By Richa Shivakoti, Research Lead, Migration Governance at the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration program, Toronto Metropolitan University
Anna Triandafyllidou, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
Policymakers inside and outside of government can provide ideas on creating targeted policies and pathways to recruit talented workers to Canada in the wake of the U.S. H-1B visa fee hike.
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By Jason Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University
The recently released birthday tribute book that was gifted to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 demonstrates how power is fortified through social gestures.
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By Rob Morris, Professor of Physics, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University
The 2025 Nobel prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for the discovery of an effect that has applications in medical devices and quantum computing.
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis conducted a series of experiments around 40 years ago which would go on to shape our understanding of the strange properties of the quantum world. It’s a timely award, since 2025 is the 100th anniversary of the formulation of…
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By Elisa Gambino, Hallsworth Fellow in Political Economy, University of Manchester
Costanza Franceschini, Postdoctoral researcher at the Leiden Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology., Leiden University
For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost US$50 billion to African transport projects. Most came from Chinese development finance institutions.
Six years ago, this started to change as Chinese lenders began to pull back. Since 2019, they have committed only US$6…
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By Annah Lake Zhu, Assistant Professor, Wageningen University
Amadou Ndiaye, Enseignant chercheur, Université Amadou Mahtar MBOW de Dakar
Africa’s Great Green Wall of 6,000km of trees was launched 18 years ago, promising to halt desertification. But in Senegal, it’s been very slow to progress.
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By Peter S Millard, Adjunct Professor, University of New England
Estimates are that one million HIV infections have been prevented, saving the cost of treating and monitoring those cases, and avoiding transmission to partners.
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By Michele Testoni, Professor of International Relations, IE University
As Moscow’s military offensive grinds on at Europe’s eastern edge, tensions are skyrocketing on the continent due to repeated, brazen violations of European airspace deliberately orchestrated by Russia. Europe has announced counter-measures, in the form of a “drone wall” to combat this new threat.
Between September 9 and 10, 19 drones were spotted entering Polish airspace. A Nato-led air defence response…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Then-acting Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (right) welcomes Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the 8th Singapore-Australia Annual Leaders' Meeting on June 2, 2023. © 2023 Singapore Press via AP Images Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should urge Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to halt an execution scheduled on the day of their meeting in Canberra on October 8 for the Australia-Singapore Annual Leaders’ Meeting.Singaporean authorities are planning to execute a 38-year-old Malaysian national, Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, who was convicted…
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By Ugljesa Radulovic, Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg
Tina Uys, Professor of Sociology, University of Johannesburg
South Africa’s long history of wrongdoing spans from Willem Adriaan van der Stel’s days of running a corrupt trading monopoly to present-day South Africa. Van der Stel was the second Governor of the Cape Dutch Colony, from 1699 to his removal in 1707.
Whistleblowers have been at the core of exposing these instances of corruption.
Public whistleblowing was rare under apartheid (1948-1994). But with…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The war in Gaza has raised questions and caused serious divisions about the future of multiculturalism, free speech and the right to protest.
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