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Pro-Palestine protesters link arms as police move to clear remaining protesters and their encampment at the University of Calgary campus in May 2024.
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Limiting who public space is for and how it can be used is central to settler colonialism both in Canada and other settler colonial places. Here’s how it’s used to silence and criminalize dissent.
A mosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy, compiled from 7,398 exposures taken by the Hubble telescope.
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The internet is increasingly necessary to participate in everyday life. Empowering communities to build and maintain their own broadband networks can provide much-needed access.
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees President Guy Smith speaks during a rally in front of the Royal Alexandra hospital, as nurses hold a Day of Action information pickets across Alberta, in Edmonton in August 2021.
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The Alberta government has been involving itself with public sector bargaining in an unprecedented way compared to previous provincial governments and those in every other province and territory.
La couronne solaire est bien visible sur cette image prise en 2007.
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La couronne solaire sera visible lors de l’éclipse solaire du 8 avril. Les astronomes tentent encore de percer les mystères de cette couronne, notamment de comprendre pourquoi elle est si chaude.
An image of GAL-CLUS-022058s — the largest and one of the most complete Einstein rings ever discovered.
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The solar corona can be seen during the solar eclipse on April 8. Astronomers are still trying to figure out the mysteries of the corona, including why it’s so hot.
Noon - Rest from Work (after Millet) by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, 1890.
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Troubled sleep is often seen as a personal problem, a failure individuals need to fix. However, literature and art can help us question the cultural and systemic issues keeping us up at night.
Unhoused people and supporters protest against police as they prepare to clear homeless encampments in Edmonton on Jan. 9, 2024.
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Encampment sweeps in Edmonton are a brutal attack on both human and treaty rights, as well as a continuation of the violent removal of Indigenous Peoples from their land.
Researchers investigated how the availability of neighbourhood amenities may have contributed to changes in youth mental health and stress levels during the first six months of the pandemic.
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Neighbourhood features may have helped youth cope with the mental health impact of pandemic restrictions. Parks didn’t play much of a role but food amenities and the suburbs did.
A sunspot emitting a flare on the surface of the sun.
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Ensuring that ego and prestige of the Global North does not get in the way of on-the-ground results in the Global South will be the key to effective social impact investing in the years to come.
Sexual harassment is a human rights violation, yet too often it is framed as an interpersonal issue.
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To develop meaningful solutions, sexual harassment needs to be seen as an organizational issue and not just an interpersonal one.
A photo taken by a migrant farm worker from a vineyard located in South Kelowna on August 18, 2023. Wildfires have burned large areas in region.
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Natural hazards like wildfires are adding yet more challenges to the difficulties many migrant workers face.
Labrador Tea is one of the boreal plants that are classified as pests or weeds. The plant is important to Indigenous communities for its healing properties.
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Some boreal plant species are classified — and treated — as weeds, affecting Indigenous communities’ access to important cultural, medicinal and ceremonial resources.
Le thé du Labrador est l'une des plantes boréales considérées comme nuisible. Cette plante est importante pour les communautés autochtones en raison de ses propriétés curatives.
(J. Baker)
Certaines espèces de plantes boréales sont considérées – et traitées – comme des mauvaises herbes, impactant l’accès des communautés autochtones à d’importantes ressources médicinales et culturelles.
A wall at a supervised consumption site in Ottawa is decorated with notes written in chalk.
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Supervised consumption sites provide essential community connections and services for those who use them. By closing them, governments are risking the welfare of people who use drugs.
Taylor Swift was accused of fatphobia over her ‘Anti-Hero’ music video.
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By only discussing fatphobia in the context of eating disorders, Taylor Swift illustrates how deeply individualized and depoliticized white feminism is.
An emerging school of thought suggests a larger Canadian population will help the country’s media landscape and enhance its democracy. In fact, a smaller population could likely better achieve those goals.
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Paying closer attention to the dangers of growth, especially the modern threats to democracy posed by the internet, allows us to best plan for a brighter future in Canada — not just a bigger one.