Australians think immigration should be cut? Well, it depends on how you ask

Dec 04, 2018 00:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Over the past 12 months, immigration policy has been increasingly contested in Australian politics and the media. Former prime minister Tony Abbott has been prominent with his advocacy of a reduction in the permanent...

G20 summit bring a truce in US-China trade relations – but it's likely to be temporary

Dec 04, 2018 00:04 am UTC| Insights & Views

The United States and China have arrived at a temporary truce in a trade conflict that was threatening to further destabilise world equity markets, entrench a global slowdown and cause more damage to a rules-based...

We all buy slave-made products: here's how we avoid feeling guilty

Dec 04, 2018 00:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

We consume the products of slavery every day. All of us. Todays globalised supply chains make it is almost impossible to avoid goods or services free of the fingerprints of slavery. Electronic gadgets, clothing, fish,...

The promise of the “learn to code” movement

Dec 04, 2018 00:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

This week, educators, students and the public around the world are participating in Computer Science Education Week by organizing and leading one-hour coding tutorials. By the start of the week, more than 2,700 Canadian...

Why we should stop labelling people climate change deniers

Dec 03, 2018 23:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

In the westernmost reaches of Nunavut, on the Northwest Passage, Inuit hunters have told me some pithy things about climate change. The land is changing. It isnt climate change. This is part of cycles. Our elders saw...

Married by default? Why Alberta's proposed new law is misguided

Dec 03, 2018 23:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

Imagine that you move in with your intimate partner. Three years later, you get a letter from the province: Congratulations! From now on, we view you as a married couple. While you might not actually find such a letter...

Educating nurses to support digital health

Dec 03, 2018 23:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Canadas healthcare system is undergoing a digital revolution. The technology is new, but it must be used by the existing health workforce. A recent report by the British National Health Service found that a lack of...