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Toronto Blue Jays: Amid Canada-U .S. tensions, ‘Canada’s team’ is excelling at America’s pastime

Toronto Blue Jays: Amid Canada-U .S. tensions, ‘Canada’s team’ is excelling at America’s pastime

The Blue Jays’ post-season run as Donald Trump continues to threaten Canada gives the team perhaps its best opportunity ever to fulfil its role as...

09.10.2025 3

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Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven

Toronto Blue Jays: Amid Canada-U .S. tensions, ‘Canada’s team’ takes a run at America’s pastime

Toronto Blue Jays: Amid Canada-U .S. tensions, ‘Canada’s team’ takes a run at America’s pastime

The Blue Jays’ post-season run as Donald Trump continues to threaten Canada gives the team perhaps its best opportunity ever to fulfil its role as...

08.10.2025 7

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Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven

More than just a game: How sports are reflecting Canada-U .S. tensions

Sport is being used as an expression of nationalism in a time of increased tensions between Canada and the United States.

26.02.2025 5

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Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven

Justin Trudeau’s resignation creates a progressive void in Canada, part of a long-established cycle

Justin Trudeau’s resignation has opened up a vacuum in progressive leadership in Canada. It will likely be filled by left-leaning provincial...

13.01.2025 10

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Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven

How repressive regimes are using international sporting events for nation-building

India has recently announced it’s bidding for the 2036 Summer Olympics. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country has embraced a form of...

24.11.2024 4

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Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven

Nick Bosa’s MAGA hat vs. Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling: Will the NFL reveal a double standard?

After the San Francisco 49ers won its Oct. 27 National Football League game against the Dallas Cowboys, their star defensive lineman Nick Bosa,...

30.10.2024 2

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Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven

How professional sports leagues that embrace social justice causes could influence politics

Given that 77 per cent of people in Canada and 57 per cent of people in the United Kingdom watch a sports team regularly — compared to the 60 per...

24.09.2024 2

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Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven