Brands are increasingly taking stances on contentious social issues and facing mass outrage on social media. New research shows that this outrage can benefit brands.
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Recent survey evidence suggests that most Canadians have positive opinions of wolves and rural Canadians in particular have strongly positive feelings on wolves and their protection.
While technology can be a useful tool, it can also divert funding and attention from the root causes of the social welfare issues it aims to address.
To guard against extinction, we must advocate for common species.
This new agreement finally allows First Nations to decide for themselves how the funding will revitalize their language and culture independently of the government.
Chess affords young people a host of interdisciplinary skills, Canada should invest in teaching them how to play it.
People must learn more about the history and legacies of residential schools and day schools and understand their relationship to Canada’s colonial project.
Skilled immigrants need barriers like Canadian experience removed in order for them to successfully integrate into the Canadian economy.
The metaphor of a collective “carpet of immunity” invites us to imagine immunity as a collaborative project, spreading out to protect those for whom the end of mandates means increased vulnerability.
Does the flag unite Canadians, or confuse them as its symbolism is used to different ends and causes?
Technological changes on the horizon will likely disrupt the dairy industry as we know it — plans to mitigate the risks this transition poses to farmer livelihoods and animal welfare should start now.
Skeptics may make demands for absolute certainty to undermine science and delay action. Critiques may not be in the interest of advancing science and public health, but by someone with an agenda.
Universities can have a role forming age-conscious students: those who aren’t ageist, don’t fear aging and are attuned to the aging process.
Les enfants seront vaccinés dans les prochaines semaines au Québec. Le prochain défi de la campagne de vaccination sera de rassurer les parents.
Was participating in ceremony despite pandemic restrictions an act of Indigenous resistance and resurgence and did it reflect reassertion of nationhood and self-determination?
Research on the catastrophic effects of COVID-19 in long-term care homes is shedding light on avenues for positive change.
White-nose syndrome has wiped out millions of bats in North America, pushing researchers to look at alternative roosts like bat boxes. But the U.S. bat box designs may not suit Canadian bats.
L’enregistrement et l’analyse des bruits émis par le lynx ont permis de découvrir de nouvelles informations sur son comportement.
With youth ages 12 and over eligible for COVID-19 vaccination — and as trials for younger children move ahead — parental hesitancy is emerging as the new challenge for COVID-19 vaccine programs.
Audio recordings of the secret lives of the Canada lynx demonstrate the value of technology in monitoring wildlife.
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Professor and Canada Research Chair, Trent University; University of Cambridge
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Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, Communications, Trent University
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Professor of History, Trent University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Trent University
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Chair, Anishinaabeg Knowledge and Assistant Professor at Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, Trent University
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Assistant Professor, Indigenous Methodologies, Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies, Trent University
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PHD Student in Canadian Studies, Trent University
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Professor of Biology, Trent University
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PhD Candidate, Environmental and Life Sciences, Trent University
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Associate Professor of Finance, Trent University
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Assistant Professor, Gender & Social Justice, Trent University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Change of Freshwater Ecosystems, Trent University
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, Trent University
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David Schindler Professor of Aquatic Science, Trent University
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, Trent University