By Marie Helweg-Larsen, Professor of Psychology, Dickinson College
Unstructured play – especially the kind that allows kids to test their limits – can help children become competent, independent adults.
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By Valérie Mérindol, Enseignant chercheur en management de l'innovation et de la créativité, PSB Paris School of Business; European Academy of Management (EURAM)
Alexandra Le Chaffotec, Enseignant chercheur en économie des organisations et économie de la santé, PSB Paris School of Business
Ignasi Capdevila, Associate Professor in Management & Strategy, PSB Paris School of Business
Companies have a lot to gain from implementing external corporate innovation programs such as sending their employees on work placements in open labs.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The government will change the rules and contain cutbacks to the concessional treatment of electric vehicles that will save the government $1.7 billion.
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By Julie Ada Tchoukou, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
When Canada abstained from a recent vote at the United Nations on a resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity, the decision may have appeared cautious, even procedural.
It was neither.
Abstention, in this situation, is not neutral position. It’s a firm stance — one that carries legal, political and historical…
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By Jane E. Sanders, Associate Professor, King’s School of Social Work, Western University
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and intensified an already disproportionate burden of caregiving, emotional labour and financial inequality by women — a burden that remains largely invisible.
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By Tamara Krawchenko, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
Wars release massive emissions, and they are being generated with no formal mechanism to record them, and no accountability for the climate costs that affect people in conflict zones and far beyond.
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Monday, May 4, 2026
Media freedom is not a given and its absence frequently leaves communities and vulnerable individuals in danger. To mark World Press Freedom Day, we’ll be hearing from UN agencies, along with war correspondents and reporters who face major obstacles trying to do their job. The aim is to get a better understanding about what press freedom means in practice and why it is worth defending.
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By Amnesty International
An innovative new research briefing by Amnesty International breaks down the “virulent cocktail” of xenophobic, racist and misogynistic hate targeting racialized women and LGBTQI+ people in Canada. The Hate is Intersectional: Xenophobic Technology-facilitates Gender-Based Violence (TfGBV) against Racialized Women and 2SLGBTQIA+ People in Canada exposes a playbook of toxic tropes and tactics spreading across social media as anti-immigrant rhetoric rises both online and offline. Launching alongside […] The post Canada: Xenophobic, racist tropes drive online hate against racialized women and LGBTQI+ people …
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By Laura
While African capitals announce their national AI strategies and tech giants launch their “innovation hubs” across the continent, millions of households are still living without reliable electricity.
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By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
The ABC has revealed a major cybersecurity flaw in Bluetooth-enabled police tasers and body-worn cameras that means officers can be tracked.
The exposé shows how anyone can use simple software tools to detect the presence of a police officer carrying one of these pieces of equipment. Not only can you detect their presence, but it is possible to track their location over time – representing a potential threat, especially to those operating covertly.
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