What’s happening in Belize is a work in progress. Its citizens pursue diverse self-determined actions along with repatriation as steps toward generational healing and redress.
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Hearing technologies combined with artificial intelligence can be used to enrich the learning environment.
As we likely settle into a long-term relationship with COVID-19, this new relationship will not likely leave masks forgotten.
Exclusion from clinical trials, lack of data and inconsistent information made it difficult for pregnant and breastfeeding people to make decisions about COVID-19 vaccines early in the rollout.
It has only been in the past century that weather prediction on Earth has advanced enough to work two weeks in advance. Predicting space weather, however, is only reliable an hour in advance.
As we celebrate Asian Heritage Month, the time is now to collectively centre dialogue against anti-Asian racism, with an optimistic view for a global reset.
We need to clarify the role of the police, to promote a more justice-oriented style of police leadership and to put in place long-term mechanisms of accountability to support and sustain change.
Not everyone needs to be on campus to learn. Governments, which subsidize higher education, need to change their funding models to support affordable remote learning.
Part of an Indigenous ancestral trail was cleared by a logging company last summer, despite it being a protected cultural site under Alberta law.
Student respondents to a survey discussed memories of historical trauma of infectious disease and displacement, financial hardship related to Alberta tuition hikes and mental health concerns.
A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages may be intended to improve health, but for Indigenous consumers, such a tax would be unethical, contravene tax law and undermine Indigenous rights.
The execution of Lisa Montgomery in the U.S. earlier this year demonstrates how society misunderstands the effects of mental illness and trauma on criminal behaviour.
Open-educational resources are critical for increasing global learners’ access to education during COVID-19 and beyond. Blockchain technology can address concerns about plagiarism in resources.
There is a long history of recalculating historical prophecies and projections based on the theme of four kingdoms.
Spirituality may not align with scientific values, but even psychologists say ‘peak’ experiences can change people. Will society allow the entire language of religion to be owned by conservatives?
Unavoidable crises will upend the world we live in but a shift from addictive accumulation to sustainable living may improve our quality of life.
The real lessons of Jesus Christ as outlined in the Bible are socialist. But the Church, a veritable old boys club, doesn’t teach us that.
We must work to protect our children from Toxic Socialization, violent experiences in their lives that do lifelong damage.
Wealth addiction is as powerful as any other, but instead of urging addicts to get help, we often admire them. Yet they do much more damage to the world at large than your average coke fiend.
Why are the masses not disconnecting from Facebook despite the litany of revelations that the company’s brass has long viewed them as dumb sheep?
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Associate Professor, Organizational Behaviour, Athabasca University
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Professor of Labour Relations, Athabasca University
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Associate Professor, Criminology, Athabasca University
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, Athabasca University
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Associate Professor, History, Athabasca University
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Associate Professor of Innovation Finance, Faculty of Business, Athabasca University
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Master's Student, Interdisciplinary Studies, Athabasca University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca University
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Professor, Human Resources and Labour Relations, Athabasca University
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Athabasca University
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Professor of Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics, Athabasca University
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Associate Professor, Media and Communication Studies, Athabasca University
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Professor of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Athabasca University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University
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Assistant Professor, Human Resources and Labour Relations, Athabasca University