Working more and making less: Canada needs to protect immigrant women care workers as they age

The pandemic has heightened Canadians’ awareness of the 3D jobs — dirty, difficult and dangerous — done by many migrant workers in our communities. When the...

104 shark and ray species now receive new protections, but are they enough?

Shark populations have been declining for years, largely due to overfishing. And for years, the solutions offered by researchers have included increasing the number, size and...

Pandemic finger-pointing: New research sheds light on who Canadians blame in times of crisis

A little over a year ago, thousands of people descended on Ottawa protesting COVID-19 pandemic countermeasures as part of a “freedom convoy.” They contested the science...

Decriminalizing hard drugs in B.C. will help reduce the stigma of substance abuse

Substance use disorder is a chronic but treatable medical condition. Unlike other physical and mental health conditions, however, substance use disorder — or addiction — has...

Satellite data: The other type of smartphone data you might not know about

When you think about location data on your mobile phone, tablet or laptop, what comes to mind? Mailing addresses? Postal codes? These data indicate where you...

How transformative justice can address abuse in Canadian sport

In January 2023, dozens of scholars (ourselves included) signed an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling for an independent judicial inquiry into widespread allegations...

Brenda Lucki’s retirement will not fix the RCMP’s structural problems

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki announced her retirement on Feb. 15. It is easy to make Lucki the scapegoat for almost five years of RCMP crises, debacles,...

Amira Elghawaby is victim of a double standard

February 17, 2023 English version available here Let’s get straight to the point: Canada has an Islamophobia problem, and that includes Quebec. Islamophobia may not be...

Loosen eligibility criteria to EI parental benefits to improve inclusion

February 16, 2023 Along with subsidized child care, parental benefits under the federal employment insurance (EI) program are an important policy tool to help families balance...

Two decades of stagnant funding have rendered Canada uncompetitive in biomedical research. Here’s why it matters, and how to fix it.