By Ryan Durante, PhD Candidate, Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs
To protect our planet’s waters, we need to better understand these new economic and technological factors that underlie disputes over water.
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By Ernest Biktimirov, Professor of Finance, Goodman School of Business, Brock University
If you’re in your 20s or 30s, retirement may be the least urgent item on a long and expensive financial to-do list.
Paying the rent or a mortgage comes first. There may be student loans or credit-card balances to pay off. You might be trying to build an emergency fund or save for a first home. Add higher grocery bills, and retirement can easily become a problem for your future self.
That feeling is understandable. Canadians aged 25 to 44 have recently reported high levels…
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By Kevin Lopuck, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
Izzeddin Hawamda, Faculty Fellow, Canadian Mennonite University
Recent changes to Alberta’s education policies highlight ongoing debates about what can and cannot be taught in classrooms.
In announcing changes to Alberta’s approach to curriculum and learning in May, Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides issued a statement saying the province would “strengthen accountability, reinforce neutrality and respect and make it clear that politics and ideology have no place in Alberta classrooms.”
At the same time, he emphasized…
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By Gail Low, Associate Professor, Chair International Health, MacEwan University
Alexandra A. Deac, Research Fellow, University of East London
Anila Naz AliSher, Research Coordinator
Gloria Gutman, Professor Emerita/Research Associate Gerontology, Simon Fraser University
Heightened awareness of having limited time left in life can spur people to become masters of their lime, or leave them feeling stuck or stifled with anxiety.
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By Neil McLaughlin, Professor of Sociology, McMaster University
Some Canadians may agree with Gad Saad’s portrayal of Canada a leftist, woke hellscape. But many don’t, making him a highly unreliable narrator on Canada as he moves to the U.S.
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By Cindy Hendrikse, PhD in aviation law, University of Cape Town
Automation is expected to make air traffic controllers’ jobs a bit easier. But instead it could add more work and lead to more mistakes being made.
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By Peter Lambertz, Research associate, Centre d'anthropologie culturelle, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Road transportation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has received much scholarly attention. Some studies have examined the urban landscape (p.142). Others have studied transportation in the context of armed conflict in the east of the country, where roadblocks are a pronounced feature.
The Congo…
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By Fenji Materechera-Mitochi, Sustainability Researcher, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
Matthew Weaver, Researcher, ARUA Water Centre of Excellence, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
South Africa’s commercial farming sector is still shaped by the legacy of slavery, colonialism and apartheid. Black South Africans make up more than 80% of the population. But most commercial farms are still owned by a relatively small number of white farmers.
During apartheid, Black farmers were prevented by…
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By Jane Younger, Senior Lecturer in Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
The Beachport seal is one animal – for now. But this virus has already shown us what can happen next. Australia should use that warning while we still have time.
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By Global Voices Eurasia
“Although the doors of education have been closed to us, I will never stop trying, no matter how many limitations are placed before us.”
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