By Taiwo Afolabi, Full Professor/CRC in Socially Engaged Theatre; Director, C-SET, University of Regina
Deniz Ünsal, Assistant Professor, Communication & Culture, Royal Roads University
Conversations with Black, Indigenous and racialized artists in Western Canada point to key ways to protect and deepen equity-driven practices across cultural sectors.
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By Michael Price, Adjunct professor, Department of Biology, Simon Fraser University
Jonathan Moore, Professor of Aquatic Ecology, Simon Fraser University
Every year, Pacific salmon return from the ocean to the rivers and streams where they were born. These migrations nourish ecosystems, sustain Indigenous cultures and support fisheries that people across Western Canada rely on. Yet something essential has quietly eroded: Canada’s efforts to count wild salmon.
That loss of basic information matters. It becomes especially important at a time when major industrial decisions affecting salmon watersheds are being made more quickly, and with less ecological information than…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Despite the Coalition reforming, heavy pressure still remains on Sussan Ley as a new poll makes for dire reading for the Liberal party.
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By Ricardo Jorge Moreira Goulão Santos, Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
Elina Penttinen, Partnerships and Programme Officer, United Nations University
When floods submerged parts of Mozambique after heavy rains in 2000, a baby girl was born in a tree, where her mother clung as the Limpopo river waters rose. The baby was nicknamed Rosita in the press. Her survival became a symbol of the country’s grit.
But her story, once a symbol of hope, now frames a harder truth.
Sadly, Rosita’s life was cut short on 12 January 2026.…
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By Oluwafemi E. Adeyeri, Research Fellow in Climate Science, Australian National University
By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.
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By David Richard Walwyn, Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
South African homes need two-way meters so that they can feed extra solar power from home systems and electric vehicles back to the grid.
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By Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, Professor and Chair of Allied Health Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University
East Africa loves football. From the streets of Nairobi and the markets of Kampala to the beaches of Dar es Salaam, the passion for soccer is an undeniable current running through the region. Yet, despite fan support, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania haven’t translated this enthusiasm into sustained international success.
A new book that draws on the career-long…
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Saturday, February 7, 2026
While new digital technologies are transforming how the Holocaust is remembered and taught, experts warn that sustainability, ethics and collaboration are now as important as creativity to keep a global memory alive of Nazi Germany’s genocide that killed six million Jewish people and millions of others during the Second World War.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Greek emergency personnel wait to transfer bodies of dead migrants, following migrant's boat collision with coast guard off the island of Chios, in the port of Chios, Greece, February 3, 2026. © 2026 Konstantinos Anagnostou/Reuters On February 3, a devastating collision between a Greek Coast Guard vessel and a migrant boat occurred off the Greek island of Chios. The collision, which resulted in 15 deaths and 24 people injured, including 11 children, raises serious questions about the actions of the Greek Coast Guard at sea.Although officials were quick to…
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Friday, February 6, 2026
The UN reiterated concerns on Friday over reports that Israeli forces sprayed a highly toxic herbicide over areas north of the Blue Line separating Lebanon from Israel on 1 February.
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