Written by Shelagh McCartney, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Ximena Rosenvasser, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: San José State University Special Collections & Archives. Originally published in The Conversation. Before the 1960s and until 1990, university residences were constructed to support…
Written by Hyacinth Simpson, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young. Originally published in The Conversation. A dancer with Tribal Carnival is helped into her costume ahead of the King and Queen Show, part of Toronto Caribbean Carnival,…
Written by Alexandra Mogyoros, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Elon Musk, owner of X Holdings Corp., changed Twitter, Inc. to X Corp. He announced the change on July 23, 2023. Twitter has long been…
Written by Omar H. Fares, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Instead of owning physical copies of DVDs or CDs, for example, people subscribe to streaming services,…
Written by Omar H. Fares, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew. Originally published in The Conversation. Meta’s Threads platform experienced a significant drop in users recently. ChatGPT recently experienced a…
Written by Ramona Pringle, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Charles Sykes Originally published in The Conversation. Picketers carry signs outside Paramount in Times Square on July 17, 2023, in New York. Hollywood actors went on strike on July 14, joining…
Written by Deborah de Lange, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick. Originally published in The Conversation. It’s no secret that Toronto is falling behind on sustainable transportation compared to other cities around the world, hurting the city’s economy, quality of…
Written by Donna Appavoo, Toronto Metropolitan University and Monika Korzun and Ashley Jean MacDonald, Dalhousie University. Photo credit: Ashley Jean MacDonald, CC BY-NC. Originally published in The Conversation. By only focusing on how to keep food costs low, we risk ignoring the…
Written by Omar H. Fares, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Deinfluencing involves influencers discouraging their followers from buying overpriced or otherwise ineffective products. A new social media trend has recently emerged in response to the…
Gathering geoscientific data for mining and energy industries through ground-level surveys can be time-consuming, costly and physically dangerous. Drones can replace traditional surveying methods, reducing labour and equipment costs and completing surveys more quickly, but they have their own limitations.…
Written by Linda Mussell, University of Canterbury, and Jessica Evans, Toronto Metropolitan University. Photo credit: The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck. Originally published in The Conversation. The peace arch monument on the Canadian side of the Canada-U.S. border crossing, in Surrey, B.C.…
Diabetes patients have to monitor their diet’s glucose levels closely to avoid serious health complications. While some tools exist to help manage this challenging disease, one that accurately pre-evaluates diabetes patients’ meals and allows for on-the-spot portion adjustments is lacking.…