By Perri Tutelman, Assistant Professor & Clinical Psychologist, University of Calgary
Fiona Schulte, Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Calgary
A new national research agenda, shaped by patients, caregivers and clinicians, will guide the future of adolescent and young adult cancer research in Canada.
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By Carole Gerson, Professor emerita, English Department, Simon Fraser University
By celebrating our authors — especially on Canada Day — we honour their role in shaping, illuminating, and preserving our unique Canadian culture.
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By UntoldMag
European companies ship hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste to Morocco each year, erasing the pollution from their books while families in Casablanca choke on the smoke.
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By Dylan Bird, Lecturer in Journalism, RMIT University
The former TV host can now follow a well-worn right-wing path in the US and UK. Getting fired was likely the best thing he could have done for his brand.
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By Andrea Carson, Professor of Political Communication, The University of Melbourne
Finley Watson, PhD Candidate, Politics, La Trobe University
The Stefanovic saga represents a high-profile example of the transfer of journalism’s hard-earned credibility into a rapidly growing alternative media sphere.
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By Justin Visagie, Associate Professor at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Ruth Castel-Branco, Senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
The economic and social conditions in which anti-migrant sentiment has exploded in South Africa include high joblessness and a collapse of government services.
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By Jude Pierre Louis
”[It’s] more than a simple qualification for a football competition; it is a message for the whole world [...] Haiti is not summarised by gang violence, dirt and misery.”
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By Shannon Kirby
The advance of these technologies is not occurring as an exception. They are established silently, without public debate, without transparency and without people knowing the fate of their data
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the news that a Tunisian court has sentenced Sihem Bensedrine to 25 years in prison after being convicted on bogus charges in connection with her work as the President of the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD), Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard said: “This verdict is an utter travesty of justice. It is outrageous […] The post Tunisia: 25-year-prison term for prominent human rights defender Sihem Bensedrine an outrageous injustice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to news that Kazakhstani authorities have detained Batikha Bilashkyzy, whose brother, Serikzhan Bilash, is a human rights defender and the founder of the Atajurt movement, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “Batikha Bilashkyzy’s detention on apparently politically motivated and fabricated fraud charges is deeply alarming. She must be released […] The post Kazakhstan: Authorities must end apparent reprisals against relatives of Atajurt activists appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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