By Cian T. McMahon, Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
By the Revolutionary War in the late 1770s, those marking the anniversary of St. Patrick’s death on March 17 included Irish immigrants in the Continental Army and those serving the British Redcoats.
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By Ann Pegoraro, Lang Chair in Sport Management, Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph
Ryan Snelgrove, Professor of Management, University of Guelph
Nearly 31 million Canadians watched Team Canada compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina earlier this year. With the Paralympics underway, fandom research suggests that millions are expected to tune in again.
With Canada consistently one of the
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By Brandon Dickson, PhD Candidate, Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo
Donna Kotsopoulos, Dean & Professor, Faculty of Education, Western University
Ellyn Lyle, Professor and Dean, School of Education and Health, Cape Breton University
Rural regions need skilled graduates and for international students studying there to stay and work. Housing and employment security are key in factors in whether this is viable.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the Supreme Court of Ukraine’s decision to uphold a lower court ruling recognizing a same-sex couple as a de facto family, Veronika Velch, Director of Amnesty International Ukraine, said: “The Supreme Court’s refusal to overturn this ruling reaffirms the lower court’s important finding that same-sex couples have the right to be recognized as […] The post Ukraine: Supreme Court decision recognizing same-sex couple as family marks important step for LGBTI rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Steven W. Kerrigan, Professor of Precision Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Doctors must treat sepsis quickly to prevent organ failure. But demographic change and drug-resistant infections are making the condition harder to manage.
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By Birgit Derntl, Full Professor, Women's Mental Health and Brain Function, University of Tübingen
Ann-Christin S. Kimmig, Postdoc Researcher, Women’s Mental Health and Brain Function group, University of Tübingen
Franziska Weinmar, PhD Candidate, Women's Mental Health & Brain Function, University of Tübingen
Pregnancy reshapes the brain more profoundly than scientists ever imagined – and a landmark new study is finally mapping exactly how.
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By Kat Ford, Research Fellow in the Public Health Collaborating Unit, Bangor University
Karen Hughes, Professor of Public Health, Bangor University
Half of older adults surveyed faced adversity after 60, with abuse and isolation linked to worse physical and mental health.
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By Alice Mercier, PhD Candidate, Visual Culture, University of Westminster
American photographer Catherine Opie’s new show at the National Portrait Gallery begins – or ends, depending on which order you explore it in – with her “interventions”. These photographic portraits are installed between the gallery’s paintings of Victorian leaders, captains, artists and politicians. They sit alongside them as though somewhat familiar.
This familiarity is, in part, down to the formal qualities of Opie’s portraits. It is also due to the depth of the prints, and to the ways in which the National…
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By Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy, University of Westminster
Dreaming in Colour, a new exhibition at the Opera Gallery in London, revisits the surrealists of the previous century, more in homage than imitation.
I suspect few of the emerging artists included here – and certainly none of those I spoke to on opening morning – would consciously describe themselves as surrealists. Yet the surrealist aspiration to evoke a sense of the marvellous and mysterious in the everyday is certainly…
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By Yuxuan Wu, PhD Candidate, University of Birmingham
The possibility of AI automating healthcare work has provoked intense debates, but despite the pace of innovation, here’s why it’s not there yet.
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