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The surprising theology inside today’s Advent calendars

The surprising theology inside today’s Advent calendars

It would be easy to conclude that Advent calendars — usually with 25 compartments that reveal a treat, image or scripture, used to count down the...

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Matthew Robert Anderson

Busting brain myths: The evolving story of menopause hormone therapy and cognitive health

Busting brain myths: The evolving story of menopause hormone therapy and cognitive health

In the early 2000s, a major women’s health study — Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) — made headlines. As an ongoing study launched in the...

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Zahinoor Ismail

Jigsaw puzzles help make mathematics learning more active and fun

Jigsaw puzzles help make mathematics learning more active and fun

Holidays bring celebration, rest and, for many families, long stretches of indoor time. For some, this means table top games quickly reappear on...

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Francis Duah

Fast-tracking without foresight: Canada’s risky approach to major projects

Fast-tracking without foresight: Canada’s risky approach to major projects

Over the summer, the Canadian government announced that it’s setting up a Major Projects Office to identify and fast-track projects deemed to be in...

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Justina C. Ray

Why Mark Carney’s pipeline deal with Alberta puts the Canadian federation in jeopardy

Why Mark Carney’s pipeline deal with Alberta puts the Canadian federation in jeopardy

The recently struck memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Canada and Alberta is a high-stakes strategy that risks deepening already deep...

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Stewart Prest

‘Rage bait’ is the Oxford Word of the Year, showing how social media is manufacturing anger

‘Rage bait’ is the Oxford Word of the Year, showing how social media is manufacturing anger

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Oxford Dictionary has named “rage bait” its Word of the Year. The quantity of live-streamed drama in...

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Laurence Grondin-Robillard

‘Buy now, pay later’ is everywhere this holiday season. Here’s how to avoid a debt hangover

‘Buy now, pay later’ is everywhere this holiday season. Here’s how to avoid a debt hangover

Each holiday season brings a predictable surge in consumer spending, but the way shoppers finance that spending is changing rapidly. While credit...

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Vivek Astvansh

What started as a war of words between China and Japan is fuelling real tension in the Asia-Pacific region

What started as a war of words between China and Japan is fuelling real tension in the Asia-Pacific region

In a now deleted social media post, the Consul General of the People’s Republic of China to the Japanese city of Osaka recently threatened to “cut...

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Kuan-Wei Chen

Novel ‘body-swap ’ robot provides insights into how the brain keeps us upright

Novel ‘body-swap ’ robot provides insights into how the brain keeps us upright

Imagine driving a car with a steering that doesn’t respond instantly and a GPS that always reflects where you were a second ago. To stay on course,...

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Jean-Sébastien Blouin

How Canada’s emergency communications still exclude Indigenous languages

How Canada’s emergency communications still exclude Indigenous languages

When life-saving information is not provided in a language people understand, it can delay protective action and put communities at unnecessary...

09.12.2025 1

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Sara Wilson

War of words between China and Japan is fuelling real tension in the Asia-Pacific region

War of words between China and Japan is fuelling real tension in the Asia-Pacific region

In a now deleted social media post, the Consul General of the People’s Republic of China to the Japanese city of Osaka recently threatened to “cut...

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Kuan-Wei Chen

Internationally experienced teachers: An overlooked resource to address teaching shortages

Internationally experienced teachers: An overlooked resource to address teaching shortages

The increasing teacher shortage is a concerning global crisis. It will reach a shortfall of 44,000,000 teachers by 2030, according to the United...

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Gloria Ramirez

The price of belonging is inconvenience. Are we still willing to pay it?

The price of belonging is inconvenience. Are we still willing to pay it?

“Inconvenience is the cost of community” has become somewhat of a social media mantra for people looking to rediscover what belonging and community...

09.12.2025 2

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Andrea Carter

Immigrant women PSWs keep Ontario’s home care afloat under exploitative conditions

Immigrant women PSWs keep Ontario’s home care afloat under exploitative conditions

Despite recent provincial investments, Ontario’s home-care system is still in crisis. Underfunding, rationed care and ideological preferences for...

08.12.2025 1

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Naomi Lightman

Immigrant women care workers keep Ontario’s home care afloat under exploitative conditions

Immigrant women care workers keep Ontario’s home care afloat under exploitative conditions

Despite recent provincial investments, Ontario’s home-care system is still in crisis. Underfunding, rationed care and ideological preferences for...

08.12.2025 1

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Naomi Lightman

Gen Z is burning out at work more than any other generation — here’s why and what can be done

Gen Z is burning out at work more than any other generation — here’s why and what can be done

Gen Z workers are reporting some of the highest burnout levels ever recorded, with new research suggesting they are buckling under unprecedented...

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Nitin Deckha

Aging bridges are crumbling. Here’s how new technologies can help detect danger earlier

Aging bridges are crumbling. Here’s how new technologies can help detect danger earlier

New signs of deterioration recently discovered on the Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge in Montréal have spurred the Québec government to reinforce beams and...

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Amirreza Torabizadeh

Concrete with a human touch: Can we make infrastructure that repairs itself?

Concrete with a human touch: Can we make infrastructure that repairs itself?

As winter approaches, Canada’s roads, bridges, sidewalks and buildings are facing a familiar problem: cracks caused by large temperature swings....

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Mouna Reda