By Gio Dolcecore, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Mount Royal University
Celeste Pang, Assistant Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, Mount Royal University
Alberta’s Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, though it claims to be rooted in equity and safety, is a discriminatory law that excludes transgender girls and women from sports.
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By Steven Siems, Professor in Cloud Microphysics, Monash University
Zhaoyang Kong, PhD Candidate, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
The Southern Ocean is the engine room of global heat and carbon uptake – and it’s changing faster and more dramatically than we thought.
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By Trevor Ryan, Indigenous Cultural Advisor, Centre for People Place and Planet & School of Education, Edith Cowan University
Clint Bracknell, Professor of Music, The University of Western Australia
Jonathan W. Marshall, Associate Professor & Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
Noongar dance can restore connections between those who live in Perth and the sharks who swim in the city’s river.
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By Katie Lee, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland
Most of us know sunscreen is a key way to protect areas of our skin not easily covered by clothes from excessive ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
But it’s been a rough year for sunscreens.
In June, testing by Choice identified 16 products on Australian shelves that don’t provide the SPF protection they claimed.
In July, the Therapeutic Goods Administration…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, look on. © 2025 AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson (Washington, DC) – The Trump administration’s latest actions on immigration policy appear to be based on punitive hostility toward people of particular nationalities and carry an unmistakable current of racism as well, Human Rights Watch said today. The administration recently suspended immigration processing for…
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By Brian Hioe
“All five Central Asian landlocked states were particularly focused on turning the limitations of being “landlocked” into advantages of being “landlinked”; to be an inseparable part of global connectivity networks and beneficiaries of them.”
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By Joshua Kastenberg, Professor of Law, University of New Mexico
Allegations are swirling around a US military strike on an alleged drug boat that resulted in 2 civilian deaths. A military law scholar outlines how facts and accountability can be determined.
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By Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury
The International Court has set out clear rules for addressing climate change – and the rights of states to take legal action against others for breaching them.
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to today’s vote by the Faroese parliament (the ‘Lagtinget’/‘Løgting’) to amend the law to permit access to abortion on request up until the end of the twelfth week of pregnancy, Turið Maria, Director of Amnesty International Faroe Islands said: “Today’s vote amending the Faroe Islands’ deeply outdated and restrictive abortion law is an important […] The post Faroe Islands: Vote to amend outdated law “an important step towards safe and legal abortion” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi (L) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the Serena Hotel in Rubavu, Rwanda, on June 25, 2021. © 2021 Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images The accord signed today by Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda President Paul Kagame at the White House in Washington, DC, is being heralded as a breakthrough for regional cooperation over confrontation.If implemented with transparency and meaningful participation, it could help stabilize eastern Congo and create the foundations for…
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