By Cheryl A. Camillo, Associate Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina
The way pharmacare is implemented could contribute to the Canadian health insurance system’s transition toward a more contentious and unequal American-style system with heavy administrative burdens.
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By Jacob DesRochers, PhD Candidate, Sexuality Education, Queen's University, Ontario
‘Baby Reindeer’ raises questions about the effectiveness of content warnings. Viewers may still be vulnerable to secondary trauma, particularly those who have experienced similar violence.
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By Amnesty International
Guatemala, Mexico City, Geneva, Johannesburg, San José, Washington DC – May 6, 2024. The second trial against the former head of the Office of the Special Prosecutor against Impunity (FECI) in Quetzaltenango, Lilian Virginia Laparra Rivas, will open on Monday May 6. The Public Prosecutor (MP) and the plaintiffs in the case accuse her of […] The post Guatemala: International organizations condemn judicial persecution of former prosecutor Virginia Laparra appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Two strikes that killed 23 civilians during Somali military operations supported by Turkish drones must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said today. Civilians killed in the strikes on 18 March 2024 included 14 children, five women and four men. Another 17 civilians were injured in the strikes: 11 children, two women and four […] The post Somalia: Death of 23 civilians in military strikes with Turkish drones may amount to war crimes – new investigation appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Graham Liddell, Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Hope College
Words fail as 2,000-pound bombs shred lives and limbs.
The sheer number of children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza is devastating – at least 13,000 children in the first six months of the war. But somehow I am even more dumbfounded by the headlines, piled one after another, about children who have managed to survive a bombing but at the cost of one of their limbs:
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By Nandini Asavari Bharadwaj, Ph.D. Candidate, Learning Sciences Program, Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, McGill University
Annie Shiau, Ph.D. Student, School/Applied Child Psychology Program, Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, McGill University
Before charging ahead to a world of AI babysitters and teacher or companion robots, we should consider this technology carefully to assess its appropriateness in children’s lives.
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By Lisa McKendrick Calder, Associate Professor, Nursing, MacEwan University
Leanne Topola, Assistant Professor, Nursing, MacEwan University
Tanya Heuver, Assistant Professor, Nursing, MacEwan University
Surveying more than 5,500 nurses about the realities of their work lives highlights how a shortage of nursing staff could compromise Canadians’ ability to access safe, compassionate care.
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By Sonia Graham, DECRA Fellow, University of Wollongong
Environmental success depends on social connections. So if you want to start a new group, you need to think about the people as much as the problem.
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By Judy Bush, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
It was once a gross industrial sewer. But decades of work has turned Merri Creek into a green ribbon in Melbourne’s north.
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By Kevin Foster, Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University
In his new history, Amitav Ghosh shows how the world’s first international drug cartels were run by the Dutch and British governments through their monopoly East India companies.
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