By John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
With Air Canada and WestJet cutting routes and raising fares, Canadian travellers face a summer of compressed options and rising costs.
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By Tianxi Yang, Assistant Professor, Food Science, University of British Columbia
Ling Guo, PhD Student, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
Tzu-Cheng (Ivy) Chiu, Master's Student, Food Science, University of British Columbia
Researchers developed a dual-function biodegradable wash that removes surface pesticide residues and forms a thin protective layer to help fruit stay fresh longer.
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By Jessie-Lee McIsaac, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Early Childhood: Diversity and Transitions, Mount Saint Vincent University
Julie E. Campbell, PhD in Health Candidate; Data Analyst, Mount Saint Vincent University
Melissa (Misty) Rossiter, Professor of Foods and Nutrition, University of Prince Edward Island
Feeding toddlers can be hard, but research sheds insight into how to help children learn to enjoy a variety of foods and recognize when they are hungry and full.
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
In his 1873 book On War, the great Prussian military strategist Carl von Clausewitz wrote that: “War is the realm of uncertainty.” He would have been at home in Washington this week where Clausewitz’s “fog of war” appears to have descended on the White House, at times obscuring reality.
On Tuesday, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, briefed reporters that the US plan was to get the Strait of Hormuz “back to the way it was: anyone can use it, no mines in the water, nobody paying tolls”.
This was, of course, the way things were before the war actually started.
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By Lena Surzhko Harned, Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
Moscow’s influence is Eastern Europe has been slipping of late, including with the loss of a stalwart ally in Hungary. The battleground, as ever, remains Ukraine.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People rally on International Women's Day in Jakarta demanding the Indonesian government pass an anti-discrimination law and ratify the International Labor Organization (ILO) convention concerning the elimination of sexual violence and harassment at work, March 8, 2024. © 2024 Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images Gender stereotypes are such a pervasive part of everyday life that it can be hard to even recognize them—but they do extraordinary damage and are at the root of many forms of inequality and violence.Under the international Convention on the Elimination of All…
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By Michael Parker, Director of Operations, The Conversation
Professor Jeremy Howick, University of Leicester, receiving the 2025 Professor Sir Paul Curran award from Lady Curran, at a celebration of authors’ work.
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By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George's, University of London
Inderjeet Parmar, Professor in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
The US and Israel believed that military superiority would be enough to humble Iran. It looks as if they were wrong.
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By Christian Emery, Associate Professor in International Politics, UCL
Two months into the war in Iran, the reasons the US gave for launching this conflict – and Washington’s minimum criteria for claiming success – now appear unintelligible. So much so that US officials are now arguing the war had actually ended in America’s favour almost a month ago, when the ceasefire came into effect.
It is hard to think…
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By Sisanda Nkoala, Associate professor, University of the Western Cape
How does a medium once branded “the devil’s own box” become the fireplace around which a nation tries to rekindle its broken identity?
This question lies at the heart of our recently published book that marks 50 years since the flicker of the first…
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