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November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Tragically, in 2018, this remains as urgent a cause as any. According to the United Nations (UN), globally...
It is that time of year again when best-of and top-whatever lists abound. The exercise might be a bit arbitrary at the very least—and banal at its worst—but then again, this year certainly had...
Just before noon on April 25, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake ripped through the heart of Nepal, shattering buildings and bodies and lives. The images and stories slowly emerging are as heart-wrenching...
If the Canadian government has its way, life saving medication may be soon out of reach for the poorest of the world's citizens. Since 2010, Stephen Harper's government has been quietly negotiating...
This complexity has been further confused by reporting in the media which framed the decision as a choice between conventional biomedicine and traditional Aboriginal healing.
Almost two decades ago, US political scientist Samuel Huntington penned The Clash of the Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order where he argued that the West and Islam were...
Canada has made international headlines again—and again for all the wrong reasons. It's a pattern that's becoming disconcertingly familiar. A study published on January 8 in the prestigious...
