5 steps for tackling Canada’s long-term care crisis: It starts with valuing the well-being of workers
Canada’s long-term care sector was by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Convictions remain rare when police are accused of sexual assault
Over the past few years, social movements from to have raised awareness of sexual violence, police brutality and systemic racism.
Puttin’ on the Ritz and improving well-being with older adults through virtual music theatre
Digital programming and virtual interactions, initially considered to be stop-gap measures during the first few waves of the pandemic, may now be an important part of supporting many people’s health and well-being — including the well-being of older adults.
How Canada’s new credit card surcharge will affect consumers and businesses
Canada has some of the highest interchange fees in the world. Interchange fees are the fees businesses pay each time their customers pay by credit card.
Ghana’s illegal mining continues because the rules and reality are disconnected
Artisanal and small-scale mining – a low-tech, indigenous mining subsector – is taking on increasing economic importance in many developing countries.
Targeted wastewater surveillance has a history of social and ethical concerns
Wastewater surveillance involves testing sewage to obtain data about a population’s health. While the technique is decades old, it has gained recent international prominence for its ability to predict pandemic surges, detect new SARS-CoV-2 variants and provide useful data when traditional testing methods reach capacity.
A new earthquake warning system will prepare Canada for dangerous shaking
Large earthquakes can wreak enormous violence upon lives, livelihoods, infrastructure and the environment.
Migrant workers are flipping the script and using Photovoice to tell their own stories
What happens when undocumented Bangladeshi and Pakistani men in Greece pick up their cell phones to record their lives as migrant agricultural workers?