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Quebec since 1995: decline or progress?

Above their heads, they hold sheets of paper that outline calls for health-care accessibility.

Excluding people with disabilities from development initiatives must end

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Canada cannot sell gender equality abroad without practising it at home

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Declining Indigenous fertility rates will reshape their communities – and Canada

All four are standing in front of a wall lined with provincial flags. Fraser is at a podium.

New hate-crime bill must confront the enforcement gap

A 20-something man reaches across a table in an office to shake hands with a colleague.

As AI claims entry-level jobs, we need to prioritize real-world experience for young people alongside learning

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Federalism: obstacle or engine of redistribution?

Lines of people bent over in prayer at night.

Religious literacy can help Quebec balance identity and inclusion

Young man with an artificial leg is working in a furniture factory. He is standing next to a large stack of wood, holding a two-by-four. He is wearing grey coveralls, a plaid shirt and light-brown suede shoes. He uses an artificial limb from the knee down on his left leg. It is a thin metal pole with a slightly larger dark blue piece of plastic just below the knee.

A focus on work needs to be part of the new Canada disability benefit

The word "immigration" is written on a white line that divides an asphalt surface in two. On one side, the Canadian flag, painted on the ground. On the other, a red travel bag and a pair of feet in blue sneakers.

What good does immigration bring?

Austerity in public education financing is fostering growing inequities in Canada

Using simulations to teach civics in high school could improve voter turnout

Well-being of children with disabilities calls for rights-based policies

Des taxes régressives… et progressistes!

Artificial intelligence + basic income = Canadian innovation

French as a condition of immigration: the CAQ’s new reform

A one-click citizenship oath isn’t the way to go

Four women talk in a nurses’ station, where four computers are set up, and paper notices are taped to the walls and windows, which are covered with blinds on the other side of the glass. The women are all masked. One looks at a computer; another has her hand on the first woman’s shoulder.

Panacea or peril? Assessing private clinics in Canadian health care

The little heart is fashioned out of plywood and is attached to a long piece of plastic with purple ribbons a couple of inches long hanging from it. The wooden piece would fit in the palm of your hand. The woman holding it has wraparound sunglasses and a white shirt. She’s standing in a row of women who are holding similar items. The mood is somber, with shadows and sunlight intermingling across the faces of the group.

Historic meeting of ministers needs to look at international human rights

Students sit in a classroom with a teacher standing in front of a large screen. The rows of seating are tiered. Some of the students are using laptops.

Ontario needs to better protect international students

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The case of McVety’s “university” has massive legal and constitutional implications

What was different about Ontario’s COVID-19 response

How federalism failed Canadian cities during COVID-19

La ligne rose est un meilleur projet que le REM de l’est

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