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…
Written by Cornel Grey, Western University, Muna-Ubdi Abdulkadir Ali, York University, and Stephanie Latty, Toronto Metroplitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. After global anti-Black racism protests in 2020, many universities pledged to make DEI changes but funding and political…
Written by Philip Mai, Toronto Metropolitan University, Anatoliy Gruzdi, Toronto Metropolitan University, and William Hollingshead, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Online ads are being targeted at clearly defined voter subgroups during the Canadian federal election campaign. THE CANADIAN…
Written by Marshia Akbar, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Applicants recite the Oath of Citizenship as they become new Canadians at a citizenship ceremony in Ottawa on March 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang Despite Canada’s commitment to…