Two in five scientists report harassment and intimidation. Often, the perpetrators are inside the institution

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Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock The goal of science is to uncover truths and create new knowledge. But this is not always welcome. Increasingly, scientific findings are being attacked or downplayed. And scientists themselves...

Bilingualism and merit go hand in hand at the Supreme Court of Canada

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Influential voices in the Canadian public sphere have been criticizing the 2023 amendments to the Official Languages Act (OLA) that require federal courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, to be able to hear cases in...

Collateral damage: how the war on ‘woke banking’ could backfire on New Zealand

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Getty Images It would be hard to think of an industry less obviously woke than banking, but thats how coalition partner NZ First has characterised certain practices within the finance sector. The partys tortuously titled...

Trolling feels like a new phenomenon. But it existed long before the internet

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Trolling on the internet looks and feels like a new phenomenon. Abuse can rain down on a target instantly and from everywhere, in quantities never before seen. But as David Rudrums engaging book on the history of trolling...

The desert among the snow: how Anmatyerr ceremony men came to create ground paintings in Switzerland

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Cliffy Tommy working on the _rrpwamper_ (common brushtail possum) ground painting sculpture. Georges Petitjean, CC BY A ground painting is known in Anmatyerr as Ahelh Anety-irrem, meaning broken or perhaps even transformed...

Canada’s cuts to newcomer English language programs puts communities’ well-being at risk

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The impact of of Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canadas 2024-25 department plan, released about a year ago, are only now starting to become clear in cities across Canada. Whether its colleges in Vancouver, Lethbridge...

The success of the Delta Flight 4819 rescue effort highlights the need for co-ordinated responses

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he day after the Delta Flight 4819 crash on Feb. 17 at Toronto Pearson International Airport, the damaged aircraft remained on the runway as the crash investigation ramped up. Whether it was due to luck, skill, heroism or...