Several women recently came forward to complain about “inappropriate conduct” by Joe Biden. Even in the #MeToo age, the allegations appear to have little impact on Biden’s status as the front-runner.
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La voix rauque est-elle un passage obligé vers l'âge adulte ? Qu'elle est sa signification sociale? Une linguiste explique pourquoi elle est si populaire, en particulier chez les jeunes femmes.
National regulation of free speech should be by governments, and not corporations, in order to be democratic.
Critics complain that government debt saddles future generations with a financial burden. The critics are wrong.
Canada wants to expand a Canada-U.S. pact to make it tougher for asylum-seekers from the U.S. to come to Canada. The question is: What will Canada have to give the United States to get them to agree?
A new survey of Canadian Jew suggests young adults are finding ways of remaining Jewish that are not principally religious.
Canadians would be better served by a calmer and better-informed debate over the specifics of Bill C-69 than what we have been seeing over the past few weeks.
Last year, the word ‘intersectionality’ hit the mainstream at the Golden Globes as actors attempted to raise awareness for #MeToo and #TimesUp. But what exactly does intersectionality mean?
A linguist explains the physical technicalities and sociological meanings of creaky voice’ – a sound found in diverse gender and age groups, yet often associated particularly with younger women.
COBA, the Collective of Black Artists has been working to introduce Canadian audiences to African and Caribbean dances for 25 years.
The recent B.C. train derailment raises questions about whether any lessons have been learned from the Lac-Mégantic disaster of 2013.
Despite the fact that rare diseases aren’t actually so rare, it appears they suffer from a branding problem in Canada.
The very short list of winners, and a growing list of losers, in Doug Ford’s Ontario does not bode well for the government’s political future – or the province.
In examining and addressing opportunity gaps for racialized students in schools, school boards must learn to account for present-day and historical inequities.
Regulation of the internet is inevitable and governments, rather than businesses, should seek to regulate it.
TransCanada Corporation has misunderstood or misrepresented the risks associated with Indigenous jurisdiction.
Ahed et Malala ont le même âge et se battent pour les mêmes droits et libertés. Toutes deux ont vécu la violence armée. Pourtant le traitement médiatique de leur histoire a été radicalement éloigné.
Where we build our communities and how we build them has an outsize role in our vulnerability to wildfire.
A Green New Deal would confront both climate change and social inequality. Its prospects in the United States are uncertain, but Canada should endeavour to develop one of its own anyway.
Why do we know the story of Malala, the Pakistani student who survived a brutal attack on her school by the Taliban but not the story of Ahed, a Palestinian girl who stood up to Israeli forces?
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Professor, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora, 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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Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Inclusion, Disability and Education, 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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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education and in Critical Disability Studies, 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
