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The Conversation Canadaby Derek H. Alderman, Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee29d ago
Local leaders in Canada’s capital city of Ottawa have initiated a process to rename Trump Avenue in response to United States President Donald Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario as “Lake America.”...
The Conversation Canadaby Sébastien Caquard, Professor in Geography, Concordia University8 Sept 2026
Some countries and territories, including Canada, Greenland and Russia, will soon look notably smaller on official United Nations maps.
The Conversation Canadaby Arindom Sen, Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary8 Sept 2026
There is no “one-size-fits-all” treatment for patients living with cancer. Cancer occurs when normal cells in the body genetically mutate and transform into abnormal cells that divide...
The Conversation Canadaby Jonathan Wilansky, PhD Student, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University8 Sept 2026
Canada produces an enormous amount of waste. In 2020, total solid waste across the country hit 36 million tonnes.
The Conversation Canadaby Chris Arsenault, Chair of the Master of Media in Journalism and Communication Program (MMJC) and assistant professor of journalism, Western University8 Sept 2026
In defending an independent press, American founding father Thomas Jefferson famously remarked that he would prefer “newspapers without a government” to a “government without newspapers.” So it’s...
The Conversation Canadaby Maureen MacDonald, Professor of Kinesiology and Provost and Vice President Academic, McMaster University7 Sept 2026
What if much of what we thought we knew about women’s health and fitness was suddenly called into question?
The Conversation Canadaby Crystena A. H. Parker-Shandal, Associate Professor, Social Development Studies, University of Waterloo7 Sept 2026
A Grade 4 teacher showed her class a video of children who walk miles barefoot to school. A hand shot up: “Why are you showing us AI slop?
The Conversation Canadaby Eric Galbraith, Research Professor, Experimental Sciences & Mathematics, ICREA; McGill University7 Sept 2026
The news has been full of headlines about findings from a United Nations report: the world is set to exceed the 1.5 C global warming target set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
The Conversation Canadaby Kaitlin Humer, PhD student, Criminology, University of Guelph7 Sept 2026
Ontario’s new cash-deposit requirements for bail are built on a simple idea: put money at risk and people will have a greater incentive to follow their bail conditions.
The Conversation Canadaby Rebecca Sullivan, Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Calgary4 Sept 2026
Ten years ago, I had the honour of meeting Gloria Steinem. It was International Women’s Day 2016: Donald Trump was a joke that would supposedly never happen and #MeToo was still two years away.
The Conversation Canadaby Catherine E. Connelly, Distinguished Business Research Professor of Organizational Behaviour, McMaster University3 Sept 2026
Indigenous workers in Canada experience higher unemployment rates and lower rates of labour market participation than non-Indigenous workers.
The Conversation Canadaby Ryan J. Persram, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University3 Sept 2026
Are friends important to teens’ lives? Absolutely. So, why does the question need more consideration?
The Conversation Canadaby Donald Barry, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, University of Calgary3 Sept 2026
In a few weeks, Albertans will be asked in a referendum whether they want the province to remain in Canada or move toward a second referendum on independence.
The Conversation Canadaby Abbas Yazdinejad, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Regina3 Sept 2026
Artificial intelligence systems are starting to do more than answer questions. New AI “agents” can remember information from previous interactions, plan a series of steps and use digital tools to...
The Conversation Canadaby Ali Zoghi, PhD Candidate, Environmental Engineering, Carleton University2 Sept 2026
The Canadian capital of Ottawa was bombarded with 167 millimetres of rain in five hours earlier this summer in what the city called a one-in-200-year event.
The Conversation Canadaby Fenwick McKelvey, Professor in Information and Communication Technology Policy, Concordia University2 Sept 2026
We seem to be caught in a loop that AI will either save or ruin democracy. At one extreme, politics scholar David Altman worries that artificial intelligence is leading the world toward an...
The Conversation Canadaby Peter Crockford, Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences, Carleton University2 Sept 2026
We often think of microbes as organisms that live around us, like the salmonella bacteria and flu viruses that cause illness.
The Conversation Canadaby Eric Cadesky, Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia2 Sept 2026
For Canadians still reliving the Toronto Blue Jays’ emotional 2025 World Series run, Donald Trump’s latest attacks have supplied hits of high drama and true patriot love.
The Conversation Canadaby Katrina Milaney, Professor, Community Rehabilitation & Disability Studies, Cumming School of Medicine, and a Research Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary2 Sept 2026
People experiencing homelessness face multiple, complex personal and structural barriers to finding stable housing. That burden, however, is not distributed evenly.
The Conversation Canadaby The Conversation Canada, The Conversation1 Sept 2026
Behavioural scientist Louis Busch weaves Indigenous teachings from Knowledge Keepers across Turtle Island with western psychological practice.
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