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Updated March 13, 2025

Quarter Life: Series written for young people (20s-30s):

Looking for data-driven stories and new research about young people (20s-30s) and relationships.

Deadline: ASAP

Arts: 

Canadian film, TV and broadcasting industries and Canadian content:  Seeking research analysis around how federal upheavals are affecting or could affect regulatory frameworks and resources supporting Canadian artists, broadcasting and content creators.

Deadline: ASAP

Education:

Seeking pitches related to early and middle childhood and youth summer learning, development and family relationships.

Deadline: Ongoing

Politics:

Looking for an academic who can assess the chances of Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh in the upcoming election. Will Donald Trump’s threats to Canada’s sovereignty be the only issue?

Deadline: ASAP

Looking for a story on the concept of a “world war”. What defines a world war, how do they begin, and are we currently in a world war? And how can global conflict be deescalated?

Deadline: ASAP

Updated March 4, 2025

Five years later: As the fifth anniversary of the WHO’s announcement of the  COVID-19 pandemic approaches on March 11, we’re looking for articles on pandemic and post-pandemic related research: How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected everyday life, government policy, responses to pandemics, social interactions? What lessons have we learned? What will happen if there’s another pandemic? And any other pitches

Deadline: ASAP

Quarter Life: Series written for young people (20s-30s):

Looking for a story about how the housing/affordability crisis is impacting the way people in relationships move in together. Who is most affected? How are living arrangements changing? What are the social and psychological effects of these changes?

Deadline: ASAP

Looking for articles on navigating dating and relationships for young people who identify as asexual.

Deadline: ASAP

Arts: 
How might U.S. tariffs affect Canadian arts sectors?  Seeking analysis.

Deadline: ASAP

The “buy Canadian” movement in response to U.S. tariffs has some Canadians revisiting their streaming packages.  Seeking a story delving into this in terms of consumer spending or Canadian content regulation and exploring television and movie watching options.

Deadline: ASAP

Culture + Society:
Should Canada’s statutory holidays be updated to be more inclusive? As Canada becomes more diverse, should celebrations like Diwali, Eid Al Ftr and Chinese New Year be recognized as official holidays as well?

Deadline: ASAP

Podcast: 
Looking for a scholar to discuss ways to manage politically induced stress and/or to discuss possible ways forward given the current global political turmoil. Hoping to discuss this issue from one or more of these vantage points: historical, organizational theory, sociology, American Studies, Canadian Studies.

Deadline: ASAP

Business/Economy: 
Canada is in a trade war with the US. Looking for a scholar to write a piece that explains and critiques Canada’s reaction to the tariffs.

Deadline: ASAP

Health/Medicine: 
COVID-19 anniversary: Looking for updates on how the pandemic has affected things like health policy, disease monitoring and the health system, five years after WHO declaration of pandemic on March 11.

Also interested in other topics relating to COVID anniversary, including:

  • Pandemic’s impact on misinformation, politics, trust in infrastructure, as well as on daily life, social trends, relationships, mental well-being, trends
  • Pandemics in popular culture: how realistic are the pandemics in movies, TV and books?
  • How past pandemics have shaped history, culturally as well in terms of things like the development of public health measures
  • How antibiotics and vaccines changed how we look at infectious diseases
  • Also interested in stories about historical pandemics, e.g. current research on spread of early plagues, and eradication of diseases like smallpox, polio etc., conditions like sweating sickness

Deadline: ASAP

Updated February 27, 2025

Five years later:
As the fifth anniversary of the WHO’s announcement of the  COVID-19 pandemic approaches on March 11, we’re looking for articles on pandemic and post-pandemic related research: How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected everyday life, government policy, responses to pandemics, social interactions? What lessons have we learned? What will happen if there’s another pandemic? And any other pitches

Deadline: ASAP

Quarter Life: Series written for young people (20s-30s):
Looking for a story about how the housing/affordability crisis is impacting the way people in relationships move in together. Who is most affected? How are living arrangements changing? What are the social and psychological effects of these changes?

Deadline: ASAP

Politics:

Looking for a story on the concept of a “world war”. What defines a world war, how do they begin, and are we currently in a world war? And how can global conflict be deescalated?

Deadline: ASAP

Health/Medicine: 
COVID-19 anniversary: Looking for updates on how the pandemic has affected things like health policy, disease monitoring and the health system, five years after WHO declaration of pandemic on March 11.

Also interested in other topics relating to COVID anniversary, including:

  • Pandemic’s impact on misinformation, politics, trust in infrastructure, as well as on daily life, social trends, relationships, mental well-being, trends
  • Pandemics in popular culture: how realistic are the pandemics in movies, TV and books?
  • How past pandemics have shaped history, culturally as well in terms of things like the development of public health measures
  • How antibiotics and vaccines changed how we look at infectious diseases
  • Also interested in stories about historical pandemics, e.g. current research on spread of early plagues, and eradication of diseases like smallpox, polio etc., conditions like sweating sickness

Deadline: ASAP

Updated February 18, 2025

Quarter Life: Series written for young people (20s-30s):

Seeking stories based on new published research about dating and relationships among young adults (ages 20-30s) for our Quarter Life series. Especially interested in AI and tech-related research.Deadline: ASAP

Deadline: ASAP

Arts: 

Academy Awards:  Seeking pitches about nominated and front-running films, including but not restricted to Canadian angles.

Deadline: ASAP

Culture + Society:

Looking for stories tied to International Women’s Day, falling on March 8 this year.

Deadline: ASAP

Business/Economy: 

Looking for stories tied to International Women’s Day, falling on March 8 this year.

Deadline: ASAP

Politics:

What would be the role of the U.S. military if the Trump administration started disregarding court orders (as J.D. Vance suggested in a recent tweet), election outcomes or the provisions of the U.S. Constitution? Is there a possibility the military would have to oust Trump if the Constitution was disregarded/violated?

Deadline: Any time