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A shiny new foodbank with food organized on shelves with aisles like a supermarket.

Ten million Canadians live in food-insecure households. The federal budget doesn’t help them

Multi-coloured animated figures gathered around an inner circle.

Governance 2.0: Having healthier conflict to make better decisions

Animated figures gathered around a table.

Empowering civil society and Indigenous communities in higher education decision making

An animated series of paddlers and canoes.

Honouring Indigenous self-determination by applying parallel paths

An animated figure posing in front of a farm.

How universities can be places of common ground in an age of diversity and polarization

People hold a huge rainbow flag in downtown Montreal during the city’s Pride parade. Clothed in a rainbow of colours under a sunny sky.

LGBTQ+ and Quebec nationalism: The decline of a progressive alliance

Head of a person filled with swirls of colours.

The dangerous rush for Indigenous identity policies at universities

Des passants traversent une intersection animée au centre-ville, sous un ciel gris. Les immeubles environnants, dont un avec le logo de Google, se reflètent dans une flaque d’eau au premier plan. Les décorations lumineuses des arbres évoquent la période des Fêtes.

Quebec since 1995: decline or progress?

Making life truly affordable requires more than lowering inflation

B.C. ban on public consumption of some drugs would harm the vulnerable

A youth with pink hair holds a sign saying “Hands off trans rights” next to another youth with blonde hair with a sign saying “the youth are our future.” Other protesters are in the background.

Changes are needed to limit provincial use of the notwithstanding clause

Quebec’s university tuition policy is a loss for the province and the whole country

What Quebec’s cannabis strategy shows

A still-hazy picture of cannabis after five years of legalization

A woman in casual clothing studies a large wall panel full of information and statistics about legalization. The title of the info is “Cannabis Legalization in California: Why it Matters & What’s Next.”

A tale of two cannabis legalization experiments

Under a white, plastic tent filled with young cannabis plants, a seedling is held by a person wearing a black glove and a white plastic coat.

A course-correction on cannabis equity : the moment is now

A prison fence with razor wire along the top and a low guard tower in the corner stand against the green lawn outside and the blue sky above.

Canada’s youth justice system should extend beyond age 18

To be a policy optimist, try some rose-coloured realism

A blue and black illustration depicting a ChatGPT logo at the centre of a circuit board.

AI bias must move to accountability to address inequity

A person who cannot be seen holds a sign that says “India attacked Canadian sovereignty” with protesters and yellow flags in support of the Khalistani independence movement in soft focus in the background.

Between democracy and diplomacy: Canada’s delicate dance with India

Good data is key to addressing economic disparities in Canada

The time for a law on artificial intelligence has come

The risk of waiting to regulate AI is greater than the risk of acting too quickly

Trans people must be protected across Canada

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