The Supreme Court of Canada’s rejection of child-pornography mandatory minimums reflects an allegiance to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, not a crisis.
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Message discipline is an increasing feature of Canadian politics. Canadians across the country should pay attention to what just happened in Alberta, where teachers were ordered back to work.
Des départs en série secouent la CAQ. Entre loyauté et désillusion, plusieurs élus tournent le dos à François Legault, révélant les fragilités de la discipline partisane.
Informal governance is both a survival mechanism and a structure of power.
The acquisition of EA for US$55 billion is a continuation of similar consolidation trends that have been seen across the creative sector, including music, film and television.
Language barriers, social isolation and parenting challenges while integrating into a new culture often add to the everyday pressures of marriage.
When a language isn’t in the data, its speakers aren’t in the product – and AI cannot be safe, useful, or fair for them.
Disclosing AI use on music platforms shouldn’t give streaming platforms a free pass to flood catalogues with AI content. Listeners deserve clear and transparent labelling.
Canada and other OECD countries’ plans to test students’ AI literacy in 2029 threatens to obscure essential questions about the marketing of AI.
Strength is not just survival. It is how Indigenous Peoples have always transformed oppression into collective action — and how we will face residential schools denialism today.
Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.
Is Canada’s current approach to building human capital fit for the challenges ahead? A new report finds this isn’t the case.
Fentanyl dealers expanding into new markets across Canada are devastating smaller cities like Thunder Bay, fuelling violence and worsening the homelessness crisis.
Tourist offerings like the Jasper Dark Sky Festival in Alberta can help protect dark skies by generating support among tourists and communities receiving economic impacts.
Researchers highlight the experiences of workers across Canada whose livelihoods and communities have been impacted by climate change.
Remote-work flexibility has supported workplace equity helped limit outbreaks of respiratory infections. Back-to-offices mandates could erase those gains, especially with lowered vaccination rates.
Consumers use online reviews to inform their purchasing decisions, but the reviews can be influenced by many different factors.
Targeting adult NSFW video games could have knock-on effects on queer creators and sexual education content.
Taylor Swift is one of the most well-known celebrities today, but her fame obscures analysis of her musicianship.
‘Deep research’ AI agents combine large language models with sophisticated reasoning frameworks to conduct in-depth, multi-step analyses.
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Professor, Musicology, University of Alberta
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Professor of Information Science & Vice Dean, Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies, University of Alberta
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Professor Popular Music and Media Studies, University of Alberta
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Director Community Service-Learning, University of Alberta
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Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
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Professor Emerita, Augustana - Sciences, University of Alberta
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
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Professor, Political Science, University of Alberta
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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta
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Assistant Lecturer, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta
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Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Media and Technology Studies, and Director of the Feminist Collaboratory and Data Visualization Centre, University of Alberta
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Professor in Political Science, University of Alberta
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Graduate Research Fellow, Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
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M.D. Candidate, University of Alberta