By Christina Clark-Kazak, Professor, Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Canada’s Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) was established in 1967 to respond to historic racism and nationality bias in Canada’s immigration system. Granting points for age, education, official language skills, Canadian work experience and family ties, the CRS ranks applicants for permanent residency.
The federal government recently…
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By Kariũki Kĩrigia, Assistant Professor, School of the Environment and African Studies Centre, University of Toronto
Tropes against African Indigenous communities linger and continue to shape conservation, which has led to “protective” and often punitive regulations.
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By Hugo G. Lapierre, Professeur adjoint en technologies éducatives, Université de Montréal
Normand Roy, Professeur titulaire, Département de psychopédagogie et d'andragogie, Université de Montréal
Patrick Charland, Professeur titulaire / Full professor, Département de didactique, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
How provinces approach digital learning and AI literacy will shape to what extent this is grounded in critical thinking and ethical reflection.
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By Jake Okechukwu Effoduh, Assistant Professor, School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University
Canada has no law that directly prohibits retailers from using your personal data to decide what you pay. Manitoba wants to change that. The federal government, for now, does not.
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By François Racine, Professeur-chercheur en design urbain et urbanisme, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
As the baby boomer generation ages, cities must rethink the accessibility of public spaces. Comfort, legibility and geometric clarity are the essential elements of an inclusive city.
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By Jerome Amir Singh, Full Professor in Clinical Public Health, Principal Investigator of the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE), Honorary Research Fellow at the Howard College School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal., University of Toronto
Caradee Yael Wright, Chief Specialist Scientist (Public Health), South African Medical Research Council
Extreme heat is not just uncomfortable weather – it is becoming a serious threat to health, jobs and food security across southern Africa, especially for those least able to cope.
Unlike floods, cyclones, wildfires or storms, extreme heat rarely leaves dramatic images of destruction. But it builds without relief, putting strain on people’s bodies, homes and health systems.
In many cases, the danger is intensified when temperatures stay high overnight, leaving little chance to recover.
Read more: Heat…
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By Federico Donelli, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Trieste
Chiara Boldrini, PhD researcher, Università di Bologna
Riccardo Gasco, PhD Candidate, Università di Bologna
India’s engagement in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea basin was, until recently, largely limited to UN peacekeeping operations and anti-piracy patrols.
Since the second half of the 1990s, India has participated in nearly all peacekeeping operations in Africa.
Anti-piracy efforts emerged between 2008…
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By Jaron Porciello, Visiting Fellow in the School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
African food systems import 80% of the fertiliser they need. With Iran as a major producer, supplies are now limited and farming with less fertiliser is important.
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By Bamba Gaye, Adjunct professor, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
While Africa accounts for roughly 25% of the global disease burden, its people are largely invisible in randomised controlled trials.
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By Amnesty International
Authorities across East and Southern Africa continued their campaigns of harassment and arbitrary arrests and detention of independent journalists over the past year, Amnesty International said today ahead of World Press Freedom Day. The organization documented sustained intimidation, harassment, and attacks on independent media in several countries in the region. Amnesty International also documented increased […] The post East and Southern Africa: Media freedom under attack amid prevailing impunity appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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