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June 22, 2020

Simulations help reduce the effects of a second wave of COVID-19

As the world moves past the first 100 days of the pandemic, the number of new daily cases continues to rise in some countries. By June 22, the number of confirmed cases worldwide reached nine... More

June 16, 2020

Why charging incels with terrorism may make matters worse

Canada, for the first time, has decided to pursue terrorism charges for involuntary celibate or incel-related violence. In May 2020, terrorism charges were added against a 17-year-old in the murder of Ashley Noelle Arzaga. The... More

May 28, 2020

A fossil discovery reveals the earliest relative of modern mammals

Over 300 million years ago, our ancestors diverged from the ancestors of reptiles and began the evolutionary journey towards becoming mammals. What were these earliest ancestors like? For one, they looked nothing like modern mammals.... More

May 24, 2020

Coronavirus halted years of research and Canada needs a strategy to fight back

Many graduate students across Canada are in limbo with their research after they had to end experiments in progress or abandon field work when coronavirus closures halted years of work in mid-March. These students are... More

May 20, 2020

India’s treatment of Muslims and migrants puts lives at risk during COVID-19

In India, the second most populous country in the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed pre-existing fault lines of inequality and communalism, exposing current problems with the country’s political and social structures. Prevailing political conditions... More

May 13, 2020

Here’s how the coronavirus is affecting Canada’s labour market

The shutdown of non-essential services to control the spread of COVID-19 has had severe economic consequences in Canada, including the loss of nearly two million jobs in April. As economists, we are analyzing the effects... More

May 11, 2020

How the wings of owls and hummingbirds inspire drones, wind turbines and other technology

Is evolution the best inventor? With hundreds of millions of years of work and the natural world as its canvas, it would seem so. From the water-retaining camels of the desert to the long-flying albatrosses... More

May 7, 2020

South Africa has raised social grants: why this shouldn’t be a stop-gap measure

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced a significant package of social and economic measures to address the fallout from the country’s COVID-19 lockdown. The package includes a R50 billion increase to the value of... More

May 4, 2020

Conoravirus shows why Canada must reduce its dependence on the U.S.

Canadian foreign policy has long embraced both a deep continental relationship with the United States and a devotion to liberal internationalism. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the time has come to re-evaluate our approach.... More

April 22, 2020

Canada’s unequal health system may make remote Indigenous communities more vulnerable to the coronavirus

In Canada, everyone is supposed to have the necessities of life such as housing, water, access to programs and services. But in reality, not all groups are treated equally. On March 18, the federal government... More

April 21, 2020

Air pollution, COVID-19 and death: The perils of bypassing peer review

As countries around the world have struggled to contain COVID-19, scientists have wondered whether air pollution could increase death rates among those with the disease. Fine particulate air pollution — from traffic emissions, industrial pollution... More

April 15, 2020

Predicting possible outcomes to coronavirus and other pandemics with models and simulations

Lately, our daily lives include reading complex news items with analysis of curves, simulations and models of COVID-19. Municipal governments present predictions of possible outcomes from modelling, while provincial and national governments have press conferences... More