By Jonathan Wilansky, PhD Student, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
Canada produces an enormous amount of waste. In 2020, total solid waste across the country hit 36 million tonnes.
Most of this garbage, known in the industry as residual waste, ends up in landfills or incinerators. Aside from shrinking landfill space and the environmental toll of burning trash, this approach to waste management…
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By Julie Dobrow, Teaching Professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University
Programs took different approaches to helping young viewers grapple with the horrors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks – lessons that still apply in today’s media environment.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Prime Minister of Hungary, Péter Magyar, giving a speech in the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, August 27, 2026. © 2026 Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via AP Photo Hungary’s government has extended until December 31 the “state of crisis caused by mass migration,” prolonging an emergency regime introduced in 2016 despite the absence of the conditions that could justify its continued use. Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced on September 4 that the government would extend the measure, which was due to expire on September 7. Magyar said the four-month…
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By Wayne van Zijl, Associate Professor and CLM Assistant Dean of Research, University of the Witwatersrand
Imagine being asked to prepare monthly reports that all demand their own classifications, measurement bases and templates.
This is the reality that nonprofit organisations (NPOs) face across the world.
In a recent paper, my co-authors and I present findings from interviews with 21 nonprofit stakeholders from South Africa, the UK, the US, Sweden and Uganda. The aim was to understand the reporting challenges they faced, and to consider possible solutions.
One NPO spends two weeks…
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By Ralph Hamann, Professor, University of Cape Town
Amelia Clarke, Professor of Sustainability Management, University of Waterloo
Domenico Dentoni, Professor of Business, Resilience, and Transformation, Montpellier Business School
Frank de Bakker, Professor of Business and Society, IÉSEG School of Management
Martina Linnenluecke, Professor at UTS Business School; Centre for Climate Risk and Resilience, University of Technology Sydney
Partnerships need to grapple with the tension between what to preserve and what to change rather than be paralysed by it.
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By Felix Dube, Lecturer in the Department of Public Law, University of Venda
South Africa’s new electricity pricing policy reflects some changes but fails to guarantee more free power for millions who need it.
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By Jia B. Kangbai, Senior lecturer, Njala University
Drawing lessons from Sierra Leone and having watched the mid-2026 outbreak in the DRC, I conclude that it risks become a global epidemic.
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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
Iran’s threat to target American warships with an enhanced ballistic missile appears to mark a new and potentially more dangerous phase of the Middle East conflict, six months in. Tehran says its solid-fuel Qassem Basir missile enables it to “take action against any threat, even before it is carried out”. Reports have suggested that the Qassem Basir was the missile used in tests Iran claimed…
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By Christophe Jaffrelot, Directeur de recherche au CERI, Sciences Po
The recent student protests in India reflect the difficulties faced by a middle class whose growth has slowed significantly in recent years.
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By Chris Arsenault, Chair of the Master of Media in Journalism and Communication Program (MMJC) and assistant professor of journalism, Western University
Interviews with reporters funded by the government’s Local Journalism Initiative reveal no evidence of political interference but clear examples of pressure from advertisers.
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