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After Trump and Brexit: The coming of the progressive wave

In 2016, it seemed to some like the world turned upside down. Donald Trump was elected by a slim margin …

The world’s biggest waves: How climate change could trigger large landslides and ‘mega-tsunamis’

Just over 60 years ago, a giant wave washed over the narrow inlet of Lituya Bay, Alaska, knocking down the …

Women less likely to critique men’s research in academic journals

Women researchers are less like to comment on academic work, and it shows a subtle gender bias in academia. If …

How to help your child cope with the transition back to school during COVID-19

Every fall, parents are tasked with managing back-to-school transitions. Usually this means shopping for or gathering school supplies or seasonal …

Family mental health crisis: Parental depression, anxiety during COVID-19 will affect kids too

For most parents, to say the the COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful would be a dramatic understatement. The combination of …

PhD students can benefit from non-academic mentors’ outside perspectives

Non-academic mentors, especially those familiar with the culture of academia, can offer empathy, validation and healthy perspectives. (Brooke Cagle/Unsplash), CC …

How Hollywood’s ‘Alien’ and ‘Predator’ movies reinforce anti-Black racism

What makes Black people more likely than others to be killed, beaten, tortured and raped by white police officers and …

COVID-19 has exposed the limits of philanthropy

Against the backdrop of the WE Charity scandal — and revelations of political nepotism and charitable shell corporations — Canadian …

Radical hope: What young dreamers in literature can teach us about COVID-19

The arts, literature and culture provide models for hope and resilience in times of crisis. (Marc-Olivier Jodoin/Unsplash) We rarely associate …

It’s ‘comma-la’: Insisting on mispronouncing Kamala Harris’s name is racist

Vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris pronounces her name “comma-la,” but many of her fellow Americans — including Fox News host Tucker …

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