By Stéphane Dion, Diplomate en résidence, Université de Montréal
Canada has ambitious goals in Europe. But the EU is in high demand, and competition for market share and investment is fierce.
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By Charles Shey Wiysonge, Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
Africa has reached an important moment in its immunisation journey. Coverage is not rising fast enough to keep pace with population growth, persistent inequities and a growing number of vaccines. At the same time, outbreaks and financing pressures are intensifying.
Vaccination has transformed child survival. A landmark analysis found that global immunisation efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years, 52 million in Africa. Vaccines have virtually…
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By Joana Castro Pereira, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Universidade do Porto
Simón Pardo de Donlebún Versaci, Postgraduate researcher, Universidade do Porto
Western Sahara has been carved in two since the 1980s by a wall that Morocco built to hold on to territory it occupied in 1975. Fifty years on, the conflict remains unresolved and the wall – known as the Berm – remains one of the world’s most…
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By Yolandi Burger, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
As a design researcher working in urban graphic heritage, I explore how everyday graphic objects communicate in public spaces. I have started to think of the city as a kind of living, dispersed archive. It is not an archive that replaces formal institutions, but one that exists alongside them.
In a recent mapping project that I led for…
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By Jonathan Oladeji, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg
Chioma Okoro, Professor and Acting Head of Department: Department of Finance and Investment Management, University of Johannesburg
Green ratings are growing in South Africa, mainly for upgraded older buildings, but some low scores suggest buildings may appear greener than they are.
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By Diana Orcés, Adjunct Professor of Government, School of Public Affairs, American University
Donald Trump obtuvo el 43% del voto hispano en 2024, frente al 35% en 2020, un avance importante para los republicanos. Ahora, a medida que se acercan las elecciones de mitad de mandato, los hispanos en Estados Unidos, independientemente de su afiliación política, están perdiendo la fe en el sueño americano, y las actuales políticas migratorias podrían explicar en parte…
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By H. Damon Matthews, Professor and Climate Scientist, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
Global climate warming is expected to cross the 1.5 C temperature threshold — the lower limit of the Paris Agreement temperature goal — within a handful of years. This temperature increase shows no signs of slowing, and on our current trajectory, Canada is likely to experience temperatures 5 C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century.
These are the headline messages of two major climate reports that were released earlier this month: The United Nations Environment Programme’s Limiting…
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By Vidya Mani, Associate Professor, Darden School of Business; Research Associate Professor, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia; Cornell University
There’s not much diesel fuel lying around, and lots of people want to buy what is available, as well as what little is produced each day. It’s all a matter of supply and demand.
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By Larry Savage, Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
Bill C-39 makes it easier for Ottawa to intervene when collective bargaining produces the very conflict that it is designed to manage.
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By Matthew Ades, Assistant Professor. Department of Medicine. McGill University, McGill University
Anthony Sandre, Assistant Professor, McMaster University
Sonia S Anand, Associate Vice-President Global Health, McMaster University
Leg pain can be a symptom of peripheral artery disease, a condition that is part of the same disease process that causes heart attacks and many strokes.
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