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Are We Getting Tired of Superheroes? The Evidence Might Surprise You

Superheroes are having a bumpy ride. Marvel, which gave the world Spider-Man and Captain America, is reeling from a string of disappointing film releases...

The ConversationMay 27, 2026

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Roe v. Wade: Canada can respond to U.S. bans by improving access to abortion care here

As an abortion care provider in Canada, I feel deep solidarity with colleagues south of the border and terror for their patients after the...

The ConversationJune 27, 2022

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Supreme Court overturns Roe, upends 50 years of abortion rights: 5 essential reads on what happens next

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion had been indicated via a leaked draft opinion some weeks ago, but that...

The ConversationJune 24, 2022

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Canada’s first video game union shows that labour organizing is on the rise

In a historic move, video game workers in Edmonton unanimously voted to unionize for the first time in Canada. Video game unions are notoriously...

The ConversationJune 23, 2022

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Public trust in Canadian news media hits a new low

According to the Reuters Institute’s 2022 Digital News Report, trust in the Canadian news media has sunk to its lowest point in seven years....

The ConversationJune 15, 2022

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When will I be able to upload my brain to a computer?

We often imagine that human consciousness is as simple as input and output of electrical signals within a network of processing units – therefore...

The ConversationJune 13, 2022

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How Haitian migrants are treated shows the ties between racism & refugee policy

The first protected category of the United Nations refugee convention is race. The 1951 convention defines a refugee as a person who is outside...

The ConversationJune 13, 2022

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Call out anti-Black racism every day, not as a campaign tactic

When Ontario Education Minister Steven Lecce was blasted for having participated in an anti-Black slave auction as a university student, he became the second...

The ConversationMay 31, 2022

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A quest for significance gone horribly wrong – how mass shooters pervert a universal desire to make a difference in the world

Agonizing questions are being raised by the recent tragic mass shootings at a school in Texas and a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. As...

The ConversationMay 25, 2022

First responders after a Texas elementary school shooting in Uvalde

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19 children, 2 adults killed in Texas elementary school shooting – 3 essential reads on America’s relentless gun violence

At least 19 children and two adults were killed when a teenage gunman shot them at a Texas elementary school on May 24, 2022...

The ConversationMay 25, 2022

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HoopFlix: How Jimmy Butler went from being a homeless kid to an NBA star

"How could someone go from being homeless and living on the street, to signing $100 million deals and becoming one of the NBA’s biggest...

@HipHopCanadaMay 24, 2022

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What is the metaverse & what can we do there?

You’ve likely heard recently how the metaverse will usher in a new era of digital connectivity, virtual reality (VR) experiences and e-commerce. Tech companies...

The ConversationMay 24, 2022