theconversation.comadded August 2026
The Conversation Canadaby Lucas Barros da Rosa, PhD Candidate in Resources, Environment and Sustainability / Research Assistant, University of British Columbia17d ago
Recent drops in Brazil’s deforestation have been celebrated as a historic achievement. Forest loss in the Amazon fell by 23.5 per cent in 2025 compared to the previous year.
The Conversation Canadaby Maya Low, PhD Candidate and Lecturer, Cultural Psychiatry, McGill University17d ago
Demand for mental health care in Canada has risen sharply. In a health-care system already short of publicly funded specialists, Canadians often wait months for support.
The Conversation Canadaby Larry Chambers, Director, Research and Scholarship, Niagara Regional Campus, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University17d ago
Canada’s dementia strategies emphasize helping people live well at home for as long as possible. But for many people living with dementia, remaining at home relies almost entirely on the unpaid...
The Conversation Canadaby Paco Milhiet, Rechercheur associé, Relations internationales, Institut catholique de Paris (ICP)17d ago
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney did not need to cross the Atlantic to meet Emmanuel Macron on French soil over the weekend.
The Conversation Canadaby Teresa Anne Fowler, Adjunct assistant professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary18d ago
In May 2026, the Alberta government enacted Bill 25, an An Act to Remove Politics and Ideology from Classrooms.
The Conversation Canadaby Fırat K Sayın, Associate Professor of Management, Saint Mary’s University18d ago
“I don’t want the pain to define me. I want me to define me.” This was how one employee described working with chronic pain in interviews conducted in 2021 by one of us, Duygu Biricik Gulseren, and...
The Conversation Canadaby Oliver Brandes, Co-Director; Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Policy of the POLIS Project; Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria18d ago
British Columbia has endured another extreme drought with damaging impacts seen across the province: a watershed emergency declared by the Syilx Okanagan Nation, 70 per cent water use reductions...
The Conversation Canadaby Amy Leigh Johnson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Berry College18d ago
With chances of further sensational hydropower tunnel rescues dimming, the devastating ice-rock avalanche in August at the Nepal-Tibet border and catastrophic floods downstream are no longer making...
The Conversation Canadaby Melanie Griffith Brice, Associate Professor and Director of Indigenous Education, University of Calgary21d ago
The Métis are one of the most misunderstood Indigenous groups in Canada. The Canadian Constitution recognizes that “Aboriginal peoples of Canada includes the Indian, Inuit and Métis Peoples of...
The Conversation Canadaby Lia M Daniels, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta21d ago
When you were in school, what stressed you out the most? For many students, classroom assessments — graded tests, quizzes, group work, presentations, labs and the like — would be near the top of...
The Conversation Canadaby McKenzie Duguay, Master of Arts Student, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Manitoba21d ago
The government of British Columbia is facing renewed criticism over a proposed extension of its controversial wolf culling program.
The Conversation Canadaby Jason Bramburger, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University21d ago
Last week, OpenAI shared a proposed solution to the “Navier-Stokes equation” — one of the seven renowned Millenium Prize Problems chosen by the Clay Mathematics Institute that have stumped...
The Conversation Canadaby Stewart Prest, Lecturer, Political Science, University of British Columbia22d ago
Can a country change continents? Canada seems set to try. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced an intention to seek some novel form of associate membership in the European Union.
The Conversation Canadaby Zeynep Arsel, Professor, Management, University of Bath and Concordia University Chair in Consumption, Markets, and Society, Concordia University22d ago
When Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were still university researchers, they warned that advertising could undermine the trustworthiness of search engines.
The Conversation Canadaby William W. L. Cheung, Professor and Director, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia22d ago
In 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico with maximum sustained winds of 250 kilometres an hour.
The Conversation Canadaby Lilach Marom, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University22d ago
In 2025, Jewish people were the target of 70 per cent of all police-reported hate crimes in Canada targeting a religious group. Jews make up about one per cent of the Canadian population.
The Conversation Canadaby Negar Valizadeh, Geography, Environment and Geomatics, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa22d ago
Canada’s shifting study permit caps, post-graduation work permit rules and closure of graduate-focused immigration streams are reshaping pathways to permanent residence for international graduates.
The Conversation Canadaby John R. Heckman, Doctoral Candidate, Interdisciplinary Humanities, Brock University22d ago
A new threat intelligence report from the AI company Anthropic has revealed that a Russian team scraped Ukrainian combat videos to train an autonomous “kamikaze” drone to choose its own targets and...
The Conversation Canadaby Andrew S. Lang, University Research Professor, Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland23d ago
When you think of viruses, you probably think of flu-like symptoms and quarantines. Humankind has suffered from viral diseases ranging from smallpox to COVID-19, hantavirus and Ebola since the dawn...
The Conversation Canadaby Louis Busch, Psychotherapist, Doctoral Candidate (UofT OISE), Bear Clan Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation., University of Toronto23d ago
Editor’s note: This piece is adapted from Carry Your Heart: Indigenous Helping Wisdom and the Science of Psychological Flexibility by Louis Busch, released on Sept. 15, 2026.
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