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Elbows down? Why Mark Carney seems to keep caving to Donald Trump

Sam Routley, Western University

Canada’s proposed Strong Borders Act further threatens the legal rights of migrants

Shiva S. Mohan, Toronto Metropolitan University

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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ showcases Donald Trump’s penchant for visual cruelty

Marycarmen Lara Villanueva, University of Toronto

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ showcases Donald Trump’s penchant for visual cruelty
Charges against Canadian Army members in anti-government terror plot raise alarms about right-wing extremism

Kawser Ahmed, University of Winnipeg

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Not just a few bad apples: The Canadian Armed Forces has a nagging far-right problem

Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Université Laval; Aurélie Campana, Université Laval, and Samuel Tanner, Université de Montréal

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How Eurostack could offer Canada a route to digital independence from the United States

Ted Palys, Simon Fraser University

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Could new pipelines shield Canada from U.S. tariffs? The answer is complicated

Torsten Jaccard, University of British Columbia

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U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran could fuel a new wave of nuclear proliferation

Saira Bano, Thompson Rivers University

How drones are changing the way wars are fought

Alexandre Massaux, Université de Toulon

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Calls to designate the Bishnoi gang a terrorist group shine a spotlight on Canada’s security laws

Basema Al-Alami, University of Toronto

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How women are trapped in years of homelessness that often begin in their teens

Mary Vaccaro, McMaster University

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I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread

Karmvir K. Padda, University of Waterloo

New Ontario law prioritizes profits over environmental and Indigenous rights

Martina Jakubchik-Paloheimo, York University, Canada

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Is Mark Carney turning his back on climate action?

Deborah de Lange, Toronto Metropolitan University

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4 reasons to be concerned about Bill C-4’s threats to Canadian privacy and sovereignty

Sara Bannerman, McMaster University

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Why Canada’s Strong Borders Act is as troublesome as Donald Trump’s travel bans

Benjamin Muller, Western University

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How Canadian nationalism is evolving with the times — and will continue to do so

How Canadian nationalism is evolving with the times — and will continue to do so

Eric Wilkinson, University of British Columbia

Symbols take centre stage in debates about Canadian nationalism

Paul Hamilton, Brock University and Tristan Sheppard, Brock University

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Resurrecting John A. Macdonald statues ignores critical lessons about Canada’s history

Eric Strikwerda, Athabasca University

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American dominance is not dead, but it is changing — and not for the better

Laurent Borzillo, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)

American dominance is not dead, but it is changing — and not for the better

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How Israeli and U.S. strikes against Iran were facilitated by the Russia-Ukraine war

James Horncastle, Simon Fraser University

How Israel’s domestic crises and Netanyahu’s aim to project power are reshaping the Middle East

Spyros A. Sofos, Simon Fraser University

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Why Israel and the U.S. are sure to encounter the limits of air power in Iran

James Horncastle, Simon Fraser University

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A man and woman in a kitchen argue

How discussion becomes discord: Three avoidable steps on the path to polarization

Emma Lei Jing, Neoma Business School; Elizabeth Goodrick, Florida Atlantic University; Jo-Louise Huq, University of Calgary, and Trish Reay, University of Alberta

B.C.’s mental health law is on trial — and so is our commitment to human rights

Anne Levesque, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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Canada’s ‘jail not bail’ trend: 4 ways to support victims

Carolyn Yule, University of Guelph; Kaitlin Humer, University of Guelph; Laura MacDiarmid, University of Guelph-Humber, and Sophia Lindstrom, University of Guelph

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Canadian international relations experts share their views on global politics and Canada’s role

Anessa L. Kimball, Université Laval

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Haiti on the brink: Gangs fill power vacuum as current solutions fail a nation in crisis

Greg Beckett, Western University

Broken bromance: What network science tells us about the Trump-Musk breakup

Anthony Bonato, Toronto Metropolitan University

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The politics of blame: Accusing immigrants won’t solve Germany’s antisemitism problem

Oliver Schmidtke, University of Victoria

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Mitigating AI security threats: Why the G7 should embrace ‘federated learning’

Abbas Yazdinejad, University of Toronto and Jude Kong, University of Toronto

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France’s final nuclear tests in the South Pacific, 30 years on

Roxanne Panchasi, Simon Fraser University

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World Refugee Day: Prolonged refugee separation is harming families — and Canada’s economy

Christina Clark-Kazak, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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The Learning Refuge: How women-led community efforts help refugees resettle in Cyprus

SUZAN ILCAN, University of Waterloo and Seçil Daǧtaș, University of Waterloo

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Agreement between Hydro-Québec and the Innu is a must for the development of the battery industry

Jean-Sol Goulet-Poulin, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Is strengthening the Canadian economic union another way for Ottawa to centralize power?

Alain-G. Gagnon, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

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How far-right ideas in Canada are working their way into mainstream politics

Lisa Gasson-Gardner, Mount Royal University

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Resilient, sustainable food systems are Canada’s best defence against American tariffs

Érick Duchesne, Université Laval; Gregory Cameron, Dalhousie University; Gumataw Kifle Abebe, Dalhousie University, and Monika Korzun, St. Thomas University (Canada)

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Canada must take action to prevent climate-related migration

Christopher Campbell-Duruflé, Toronto Metropolitan University

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What if Alberta really did vote to separate?

Stewart Prest, University of British Columbia

The proposed Strong Borders Act gives police new invasive search powers that may breach Charter rights

Robert Diab, Thompson Rivers University

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Why Canada needs a law that gives workers the right to govern their workplace

Tom Malleson, Western University

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Why the federal government must act cautiously on fast-tracking project approvals

Mark Winfield, York University, Canada

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Why Canada should apply labour protections to the rental housing sector

Elliot Goodell Ugalde, Queen's University, Ontario and Natalie Braun, York University, Canada

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Canada has a chance to lead on AI policy and data governance at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit

E. Richard Gold, McGill University and Cristina Vanberghen, European University Institute

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What are Canada’s governing Liberals going to do about AI?

Jake Pitre, Concordia University

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What is modern monetary theory? An economist explains how it could help Canada

Mohsen Javdani, Simon Fraser University

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From boomers to Gen Z: How to solve the public sector succession crisis

W. Dominika Wranik, Dalhousie University; Alec Brooks, Dalhousie University, and Payton Nicol, Dalhousie University

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What the voter gender divide means for Canada’s political future

Marshia Akbar, Toronto Metropolitan University

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‘Cows and plows:’ The settlement over a broken Indigenous treaty shows the urgent need for more transparent governance

Jas M. Morgan, Simon Fraser University

Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council: A collaborative approach to strengthening food systems

Charles Z. Levkoe, Lakehead University; Jill K. Clark; Johanna Wilkes, Lakehead University, and Peter Andree, Carleton University

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Why was St-Pierre-Miquelon targeted by both Donald Trump and a French politician?

Paco Milhiet, Institut catholique de Paris (ICP)

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Decades of neglect: Migrant farm worker housing needs national regulatory standards

C. Susana Caxaj, Western University; Anelyse Weiler, University of Victoria; J. Adam Perry, St. Francis Xavier University, and Jill Hanley, McGill University

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‘Elbows up’ in Canada means sustainable resource development

Steven J Cooke, Carleton University; Christina M. Davy, Carleton University; Dalal Hanna, Carleton University, and Joseph Bennett, Carleton University

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Second Trump presidency

Protesters, one waving an American flag, stand face-to-face with heavily armed soldiers at the top of a staircase into a federal building.

Appeals court ruling grants Donald Trump broad powers to deploy troops to American cities

Jack L. Rozdilsky, York University, Canada

The Handmaid’s Tale reflects Margaret Atwood’s eerie talent for reading the palm of power

Sharon Engbrecht, University of British Columbia

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The American mass exodus to Canada amid Trump 2.0 has yet to materialize

Lori Wilkinson, University of Manitoba

A proteser carries a sign listing grievances against Donald Trump with the Trump Tower in the background.
A tattered American flag against a grey sky.

Is Donald Trump doing the world a favour by isolating the United States?

Shaun Narine, St. Thomas University (Canada)

How Donald Trump’s assault on universities echoes earlier American conservative ideas

Michael Williams, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Rita Abrahamsen, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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Juggling dynamite? At 100 days in office, Donald Trump is no Franklin D. Roosevelt

Ronald W. Pruessen, University of Toronto

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DOGE’s AI surveillance risks silencing whistleblowers and weakening democracy

Thomas Stuart, University of Victoria

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Three scientists speak about what it’s like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

A sign saying science helps you held up by a protestor.
Donald Trump’s policies are more than dumb — they’re stupid, according to stupidity researchers

Jerry Paul Sheppard, Simon Fraser University

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Stuck in the past: Trump tariffs and other policies are dragging the U.S. back to the 19th century

Eric Strikwerda, Athabasca University

An old man with orange-tinged skin and orange-ish white hair holds up a document that says 'Foreign Trade Barriers' as he stands in front of a giant American flag and behind a presidential lectern.
With Trump in power, the world must fight the new culture of intimidation

Alain-G. Gagnon, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

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Trump, interrupted: Cory Booker’s 25-hour Senate speech calls for collective action

Barbara Leckie, Carleton University

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Why Donald Trump is such a relentless bullshitter

Tim Kenyon, Brock University

80 years after atomic bombs devastated Japan, Donald Trump’s actions risk nuclear proliferation

Jamie Levin, St. Francis Xavier University and Youngwon Cho, St. Francis Xavier University

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How Donald Trump and Elon Musk are waging a deep and wide ‘uncivil war’

Eli Sopow, University Canada West

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Trump’s English language order upends America’s long multilingual history

Mark Turin, University of British Columbia and Ross Perlin, Columbia University

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Donald Trump thinks some accents are ‘beautiful,’ but what makes them so?

Nicole Rosen, University of Manitoba

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Global news

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Is Israel’s interception of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla legal?

Priya Gupta, McGill University and Heidi Matthews, York University, Canada

For Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic, ‘reproduction is like a death sentence’

Masaya Llavaneras Blanco, Western University

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Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russian airfields could derail Russia’s war efforts

James Horncastle, Simon Fraser University

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A child picks up a toddler over his head.

Falling back into the shadows? How to keep internal displacement on the humanitarian agenda

Megan Bradley, McGill University and Jennifer Welsh, McGill University

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Borders and orders: How settler-government occupations violate Kashmiri sovereignty

Binish Ahmed, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Indian airstrikes in Kashmir following tourist attack raises fears of a regional conflict

MD Rakib Jahan, Queen's University, Ontario

Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is worsening gender-based violence against women

Annie Bunting, York University, Canada and Heather Tasker, Dalhousie University

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How Iran’s government has weaponized sexual violence against women who dare to resist

Mina Fakhravar, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Protesters carry placards featuring the faces of Iranian women.
Argentina’s Javier Milei is playing the democratic game, but using authoritarian tactics

Federico Chaves Correa, Université Laval

Argentina’s Javier Milei is playing the democratic game, but using authoritarian tactics
What’s behind Erdoğan’s calculated shift on Kurds and its potential consequences

Spyros A. Sofos, Simon Fraser University

A man with thin grey hair listens while a bearded man, out of focus, speaks.
A group of activists stand in a line. They're wearing traditional Sami costumes.

What a landmark ruling for the Sámi people in Finland means for the protection of Indigenous rights globally

Laura Dehaibi, Université Laval

Only political will can end world hunger: Food isn’t scarce, but many people can’t access it

Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo

Children wait in line to be served food by a worker wearing a pink hairnet.
The Dominican Republic’s expulsion of thousands of Haitians shows the brutality of mass deportations

Masaya Llavaneras Blanco, Western University

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China is struggling to control its provinces as they expand distant-water fishing

Hang Zhou, Université Laval

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How women are trapped in years of homelessness that often begin in their teens

Mary Vaccaro, McMaster University

How women are trapped in years of homelessness that often begin in their teens
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Canada’s proposed east-west energy corridors should prioritize clean energy

Andy Hira, Simon Fraser University and Andrew Simon Wright, Simon Fraser University

Canada’s proposed east-west energy corridors should prioritize clean energy
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U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran could fuel a new wave of nuclear proliferation

Saira Bano, Thompson Rivers University

U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran could fuel a new wave of nuclear proliferation
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Not just a few bad apples: The Canadian Armed Forces has a nagging far-right problem

Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Université Laval; Aurélie Campana, Université Laval, and Samuel Tanner, Université de Montréal

Not just a few bad apples: The Canadian Armed Forces has a nagging far-right problem
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ showcases Donald Trump’s penchant for visual cruelty

Marycarmen Lara Villanueva, University of Toronto

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ showcases Donald Trump’s penchant for visual cruelty
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How Eurostack could offer Canada a route to digital independence from the United States

Ted Palys, Simon Fraser University

How Eurostack could offer Canada a route to digital independence from the United States