By Sarah Elton, Assistant Professor, Eakin Chair in Critical Qualitative Health Research Methodology, University of Toronto
Aparna Raghu Menon, PhD Candidate in Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
High food prices are a systemic issue, and government should prioritize strengthening food system infrastructure rather than opening public grocery stores.
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By Reetika Revathy Subramanian, Senior Research Associate, Global Development, University of East Anglia
Long before climate science named the crisis, women across the world were registering these shifts in another language – through song.
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By Louis Volante, Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University
The bill is likely to create new challenges for public schools serving children and youth, as well as for university Faculties of Education aiming to prepare the next generations of teachers.
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By Emmanuelle Marceau, Professeure associée à l'École de santé publique, Université de Montréal
AI now makes it possible to communicate with the dead. But these digital avatars raise significant ethical questions about our relationship with mortality.
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By Thomas Clements, Lecturer, University of Reading
At the time of the dinosaurs, the oceans were teeming with life. Below the waves, giant marine reptiles, such as the fearsome 4m (13ft) long mosasaurs, were the undisputed apex predators.
In artistic reconstructions of these ancient oceans, cephalopods – the animal group that includes squid, cuttlefish, octopuses, and their ancestors – are almost always portrayed as prey, often seen desperately swimming away from the jaws of a marine reptile to avoid becoming lunch.
However, a remarkable new fossil…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Spellman Bernard Smith, Jr., 78, center, stands in line with other voters at Rosemont Middle School in Norfolk, Virginia, on Election Day, November 8, 2016, to cast his vote. Smith, who has a felony conviction, recently had his voting rights restored and was able to cast a vote for president for the first time. © 2016 Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP (New York) – Legislation advancing in Maryland and Alabama would expand voting rights for people with felony convictions, marking significant progress in the movement to expand voting rights for all,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Players of Afghan Women's United football team receive support from Tunisian players after the FIFA Unites: Women's Series 2025 on October 29 in Casablanca, Morocco. © 2025 Francois Nel - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images (Vancouver) – The FIFA Council’s decision to approve amendments to its Governance Regulations provides a landmark opportunity to ensure gender equity and human rights in sport, the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) said today. These changes allow for the official recognition of the Afghanistan Women’s National Team in exile, ensuring that the players…
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By Amnesty International
FIFA President Gianni Infantino must tell member associations gathering tomorrow at the 76th FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Canada, how he will ensure that the world’s biggest sporting tournament does not become a stage for repression and a platform for authoritarian practices, Amnesty International said today. “With just six weeks until the 2026 World Cup kicks […] The post Global: Gianni Infantino must use FIFA congress speech to commit to a World Cup free from deportations, detentions and repression appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
One of the frontrunners in the landmark by-election, independent Michelle Milthorpe, as well as One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce, also joined us on the podcast.
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By Andrea Carson, Professor of Political Communication, La Trobe University
Diana Bossio, Associate Professor of Digital Communication, RMIT University
The government’s latest attempt to make big companies pay for the journalism that bolsters their profits has benefits, but also risks.
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