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It takes time for young children to learn about different foods and textures. Preschoolers eat lunch at child-care centre, Mountlake Terrace, Wash, in in 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

For preschoolers, fear of new foods is common — and responding can feel anything but simple

Jessie-Lee McIsaac, Mount Saint Vincent University; Julie E. Campbell, Mount Saint Vincent University, and Melissa (Misty) Rossiter, University of Prince Edward Island

Feeding toddlers can be hard, but research sheds insight into how to help children learn to enjoy a variety of foods and recognize when they are hungry and full.
A study suggests that the best practice is to eat the muscle, heart, and liver from weaned seals that are less than six weeks old. (Pierre-Yves Daoust)

What you should know about eating grey seal meat and products from the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Gwyneth Anne MacMillan, McGill University; Marc Amyot, Université de Montréal; Mélanie Lemire, and Pierre-Yves Daoust, University of Prince Edward Island

Choose the meat, liver and heart of young grey seals (less than six weeks old) and apply standard sanitary measures when handling seals and their products.
Les phoques de moins de 6 semaines représentent le meilleur groupe d'âge à des fins de commercialisation. (Pierre-Yves Daoust)

Pour une consommation éclairée du phoque gris

Gwyneth Anne MacMillan, McGill University; Marc Amyot, Université de Montréal; Mélanie Lemire, and Pierre-Yves Daoust, University of Prince Edward Island

On recommande de privilégier la viande, le foie et le cœur des jeunes phoques et d’appliquer des mesures sanitaires standard (gants, cuisson) lors de la manipulation des phoques et de leurs produits.
It can be painful for researchers to read harshly worded criticism of their work from peer reviewers. (Shutterstock)

Peer review: Can this critical step in the publication of science research be kinder?

Catherine Clase, McMaster University; Josee Bouchard, Université de Montréal; Manish M Sood, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Rachel Holden, Queen's University, Ontario, and Sunny Hartwig, University of Prince Edward Island

Peer review of research sounds like it should be a conversation between equals. Instead, it can be patronizing, demanding and simply unkind. A group of journal editors thinks this should change.
The cast of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 — that year, the show won Best Comedy Program or Series. (Shutterstock)

‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Letterkenny’ are love letters to rural Canada

S. Ashleigh Weeden, PhD, University of Guelph; Laurie Brinklow, University of Prince Edward Island, and Maggie J. Whitten Henry, University of Prince Edward Island

Shows like ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Letterkenny’ upend how we imagine rural Canada to be. The small-town dynamics represented are wonderful presentations of what it means to be human.

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