Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.

Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

When and why do girls start forming cliques?

By Hannah L. Schacter, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Wayne State University

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

When and why do girls start forming cliques? – Anushka, age 14, California

The Plastics. Will,…

Read complete article

~	We’ve worked out a way of understanding how microbial communities shape life on Earth

~	Chagos islands: what the UK-Mauritius agreement means for displaced Chagossians

~	Football acts like referees are the issue but they are just following the rules

~	Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda – what you need to know

~	No time for a holiday? A ‘workation’ could be the answer

~	Can Kemi Badenoch claim to have ‘become working class’ while working in McDonald’s – and why would she want to?

~	Whale sharks on collision course as warming seas may force them into shipping lanes – new study

~	Too good to be true? New study shows people reject freebies and cheap deals for fear of hidden costs

~	A venue debacle at cricket's Caribbean Premier League shines a spotlight on how ‘the biggest party in sport’ is run

~	Who is Freeman Mbowe? Why Tanzania’s ruling party is targeting the opposition leader