Written by Gao Yunxiang, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Paramount Pictures. Originally published in The Conversation. Soo Yong and William Boyd in a still from the film ‘The Secret of the Wastelands’ (1941). The recent Netflix series Hollywood creates a make-believe 1948…
Written by Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, Western University; Alex Berry, Western University; Cory Jobb, Western University; Cristina Delgado Vintimilla, York University; Fikile Nxumalo, University of Toronto; Kathleen Kummen, Capilano University; Kelly-Ann MacAlpine, Western University; Laurie Kocher, Capilano University; Meagan Montpetit, Western University;…
Written by Kenneth Fung, University of Toronto; Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Pixabay Originally published in The Conversation. There are many complex pandemic-related risk factors for suicide, and suicide prevention is a crucial public health response to COVID-19. The…
Written by Ivor Shapiro, Ryerson University. Photo credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais. Originally published in The Conversation. The Washington Post has been criticized for saying a reporter who was the victim of a sexual assault couldn’t objectively cover topics like the…
Written by Cary Wu, York University; Abidin Kusno, York University; Ann H. Kim, York University; Carol Liao, University of British Columbia; Dennis Kao, Carleton University; Guida Man, York University; Hae Yeon Choo, University of Toronto; Jing Zhao, University of British…
Written by David Chandross, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. The World Health Organization is building a game world to allow medical practitioners to admit virtual patients for emergency treatment during a mass casualty simulation. The pandemic has…
Written by Laleh Samarbakhsh, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. A NFT is a digital file with verified identity and ownership. Last week, Christie’s sold a digital collage of images called “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” for US$69.3…
Written by Sibo Chen, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. The direct confrontational tactics adopted by environmental activists over the past decade have transformed the global climate movement. Despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent comment that Canada and…
Written by Joe Masoodi, Ryerson University. Photo credit: Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Wearable devices can help track the spread of COVID-19 in places where smartphone use isn’t possible. In February, the Ontario government announced it had invested $2.5 million…
Written by Anna Triandafyllidou, Ryerson University; Laura Lam, University of Toronto. Photo credit: AP Photo/Frank Augstein. Originally published in The Conversation. Uber drivers of the App Drivers & Couriers Union celebrate as they listen to a British Supreme Court decision that…