Will Smith’s Oscar slap reveals fault lines as he defends Jada Pinkett Smith against Chris Rock, with Cheryl Thompson
admin
Why is board gaming so white and male? I’m trying to figure that out
Written by Tanya A Pobuda, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Does this lack of representation matter to board gamers? Board games have been having a bit of a cultural moment. They experienced a resurgence of…
Both facts and fake news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine are spread on social media
Written by Richard Lachman, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Social media has allowed fake news about the Ukraine invasion to proliferate. As the story goes, in the 1780s, a former lover of the Empress of…
Bottom-up, audience-driven and shut down: How HuffPost Canada left its mark on Canadian media
Written by Nicole Blanchett, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. HuffPost Canada was abruptly shut down on March 9, 2020, by Buzzfeed as part of a broad restructuring plan for the company. This closure came two…
It’s not just that Canadian restaurant workers have left — many have yet to arrive
Written by Maggie Perzyna, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz. Originally published in The Conversation Although the pandemic was an accelerant, labour shortages have plagued the hospitality industry for years. Recent media reporting about the hospitality industry has been…
How LGBTQ2+ 1980s dance parties sparked collective joy and power — and can again
Written by Craig Jennex, Ryerson University. Photo credit: (Philip Share/Craig Jennex), Author provided (no reuse). Originally published in The Conversation. The dance floor was a place of belonging in the face of homophobic violence, the HIV/AIDS epidemic and moralistic representations of…
Black youth yearn for Black teachers to disrupt the daily silencing of their experiences
Written by Olufunke Oba, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Most youth in a Waterloo region study were found to have never been taught by a Black teacher. The annual Black History month school assemblies is fading…
How American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson became a hero in China
Written by Gao Yunxiang, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Gordon Parks for the U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information/Wikimedia/Keynote records. Originally published in The Conversation. In 1941, Robeson recorded an album of Chinese fighting and folk songs with activist Liu Liangmo with…
The cost of inaction for youth ‘aging out’ of Ontario foster care is estimated at $2 billion
Written by Linda Mussell, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Marsha Rampersaud, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Reinvesting some of the $2 billion Ontario is spending could keep more families together. Last spring, the Ontario government committed to…
Income inequality and COVID-19: We are in the same storm, but not in the same boat
Written by James Davies, Western University; Edgardo Sepulveda, Ryerson University. Photo credit: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer. Originally published in The Conversation. Last May, churches in low income communities across New York offered COVID-19 testing to residents in conjunction with Northwell Health…
Why toy shops — and Amazon — are tapping into paper catalogues
Written by Joanne E. McNeish, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Joanne E. McNeish/(/Quicksilver Agency/YouTube). Originally published in The Conversation. Paper is part of seasonal marketing for both bricks and mortar and online retailers. Did you receive them? Found in many mailboxes…
If companies want net-zero carbon offices, they need to focus on building materials
Written by Meike Siegner, Ryerson University; Cory Searcy, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. An office building made with cross-laminated timber in Tokyo, Japan. In 2020, the extraction, transport and manufacturing of materials for the building…