"Cheaper, more equitable, high-quality care that creates good jobs won’t happen by expanding for-profit care," suggest Professor Pat Armstrong and her co-authors. In their latest article for Toronto Star, they propose 10 advantages of investing more in public and not-for-profit care.
How welcoming are we as a country, as a city, as a community? A new hybrid opera-film asks just that question. Featuring the stories of 4 Canadians, including, Professor Zulfikar Hirji, BOUND explores the barriers newcomers and marginalized people face.
Protection gaps in the humanitarian system "may be more harmful than openly anti-LGBT policies as they render their suffering invisible," co-writes Professor Yvonne Su about the challenges 2SLGBTQIA refugees from Ukraine face.
Empathy is important in the weeks ahead to handle the tension between those willing to take more COVID precautions and those less so. We have to "try and understand the perspective of others and be respectful,” says Professor Harris Ali.
A new YouthREX report found that BRAVE participants had been inspired to make big life changes, such as pursuing higher education. “Simply having someone...provided hope and motivation for the future,” the report led by Professor Uzo Anucha reads.
For the last decade, Poland has been anti-immigrant and anti-refugee, suggests Professor Yvonne Su. In her latest op-ed for The Conversation Canada, she explores how the country’s society and ruling right-wing government is going to deal with millions of foreigners displaced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Do octopuses, squid and crabs have emotions? A new article co-authored by Professor Kristin Andrews suggests that there may be a point when humans can no longer assume invertebrates don't feel pain and other emotions.
What is the future of work? Workers want to be "partners in co-creation, where all members are empowered to bring their whole selves to the organization regardless of hierarchies," explains Professor David Weitzner.
Mennonite literature has been characterized by an old view of the group's move from farm to city. That, says Professor Robert Zacharias, is a too limited view of Mennonite writing.
The need for more health care workers in the system can’t be understated, notes Professor Pat Armstrong. “There are not enough hands. The pandemic has made it really obvious. I don’t know if we will learn those lessons, but we need more beds and higher staffing levels.”