By Harshit Gujral, Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Meredith Franklin, Associate Professor in the Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto
Sagnik Dey, Head and Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Chair Professor in Policy Studies at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Steve Easterbrook, Director, School of the Environment, University of Toronto
Parts of India, including the capital Delhi, were once again covered in thick smog recently as toxic pollution from industry and crop-burning engulfed the region. Even though India’s National Clean Air Programme has advanced clean air action, air pollution remains a reoccurring problem.
Reliably protecting public health will require tighter co-ordination across orders of governments and departments. Air…
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By Laura Tedesco, Professor of International and Comparative Politics, Saint Louis University – Madrid
After the regime ‘disappeared’ their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice – and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.
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By Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Western University
Sporting rivalries, national ambitions and global politics are set to intersect in ways rarely seen before in the upcoming Winter Olympics.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
UN-appointed independent human rights experts have raised alarm over violations of children’s rights during US immigration procedures, nearly a year after federal funding for legal representation for unaccompanied minors was terminated.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
The Holocaust is a warning, that hatred “can consume everything” – a message that feels more urgent than ever, the UN chief said on Tuesday, as antisemitism rages worldwide.
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By Robin Ireland, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Glasgow
It’s almost too easy to make the case that men’s football in England has become overly commercial. At the start of this season, one Premier League striker cost £125 million. And with an annual TV broadcasting deal worth £1.25 billion, more money is flying around the top level of the sport every year.
But it hasn’t always been this way. So how has the sport become so dominated by commerce?
This was what I wanted to find out when I started looking into the history…
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By James Renwick, Professor of Physical Geography (Climate Science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
A run of damaging storms that has spoiled midsummer and caused floods and landslides isn’t bad luck, but a combination of local, regional and global drivers.
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By Lidia de la Iglesia Aza, Professor of Labour Law and Social Security, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Menstrual symptoms can severely affect a person’s working life. To combat this, the idea of menstrual leave has emerged. This legal measure allows workers to take time off when their period symptoms are too difficult to manage at work.
It falls under the umbrella of menstrual health, a relatively new and broad concept that looks at menstruation not just as a biological process,…
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By Susan A. Kaplan, Professor of Anthropology, Director of Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center, Bowdoin College
Genevieve LeMoine, Curator, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center, Bowdoin College
Greenland’s inhabitants call it Kalaallit Nunaat, or land of the Kalaallit. It is an Indigenous nation whose relatively few people now mostly govern themselves.
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By Janine Dixon, Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
Jason Nassios, Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
A proposal to change the mix of company taxes would lead to higher national income over time by collecting more from foreign investors.
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