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How the far right is evolving and growing in Canada

Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Université Laval; Aurélie Campana, Université Laval, and Samuel Tanner, Université de Montréal

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Why involuntary medical admission and treatment won’t solve homelessness

Emmanuelle Bernheim, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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What role did music play in Trump and MAGA’s electoral appeal?

Aidan McGartland, McGill University

A group of mostly women hold candles at a night-time vigil.

3 potential consequences of Ontario’s reluctance to deem intimate partner violence an epidemic

Eden Hoffer, Western University

Supreme Court hears case on Canada’s prostitution laws

Debra M Haak, Queen's University, Ontario

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Canada’s immigration strategy: How reduced targets can preserve positive attitudes

Victoria Esses, Western University and Alina Sutter, Western University

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

Reena Kukreja, Queen's University, Ontario

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Frybread: Comfort food or colonial byproduct?

Frybread: Comfort food or colonial byproduct?

Andrea Freeman, Southwestern Law School

Israel-Gaza conflict: Home and away

Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation

A collage showing images of two groups rallying in front of the Parliament building in Ottawa. The image on the left shows pro-Palestinian protestors with Palestinian flags, a keffiiyeh and a protest sign, and the image of the right shows a group of pro-Israel protesters holding Israeli flags.
The lasting scars of war: How conflict shapes children’s lives long after the fighting ends

Kerry McCuaig, University of Toronto and Emis Akbari, University of Toronto

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A woman in a white head scarf tends to small newborn babies.

Here and abroad, health-care workers bear witness to the world’s worst atrocities

Suzanne Shoush, University of Toronto

Why the ‘housing first’ approach has struggled to fulfil its promise of ending homelessness

Daniel Kudla, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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Too many kids face bullying rooted in social power imbalances — and educators can help prevent this

Deinera Exner-Cortens, University of Calgary; Elizabeth (Liz) Baker, University of Calgary, and Wendy Craig, Queen's University, Ontario

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The upside of adversity: Children learn resilience from coping with difficulties

Julia Yates, Western University and Katie J. Shillington, Wilfrid Laurier University

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Is conservatism really on the rise in Canada? Blaine Higgs’ big loss in New Brunswick suggests not

Noah Fry, McMaster University

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Indigenous

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

Frank Deer, University of Manitoba

Out of the archive: A collection of stories about Mount Elgin Indian Residential School

Mary Jane Logan McCallum, University of Winnipeg

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We curated a podcast playlist for you: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Marisa Sittheeamorn, The Conversation and Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation

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How climate change is undermining Indigenous knowledge and livelihoods in Central America

James Stinson, York University, Canada and Lee Mcloughlin, Florida International University

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Reflections on the Canadian Medical Association’s apology to Indigenous Peoples

Marcia Anderson, University of Manitoba

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LGBTQI+

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

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Fewer college students indicate they are nonbinary amid backlash

Genny Beemyn, UMass Amherst

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

Janina Smietanka, University of Plymouth

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Colorado is home to the longest-running gay rodeo in the world

Rebecca Scofield, University of Idaho and Elyssa Ford, Northwest Missouri State University

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Racialized communities

How to quell the sharp rise in youth violence in Canada

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

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

Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada

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Memory wars: Sri Lankan diaspora in Canada grapples with how to honour those lost in civil war

Hiruni Nathasha Fernando, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

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Personal histories shape how immigrant families transmit their home language to children

Thao-Nguyen Nina Le, Concordia University and Pavel Trofimovich, Concordia University

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Quarter Life

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.
Cuffing season: an evolutionary explanation for why people want to settle down for the winter months

Martin Graff, University of South Wales

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Oasis reunion: How to stop your sibling feud from becoming a lifelong estrangement

Ramona Alaggia, University of Toronto

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Are you a Destiel stan? There’s so much more to ‘shipping’ than wanting characters to kiss

Effie Sapuridis, Western University

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

Sport

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

Hayley Baker, Western University

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

Aaron Ettinger, Carleton University

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Why do people do extreme sports? Some of the reasons aren’t always that obvious

Odette Hornby, University of South Wales

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Why it’s so hard to kick fossil fuels out of sport

Theo Lorenzo Frixou, Loughborough University

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Caitlin Clark, Christine Brennan and how racial stereotypes persist in the media’s WNBA coverage

Molly Yanity, University of Rhode Island

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ICYMI

Operation Legacy: How Britain covered up its colonial crimes

Audra Diptée, Carleton University

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Residential school denialism is an attack on the truth

Crystal Gail Fraser, University of Alberta

Residential school denialism is an attack on the truth
Divorce rates are falling: Are Canadians too poor to break up?

Sorin Rizeanu, University of Victoria

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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

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

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

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

Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University

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

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

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