The Conversation CAClimate Election night frustrations for the Greens highlight electoral system flaws — againtheconversation.com - Mark Winfield For an election that was sometimes described as being about “nothing”, it turned out to be an important one for climate change policy and the …
The Conversation CAAquaculture Confusion at the fish counter: How to eat fish responsiblytheconversation.com - Jenny Weitzman It now seems absurd that anyone once believed the ocean was inexhaustable: fish stocks are in dismal shape and scientists say overfishing is a global …
The Conversation CAJustin Trudeau How progressive voters can truly win in future Canadian electionstheconversation.com - Jeffrey B. Meyers Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have won a minority government. They hung on in Québec, Atlantic Canada and Ontario sufficiently to forestall a …
The Conversation CAHealth What a Liberal minority government will mean for the health of Canadianstheconversation.com - Joel Lexchin Canada’s federal election produced a minority Liberal government that will, in all likelihood, be propped up by the NDP. Read more: Justin Trudeau's …
The Conversation CAJustin Trudeau Justin Trudeau's job just got a lot more complicatedtheconversation.com - Ajay Parasram Justin Trudeau has held onto power, but his job is now much more challenging and will require innovative thinking. Though the Liberals have a strong …
The Conversation CAPierre Trudeau Justin Trudeau's political setback: A surprise to the world, but not to Canadatheconversation.com - Jeremy Wildeman Canada’s federal election campaign highlighted a struggle that caught the world by surprise. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on the ropes …
The Conversation CAClimate Change Monkey fossils found in Serbia offer clues about life in a warmer world millions of years agotheconversation.com - Joshua Allan Lindal Sparse trees cast long shadows as the morning sun rises over the grassy woodland clearing. Elephants and rhinos gather around a quiet watering hole. …
The Conversation CANature Nature stories: Children experience the seasons with Indigenous knowledge keeperstheconversation.com - Louise Zimanyi On the winding trails the ground is covered with red and yellow maple tree leaves. These are ininaatigobagaa, the children and adults in our forest …
The Conversation CAInnovation Spotlight on economic and social innovation marred by racial bias and exclusiontheconversation.com - Caroline Shenaz Hossein As a researcher and advocate of social finance, I welcomed the news that the Canadian federal government invested $800 million last year towards …
The Conversation CAWhales We need to understand the culture of whales so we can save themtheconversation.com - Felicia Vachon We often think of culture as solely human. We think of our music, our clothes, our food, our languages. However, culture stretches far beyond Homo …
The Conversation CAClimate At the ballot box, cast a vote for climate change innovation and investmenttheconversation.com - Jason MacLean and Catherine Potvin Climate change will be top of mind for many Canadians as they cast their ballots in this federal election — and for good reason. Canada is already …
The Conversation CACanada #Fakenews is being used to discredit mainstream media coverage of the Canadian electiontheconversation.com - Ahmed Al-Rawi There are many concerns, discussions and news reports on the possible dissemination of fake news in Canada as the country heads towards the Oct. 21 …
The Conversation CASaudi Arabia Trading values to sell weapons: The Canada-Saudi relationshiptheconversation.com - Jeremy Wildeman and Anthony Fenton In August 2018, the relationship between Canada and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia appeared to break down in a most public and modern way: over …
The Conversation CACanada Canada's next government should assess why we have so many political adviserstheconversation.com - Heath Pickering Canadians are soon heading to the polls to cast their ballots in the 2019 federal election after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made efforts to …
The Conversation CALearning In Doug Ford's e-learning gamble, high school students will losetheconversation.com - Beyhan Farhadi Next school year, Ontario plans to launch a massive learning experiment with high school students that seems set to increase inequality and compound …
The Conversation CAHealth More doctors won't fix Canada's health-care woestheconversation.com - Brian Golden and William Mitchell The current proposal by the Liberal Party in this federal election campaign to increase access to family doctors is well-intended but is the wrong …
The Conversation CADisease The blind and visually impaired can help researchers by getting their genes testedtheconversation.com - Ruanne Vent-Schmidt Blind and partially sighted people no longer have to wait passively for a research breakthrough in hope of treatment options. In fact, people living …
The Conversation CAThomas Cook How hedge funds profit when big companies like Thomas Cook failtheconversation.com - Patrick Augustin and Marti G. Subrahmanyam In September 2019, the 178-year-old global tour operator Thomas Cook “ceased trading with immediate effect.” The collateral damage associated with …
The Conversation CAAging Canada’s aging workforce should have been a major election issuetheconversation.com - Gillian Leithman The Canadian workforce is undergoing a metamorphosis. We’re aging and retiring in record numbers. With so many people exiting the workforce, and an …
The Conversation CASociety We're hiring: Culture + Society/Race Editortheconversation.com - Scott White and Vinita Srivastava Do you have a passion for communicating ideas and stories about Culture + Society and Race? Do you have a cultural and critical race analysis of …
The Conversation CACanada Why Canada should embrace a coalition-style 'fellowship of parties'theconversation.com - Ajay Parasram NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh broke a cardinal rule of Canadian politics recently when he dropped the “c” word — coalition. Although coalitions are …
The Conversation CACannabis Legal cannabis celebrates its first anniversary in Canada: What's next?theconversation.com - Michael J. Armstrong This week marks the first anniversary of Canada’s recreational cannabis legalization. It’s an appropriate time to review what happened last year and …
The Conversation CAWar Concentration camps have deep roots in liberal democraciestheconversation.com - Aidan Forth The New York Times recently reported that U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to authorize shooting Central American migrants in the legs and building …
The Conversation CAInuit An Inuit approach to cancer care promotes self-determination and reconciliationtheconversation.com - Janet Jull and Inuit Medical Interpreter Team For thousands of years, Inuit have adapted to the changes in their environment, and continue to find new and innovative ways to survive. But life …
The Conversation CAClimate Both conservatives and liberals can agree on action on climate changetheconversation.com - Christian Elliott We tend to assume that democracies, over the long arc of history, work towards progress and justice. But with an issue like climate change, we’re …
The Conversation CAWater Great Lakes flooding: The warning signs that homes must be movedtheconversation.com - Daniel Macfarlane Every fall, I take my environmental studies class camping at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan. Some years the beach extends …
The Conversation CAWomen's News A feminist take on the Canadian federal electiontheconversation.com - Yasmin Jiwani and Francesca Scala and Stephanie Paterson As feminist scholars, we have been closely watching the election debates and media coverage to see if and how equity, diversity and gender are …
The Conversation CABiodiversity Nature matters to Canadians, so conservation should be an election issuetheconversation.com - Joseph Bennett and Steven J. Cooke The natural environment is fundamental to Canada’s national identity - look no further than the polar bear and caribou on the change in your pocket. …
The Conversation CAHuman Resources Employment disruption ahead: Here's three ways federal policy can meet worker needstheconversation.com - Saul Carliner If the economy is a key issue this election, a central issue parties need to urgently address is the long-term employability of workers. Beyond …
The Conversation CAIcon version of the Flipboard logoEmployment Employment disruption ahead: Three ways federal policy can help workerstheconversation.com - Saul Carliner If the economy is a key issue this election, a central issue parties need to urgently address is the long-term employability of workers. Beyond …
