Written by Christopher Campbell-Duruflé, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. A wildfire in the Flin Flon, Man. area is shown in a government handout photo on May 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Manitoba Government As wildfire season begins, the destructive…
Written by Eugene Y. Chan, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Collectible figurines on display at Pop Mart in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, on April 29, 2025. (Shutterstock) If you’ve seen videos of people tearing into tiny toy packages online, or…
Written by Irene Gammel, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. U.S. Army soldiers march along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. during U.S. President Donald Trump’s Inaugural Parade in January 2017. (Kalie Jones) Born on June 14, 1946, United States…
Written by Jason Wang, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion by Qian Gu, 1560 (Chinese, 1508–ca. 1578), Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Handscroll, ink. C. C. Wang Family, Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1980/ MET open collection, CC…
Written by Binish Ahmed, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. In Kashmir, everyday people are heavily controlled by settler-colonial laws. A woman holds her child as she inspects her house damaged by artillery shelling from Pakistan in the…
Written by John Schoales, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. An important reason for underrepresentation in cultural industries is the citizenship-based approach to defining what classifies as Canadian content. (Shutterstock) The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has recently…
Written by Marshia Akbar, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. A sign directs voters to a polling station to cast their ballots in the federal election in Calgary on April 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Canada’s recent federal…
Written by Angela Misri, Toronto Metropolitan University, April Lindgren, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Nicole Blanchett, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. It’s become clear that many news organizations are still operating in the ethical equivalent of the Wild…
Listen to Cheryl Thompson, Toronto Metropolitan University, interviewed by The Conversation. Originally published in The Conversation. American minstrel performer Bert Williams (1874-1922) circa 1922. (Houghton Library) Listen to the interview with Cheryl Thompson. In her groundbreaking book, Canada and the…
Written by Ashika Niraula, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Canada has a shortage of skilled workers including health-care professionals. Here, nurses at a Day of Action against cutbacks by the Alberta Government, in Edmonton, Aug. 11, 2021.…
Written by Anatoliy Gruzd, Toronto Metropolitan University, Anthony Clements Haines, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Philip Mai, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Canadians need literacy around AI, its applications and uses. (Shutterstock) When ChatGPT entered the public imagination in…
Written by Shiva S. Mohan, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Temporary foreign workers from Mexico and Guatemala pick strawberries at a strawberry farm in Port Rouge, Que. in August 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot Migrant workers have…