current episode of inflation has created challenges for many, this is not the first time Canada has gone through such an experience. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Here’s what we can learn from Canada’s response to inflation in the 1980s and 1990s

The real question in the minds of many economists is what the trend in inflation will be going forward, and when interest rates will begin to fall and bring relief to Canadians.
The University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall in Toronto, Ont. Universities must shift towards co-operative governance which fosters collaborative approaches to teaching, research and grappling with the crises we collectively face. (Shutterstock)

Universities should respond to cuts and corporate influence with co-operative governance

Universities should shift toward co-operative governance structures that foster collaborative approaches to teaching and research, which can help tackle the crises we collectively face.

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