For more information please contact Steven Reid at: steven.reid3@carleton.ca.
Updated March 30, 2023
Science & Technology:
Ticketmaster and other ticket-selling platforms are in the spotlight for exorbitant additional fees. We’re looking for articles on the technologies related to ticket purchases, including the reasons for the additional fees, the use of bots by re-sellers, and how fans experience the platforms.
Deadline: ASAP
We’re looking for an explainer on catastrophic forgetting, which occurs when AI is fed large amounts of information and forgets what it learned before.
Deadline: ASAP
Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast:
Looking for scholars who can talk about colonialism, the British crown jewels and the royal coronation.
Deadline: Early April
Looking for scholars who can talk about decolonizing the garden, land-based education, food sovereignty and other urban land issues.
Deadline: Mid-May
Politics:
Looking for scholars who can write about the Royal Family and slavery reparations in advance of the coronation. Any coronation/Royal Family stories are welcome, including anything on the Harry and Meghan controversy re: their attendance.
Deadline: By mid-April
Updated March 28, 2023
Politics:
Looking for scholars who can write about the Royal Family and slavery reparations in advance of the coronation. Any coronation/Royal Family stories are welcome, including anything on the Harry and Meghan controversy re: their attendance.
Deadline: By mid-April
Health/Medicine:
Interested in stories exploring the broader significance of B.C.’s decision to offer free prescription birth control, including its potential for a model for wider use, and the implications of covering of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), which are very effective but may be financially out of reach to the women who need them most.
Deadline: ASAP
Looking for interesting stories on allergies for spring, on topics ranging from why allergies exist in humans, to allergies in urban vs. rural settings.
Science & Technology:
Looking for an explainer on Clop, the ransomware gang that hacks different organizations globally, including an attack on the City of Toronto systems.
Deadline: ASAP
Updated March 23, 2023
Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast:
Looking for scholars who can talk about colonialism, the British crown jewels and the royal coronation.
Deadline: Early April
Looking for scholars who can talk about decolonizing the garden, land-based education, food sovereignty and other urban land issues.
Deadline: Mid-May
Business/Economy:
First Target, then Nordstrom — why do big retailers keep failing in Canada? Looking for an expert in retail to explain what went wrong with these two American retailers and perhaps provide some advice for how retailers could avoid similar failures in the future.
Deadline: ASAP
Politics:
Looking for scholars who can write about the Royal Family and slavery reparations in advance of the coronation. Any coronation/Royal Family stories are welcome, including anything on the Harry and Meghan controversy re: their attendance.
Deadline: By mid-April
Health/Medicine:
Interested in stories exploring the broader significance of B.C.’s decision to offer free prescription birth control, including its potential for a model for wider use, and the implications of covering of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), which are very effective but may be financially out of reach to the women who need them most.
Deadline: ASAP
Looking for interesting stories on allergies for spring, on topics ranging from why allergies exist in humans, to allergies in urban vs rural settings.
Deadline: ASAP
Interested in stories on how housing design/architecture can affect health (including mental health): things like the impact of “open plan” living, especially during the pandemic; newer condos that have bedrooms without windows or only one window in the whole unit; the shrinking size of condo units and the impact on families; and building designs/floor plans that maximize the number of units.
Deadline: ASAP
Looking for health stories related to spring, including topics like fitness, spring cleaning, outdoor activity and mental health.
Deadline: ASAP
Updated March 21, 2023
Energy + Environment:
Looking for scholars who can write on the new IPCC sixth assessment report (AR6), which was released on Monday.
Deadline: ASAP
Politics:
Looking for scholars who can write about the Royal Family and reparations in advance of the coronation.
Deadline: By mid-April
Updated March 16, 2023
Culture + Society:
Looking for scholars who can talk about colonialism, the British crown jewels and the royal coronation. Deadline: Early April
Looking for scholars who can talk about decolonizing the garden, land-based education, food sovereignty and other urban land issues.
Deadline: Mid-May
Health/Medicine:
Looking for health stories related to spring, including topics like fitness, spring cleaning, outdoor activity and mental health.
Deadline: ASAP
Updated March 14, 2023
Politics:
Looking for scholars who can write about the Royal Family and reparations in advance of the coronation.
Deadline: By mid-April
Business/Economy:
Looking for an expert to write a piece about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, namely how it will impact Canada’s banks and what this all means for Canadian customers.
Deadline: ASAP
Updated March 9, 2023
Politics:
Looking for scholars who can write about the Royal Family and reparations in advance of the coronation.
Deadline: By mid-April
Health/Medicine:
Looking for health stories related to spring, including topics like fitness, spring cleaning, outdoor activity and mental health.
Deadline: ASAP
Updated March 7, 2023
Politics:
Looking for scholars who can write about the Royal Family and reparations in advance of the coronation.
Deadline: By mid-April
Looking for scholars to write about Chinese interference in Canadian elections and the political ramifications for the federal government.
Deadline: ASAP
Health/Medicine:
Looking for analysis of the ongoing debate about the origin of COVID-19, following the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s support of a lab leak theory. Also interested in stories exploring media coverage, public response and attitudes to origin theories.
Deadline: ASAP
Science & Technology:
We’re looking for stories about Indigo’s decision not to pay a ransom after its system was hacked and personal employee data was stolen.
Deadline: ASAP