By Cara Tremain, Assistant Professor, Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
Sabrina C. Higgins, Associate Professor, Archaeology / Global Studies, Simon Fraser University
By working closely with the objects, students will learn how to become archeological detectives and engage with the process of museum research from start to finish.
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By Zareh Ghazarian, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
We know that Australian children’s civics education is at an all-time low. The government’s social media ban may make this worse.
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By Dominique Allen, Professor, Business Law & Taxation, Monash University
Whether you’re newly pregnant, or a boss trying to look after your staff, there are legal rights and obligations you need to know about – and some of them are new.
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By Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute
Mia Jessurun, Associate, Disability Program, Grattan Institute
Reilly Polaschek, Associate, Grattan Institute
A new Grattan Institute report shows how Australia can build a national system of psychosocial supports within five years without spending any more money.
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By Fatemeh Aminpour, Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
An estimated 15–20% of children are neurodivergent, with diagnoses rising each year. They may have a neurodevelopmental condition such as autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
We know many neurodivergent children experience sensory information differently from their peers. So the spaces they learn in can…
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By Noel Castree, Professor of Society & Environment, University of Technology Sydney
Can one person change the world? At a time of pessimism and populism, a new book suggests how we can achieve social change.
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By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
In 1955, Ealing Studios released The Ladykillers, a darkly comic tale about a gang of criminals whose bank robbery gets derailed by their elderly landlady.
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By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
The Ukraine peace plan negotiated between the U.S. and Russia is a non-starter for Ukraine, and also puts the country in the unenviable position of saying no to a mercurial American president.
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By Kristen Lowitt, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
Ontario’s Bill 5 eliminates key environmental protections and grants the provincial government sweeping powers to fast-track development with little to no oversight.
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By Delaney Thibodeau, Post-doctoral researcher, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto
Catherine Sabiston, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Mental Health, University of Toronto
Sasha Gollish, Research Associate in Gender Equity and Sport Science, University of Toronto
What does it look like to have an “athletic body?” What does artificial intelligence think it looks like to have one?
A recent study we conducted at the University of Toronto analyzed appearance-related traits of AI-generated images of male and female athletes and non-athletes. We found that we’re being fed exaggerated — and likely impossible — body standards.
Even before AI, athletes have been pressured to look a certain way: thin, muscular…
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