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The Conversation Canadaby Subhadip Ghosh, Associate Professor, School of Business, MacEwan University26 Aug 2026
Canada and the United States appeared close to a trade agreement last week. On Aug. 18, U.S. President Donald Trump delayed his new tariffs on Canada by three days and briefly declared on Truth...
The Conversation Canadaby Jordan Shurr, Professor of Special and Inclusive Education, Queen's University, Ontario26 Aug 2026
Special needs education for students with disabilities in Ontario is in crisis. However, the solution may not simply be more money or more oversight.
The Conversation Canadaby John Ranellucci, Associate Professor; Vice-Dean of Research and Professional Development, Faculty of Education, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa26 Aug 2026
Concerns that phones and social media are harming student learning and youth mental health have pushed school systems across Canada and the United States to restrict student phone use.
The Conversation Canadaby Charles Helm, Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University26 Aug 2026
Imagine the Western Plains of North America, from Texas to Alaska, submerged under a broad, shallow seaway. To the west lay the ancestral Rocky Mountains.
The Conversation Canadaby Eric Van Rythoven, Instructor in Political Science, Carleton University25 Aug 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Carney has announced the suspension of Canada-United States trade talks, citing “last-minute changes” made by American negotiators that “were unfair, uneconomic and called...
The Conversation Canadaby Rachel Engler-Stringer, Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan25 Aug 2026
The grind of packing school lunches is returning for many families this fall. Ensuring children’s access to nutritious food at school is a daily act of care that fuels their learning, nutritional...
The Conversation Canadaby Dawn ME Bowdish, Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity, McMaster University25 Aug 2026
When the sky becomes orange and hazy from wildfire smoke, modern humans are at greater risk than our earlier ancestors would have been.
The Conversation Canadaby Yuthika Girme, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University25 Aug 2026
Society has long emphasized that romantic relationships are the key to leading a fulfilling life.
The Conversation Canadaby Semra Sevi, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, University of Toronto25 Aug 2026
When the Conservatives did unusually well among young voters in Canada’s 2025 federal election, even winning the national student mock vote for the first time in over a decade, one explanation...
The Conversation Canadaby Qian Liu, Associate Professor, Law and Society, University of Calgary25 Aug 2026
For the past three years, as a researcher of legal consciousness in Asian and Canadian societies, I have interviewed Chinese immigrants and the lawyers who represent them, trying to understand why...
The Conversation Canadaby Sonal Kumar, Assistant Professor of Finance, Bryant University24 Aug 2026
Every so often, a headline declares that women make better leaders. A widely cited 2019 Harvard Business Review analysis, for instance, found women outscored men on most leadership competencies.
The Conversation Canadaby Christopher Cotton, Professor, Jarislowsky-Deutsch Chair in Economic & Financial Policy, and Director of the John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Department of Economics, Queen's U24 Aug 2026
When should we trust the evidence and the experts who interpret it for us? A new study makes headlines.
The Conversation Canadaby Sagar Raj Sharma, Visiting Researcher, Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University24 Aug 2026
Recent Gen Z-led uprisings have reshaped political narratives across Asia, raising a pointed question: can street-level youth outrage be transformed into governing power and lasting institutional...
The Conversation Canadaby Ranjan Datta, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Humanities, Mount Royal University24 Aug 2026
In mid-July, parts of Ontario woke up under a yellow sky. Nearly 200 forest fires were burning, most of them in the northwest, and Toronto briefly had the worst air quality of any major city in the...
The Conversation Canadaby Neil McLaughlin, Professor of Sociology, McMaster University23 Aug 2026
In a few days, Gad Saad, a longtime right-wing Concordia University marketing professor, starts a new position at the University of Mississippi.
The Conversation Canadaby Gloria Gutman, Professor Emerita/Research Associate Gerontology, Simon Fraser University23 Aug 2026
In Adaptation and the Life Cycle, psychologist Bernice Neugarten tells us that we arrive in our middle years by our social clocks, not our age For many people, as Neugarten theorized, this means...
The Conversation Canadaby Izzeddin Hawamda, Faculty Fellow, Canadian Mennonite University23 Aug 2026
Recent changes to Alberta’s education policies highlight ongoing debates about what can and cannot be taught in classrooms.
The Conversation Canadaby Ernest Biktimirov, Professor of Finance, Goodman School of Business, Brock University23 Aug 2026
If you’re in your 20s or 30s, retirement may be the least urgent item on a long and expensive financial to-do list. Paying the rent or a mortgage comes first.
The Conversation Canadaby Ryan Durante, PhD Candidate, Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs23 Aug 2026
Transboundary waters — rivers, lakes and aquifers residing in more than one country — are facing challenges due to climate change, with conflicts over these waters increasing.
The Conversation Canadaby Louise Zimanyi, PhD Candidate, Doctor of Social Sciences, Royal Roads University20 Aug 2026
In spring, on the traditional and treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, young children, Anishinaabe storytellers and educators walk together with Aki (Land) and Nibi (Water).
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