By Anjum Naweed, Professor of Human Factors, CQUniversity Australia
Why do some of us crave surprise and suspense, while others find comfort in instant resolution? Here’s what psychology says.
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By Allison Perlman, Associate Professor of Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine
Josh Shepperd, Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
The U.S. Senate narrowly approved on July 16, 2025, a bill that would claw back federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes money to NPR, PBS and their affiliate stations. The US$9 billion rescission package will withdraw…
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By Innovative Media
Faced with challenges in meeting their academic aspirations, many are drawn to institutions abroad, where they anticipate more advanced curricula, cutting-edge facilities, and greater professional prospects.
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By Joshua Boston, Associate Professor of Political Science, Bowling Green State University
Christopher Krewson, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University
The public typically finds out about the Supreme Court from the news media. And the way reporters have covered the court has recently changed – dramatically.
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By Meaghan Efford, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia
Burrard Inlet, known traditionally as səl̓ilwəɬ (Tsleil-Wat) in the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language, has been the heart of the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) since time immemorial.
The inlet is a water system that wraps through and around what we now know today as the city of Vancouver on the coast of British Columbia. The ecosystem is home to essential habitats for species like Pacific herring, Pacific salmon and harbour seals.
Burrard…
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By Shiva S. Mohan, Research Fellow, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration program, Toronto Metropolitan University
Bill C-2’s expanded enforcement powers and increased risk of status revocation could make the current precarity for migrants much worse.
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By Birte Julia Gippert, Reader in International Relations, University of Liverpool
The country of Bosnia and Herzegovina is embroiled in a crisis that may affect its political future and the stability of the western Balkans. Recent events in the bitterly divided country read a little like a spy novel. But the tensions that threaten three decades of tenuous peace since the region was torn apart by ethnic strife in the 1990s are only too real.
On February 26, 300 armed Hungarian police officers in civilian clothes crossed…
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By Robert Dover, Professor of Intelligence and National Security & Dean of Faculty, University of Hull
During his 2024 US presidential election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said he would declassify and release the files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting his sex trafficking trial.
The so-called Epstein files are thought to contain contacts, communications and – perhaps most crucially – flight logs. Epstein’s private aircraft was the means by which to visit what has been later termed “paedophile…
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By Jamie Benham, Endocrinologist & Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Pauline McDonagh Hull, PhD Candidate, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Robyn Vettese, Research Assistant (Community Scholar), Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects about one in 10 women and is linked to health risks including cardiovascular disease. But it’s still under-recognized, under-diagnosed and under-treated.
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By Sam Routley, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Western University
Rather than continuing to retaliate with tariffs of its own, the Canadian government has begun to confess that such a tactic may be a losing battle against Donald Trump.
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