By Corinne L. Mason, Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, Mount Royal University
Leah Hamilton, Professor in the Faculty of Business & Communication Studies, Mount Royal University
As Alberta shields its ban on youth gender-affirming care from legal challenge, new research raises urgent questions about the real-world consequences of restricting access.
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By Louis Volante, Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University
Kristof De Witte, Professor in Education Economics, KU Leuven
Luca Salmieri, Professor of Sociology of education, Sapienza University of Rome
Orazio Giancola, Associate Professor, Sapienza University of Rome
Lessons from the pandemic show resilience requires targeted learning support, mental health investment, strong data systems and thoughtful digital strategies.
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By Sophie Webb, Postdoctoral Fellow, Bridge Research Consortium, Simon Fraser University
Cora Constantinescu, Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
New RSV tools can prevent infant hospitalizations, but access varies by province. Who is responsible for ensuring vaccine equity across Canada?
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By Peter R. Thompson, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University
British Columbia’s wildlife is in trouble, and governments aren’t working hard enough to keep wild animals and plants alive. How do we know?
Fortunately, the provincial government has long kept extensive records of the animals and plant life that call its lands and waters home. The BC Conservation Data Centre (CDC) holds records for over 25,000 species, ranging from mosses to mackerel and mountain goats.
The status of each species is assessed…
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By Andrea D. Foebel, Manager, Indicator Research and Development, Canadian Institute for Health Information, University of Waterloo
Long-term care is not strictly a medical service; it’s also a home and social environment. To ensure Canadians can age with dignity, we need ways to assess dignity in our health systems.
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By Estelle Razanatsoa, Junior Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
Lindsey Gillson, Associate Professor Plant conservation unit, University of Cape Town
Malika Virah-Sawmy, Visiting Scientist, Humboldt University of Berlin
Ancient baobabs in Madagascar have unlocked a 700-year rainfall record that is set to help scientists figure out how to adapt to climate change.
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By Emmanuel Remi Aiyede, Professor of Political Institutions, Governance and Public Policy, University of Ibadan
Nigeria’s new Electoral Act, passed in February 2026, is a significant attempt to overhaul the country’s electoral framework.
The act establishes a dedicated funding framework and requires that election funds be released no later than six months before a general election.
Technology will be the only method allowed for voter accreditation, and results will have to be transmitted electronically.
There will be stricter penalties…
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By Obert Matarirano, Associate Professor in the Department of Business Management and Economics, Walter Sisulu University
Trust Chireka, Associate Professor and Head of Accounting in the Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Fort Hare
When up to 3.5 million small businesses go green, this will benefit South Africa’s environment and help the businesses survive in a changing climate.
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By Kwasi Cudjoe
The success of states of emergency are not often assessed by how such measures intersect with social dynamics — which in turn shape concepts of masculinity insecurity, and youths’ lived experience.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2019. © 2019 Elis Bodnar/Wikimedia Belarusian authorities are systematically using vaguely defined “extremism” laws to target dissent, including Belarusians in exile.Most recently, on April 14, the Belarusian Supreme Court designated the Lithuania-based European Humanities University an “extremist organization,” claiming it was “destabilizing the sociopolitical situation in the country.” This exposes thousands of current and former students and professors, the majority of them Belarusian, to criminal prosecution…
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