By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024. © 2024 Hannes P Albert/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo (Sydney) – Australia has refused to commit to reforms for the incarceration of children, offshore detention of asylum seekers, and phasing out fossil fuels, despite repeated calls to do so from United Nations member countries, Human Rights Watch said today.In its written response to its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council, the Albanese Labor government accepted just 128 of the 332 recommendations…
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By Shaun Eaves, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Cathrine Dyer, Lecturer in Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
James Renwick, Professor of Physical Geography (Climate Science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Earlier this month, Wellington declared a local state of emergency, including evacuation orders, when forecast powerful swells threatened to inundate coastal properties.
Hundreds of people evacuated, but when the damage and inundation remained limited, mainstream and social…
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By Daria Dergacheva
The main risk lies in the list of “safe third countries” — if Russian citizens pass through those countries, they could be denied refugee status and sent back.
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By Marguerite Xenopoulos, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Change of Freshwater Ecosystems, Trent University
Paul Frost, David Schindler Professor of Aquatic Science, Trent University
Algal blooms are not maintenance failures requiring paint or treatment with hydrogen peroxide and nanobubbles. They are ecological warning signs.
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By Andrew Stevens, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Regina
Charles Smith, Professor, Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan
A Senate committee is recommending a permanent tribunal that could ban strikes in federally regulated industries. The proposal would gut constitutional protections workers won in court.
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By Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University
Resilient urban mobility can be created by giving people options that ensure they can still move around when a shock affects one form of transportation.
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By Perri Tutelman, Assistant Professor & Clinical Psychologist, University of Calgary
Fiona Schulte, Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Calgary
A new national research agenda, shaped by patients, caregivers and clinicians, will guide the future of adolescent and young adult cancer research in Canada.
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By Carole Gerson, Professor emerita, English Department, Simon Fraser University
By celebrating our authors — especially on Canada Day — we honour their role in shaping, illuminating, and preserving our unique Canadian culture.
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By UntoldMag
European companies ship hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste to Morocco each year, erasing the pollution from their books while families in Casablanca choke on the smoke.
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By Dylan Bird, Lecturer in Journalism, RMIT University
The former TV host can now follow a well-worn right-wing path in the US and UK. Getting fired was likely the best thing he could have done for his brand.
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