Written by Ruth Panofsky, Toronto Metropolitan University. Image credit: National Film Board/Drawn & Quarterly. Originally published in The Conversation. Images from Bernice Eisenstein’s ‘I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors’ and Miriam Katin’s We Are on Our Own.’ The Ontario…
Written by Cory Searcy, Toronto Metropolitan University, Grant Michelson, Macquarie University and Pavel Castka, University of Canterbury. Photo credit: Shuttershock. Originally published in The Conversation. Canadian companies will soon be legally obligated to annually report on efforts to prevent and remediate forced…
Written by Stein Monteiro, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Bradley Bernard, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Shuttershock. Originally published in The Conversation. The Start-Up Visa program is designed to help foreign entrepreneurs gain permanent residence in Canada. To bolster its rapidly-growing tech sector, the…
Written by Ivor Shapiro, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi and Graham Hughes. Originally published in The Conversation. Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine demonstrations have been held around the world since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7,…
Written by Fahad Ahmad, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Baljit Nagra, University of Ottawa. Photo credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck. Originally published in The Conversation. A person holds a sign during a protest outside the Indian consulate in Vancouver in September…
Written by Omar H. Fares, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Cutting back on pricier food items and focusing on more affordable staple foods could help consumers…
Written by Nicholas Li, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Tracey Galloway, University of Toronto. Photo credit: The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick. Originally published in The Conversation. A person walks along a path in Iqaluit on March 6, 2019. Soaring food prices, growing profit…
Written by Sandy Jung, MacEwan University, and Jesmen Mendoza, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. How post-secondary institutions react after a sexual assault incident can impact campus safety. The excitement of entering a new academic…
Written by Irene Gammel, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Library of Congress. Originally published in The Conversation. 1920s Dada artist Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven was known as ‘the Living Dada.’ Digital archives have become powerful platforms for women artists who were excluded…
Written by Veronica Escobar Olivo, Toronto Metropolitan University and Marsha Rampersaud, York University, Canada. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Youths’ stories detail concerning interactions with the police which speak to ongoing anti-Black racism in Canadian policing. A class-action lawsuit was…