Photographs can influence us – they can inspire us to act and they can also impact the way we think about issues. The recent published photos about the migrant ‘caravan’ convey several stereotypes.
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Online voting glitches in Ontario’s recent municipal elections show that Canada needs to develop voluntary standards on online voting.
Bill C-75 was introduced to the House as a way to fix issues with the criminal justice system. However, an unintended consequence is that low-income people will lose access to law school clinics.
Meskipun beberapa pengguna media sosial dapat memonetisasi “like” di media sosial mereka, kita justru melakukannya tanpa tujuan & malah mengubah kita menjadi pion untuk penggunaan politik & komersil
As Canada moves to legalize marijuana and online sales become commonplace, privacy concerns can’t be an afterthought; they must be built into the system from the outset. That’s not happening.
Although some social media users are able to monetize their social media “likes,” much of the pursuit of popularity amounts to nothing and instead turns us into pawns for political and commercial uses
Women face extraordinary difficulty in seeking the birth control method of sterilization due to sexist reproductive norms.
The endangered species list is over 90 000 and includes Madagascar’s lemurs.
Doug Ford is invoking the province’s broad powers over municipalities in a manner that tramples on fundamental principles of fairness, reasonable notice and the right to effective representation.
The time to consolidate Ontario’s two school systems is long overdue. It’s no longer viable to dismiss the issue on Constitutional grounds. All that’s needed is political will.
Starbucks is implementing implicit bias training for its employees in the United States and Canada. Even though we are not aware implicit biases, they lead to discriminatory behaviours.
The arrest of former cop Joseph DeAngelo in the Golden State Killer case raises questions about the common occupations of killers and psychopaths. Canada’s Russell Williams was a former military officer.
Le cas du mouvement Incel auquel appartiendrait le suspect de la tuerie de Toronto doit être mis en lumière, car il s’adresse directement à des personnes marginalisées et perturbées.
Was the suspect in Toronto’s van attack inspired by a misogynist mass killer in the United States?
Break-and-enters are consistently common among incarcerated sex offenders as their first, or gateway, offence. But police forces’ statistical manipulation allows them to go entirely undetected.
Police forces use widespread and often dubious practices to inflate their solved crime rate. Here’s how, and why, they do it, according to an expert on violent crimes and serial offenders.
We’re in the middle of an Insectageddon. But a garden of native plants can help insects, as well as birds and other wildlife.
Si l’on peut facilement mesurer les conséquences du poème « Front rouge » sur le plan judiciaire, esthétique et politique, les causes de sa création restent plus obscures.
As Toronto reacts to the news that a killer was preying on victims in the city’s gay village, an expert on serial killers explains how violent offenders are more strategic than previously thought.
NGOs (non-government organizations) run by women in India and Tanzania fuel the success of development projects, but the women are too easily marginalized once the projects get off the ground.
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PhD Candidate, English, and Research Assistant, Western University
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Research Associate in English and Writing Studies, Western University
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
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Research Associate, School of Nursing, Western University
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Jane E. Sanders is a Friend of The Conversation.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, King's University College, Western University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University
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Associate Professor of Labour and Employment Relations, DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies, Western University
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John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
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Associate Professor, Sociology cross-listed in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University
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Associate Professor Biology, Western University
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Professor of Immunology, Western University
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Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University
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PhD Candidate in Psychology, Western University
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Professor of Psychology, Western University
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Chair Professor, Psychology, Western University
