By Robin Kramer, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, University of Lincoln
If you’ve seen portraits painted by Pablo Picasso or Francis Bacon, you might not be surprised to hear that both men may have suffered from a disorder that affects how faces are perceived.
Prosopometamorphopsia (PMO) is a condition where faces appear distorted, and sometimes even demonic. In most cases, these distortions…
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By Maren Aukerman, Werklund Research Professor of Education, University of Calgary
Alberta’s new social studies curriculum misses the mark on child development, lacks adequate opportunities for critical thinking and neglects teaching about colonization.
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By Charles-Francois de Lannoy, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
Bassel A. Abdelkader, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
Jocelyn Riet, Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto
Global warming is making the oceans more acidic. Our work aims to design realistic systems to reduce this acidity, and remove carbon from the atmosphere in the process.
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By Amelia Austin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mathison Centre for Youth Mental Health and Education, University of Calgary
Gina Dimitropoulos, Associate professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary
Sheri Madigan, Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
Tracy Vaillancourt, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Parents and other supportive adults can learn to recognize young people’s symptoms of disordered eating, which is a spectrum of unhealthy eating patterns and behaviour.
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By Human Rights Watch
The Indonesian military apologized to “all Papuan people” and detained 13 soldiers from an elite battalion in West Java who had tortured a Papuan man in Gome, Central Papua. Click to expand Image A video still shows Indonesian soldiers seriously mistreating a Papuan man in their custody in Gome, Central Papua, March 2024. © A video posted to social media shows three soldiers in army undershirts brutally beating Definus Kogoya, a young Papuan man, who had his hands tied behind him and been placed inside a drum filled with water. The soldiers taunted Kogoya with racist slurs, kicking…
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By Jack L. Rozdilsky, Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
A cargo ship leaving the Port of Baltimore collided with a bridge in a technological disaster that may have claimed the lives of up to six maintenance workers on the bridge at the time.
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By Amnesty International
The Tunisian authorities’ growing judicial harassment and intimidation of lawyers solely for discharging their professional duties violates their rights and undermines access to justice and effective remedies for victims of human rights violations, said Amnesty International, a day ahead of the verdict in the case of lawyer Abdelaziz Essid who is being tried on spurious […] The post Tunisia: Authorities’ targeting of lawyers undermines access to justice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
As the two-week deadline for the enactment of the law on “foreign representatives,” adopted by the Kyrgyzstani Parliament, approaches, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General at Amnesty International, said: “It is imperative that President Sadyr Japarov vetoes a law which will have far-reaching implications on the ability of civil society to contribute supporting the realisation of the […] The post Kyrgyzstan: Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard’s call to veto restrictive NGO law appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
The armed conflict between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) is one of the longest running in modern history. It’s also open to various interpretations, stories and misinformation. Learning more about the roots causes of violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel is important to help us prevent future violations and for the […] The post Understanding the Long Roots of Violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Haitians forced to flee their homes amid spiraling criminal violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 9, 2024. © 2024 Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images (Washington, DC, March 28, 2024) – United Nations Security Council members should address the deteriorating situation in Haiti by keeping their promise to the Haitian people and urgently acting to restore basic security, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. Human Rights Watch recommended six key measures to allow for democratic governance, human rights protections, and access to essential…
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