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CANADA: Big data reveals inequities in federal funding for non-profits

CANADA: Big data reveals inequities in federal funding for non-profits

Federal funding for human rights has declined, while funding for environmental issues has increased only incrementally since 2000
BEYOND LOCAL: Why it’s difficult for children to understand sarcasm

BEYOND LOCAL: Why it’s difficult for children to understand sarcasm

When children first begin to understand that a speaker doesn’t mean what they say at face value, they may think the speaker is lying
OPINION: Education and democracy can help address monuments that are a reminder of racist pasts

OPINION: Education and democracy can help address monuments that are a reminder of racist pasts

The recent public interest in memorials emerges at the very moment when long-established Western traditions are falling apart and people are looking for new representations of the past
BEYOND LOCAL: How granting a river personhood could help protect it

BEYOND LOCAL: How granting a river personhood could help protect it

While a first in Canada, granting legal personhood to natural entities is part of a global movement to recognize the rights of nature in law
BEYOND LOCAL: With campus co-operatives, universities could model new ways of living after COVID-19

BEYOND LOCAL: With campus co-operatives, universities could model new ways of living after COVID-19

Crises bring renewed interest in co-operatives, educational studies prof says
BEYOND LOCAL: Who decides which terms we should use to describe marginalized groups?

BEYOND LOCAL: Who decides which terms we should use to describe marginalized groups?

Who is the person or committee invested with the power to decide which terms are the right ones and which should be put to rest?
CANADA: Unvaccinated employees could face masks, segregation upon return to office, experts say

CANADA: Unvaccinated employees could face masks, segregation upon return to office, experts say

As workplaces begin to reopen, employers are grappling with how to keep all workers safe – including those who are unvaccinated
CANADA: Nearly 30 per cent of respondents broke COVID-19 restrictions, survey says

CANADA: Nearly 30 per cent of respondents broke COVID-19 restrictions, survey says

The survey says some people did not think regulations "made sense for them" because they were fully vaccinated and they felt what they were doing was safe given their status
OPINION: How to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake and decrease vaccine hesitancy in young people

OPINION: How to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake and decrease vaccine hesitancy in young people

Public health strategies that specifically target older adolescents and young adults using these recommendations may be successful in increasing inoculation uptake and play an important role in ending the pandemic, researchers suggest
WORLD: Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction overturned by court

WORLD: Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction overturned by court

Cosby has served more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia