By Paul Hamilton, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
Tristan Sheppard, Graduate M.A., Nationalism, Brock University
Arguments over Canada’s national symbols, from a new flag in the 1960s to new passports two years ago, reveal how deeply some Canadians are attached to them and how they can shape nationalism.
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By Paul Wawrzynkowski, PhD candidate, Universitat de Barcelona
Josep Lloret, Investigador científico (senior researcher)., Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM-CSIC)
The oceans – engines of life on Earth and our single greatest climate regulator – are caught in a catch 22. We urgently need to decarbonise our economy, which means rolling out renewable energy on a massive scale, including offshore sources such as fixed and floating wind farms. However, we also have to protect the seas – the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework has…
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By Janine Mendes-Franco
Her winning entry, set in the hold of a slave ship, explores how enslaved Africans – even as they figure out to how survive – reclaim their identity by sharing their stories.
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By Human Rights Watch
Emergency services work at the site of Okhmatdyt children’s hospital hit by Russian missiles, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 8, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka Federal prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro should ask a court to issue an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia if he visits Brazil for the summit meeting on July 6 and 7, 2025 of BRICS, the Broad Democratic Front for Human Rights, a Brazilian organization, Truth Hounds, an Ukrainian organization, and Human Rights Watch, an international organization, said today. BRICS is a group of nations, including Brazil and Russia,…
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By Rebecca Brownlow, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Sheffield Hallam University
James Heydon, Assistant Professor, Environmental Criminology, University of Nottingham
Maria Val Martin, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Sheffield
Early one October afternoon in 2023, thick grey smoke drifted across Sheffield’s western skyline. As much of the city became blanketed, residents turned to social media to complain about “bonfire smoke”, while others were forced to leave the city due to breathing difficulties.
However, this smoke did not originate within the city. It was drifting in from the Peak District, more than nine miles away, where controlled…
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By Emma Stafford, Professor of Greek Culture, University of Leeds
The muses must spend the whole evening on costume changes, appearing in a series of fabulous frocks, each more spectacular than the last.
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By Paul Hough, Lecturer Sport & Exercise Physiology , University of Westminster
From running and knee health to calorie tracking, a sport and exercise scientist answers some of the most common fitness questions .
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By Christian van Nieuwerburgh, Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Nearly one in four people globally say they feel alone. Why radical listening could be the antidote to a lonely, distracted world.
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By Samira Mehta, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
Traditional Jewish ceremonies, like Christian ones, marked a woman’s transition from daughter to wife − going from her parents to her husband. But there are creative ways to reflect gender equality while honoring tradition.
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By Katherine Gregory, Assistant Professor, University Libraries, Mississippi State University
Libraries and archives at universities across the nation catalog and steward the donated papers of members of Congress. But that historically significant work is now in jeopardy.
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