The Conversation CAPregnancy Requests for caesarean birth brushed aside, despite guidelines to respect maternal choices theconversation.com - Pauline McDonagh Hull and Bonnie Lashewicz When first-time mother Melanie approached her obstetrician-gynecologist in Ontario to request a caesarean birth plan, she found his response …
The Conversation CAEnvironment Solar geoengineering could limit global warming, but Canada should study risks and benefits first theconversation.com - Burgess Langshaw Power and Juan Moreno-Cruz and Neil Craik The Swedish Space Corporation recently cancelled a field test of a high altitude balloon, intended to better understand solar geoengineering …
The Conversation CANature We eavesdropped on some Canadian lynx: What we heard was surprising theconversation.com - Rachael Derbyshire and Allyson Menzies and Emily Studd Wildlife ecologists study what drives animal behaviour, and trying to figure it out is tricky. Not only are ecosystems incredibly complex, behaviours …
The Conversation CAXFL It’s time to have a serious conversation about the future of Canadian football theconversation.com - David J Finch The urgent human and social toll of COVID-19 has rightly consumed the attention of our country for the past 15 months. But a story that has been …
The Conversation CAUniversity of Alberta Why Alberta must rethink its ban on Canada-China university collaborations theconversation.com - Sibo Chen and Henry Yu and John Price Alberta’s Ministry of Advanced Education recently ordered the province’s four major research universities to suspend pursuing new or renewed …
The Conversation CABiology How engineered bacteria could clean up oilsands pollution and mining waste theconversation.com - Vikramaditya G. Yadav Rampant industrialization has caused our planet to warm at an unprecedented rate. Glaciers are melting away and sea levels are rising. Droughts last …
The Conversation CAEmotional Intelligence 5 ways international students can harness emotional intelligence to deal with COVID-19 stress theconversation.com - Rakha Zabin COVID-19 has drastically changed education for millions of university students around the world. International students are a vulnerable population …
The Conversation CACollege & University Campus free speech: does it extend to what students say online? theconversation.com - Dino Sossi Professors fiercely champion free speech. Many believe that unfiltered, even offensive, expression is fundamental to post-secondary academic life. …
The Conversation CACanada Justice facility dogs: The quiet, skilled heroes helping child victims theconversation.com - Kendra Coulter When you’re a victim of crime, especially interpersonal abuse, sharing the truth about what happened is often terrifying. Imagine how much more …
The Conversation CAColonialism How 'colonialism by paper cuts' has undermined Indigenous pandemic leadership theconversation.com - Jocelyn Stacey and Crystal Verhaeghe and Emma Feltes In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tŝilhqot’in National Government (TNG) in British Columbia immediately began preparations for …
The Conversation CAStudents Grade 12 university-bound grads: Orientation will help you in one of the biggest transitions of your life theconversation.com - Gerald Tembrevilla and Andre Phillion and Melec Zeadin Finishing high school and starting university is a huge leap for anyone. It can be daunting, especially when it’s hard to see what lies on the other …
The Conversation CAFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoStudents Grade 12 university-bound grads: Orientation will help you in one of the biggest transitions of your lives theconversation.com - Gerald Tembrevilla and Andre Phillion and Melec Zeadin Finishing high school and starting university is a huge leap for anyone. It can be daunting, especially when it’s hard to see what lies on the other …
