By Jes Battis, Associate Professor of English and Graduate Coordinator, University of Regina
The Netflix show is missing a richer and more accurate history of queer and trans life during that period in history.
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By Kojo Damptey, PhD student & Sessional Instructor for the African & Black Diaspora Studies program, McMaster University
Racialized communities are systematically over-represented in police use-of-force data across 17 cities and regions. And this is rooted in ongoing racism in policing.
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By Joanna McGrenere, Professor, Computer Science, University of British Columbia
Kevin Chow, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Technology Management and Innovation, New York University
In today’s attention economy, social media platforms, entertainment apps and news feeds all compete for our focus.
Millions of people have turned to focus apps in response to help them be more productive while studying or working. Some of these apps help us manage our attention by blocking distracting apps or websites.
Whether it’s
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By Julia K. Baum, Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Victoria
Marc Johnson, Professor of Biology, Canada Research Chair of Urban Environmental Science, University of Toronto
Sarah Otto, Killam University Professor in Evolutionary Biology, University of British Columbia
Impact assessments prevent harm before it occurs. Circumventing the process before we understand the risks is misguided and a gamble with our collective future.
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By Jordan Laidlaw, Ph.D. student, Educational Administration, University of Manitoba
We need to reduce workplace isolation to support teachers’ collegial capacity to mitigate loneliness, bolster engagement and contribute toward more equitable school environments.
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By John Coxhead, Visiting Professor in Solution Oriented Policing, De Montfort University; Loughborough University
Police leaders have said they will review anti-racism guidance following the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak. Vickrum Digwa, his killer, was sentenced this week to life in prison.
Nowak was stabbed five times and tried to escape his attacker by climbing over a fence. Body-worn camera footage shows him handcuffed by police at the scene, repeatedly telling officers: “I’ve been stabbed” and “I can’t breathe”. In the footage, an officer can be heard saying “You’ve been stabbed, whereabouts? … Don’t think you…
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the news that Egyptian activist and writer Ahmed Douma has been convicted and sentenced to one year in prison following an unfair trial, Amnesty International’s Regional Researcher, Mahmoud Shalaby said: “The renewed unjust imprisonment after an unfair trial of Ahmed Douma is a devastating assault on the right to freedom of expression. The weaponization of the criminal justice system against Ahmed Douma and other activists lays bare president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government’s relentless campaign to crush peaceful dissent and restrict civic space. “Having already […] The…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The silhouettes of detainees being held at Delaney Hall during a protest on May 30, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey. © 2026 Matthew Hatcher / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) Citing medical neglect, lack of sanitation, spoiled food, denial of bond, and coercion to sign legal documents that result in deportation, over 300 women and men detained at Delaney Hall, a New Jersey immigration detention facility run by the private, for-profit company GEO Group have reportedly been on a labor and hunger strike since May 22.On June 2, the attorney general filed a lawsuit…
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By Jean Sovon
As civic space shrinks across Africa, one film festival is betting that cinema can do what reports and protests sometimes cannot, hold power to account.
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By Zayd Waghid, Associate professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Teacher education must help future teachers connect what they learn at university with the real challenges they will face in classrooms.
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