Québec courts ordered tobacco companies to pay smokers $15 billion for the health problems caused by their products. Could fossil fuel companies be next?
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In 1914, a ship carrying more than 300 immigrants from India wasn’t allowed to dock in Vancouver. A new mural tells an unverified story about Indigenous paddlers bringing food to the stranded ship.
The federal NDP is missing an opportunity to put workers’ rights firmly on the agenda during this election campaign.
Multicultural market places in big cities like Toronto and Vancouver may seem like an equalizing market force. But the availability of diverse foods says nothing about the equity of ethnic groups.
Organized sports can foster positive development in children. However, the competitive nature of youth hockey produces a pressure-to-win environment, where personal development is pushed to the side.
Beijing, Jakarta dan Kota Ho Chi Minh berjuang melindungi penduduknya dari tembakau. Kebijakan pengendalian tembakau di negara-negara kaya sebagian dapat disalahkan.
Peut-on vraiment savoir ce que pensent les animaux ? Un philosophe soutient que nous ne le pouvons pas, du moins avec précision.
Rapidly growing metropolises like Beijing, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City are struggling to protect residents against tobacco. Life-saving policies in rich countries may be partially to blame.
Cette élection aura un impact majeur sur les efforts déployés par le Canada pour lutter contre les changements climatiques. Mais quel parti choisiront les électeurs verts?
This election will have a major impact on Canada’s efforts to combat climate change. But how best to approach the available choices on the ballot remains a serious dilemma for Canadian voters.
Can we really know what animals think? A philosopher argues that we can’t, not with any precision.
Progressive responses that problematize Ontario’s new opt-out policy for sex ed might reinforce the misleading idea that parents are an obstacle to their children’s sex education.
Decades of inadequate teaching material and resources to support Black students in Ontario means they are severely underserved by their schools.
Les frais scolaires parfois exorbitants exigés aux parents créent une école à deux vitesses, une situation inéquitable pour les plus démunis.
As a wealthy nation with global diplomatic and multilateral influence, Canada is among a small subset of nations uniquely positioned to act individually and collaboratively on climate change.
Some parents in Québec are being reimbursed after a ruling that they were overcharged school fees. If taxes cover public schools, should parents have to pay at all?
La décision d'Élections Canada d'empêcher les organismes de parler des changements climatiques pendant la campagne électorale est scandaleuse, selon l'ex-commissaire à l'environnement de l'Ontario.
Environmental charities are worried about speaking out about climate change during the upcoming federal campaign for fear Elections Canada will consider their activities as “partisan.”
Despite the Doug Ford government’s claim that it’s now listening to ‘the people,’ there’s little evidence anything has changed.
Researchers examined how youth on three continents think about digital technology today and conducted an experiment to learn what youth said after living without their phones for a week.
Authors
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Professor, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora, York University, Canada
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PhD Candidate, Humanities, York University, Canada
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PhD Candidate in Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Canada
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Professor emeritus, Department of Politics, York University, Canada
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Contract Faculty, Communication & Media Studies, York University, Canada
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PhD Candidate in applied linguistics, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Joel Lexchin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor of Adult Education, York University, Canada
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Director, Centre for Refugee Studies & Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies, York University, Canada
