California depends on prison labour to deal with climate disasters — Canada must avoid a similar model

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As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are inmates from Californias prison system has drawn significant attention in news coverage. While the...

The legacy of anti-Black racism: The public health crisis of racial trauma

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The police killing of George Floyd in 2020 in the United States was an appalling act involving a group of officers who did not place much, if any, value on the life of a Black man. In the agonizing nine minutes before he...

Online platforms risk becoming ideological echo chambers that undermine meaningful dialogue

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The migration to Bluesky, especially after the 2024 U.S. presidential election, reflects a growing dissatisfaction with centralized platforms and their handling of political content. (Shutterstock) There has recently been...

How Jan. 27 came to be International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

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When, in the late 1980s, I began my research on the architectural history of the Auschwitz death camp, Jan. 27 wasnt marked on any official calendar as a special day of commemoration. Since then, as a historian who has...

Canada’s claim that it champions human rights is at odds with its mining practices

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Canada presents itself as a gender equality and human rights champion both at home and abroad. But its also a global leader in mining, an industry with an abysmal human rights record. Under the previous Conservative...

Wanting to ‘return to normal’ after a disaster is understandable, but often problematic

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Media coverage of the recent fires in Los Angeles showed the heartbreaking damage in Pacific Palisades and elsewhere across Los Angeles County. People lost not only their houses but also the thriving communities of which...

Too many Australians miss out on essential medical care every year. Here’s how to fix ‘GP deserts’

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Zhuravlev Andrey/Shutterstock Some communities are GP deserts, where there are too few GPs to ensure everyone can get the care they need when they need it. These communities are typically sicker and poorer than the rest of...