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Three cranes working on three towers are in darkened silhouette against a dark blue sky.

B.C.’s Bill 11 improves housing safety, but raises risks for tenants

A boy in a red sweater is doubled over face-down in front of a box containing cards. Two women sit on the floor on either side of him.

Who pays when autism-care systems fall short? Mothers do

A half dozen family members walking outside a courthouse.

Closing anti-hate offices sends the wrong signal

A young father hiking in a winter landscape with a baby in a carrier.

The paradox of Quebec fatherhood: valued but under-supported

A group of four students bundled up in the cold standing in front of a nondescript brick building.

Ontario must do more for international students seeking health care

Six pots of coffee beans.

Canadians aren’t imagining the cost-of-living crisis

Corn on the cob in closeup, with other produce and a store worker in the blurry background.

Slaying myths about income support

Aerial view of a waterside rural First Nations community.

Court rulings confirm duty to provide housing and safe water for First Nations. Now what?

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

Illustration of a young woman holding her temples with her eyes closed. She is sitting up in bed. A tangle of scribble lines floats above her head.

Chronically ill and disabled Canadians need a say in health-care reforms

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