By Jayanthan Sriram, PhD Candidate, Centre for Sensory Studies, Public Scholar, Concordia University
Neslihan Sriram-Uzundal, PhD Candidate in the Department of Education, Concordia University
Racism is not only a set of individual prejudices or isolated acts of violence. It is a multisensory, structural system that shapes how minorities experience the world, both enabled and reinforced by institutional failures.
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By Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Western University
As Canada prepares to co-host the 2026 World Cup, its men’s soccer team offers a more diverse and inclusive vision of national identity than the country’s traditional sports have provided.
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By Amira Jadoon, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
Saif Tahir, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
A long-running insurgency has recently flared up again in Pakistan’s restive southwest province – complicated by instability in Iran and resource interest by the US.
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By Ihsan Badshah, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Auckland University of Technology
Prasad Hegde, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Auckland University of Technology
Sara Ali, Research Fellow and Academic Database Advisor, Auckland University of Technology
While NZ softens disclosure rules for large companies, investors are still factoring climate risk into decisions – with observable effects on capital flows.
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By Srdjan Vucetic, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The more Canadians understand why some risks are being prioritized over others, and why resources are being directed accordingly, the better equipped the country will be to handle what comes next.
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By David Sidhu, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Carleton University
Bubble, hoop, wiggle, bed: Some words bear an uncanny resemblance to the shape of the object or action they describe. And we tend to process them faster.
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By Andrew Beer, Executive Dean, UniSA Business, Adelaide University
The 2026 budget has delivered big reforms on housing affordability and tax. But there are very few specific measures for regional Australia’s biggest pain points.
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By Andrew Whitehouse, Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
David Trembath, Head of Autism Research and Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia
Mirko Uljarevic, Professor/Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute
Few diagnoses have broadened their diagnostic boundaries as much or as quickly as autism. This has affected those with the most profound disability.
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By Basil Germond, Professor of International Security, School of Global Affairs, Lancaster University
The Caspian Sea has enabled Iran and Russia to supply each other with weapons and trade goods despite western sanctions.
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By Domenico Vicinanza, Associate Professor of Intelligent Systems and Data Science, Anglia Ruskin University
Nasa is developing ways to use nuclear power to send spacecraft to their destinations. Nuclear propulsion could greatly reduce the journey time to Mars, perhaps cutting a voyage of more than six months to three or four months.
The idea of nuclear propulsion in space goes back to the cold war. But Nasa has been pursuing it more aggressively since Jared Isaacman took over as the agency’s chief in December 2025. Isaacman is a well-known advocate of the technology and says…
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