By Julie Trafford, Associate Professor for Planetary Health, Auckland University of Technology
The popular new drug can bring dramatic weight loss for some patients. But for NZ, tackling a rising obesity epidemic is likely to require much broader change.
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By Rebecca J. Collie, Professor of Learning Sciences, Monash University
Andrew J. Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Sydney
There are 3 key things high schools can do right from the start to support students to stay until Year 12.
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By Emma Quilty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Excellence for The Elimination of Violence Against Women, Monash University
Thousands of men around the world, including in Australia, have formed online communities to trade in rape content and advice. They do it to impress one another.
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By Maria Bhatti, Senior Lecturer in Law, Western Sydney University
Many Muslim Australians who observe the Islamic prohibition on interest cannot get government help to buy their first home unless they compromise on their faith.
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By Aleksandra Mineyko, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neurology, University of Calgary
I’m a pediatric neurologist. Over four months in 2026, I wrote 16 parallel letters via email to the Alberta and federal governments on eight public policy topics. The letters were individually written, evidence-based and non-partisan, but relevant to current political discourse in Alberta.
What I observed were four patterns that raised concerns about structural governance failure. Across all party lines and levels of government, elected officials and their offices appeared to avoid substantive engagement in a consistent and similar manner.
It’s worth understanding these…
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By Nina-Marie Lister, Professor, School of Urban & Regional Planning, Toronto Metropolitan University
We are all familiar with the built infrastructure we rely on every day. However, we don’t think as much about the critical value of nature.
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By Md Masuduzzaman, Postdoctoral Fellow, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Elkafi Hassini, Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
By improving how freshness data is measured and shared, Canada can waste less food, lower costs for households, reduce emissions and build a more resilient food system
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By Christophe Premat, Professor, Canadian and Cultural Studies, Stockholm University
Canadian author and illustrator Jon Klassen has won the the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, one of the world’s most prestigious distinctions in children’s literature.
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By Brendon Novel, Candidat au doctorat en science politique, Université de Montréal
In a region crucial to global trade, ideological rivals may now be working together. United Nations and American intelligence reports suggest that Yemen’s Houthi insurgents and the Somali group Al-Shabaab — considered Al-Qaeda’s strongest affiliate — are exchanging logistical and military resources, despite having no formal alliance.
These reported exchanges involve military technology, potentially expanding Al-Shabaab’s operational reach beyond Somalia and…
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By Paul Bowen, Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Construction Economics and Management, University of Cape Town
Rajen Govender, Professor Extraordinaire at the Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa; University of Cape Town
The first shipment of Lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable that prevents HIV with two shots a year, arrived in South Africa from the United States in early April 2026. Clinical trials showed close to 100% efficacy. The rollout, expected to begin in June 2026, prioritises…
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