Written by Jennifer S Simpson, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. University funding quickly raises the question of value: what is it that universities offer that warrants public investment? (Shutterstock) A recent report noting that funding for Ontario’s universities is “low…
Written by Sibo Chen, Toronto Metropolitan University. Image credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP. Originally published in The Conversation. U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping walk in the gardens at the Filoli Estate in Woodside,…
Written by Valérie S. Langlois, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS); Christy Morrissey, University of Saskatchewan; Eric Liberda, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Sean Prager, University of Saskatchewan. Photo credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh. Originally published in The Conversation. A…
Written by Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee, Toronto Metropolitan University and Omar H. Fares, Toronto Metropolitan University. Image credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. People tend to ‘panic buy’ in times of crisis, which often leads to shortages of essential…
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…