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How can Canada become a global AI powerhouse? By investing in mathematics

How can Canada become a global AI powerhouse? By investing in mathematics

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. In fact, each reader of this article could have multiple AI apps operating on the very device displaying...

23.12.2025 1

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Deanna Needell

No, your brain doesn’t suddenly ‘fully develop’ at 25. Here’s what the neuroscience actually shows

No, your brain doesn’t suddenly ‘fully develop’ at 25. Here’s what the neuroscience actually shows

If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you’ll inevitably stumble across the line: “Your frontal lobe isn’t fully developed...

23.12.2025 7

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Taylor Snowden

More dialogue, less debate: At an ‘Ethics Bowl,’ students learn to handle tough conversations

More dialogue, less debate: At an ‘Ethics Bowl,’ students learn to handle tough conversations

As Canadian federal election candidates prepared for their final debate in April 2025, youth across the country were preparing for collaborative...

23.12.2025 2

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Rackeb Tesfaye

Reducing household waste poses serious challenges in residential high-rises

Reducing household waste poses serious challenges in residential high-rises

Like much of the western world, Canada is facing a crisis in waste disposal as landfills reach their capacity. In Ontario, a live countdown gives...

23.12.2025 1

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Lisa Kowalchuk

Author Saeed Teebi writes beyond exile in his memoir of Palestine and writing in dark times

Author Saeed Teebi writes beyond exile in his memoir of Palestine and writing in dark times

Writer and lawyer Saeed Teebi released an Instagram video on Sept. 30, 2025, announcing the publication of his new book, You Will Not Kill Our...

22.12.2025 1

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Fatme Abdallah

The dangers of blurring fact and fiction in Holocaust TV narratives

The dangers of blurring fact and fiction in Holocaust TV narratives

In 2020, streaming platform Amazon Prime released Hunters , a thriller mystery about apprehending and eliminating Nazi war criminals living...

22.12.2025 2

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Regan Lipes

Fossil-fuel propaganda is stalling climate action. Here’s what we can do about it.

Fossil-fuel propaganda is stalling climate action. Here’s what we can do about it.

2025 has been a year of setbacks for Canada’s climate policy. In November, the federal and Alberta governments signed a memorandum of understanding...

22.12.2025 2

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Samuel Lloyd

Everyday chemicals, global consequences: How disinfectants contribute to antimicrobial resistance

Everyday chemicals, global consequences: How disinfectants contribute to antimicrobial resistance

During the COVID-19 pandemic, disinfectants became our shield. Hand sanitizers, disinfectant wipes and antimicrobial sprays became part of daily...

22.12.2025 1

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Milena Esser

Climate misinformation is becoming a national security threat. Canada isn’t ready for it.

Climate misinformation is becoming a national security threat. Canada isn’t ready for it.

When a crisis strikes, rumours and conspiracy theories often spread faster than emergency officials can respond and issue corrections. In Canada,...

21.12.2025 3

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Sadaf Mehrabi

The climate insurance gap is widening, and it’s leaving marginalized Canadians behind

The climate insurance gap is widening, and it’s leaving marginalized Canadians behind

Every year, extreme weather events wreak havoc across Canada, disrupting the lives of tens of thousands. Financial losses from these events have...

21.12.2025 1

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Anne E. Kleffner

How to protect your well-being , survive the stress of the holiday season and still keep your cheer

How to protect your well-being , survive the stress of the holiday season and still keep your cheer

The holidays can be filled with joy and positive emotion, but they can also be a time when stress is in overdrive. To-do lists can be long, with...

21.12.2025 1

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Joanna Pozzulo

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Christmas classic that reflects bigoted ideas about ‘proper’ music in the 1940s

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Christmas classic that reflects bigoted ideas about ‘proper’ music in the 1940s

Hailed by many critics and movie lovers as a “timeless classic” — and ranking first on the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 most inspiring...

21.12.2025 2

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James Deaville

Universities’ work towards Indigenous identity policies signals difficult conversations

Universities’ work towards Indigenous identity policies signals difficult conversations

In recent years, members of the Canadian public have witnessed the misrepresentation of Indigenous identities. Recently, we learned that University...

18.12.2025 3

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Frank Deer

After Canada legalized cannabis, police caught more drunk drivers

After Canada legalized cannabis, police caught more drunk drivers

When Canada legalized cannabis in October 2018, there were many concerns about its potential impacts. One of them involved cannabis-impaired...

18.12.2025 1

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Michael J. Armstrong

Universities’ work towards Indigenous identity policies signal difficult conversations

Universities’ work towards Indigenous identity policies signal difficult conversations

In recent years, members of the Canadian public have witnessed the misrepresentation of Indigenous identities. Recently, we learned that University...

18.12.2025 2

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Frank Deer

Sex, jazz, liquor and gambling: How Montréal’s nightlife shifted in the mid-20th century

Sex, jazz, liquor and gambling: How Montréal’s nightlife shifted in the mid-20th century

The history of Montréal’s night-time regulation reveals how managing nightlife expanded police power and budgets — and how burdensome effects of...

18.12.2025 1

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Matthieu Caron