Vancouver’s Relapse: Re-Humanizing Addiction
Still, as tempting as it may be to believe in Nancy Reagan’s “just say no” campaign, much of what is disseminated about addiction is incomplete at best, if not outright false.
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Back-To-School in the United States
Overall, in states that are still battling high COVID case counts, going back to school for in-person instruction puts the community at risk. Without getting the virus under control first, normal school days cannot come back as they will…
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Not a Drop to Drink: Canada’s Embarrassing Water Crises
Canada is one of the largest suppliers of freshwater in the world, controlling about 20 per cent of the world's total freshwater supply. Despite this generous endowment, federal and provincial governments have grossly mismanaged the world's…
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“Space Force”: What is it Good For?
In 2018, President Donald Trump announced the creation of Space Force, a new branch of the United States Armed Forces. With communication technologies playing a key role in modern warfare and lifestyles, Space Force has far-reaching…
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L’immersion en français et le monstre sous son lit
Selon le gouvernement ontarien, l’IF fait partie d’une vision supérieure pour « accroître l’engagement, des élèves, du personnel scolaire, des parents et de la collectivité » envers la culture bilingue de la vie quotidienne ontarienne.
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On Debt and Diplomacy: Passing the Microphone on Climate
The oil spill in Mauritius underscores the urgent need for powerful political actors to step back and allow those living at the frontlines of the climate crisis to lead the international conversation.
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Streaming Killed the CD Star: How Spotify Transformed the Music Industry
If Spotify is to reach its goal of allowing one million artists to live off their music, it is clear that that the platform must reconfigure itself to better pay the artists who drive traffic on their platform. Unless streaming services…
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MIR Meets: Dr. Ingo Sasgen
Mathieu Lavault sits down with Dr. Ingo Sasgen, a geophysicist from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. Having led an analysis that concluded that Greenland’s ice sheets lost one million tonnes of ice per minute in!-->…
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Mark Rutte Or: The Unexpected Virtue of a Villain
Mark Rutte was showered in international criticism when he opposed other leaders' call for mutualized debt to palliate the effects of COVID-19 in the European Union. However, those who cast him as the villain should think twice, for his…
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Online Platforms and the First Amendment Problem
Although online platforms have existed for decades, their potentially counterproductive influence on electoral integrity has given rise to an impasse. Tech stars, like Facebook, Twitter, and Google, and state bodies are seldom on the same…
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