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York University is a modern, multi-campus, urban university located in Toronto, Ontario. Backed by a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, alumni and partners, we bring a uniquely global perspective to help solve societal challenges, drive positive change and prepare our students for success. York’s fully bilingual Glendon Campus is home to Southern Ontario’s Centre of Excellence for French Language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education. York’s campuses in Costa Rica and India offer students exceptional transnational learning opportunities and innovative programs. Together, we can make things right for our communities, our planet, and our future.

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Business students graduating from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C. in June 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Is university worth it? Yes, for both students and society

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.
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. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

How Canada and the country’s premiers must respond to Trump’s trade and energy policies

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.
Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau et Donald Trump, président désigné, lors d’une rencontre au domaine Mar-a-Lago en Floride. (X/@JustinTrudeau)

« Gouverneur Justin Trudeau » : les déclarations de Trump sous la loupe de la psychanalyse

Les politiques commerciales populistes et musclées de Donald Trump relèvent davantage de désirs irrationnels que d’une politique ou d’une économie saine.
Donald Trump arrive sur scène à West Palm Beach, en Floride, le 6 novembre 2024 pour déclarer victoire lors de l'élection présidentielle. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

La victoire de Donald Trump est celle de l’extrémisme. Le centre ne tient plus

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. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

What does Donald Trump’s win mean for his brand of populist authoritarianism?

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. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Colonialism, starvation and resistance: How food is weaponized, from Gaza to Canada

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.
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. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

As a federal election campaign looms, Canadians must demand stronger ethics laws from politicians

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.
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. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Changement climatique : des proliférations d’algues observées pour la 1ere fois dans le lac Supérieur

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. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

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

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. (Shutterstock)

Pharma company funding for patient advocacy groups needs to be transparent

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. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Climate change is causing algal blooms in Lake Superior for the first time in history

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. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

La résistance aux antimicrobiens est devenue une urgence mondiale. Il faut réagir avant qu’il ne soit trop tard

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.

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