By Philippe Le Billon, Professor, Geography Department and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
Rising tensions between the United States, Israel and Iran have sent oil prices surging. While households and governments face higher costs, parts of the fossil fuel industry stand to gain billions.
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By Madelaine Vanderwerff, Associate Professor, University Library, Mount Royal University
Sara Sharun, Associate Professor, University Library, Mount Royal University
Some Canadian universities are exploring automatic textbook billing programs — sometimes called academic materials programs or “inclusive access” programs.
These are institutional agreements with vendors to provide digital access to course materials, and automatically charge students for them as part of their fees.
Concerns with…
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By James Ley, Deputy Books + Ideas Editor, The Conversation
Jo Case, Senior Deputy Books + Ideas Editor, The Conversation
These 5 books explore Iran’s Islamic Revolution through religion, politics, mythology and personal experience – and take you inside its prisons.
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By James Quach, Science Leader, Quantum Batteries Team, CSIRO
You’re late for an important appointment. Just as you are leaving your house, you realise your phone is flat.
Imagine you could charge it almost instantly by exploiting the strange rules of quantum physics. That’s the promise of quantum batteries.
My colleagues and I at CSIRO have developed the world’s first quantum battery prototypes – and the direction the technology has taken is surprising.
Collective quantum effects
You may have heard of the peculiar
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By Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University
Lucas Walsh, Professor of Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies, Monash University
On Tuesday, the Victorian government announced it is revamping its student reporting for public schools.
As part of a broader push to cut down on teachers’ paperwork, it will simplify the reports that go home to families. This includes a
new approach to reduce the time teachers spend writing reports, while still giving families…
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By Mohsin Malik, Associate Professor, Project Management, Swinburne University of Technology
Guy Morrow, Associate Professor, Arts and Cultural Management, The University of Melbourne
New research finds streaming algorithms aren’t killing Australian music, but they do make it harder for emerging local artists to be discovered.
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By Kathy Kiely, Professor and Lee Hills Chair of Free Press Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia
Americans have been able to know what troops at war are facing, and make informed decisions about the war’s cost, because a free press has been able to tell the story − good or bad. Can it still?
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By Amirreza Torabizadeh, PhD candidate, Civil Engineering, Concordia University
Emre Erkmen, Assistant Professor, Structural Engineering, Concordia University
When a large hole recently opened up in the deck of a bridge in Châteauguay, Québec, many people were understandably alarmed. Some residents even expressed hesitation about using the bridge after seeing images of exposed reinforcing steel and damaged concrete, and some told local media they were reluctant to cross it.
For drivers…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the summoning of former Public Defender (ombudsman) Ucha Nanuashvili by Georgia’s State Security Service over his communication with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director, said: “The summoning of prominent human rights defender Ucha Nanuashvili over his reported cooperation with […] The post Georgia: Authorities’ response to damning OSCE report amounts to “witch-hunt” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
In response to the Algerian police sealing the Algiers office of SOS Disappeared, a human rights organization advocating for accountability for the thousands forcibly disappeared in the 1990s conflict, on 16 March 2026, Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International said: “The forced closure of SOS Disappeared is a devastating blow to the fight for truth, justice and reparations in Algeria. By sealing the offices […] The post Algeria: Authorities must reverse closure of SOS Disappeared and uphold civil society’s demands for truth and…
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