What wedding venue choices tell us about social status in Nigeria

Mar 06, 2020 08:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Event centres venues to host social events such as weddings, meetings, naming ceremonies and funerals are ubiquitous in southwestern Nigeria. Some are enclosed in a building, others are semi-enclosed or on open...

More money for private schools won't make Australia's education fairer, no matter how you split it

Mar 06, 2020 08:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

In recent days the federal government announced a new funding formula for non-government schools. Called the Direct Measure of Income, the formula will base the level of government funding on school parents incomes rather...

Would you ditch your car if public transport was free? Here's what researchers have found

Mar 06, 2020 05:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Economy

Luxembourg recently became the first country in the world to make all public transport free. As of March 1 2020, all buses, trains and trams throughout the country can be boarded without paying a fare the largest area to...

Why are people stockpiling toilet paper? We asked four experts

Mar 05, 2020 11:17 am UTC| Life

As coronavirus continues to spread around the world, anxiety is rising in Australia. Shoppers fearful of quarantine measures have been stocking up on supplies to last out a week or two of isolation. Recent days have...

The future of work will hit vulnerable people the hardest

Mar 03, 2020 00:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

A great deal of attention is being paid to the future of work and its impact on Canadians. Often missing from the discussion is the extent to which different workers will be included or excluded from the changing labour...

Dark web: Our study reveals how new offenders get involved in online paedophile communities

Mar 03, 2020 00:05 am UTC| Life

The dark web a collection of heavily encrypted websites, forums and social networks notoriously provides spaces for illegal activities. Its where child sexual offenders meet to support each other and share indecent...

How a child's first language includes more than words

Mar 02, 2020 23:59 pm UTC| Life

This International Mother Language Day (Feb. 21), Canadians celebrated their multilingual heritage by recognizing flexible uses of languages. According to UNESCO, Mother tongue or mother language refers to a childs first...