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A university degree brings a host of benefits to the graduate and society. We must broaden access to ensure that every Canadian who chooses to go to university can.
The Canadian government proposes expanding surveillance technologies at the Canadian-U.S. border like the cameras in use in the Sonoran Desert at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The Canadian government’s announcement of the expansion of border security and surveillance measures could place more asylum seekers at risk.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre, is swarmed by the media during a meeting of Canada’s premiers hosted by Ontario in Toronto on Dec. 16, 2024.
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Canada should consider an export charge on Canadian energy bound for the U.S and applied directly by the federal government. That would impose some unity on Canada’s approach to Trump 2.0.
A Russian serviceman walks past face masks depicting Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin hanging among others for sale at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia in November 2024.
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Les politiques commerciales populistes et musclées de Donald Trump relèvent davantage de désirs irrationnels que d’une politique ou d’une économie saine.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and president-elect Donald Trump at a recent dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
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The phrase ‘batenge toh katenge’ is a call to violence, not a call for unity, and therefore needs to be understood in terms of how rabid Hindu nationalism is covered and investigated in Canada.
Destroyed buildings along the coast of the Gaza Strip seen from the Mediterranean Sea, June 25, 2024.
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Universities play an indispensable role in supporting the free inquiry needed to do the essential work of analysis, evidence gathering and recording of war crimes.
Resistance takes various forms, from violent uprisings to passive and more personal defiance.
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Resistance doesn’t exist on its own, but in opposition to a larger force. Often these bigger forces — like capitalism, white supremacy, the patriarchy — shape the power structures that rule society.
Donald Trump arrive sur scène à West Palm Beach, en Floride, le 6 novembre 2024 pour déclarer victoire lors de l'élection présidentielle.
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Grâce à son nouveau mandat, Donald Trump a le feu vert pour mettre en œuvre la plupart sinon la totalité de ses politiques extrêmes, y compris une approche absolutiste du pouvoir présidentiel.
Donald Trump arrives on stage to declare victory in the 2024 presidential election in West Palm Beach, Fla. on Nov. 6, 2024.
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With his new mandate, Donald Trump has a green light to implement most, if not all, of his most extreme policies, from tariffs to cementing an absolutist approach to presidential power.
A displaced Palestinian boy carries bread as he walks between tents in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Oct. 18, 2024.
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The destruction of food systems in Gaza and Canada is part of a larger effort of land dispossession and capitalist accumulation. The fight for food sovereignty is about justice and self-determination.
Taylor Swift performs at San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, for her Eras Tour concert on July 13, 2024.
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Fans attending Taylor Swift concerts should take reasonable precautions to ensure their safety while enjoying the experience.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the Aga Khan on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in May 2016. A few months later, he vacationed on the Aga Khan’s island in the Bahamas and was found to have violated conflict-of-interest laws.
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If trust in government matters to Canadians, then ethics issues must be kept in public view and political parties pressured to offer meaningful reform ideas in their campaign and party platforms.
A worker walks in a devastated neighbourhood in west Jasper, Alta.
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The municipality of Jasper is located within a national park, making for a unique situation regarding land ownership and planning.
Une prolifération dense de cyanobactéries est observée dans le réservoir d’eau de Kyiv lors d’une vague de chaleur extrême en Ukraine, en novembre 2020. Bien que ce phénomène soit répandu dans le monde entier, le lac Supérieur était jusqu’à récemment trop froid pour permettre l’éclosion de cyanobactéries.
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Les paysages spectaculaires et les eaux pures de la rive nord du lac Supérieur, qui ont autrefois inspiré le Groupe des Sept, sont aujourd’hui vulnérables à la prolifération des algues.
Some of the nearly 400 new Canadians from 65 countries take the oath of citizenship at a ceremony in Toronto, in July 2024.
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Sharp increases and decreases in the number of immigrants are nothing new in Canada. Historically, immigration levels increase when the unemployment rate declines, and fall when unemployment rises.
As a first step in determining whose interests patient groups align with, we need more transparency about the source of their revenue.
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Patient advocacy groups are often funded through pharmaceutical companies, but there are currently no regulations governing disclosure of this potential conflict of interest.
A dense cyanobacterial bloom is seen in the Kyiv Water Reservoir during an extreme heatwave near Kyiv, Ukraine in November 2020. While common across the world, Lake Superior has historically been too cold to host cyanobacterial blooms — until now.
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The spectacular landscapes and pristine waters of the north shore of Lake Superior, which once provided inspiration for the Group of Seven, are now vulnerable to algal blooms.
Le 10 septembre 2024, António Guterres, secrétaire général de l’ONU, prend la parole dans le cadre de la 79e séance de l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies.
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La résistance aux antimicrobiens (RAM) est devenue une urgence mondiale, et les pays du monde entier doivent traiter le problème de la même manière que le changement climatique.
Professor and York University Research Chair in Global Change Biology; Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Global Water Academy, York University, Canada