By Jill Colton, Program Director: Secondary Programs and Senior Lecturer: English and Literacy Education, University of South Australia
The move to Year 7 can be a really daunting time, moving away from friends, travelling to a new place and starting very different routines.
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By Tamara Lewit, Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that ‘There are two liquids that are especially agreeable to the human body: wine inside and oil outside.’
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By Josh Holloway, Lecturer in Government in the College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University
Duncan McDonnell, Professor of Politics, Griffith University
Michelle Evans, Professor, specialising in Indigenous leadership, The University of Melbourne
When political parties consider potential Indigenous candidates, they often worry about voter backlash.
It’s a concern rooted in Australia’s troubling history of racism and the ongoing discrimination Indigenous people face in everyday life.
But what if party selectors…
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By Farah Nibbs, Assistant Professor of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Melissa was just the latest blow, following close on the heels of Beryl. Many islands today have little time to recover before the next disaster hits.
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By Sergi Basco, Profesor Agregado de Economia, Universitat de Barcelona
Booms and busts are a recurring feature of modern economics, but when an asset’s value becomes overinflated, a boom quickly becomes a bubble.
The two most recent major bubble episodes were the dot-com bubble in the United States (1996-2000) and the housing bubbles that emerged around 2006 in different countries. Both ended in recession – the former relatively mild, and the latter catastrophically…
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By Saidia Ali, Environmental Scientist, PhD Candidate, Toronto Metropolitan University
The world is undergoing rapid electronification and digital transformation, reshaping how we live. Many of us have numerous electronic devices around us at all times, from smartphones and watches to our home appliances and cars.
A sharp increase in e-waste has accompanied the surge in electronic equipment. In 2022, 62 million tons of e-waste was produced globally.
Canada’s e-waste tripled…
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By Ala Mokhtar, Assistant Professor in Accounting, McMaster University
When clients snap at, dismiss or belittle auditors, it doesn’t just sting — it can wear away at audit quality. Understanding and addressing this can improve financial reporting.
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By Emma Hsiaowen Chen, PhD Candidate in Health & Exercise Science, Concordia University
Exercise can help reduce the risk of falls — a major cause of injuries in older adults — but only four per cent of older Canadian women complete 30 minutes of daily physical activity. As a PhD candidate in health and exercise science at Concordia University, I am interested in developing fun and accessible balance-training programs using…
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By Jared Wesley, Professor, Political Science, University of Alberta
Alex Marland, Professor, Political Science, Acadia University
Mireille Lalancette, Professor, Département de lettres et communication sociale, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
Message discipline is an increasing feature of Canadian politics. Canadians across the country should pay attention to what just happened in Alberta, where teachers were ordered back to work.
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By Andrew Dix, Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University
When a house mysteriously explodes in the sleepy suburbs of south Oxford and a child goes missing in the aftermath, concerned neighbour Sarah Trafford is driven to seek the truth. As an art conservator, Trafford is way out of her depth, so she enlists the help of a private investigator, Zoë Boehm. However, the pair end up in a plot far more serious than Boehm’s usual work of checking credit ratings and tracking adulterous husbands.
This is the story of Down Cemetery Road (2003), the debut novel of writer Mick…
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