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Should I stay or should I go? Rural international students face housing, job crunch

From 2013-23, Canada’s international post-secondary student population more than doubled to more than one million per year by 2023.

The Conversation · Mar 11

Access to care: 5 principles for action on primary health-care teams

Primary care is in crisis. Recent estimates indicate 6.5 million Canadians, including 2.5 million Ontarians, do not have a primary care provider.

The Conversation · Jan 8, 2025

How the far right is evolving and growing in Canada

In early 2022, thousands of Canadians descended on Ottawa as part of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” in protest of the government’s pandemic-related restrictions. Many were opposed to the government’s power to impose lockdowns, masking and vaccine mandates.

The Conversation · Nov 14, 2024

What listening to the soil can tell us about our relationship with the land

How often do you think about the soil beneath our feet? We humans rely on the soil to provide us with a stable supply of food, clean water and clean air. Soils have lived histories and stories to tell. They are alive. Soil exists as a varied continuum across Earth’s…

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2023

In Canada’s two-tiered mental health system, access to care is especially challenging in rural areas

Rural Canadians face mental health concerns to the same degree as their urban counterparts, but rural communities have less access to psychologists, and that access may be eroding. Psychologists can be found in the public system (for example, schools, hospitals, public health offices), but increasingly are choosing to work in…

The Conversation · Apr 2, 2023

Newly linked data can reveal academic development from kindergarten to high school in 150,000 students

If you observe a kindergarten classroom, its games, songs, stories and activities might seem to be just for fun.

The Conversation · Mar 27, 2023

Women in politics: To run or not to run?

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series that includes live interviews with Canada’s top social sciences and humanities academics. Click here to register for In Conversation With Semra Sevi, March 15 at 1 p.m. ET. This is a virtual event co-hosted by The Conversation Canada and the Social…

The Conversation · Mar 10, 2023

Suicide attempts rose among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for girls

Will the kids be alright? There was hope that children and adolescents would “bounce back” as the pandemic progressed, but sadly, the data suggest otherwise.

The Conversation · Mar 9, 2023

Emergencies Act inquiry final report is a reminder that we all have a role in upholding the rule of law

On Feb. 17, Justice Paul Rouleau issued his final report for the Public Order Emergency Commission. In a calm and measured tone, Rouleau concluded that the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act to address the February 2022 Convoy Crisis was appropriate.

The Conversation · Feb 21, 2023

Emergencies Act inquiry report should tackle the racist origins of national security

The Public Order Emergency Commission investigated the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act in response to blockades by the so-called Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, Windsor and western Canada in February 2022.

The Conversation · Feb 15, 2023