By Johanathan Woodworth, Assistant Professor, Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
AI policy guiding university learning and teacher education must address how technology changes the social and emotional conditions of teaching and learning.
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By Stuart Phillips, Professor, Kinesiology, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health, McMaster University
Research has moved past the question of whether we can live longer. The new question is whether we’re willing to invest — seriously, equitably and early — in the things that will help us live better.
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By Xavier Parent-Rocheleau, Professor, HEC Montréal
Julie (M.É) Garneau, professeur, relations industrielles, spécialiste de la transformation du travail et des relations du travail à l'ère numérique, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
Vincent Pasquier, Professeur en GRH et relations professionnelles, HEC Montréal
AI promises more productive, more enjoyable “augmented work.” Our survey of 4,595 Quebec employees shows otherwise: uneven, ambivalent, poorly managed effects.
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By Linton Munyai, Senior Lecturer, University of Limpopo
As plastic waste spreads across communal grazing land, smallholder farmers are losing livestock, income and an important source of food and security.
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By Lars Buur, Professor in Political Economy of Development and interim Head of Department, Roskilde University
In South Africa and Kenya, some green energy projects have deprived local communities of land and livelihoods instead of sharing the benefits.
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By Jonathan Munemo, Professor of Economics, Salisbury University
Africa still needs millions of better-paying jobs and higher productivity to reduce poverty. What has changed is the route to achieving those goals.
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Saturday, August 8, 2026
As climate change reshapes Indigenous territories across Brazil, a new generation is turning to culture and digital platforms to defend their lands and their future.
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By Marta M. Elvira, Profesora Ordinaria de Direccion Estrategica y Dirección de Personas, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra)
Nils Neumann, Graduate student, sociology, University of Michigan
Olivier Godechot, Professor in sociology, Sciences Po
Try to imagine the history of New York without Wall Street, or London without the City. It’s not easy.
Hosting a country’s main financial markets shapes a city’s identity, raises its profile and creates jobs. But there are trade-offs. By acting as a magnet for high-paying finance jobs and related professions, many financial cities suffer from particularly high levels of income inequality.
In fact, alongside globalisation and the clustering of highly skilled workers, our research has found that the presence of a financial market is a major driver of the growing concentration…
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By Amnesty International
Responding to a New Mexico judge’s ruling that Meta’s platform design harmed children, Amnesty International USA’s Deputy Director of Research, Justin Mazzola, said: “This verdict is an important step towards creating safer social media for children and young people. For years, Amnesty International has warned that major social media platforms have been designed to maximize engagement and profit, while failing to adequately protect children’s rights. “Crucially, the court went beyond […] The post USA: New Mexico Meta ruling an important step towards safer social media for children appeared…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the acting Venezuelan government’s decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), as confirmed on 6 August, Ana Piquer, Amnesty International’s Americas Director, said: “The Venezuelan government’s regretful decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute is the last step in a long string of efforts to avoid scrutiny […] The post Venezuela: International scrutiny and justice must prevail in face of government’s efforts to ignore victims’ rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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