By James Martin, Associate Professor in Criminology, Deakin University
Edward Jegasothy, Senior lecturer, School is Public Health, University of Sydney
Where there’s demand, there will be supply, legal or not. From the ‘sly grog’ of the 1920s to the illicit vapes of today, getting regulation right is difficult.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
Polls have the combined primary vote for Labor and the Greens dropping. But there’s no sign of a boost for the Coalition after its leadership change.
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By Nicola Parsons, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Sydney
First published in 1725, Fantomina tells of a woman who adopts disguises to keep her lover’s attention. While avoiding moralism, it skirts questions of consent.
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By Muhammad Ilyas Nadeem, PhD Candidate in Obesity & Diabetes | Public Scholar (2024-2025), Concordia University
Cristina Sanza, Digital Journalism Instructor, Centre for Journalism Experimentation (JEX) Researcher, Concordia University
Jessica Murphy, Research Associate, Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University
Sylvia Santosa, Professor and former Canada Research Chair Tier 2 - Clinical Nutrition, Concordia University
Canada has quietly become an unexpected leader in global obesity care guidelines, but care at home — where one in four adults now lives with obesity — remains slow and uneven.
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By Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Western University
Concern over ICE’s role in the 2026 Men’s World Cup loom over the tournament given the events unfolding in Minneapolis and across the U.S., heightening calls to boycott the tournament.
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By Joceline Andersen, Assistant Teaching Professor in Communication and English, Thompson Rivers University
Finding a famous face in an unexpected place is strangely thrilling, and cameos in Marty Supreme and other films are part of the art of casting.
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Monday, February 23, 2026
In Geneva, delegates from more than 120 countries gathered on Monday to mark 20 years of the UN Human Rights Council and a shared commitment to international law, amid runaway global instability, wars and resurgent conflict.
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By Morag Rose, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Liverpool
I love walking, and think it can change the world, but I hate wellbeing walks. I’m more interested in how walking can connect us to the places we dwell and the people we dwell with.
As a disabled person, wellbeing narratives frequently ignore my needs. They assume a standard body and often have a moralistic or bossy tone. They can ignore individual access needs and structural inequalities.
My walking is slow and sometimes painful. It is made possible by the NHS, orthotics (specialised, removable…
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By Aishwarya Viswamitra, PhD Researcher, School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University
Sanju Pal built a successful career in management consulting, winning major awards and working at a senior level. Then her health changed.
After being diagnosed with severe endometriosis and undergoing surgery, she returned to work but struggled with pain and fatigue. Months later, she was dismissed for not meeting performance targets. What followed was years of legal action, culminating in a January 2026 ruling that she had experienced discrimination arising from disability under the Equality…
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By Daniel Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Sheffield Hallam University
Shilajit has been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine, but are modern proponents right to claim that it raises testosterone levels?
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