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A dozen or so teen girls sit at desks in rows, listening to a teacher speaking.

Education should be part of humanitarian aid from day one

A bridge is in the foreground and a small passenger plane in the background amid an orange haze.

Canada’s buildings can do more than consume electricity

A closeup of a student’s hand, writing with a pencil.

Canada’s PISA scores hit record lows. Don’t let rankings drive reform

Cadets in formation standing at attention, many with their caps at their hearts.

Canada should put its money where its mouth is on the Cadet Program

A bronze statue of a woman holding a proclamation to the sky with one hand.

Canada must reckon with its history of slavery

People rush past a man sitting on the street wrapped in a blanket.

Canada can choose to prevent youth homelessness. The U.K. shows the way

Line drawing of two sets of scales.

To understand poverty, governments need more than one measure

Volunteers wearing green safety vests sort and pack food donations into cardboard boxes at a food bank warehouse.

Canada is too rich to be failing this badly on economic and social rights

A nurse is holding the arm of a young blond girl in a clinic while another adult looks on. 

Education has an important role to play in overcoming vaccine hesitancy

Abstract human heads.

Embedded researchers can drive real change in mental health systems

A line of redcoats marching in front of a burning building.

Why are younger Canadians more susceptible to Trump and the lure of the 51st state?

Dozens of workers carrying signs and union flags.

It’s time to put Canada’s employment insurance program on solid footing

A woman holds up her hands with a message reading “Stop the war” written in black ink in her palms.

Canadian media need to more carefully consider op-eds on the Mideast

A silhouetted woman in front of two landscape paintings. 

Canada’s overzealous copyright law deprives us of our own cultural heritage

A large holy cross is depicted in the brick pattern of the one-storey school.

Calls to defund Ontario’s Catholic schools are contradictory and impractical

A bearded man holds a pink and blue sign saying “Keep schools safe for trans kids.”

The pernicious effects of transphobia on campus

A hand holding a blue and pink sign saying “Protect trans kids!” with other signs out of focus in the fore and background.

The fight for trans rights is a women’s rights issue

It is too easy to make Quebec the villain

The student wearing a gown and cap is seen in silhouette against a cloudy sky with patches of blue.

Why Canada should do more to keep international students

As a new immigrant to Canada, I know it will survive Trump’s threats

Une femme âgée utilisant un déambulateur se fraye un chemin dans une allée avec des conserves. La femme porte un manteau d'hiver brun foncé jusqu'aux genoux.

Tariffs and a possible carbon-rebate rollback show the need for targeted income support

A yellow police tape marks the edge of a crime scene with a blurry black police car, red and blue cruiser lights on, in the distance. The tape says “Police line. Do not cross” in thick black letters.

Get moving with a gender-based violence commissioner

Pen-and-ink drawing of the front steps that run the length of a brick building with four columns. On the steps are four people sitting. One has a bike.

How B.C. can increase access to justice in family-law cases

A man holds a yellow sign saying “We’re studying, we’re the future…” with other protesters in the background.

Federal international student reforms sting communities across Canada

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