Written by Shiva S. Mohan, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. A traveller hands documents to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection office at the Peace Bridge Port of Entry in Buffalo, N.Y. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston) Canada’s…
Written by Eugene Y. Chan, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Ali Gohary, La Trobe University. Originally published in The Conversation. People look at a Bergdorf Goodman window display on Fifth Avenue on Dec. 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)…
Written by Mohammadamin Ahmadfard, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. By integrating renewables, AI can enable cities to manage diverse energy sources as a single, intelligent system. (Shutterstock) Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly transforming how cities generate, store and…
Written by Deborah de Lange, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen during the closing news conference at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., on June 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld The G7…
Written by Anthony Bonato, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. President Donald Trump, from foreground centre to right, Elon Musk, his son, and in background at left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a mixed martial arts fight…
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…