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Four soldiers climbing snowy steps carrying gear from a boat.

Why Greenland doesn’t want Trump’s America

Four soldiers in camouflage laying in dead grass firing weapons.

Universities can help solve the Canadian military’s mobilization problem

Stone façade of a building with two signs advertising a 4½ apartment for rent. One is an orange “For rent” sign; the other is a handwritten notice with details.

Escaping the housing trap: what the Carney budget reveals

A woman dealing with a pile of bills with a calculator photographed from above.

Canada’s new code to prevent economic abuse lacks teeth

A small group of reporters surrounds the chief with microphones outstretched toward her. They are standing in a clearing of a wooded area next to a metal electricity tower.

How to combat reconciliatory backsliding

Three men in blue coveralls stand side by side looking at machinery in the distance.

Shifting Canada’s postsecondary system to shape future growth

Two boys at a chalkboard covered in math problems.

AI in the classroom is here. A policy patchwork is failing Canadian students

Ontario Premier Doug Ford leads Prime Minister Mark Carney off stage to the right leave following an announcement on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

What return-to-office mandates mean for women in the workforce

Au bout d'un court couloir se trouvent deux salles, chacune dotée d'une porte métallique gris foncé portant la mention " examen ". L'une est marquée d'un gros "4", l'autre d'un gros "5". Dans les deux cas, de petits paniers métalliques sont fixés pour contenir des dossiers.

Health care needs to extend to undocumented migrants

The man is walking with several other people, all holding homemade signs that say “Students deserve the best education our…” (the rest is obscured) and “Honk to support…” and “We are out here because we cannot fit in our classrooms anymore.”

The problem with illusory autonomy in Saskatchewan’s education funding

Media interview - journalists with microphones interviewing a formally dressed politician or businessman.

We must not allow our country to become a news desert

What’s at stake in supporting sex workers’ right to health

Several wings of the brick building are lined with evergreen hedges and small trees. At the top of one three-storey building, a white cross lets people know the hospital is faith-based.

Access to MAiD should not cater to faith-based interests

Three elementary-age girls sitting at desks are smiling with their hands up to ask a question. The room is bright with tall windows.

Chronic student absenteeism will require serious investment

Illustration d’une jeune femme assise dans une cage à oiseaux. Elle est vêtue d’un pantalon noir, de baskets blanches et d’un pull marron clair. Elle porte une paire de lunettes blanches et ses cheveux noirs sont coiffés en chignon sur le dessus de la tête. Ses bras entourent ses tibias. Le fond de l’image est de deux tons de marron.

Women’s economic empowerment is crucial to Canada’s strategies against gender-based violence

Picking a university or college? Better trust your gut

Illustration of a single wolf standing on a wide-open city street at night, looking at the towers twinkling in the distance. Part of the sky is bright yellow-orange.

The particularly Canadian “lone-wolf” tradition of studying the public service

La ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur du Québec, Pascale Déry, répond à l’opposition lors de la période de questions, le jeudi 28 septembre 2023 à l’Assemblée nationale.

When the Quebec minister of higher education attacks university autonomy

A teenage boy has his hands cuffed behind his back while lying on the ground near a car.

Why do young offenders return to prison?

The history of colonialism and slavery still impacts Black people in Canada

An Inukshuk is silhouetted against the last light of sunset.

Universities must uphold Indigenous rights to self-determine

When the economy becomes an obsession

A young man drives a motorcycle past a small grassy area where the sign stands next to five white wooden crosses with one or two words on them. In the distance is a city block with apartment buildings in white stucco.

The unfairness of Canada’s Latin American humanitarian program

Le patient est allongé sur un lit à roulettes et est vêtu d’un vêtement vert menthe. Une couverture en plastique bleu clair est éparpillée sur la couverture blanche qui recouvre la personne. L’homme qui pousse le lit est recouvert du même vêtement en plastique bleu et porte un masque blanc.

Social programs should unite, not divide, Canadians

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