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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

Police implementation of the Charter of Rights

A woman leads a small classroom of adult students.

Time to bring adult education out of the corner to better support the learning of all Canadians

TikTok page showing the face of Rayne Fisher-Quann in 18 thumbnails of her TikTok videos.

It’s time for an online creators act

Improving access to job placement programs for youth in Toronto shelters

Who is receiving social assistance?

Middle-aged white man points to paper plans as three younger white workers (two men, one woman) look on. They are all wearing fluorescent green safety vests, standing near a brick building with scaffolding.

Could Quebec’s skills training model help solve Canada’s labour shortage?

Le Québec doit continuer de miser sur les CPE

Canada needs to address the issue of modern slavery

Wrestling the long arm of authoritarianism

Two police vehicles are parked as an officer watches evening crowds in downtown Toronto.

What happens when police commit crimes?

People, some sitting, some standing, sport light-blue masks during a stop at a station.

COVID-19 responses were always going to be inequitable

An RCMP cruiser parked on a road.

The RCMP needs comprehensive reform

We need to better understand how racialized minorities are being hit by inflation

Recruiting and training is the number one concern for SMEs

Democratic life and the generational implications of pandemic school closures

Illustration of an evening city skyline with a bundled stream of zeroes and ones emanating from it.

A digital transformation can make Canada’s immigration system world-class

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