Written by Henry Navarro Delgado, Ryerson University. Photo credit THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov. Originally published in The Conversation. Underneath the façade of the Caribbean carnival, historical, cultural and political undercurrents run deep. A parade participant performs during the Grand Parade…
Written by Anthony Bonato and Lyndsay Roach, Ryerson University. Photo credit AP Photo/Evan Vucci. Originally published in The Conversation. President Donald Trump delivers a lot of information through Twitter. Here he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House,…
Written by Nicole W. Forrester. Photo credit Robert Paul/Blizzard Entertainment. Originally published in The Conversation. Jong Seok Kim, a player for the London Spitfires team in the Overwatch League, which gets primetime coverage on ESPN. Will e-sports soon be part…
Written by William Michael Carter. Photo credit Shutterstock. Originally published in The Conversation. Will facial recognition software make the world a safer place, as tech firms are claiming, or will it make the marginalized more vulnerable and monitored? My mother…
Written by David Chandross, Ryerson University. Photo credit Sergey Galyonkin, Epic Games Berlin via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA. Originally published in The Conversation. Video games have inspired a revolution in university teaching. Pictured here is a scene from the popular…
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…