Written by Joe Recupero. Photo credit Alison Webb (Author provided). Originally published in The Conversation. The author, Joe Recupero, as he competed in the Tough Mudder race in 2014. We have been taught from the time we are children that…
Written by Nicole W. Forrester, Ryerson University. Photo credit AP Photo/Frank Augstein. Originally published in The Conversation. Mario Mandzukic celebrates during Croatia’s victory over England in the World Cup semifinal. Croatia’s emphasis of team over individual goals was crucial to…
Written by Jaigris Hodson, Royal Roads University, and Asmaa Malik, Ryerson University. Photo credit Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. The future of local news is sobering but not without some measure of hope. By illuminating both the values and…
Written by William Michael Carter. Photo credit MIT. Originally published in The Conversation. MIT’s experiment with a serial killing AI called Norman, based on Psycho’s Norman Bates, underscores the importance of ensuring we get it right when embedding AI with…
Written by Mark V. Campbell, Ryerson University. Image credit Patrick Nichols. Originally published in The Conversation. ‘…Everything Remains Raw,’ a show at the McMichael gallery blends traditional art spaces with fresh ideas from hip hop culture. Canada’s cultural institutions need…
Written by Ron Stagg, Ryerson University. Photo credit The Canadian Press/Justin Tang. Originally published in The Conversation. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 leaders summit on June 8, 2018. Trump sent angry…
Written by Riley Kucheran, Ryerson University. Photo credit Red Works Photography. Originally published in The Conversation. Designs by Jeneen Frei Njootli on the runway at the Frost Moon Showcase at Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto last weekend. Last week, Indigenous people…
Written by Louis-Etienne Dubois & Laurel Walzak, Ryerson University. Photo credit Ubisoft. Originally published in The Conversation. The Finnish R6 eSports proleague team, winners of Rainbow Six Pro League Championship in Sao Paulo. Your interest in sports may have started…
Written by Henry Navarro Delgado, Ryerson University. Photo credit Twitter Originally published in The Conversation. Political dressing is all the rage right now, but is it a fashion? A professor of fashion explains. Political dressing is fashionable right now, but…
Written by Anthony Bonato, Ryerson University. Photo credit Twentieth Century Fox. Originally published in The Conversation. Hidden Figures, the movie, showcased the importance of Black women in mathematics. Equity, diversity and inclusion — EDI — is a trending concept these…
Written by Steven Liss, Ryerson University; Anna Majury, Queen’s University; and Haley Sanderson, Queen’s University. Photo credit THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christ Young. Originally published in The Conversation. Demonstrators at a 2010 Toronto rally protesting the mercury contamination of the Wabigoon-English waterway…