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Canada gave Ukrainians safety, but building a future was harder
Getting refugees to safety is essential, but helping them build a life while displacement continues should be just as important to Canadian policymakers.
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Shattered dreams on Canada Day: Broken immigration promises are based on false narratives
Changes to Canada’s immigration system have dramatically reduced legal pathways towards permanent residency based on myths about the impact of immigrants on Canadian society.
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Canada is getting old — and that’s our biggest advantage for 2067
Canada’ aging population is a marker of national success, not a crisis. The question is whether we will seize this moment to build the strongest aging society in the world.
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Kenyans living in towns are farmers too: what this means for rural landscapes
The increasing control of rural agricultural land by urban residents has implications for rural people and spaces.
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Supporting women in early labour is important for safe maternity care
The Nottingham maternity review shows why women need better assessment and support at the very start of labour.
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Is the Pope’s AI encyclical a warning on Tech Messianism?
We are living in a world backed by technology that seems to have a spiritual project of its own. Are the fears of the Pope’s AI-critical encyclical founded?
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Colombia’s new president ‘El Tigre’ promises an iron fist – but that may not solve the violence he has inherited
Dismantling the 2016 peace agreement and introducing a military clampdown is not the answer to rising levels of violence.
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Medical museums often display infant remains – how they were acquired was frequently harrowing and involved eugenic thinking
The inequality, stigma and eugenic thinking that led to their acquisition is often obscured or erased.
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New obesity figures highlight the income divide
New data shows obesity rising fastest among the young and the poor, while it’s mainly the better off who are seeing the benefit of weight-loss drugs.
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America at 250: the Britons who supported the War of Independence
America’s struggle for independence from Britain was supported by some highly influential thinkers in 18th-century Britain.
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8 principles from human ecology can help AI work for human well-being
Involving families, educators, engineers, designers and policymakers in AI development can help ensure the technology does more good than harm.
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Washington DC’s physical appearance has long been a battleground for competing national ideals and presidential visions
President Donald Trump’s capital redesign follows centuries of debate and discussion about how Washington should look to the world.