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Canada’s COVID Alert app is a case of tech-driven bad policy design

The July 31 release of Canada’s COVID Alert app was greeted with almost universal praise. Privacy experts applauded its strong …

Canada is not immune to the politics of coronavirus masks

The Canadian response to the COVID-19 pandemic is widely seen as standing in sharp contrast to the situation in the …

Music education has a race problem, and universities must address it

Since the start of the pandemic, people have been turning to music to process the anxiety of living in the …

Coronavirus lessons from when the 1937 polio epidemic delayed school reopenings

In September 1937, the Toronto Daily Star and the Globe and Mail began publishing lessons for high school students who …

COVID-19: Financial future grim for Canadians with disabilities, health conditions

The COVID-19 pandemic has put people with disabilities and chronic health conditions in a precarious position. (Pixabay) As Canadians, we …

Legacy of Canada’s role in atomic bomb is felt by northern Indigenous community

As the world marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a little known part of …

A second COVID-19 wave? Here are 6 lessons from the first

As COVID-19 spread across the globe, governments looked to epidemiologists to slow its transmission. Without a vaccine, large-scale testing capacity …

How open data could tame Big Tech’s power and avoid a breakup

On July 29, the heads of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google testified (virtually) in front of the U.S. House Judiciary …

Drop tuition fees: University students face a precarious future amid COVID-19

COVID-19 has university students and their parents anticipating the beginning of an academic year like no other. Most classes are …

Why scientists intentionally spilled oil into a Canadian lake

Canada sits on the third-largest oil reserve in the world. Most of it is in the Alberta oilsands, where companies …

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