Culture + Society – Views & Research

An asian family of parents, grandparents and small children play with a football in the backyard of a home

Canada halts new parent immigration sponsorships, keeping families apart

Yue Qian, University of British Columbia

A mural says hip hop and shows a person at a turntable.

Through hip-hop, Black youth are teaching their communities about their rights, justice and the law

Anna Lippman, York University, Canada

Black people inside a caged police vehicle.

The Dominican Republic’s expulsion of thousands of Haitians shows the brutality of mass deportations

Masaya Llavaneras Blanco, Western University

What fan culture and mourning can teach us about grief

Susan Cadell, University of Waterloo and Stephanie Levac, University of Waterloo

A group of young women stand and kneel next to a vigil with candles and photos of liam payne

Trump won’t rule out force to take Greenland – a country with a complex colonial history

Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Australian Catholic University

How gig platforms like Fiverr are reshaping the video game development industry

Scott DeJong, Concordia University and Michael Iantorno, Concordia University

Close up of a pair of hands using a video game controller to play a game that is seen on a computer screen in the background

This new year, consider resolutions focused on well-being instead of weight loss

Shelly Russell-Mayhew, University of Calgary and Elizabeth Tingle, University of Calgary

Palestinian Christians call on western churches to ‘humanize’ the children of Gaza

Jane Barter, University of Winnipeg

Figure of a baby wrapped in a keffiyah amid rubble with a candle in front and statue figures behind.

The City Symposium: How communities can come together to address their problems

James Shelley, Western University; C. Nadine Wathen, Western University, and Jennifer MacGregor, Western University

A banner for the City Symposium is displayed at a co-working community space, listing the various community partners and sponsors involved in the project.

This holiday season, ‘Don’t Call Me Resilient’ brings you a booklist with your playlist

Ateqah Khaki, The Conversation and Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation

Want to live longer and save money? Online app can help calculate your benefits from cutting back on alcohol

Timothy Naimi, University of Victoria and Peter Butt, University of Saskatchewan

A bottle against a yellow background and a piggy bank against a purple background

The cult of self-improvement: How a documentary aimed at young people could be harmful

Thomas Maxwell, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

A man in mountaineering gear is at high altitude.

Businesses must stop caving to political pressure and abandoning their EDI commitments

Simon Blanchette, McGill University

A Black woman writing on a whiteboard while a man and a woman look on

Changing the narrative about athlete mothers’ comeback stories

Jill Moffatt, Laurentian University; Andrea Bundon, University of British Columbia; Ann Pegoraro, University of Guelph, and Kerry McGannon, Laurentian University

A woman wearing a gold medal around her neck carries a young girl with a young boy standing beside her

Reel resistance: Netflix’s removal of Palestinian films adds to the erasure of Palestine

Chandni Desai, University of Toronto

a woman looks directly into the camera as she puts a candy into her mouth.

Australia is banning social media for teens. Should Canada do the same?

Christopher Dietzel, Concordia University and Kaitlynn Mendes, Western University

The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a failure, and new immigration limits make a bad situation worse

Jenna L Hennebry, Wilfrid Laurier University

Several people, many in hoodies or ball caps, pick strawberries.

What Roblox’s safety updates mean for its users

Sara M. Grimes, McGill University

A tablet displaying the login screen for the game Roblox

A young man with dark hair in an orange prison jumpsuit exits a police vehicle amid a media throng.

Reactions to the UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying reveal American divides on crime and punishment

Steven Downing, Ontario Tech University

Luigi Mangione isn’t the first high-profile alleged killer venerated by the public

Michael Arntfield, Western University

A sign featuring the face of a dark-haired young man says Free Luigi and is taped to a pole.

Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’ disrupts popular narratives of Mumbai

Anmol Dutta, Western University

two women standing next to each other looking into a red electrical kitchen appliance

Psychoanalysis explains why Donald Trump is taunting Canada and ‘Governor Justin Trudeau’

Gavin Fridell, Saint Mary’s University and Ilan Kapoor, York University, Canada

A dark-haired man and an older man with grey-ish blond hair smile at a dinner table.

the new letters of Haíɫzaqvḷa: two resemble an upside down Y, the other two are the same but with a line across the middle

Why is it so hard to type in Indigenous languages?

Mark Turin, University of British Columbia and N̓a̓ṇ̓gáinúx̌v - Robyn Humchitt, University of British Columbia

A new treaty could prevent some misappropriation of Māori and Indigenous design – and shouldn’t be ignored

Jessica C Lai, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Maori woman weaving flax, focus on hands

Frybread: Comfort food or colonial byproduct?

Andrea Freeman, Southwestern Law School

An agreement ends resistance to a renewable energy plant in French Guiana… but is it energy justice?

Alicia Phillips, Université de Pau et des pays de l'Adour (UPPA) and Emmanuelle Santoire, Université de Pau et des pays de l'Adour (UPPA)

Canada and churches have moral obligations for the reparations of missing and disappeared Indigenous children: Final Report

Frank Deer, University of Manitoba

a woman with grey hair wearing a dark suit speaking into a microphone

How do women with disability and LGBTQIA+ people experience menopause?

Kate O'Reilly, Western Sydney University; Kathleen Peters, Western Sydney University; Michelle O'Shea, Western Sydney University, and Sam Jeffrey, Western Sydney University

Alberta’s proposed Fairness and Safety in Sport Act is anything but fair

Celeste Pang, Mount Royal University; Gio Dolcecore, Mount Royal University, and Marty Clark, Mount Royal University

Fewer college students indicate they are nonbinary amid backlash

Genny Beemyn, UMass Amherst

People hold a variety of flags -- including the LGBTQ rainbow flag.

Not gay enough: the hidden culture of exclusion within Britain’s LGBQT+ nightlife scene

Janina Smietanka, University of Plymouth

An art instalment of Indigenous people on horseback being chased by white settlers.

White U.S. citizens once flooded into Indian Territory, prompting calls for mass deportations

Russell Cobb, University of Alberta

Anti-immigrant politics is fueling hate toward South Asian people in Canada

Reena Kukreja, Queen's University, Ontario

Three middle aged men in dark suits stand next to each other

How to quell the sharp rise in youth violence in Canada

Ardavan Eizadirad, Wilfrid Laurier University

R v. Kloubakov: Supreme Court of Canada ignores sex workers in case on sex work

Vincent Wong, University of Windsor and Jamie Chai Yun Liew, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

People in red robes sit on a long table in a wood paneled room

Canada has always had a ‘tap on, tap off’ immigration policy aimed primarily at filling jobs

Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada

A group of men and women, some carrying small Canadian flags, raise their right hands.

Change management shows us how we all can become climate leaders

Crystal Chokshi, Mount Royal University

A worker stands by a roller belt in a large warehouse.

Early pregnancy endings are an overlooked workplace issue – here’s how that could change

Jo Brewis, The Open University; Ilaria Boncori, University of Essex, and Julie Davies, Brunel University of London

Seven Victorian paper craft projects that could cut your Christmas consumption

Alice Crossley, University of Lincoln

Painting of a Victorian family putting up a wreath

My Old Ass: why we should imagine talking to our older rather than younger selves, according to an expert in psychology

Clare Walsh, University of Plymouth

Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza as Elliot in My Old Ass.

Quarter Life, a series for people in their 20s and 30s

Sport

A black and white image of a smiling priest holding a trophy

What Father David Bauer can tell us about Canadian hockey today

Matt Hoven, University of Alberta

Teenage prodigy Gukesh D defeats Ding Liren to become youngest world chess champion

David Smerdon, The University of Queensland

Photo of a man standing over a chessboard in a triumphant pose.

What makes a great sports coach? We identified 17 of the world’s best, and found some patterns

Cliff Mallett, The University of Queensland

A sports coach looks on as his team trains

Jessica Campbell’s NHL coaching gig marks a pivotal turning point for professional hockey

Hayley Baker, Western University

A white woman with blonde hair in a white suit stands behind a row of hockey players seated on a bench, with her arms crossed.

More than money: The geopolitics behind Saudi Arabia’s sports strategy

Aaron Ettinger, Carleton University

Sports fans in a soccer stadium hold up cardboard cutouts of Saudi leaders.

Operation Legacy: How Britain covered up its colonial crimes

Audra Diptée, Carleton University

A black and white photo of two white men in uniform carrying guns standing in front of a group of black men seated on the ground. Other men are seen standing in the background.

Residential school denialism is an attack on the truth

Crystal Gail Fraser, University of Alberta

How a digital archive is preserving Canada’s history of LGBTQ+ activism

Pascale Dangoisse, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Constance Crompton, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Michelle Schwartz, Toronto Metropolitan University

A black and white photo of people at a demonstration with signs calling for equal rights for LGBT people

Think tech killed penmanship? Messy handwriting was a problem centuries before smartphones

Misha Teramura, University of Toronto

The bottom half of a page of a letter in the handwriting of Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth’s signature is visible in the bottom right corner of the letter. The paper, now tan colored, is inscribed in brown ink. The text gets increasingly compressed towards the bottom of the letter. There are several creases on the page, suggesting how the letter may have been folded when originally sent.

What are ‘furries?’ Debunking myths about kids identifying as animals, and litter boxes in schools

Sharon E. Roberts, University of Waterloo

A group of people dressed as furries walk down a street

Remembered by our pets: More animals are getting a mention in obituaries

Chris Miller, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

A black and white kitten with its paw raised

American slavery wasn’t just a white man’s business − new research shows how white women profited, too

Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University

A colorized engraving depicting the sale of slaves in the United States during the 19th century.

Trad wives hearken back to an imagined past of white Christian womanhood

Brandi Estey-Burtt, St. Thomas University (Canada)

A 1950's style image of a white woman wearing an apron in a kitchen