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Elisapie accepts the Juno Award for Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year at the Juno Awards in Halifax, in March 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Elisapie’s Juno-nominated album: Promoting Inuktitut through music

Beyond how beautifully Elisapie interprets classic rock songs, with creative choices like using throat singing to cover Metallica, her music also brings the Inuktitut language to a wider audience.
Medical staff look out from a window at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi in March 2021 as officials prepare for a ceremony to commence the country’s first coronavirus vaccinations provided through the global COVAX initiative. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Why it’s a critical time for Canada to renew its commitment to global health co-operation

Building on a storied history of engagement that supersedes partisan politics, there is no time to lose for Canada to strategically renew its role in global health.
Shakespeare’s theatre made money, and also helped educate audiences about money and power. Portrait of the writer, seen in London in 2009. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

How Shakespeare can help us put meaning back in money

Shakespeare was a social entrepreneur and entertainer in a world riven by crises, and much can be learned from bringing him into conversation with policy today.
Prime Minister Mark Carney gets a hug from Beulah Cooper as he arrives at her house in Gander, N.L., on March 24, 2025. Cooper housed Americans during 9/11 and is featured in the musical Come From Away. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Canadians are anxious as they ponder how to vote this election. Which leader can ease their fears?

The question on the ballot this election is no longer about Justin Trudeau — it’s about who Canadians trust to lead them through a disruptive and unpredictable time.
Trump’s push for deregulation could result in Wall Street and other major financial institutions gaining significant power over AI tools with little to no oversight. People work at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Trump’s push for AI deregulation could put financial markets at risk

Eliminating AI safeguards can increase uncertainty for financial institutions and, in a worst-case scenario, increase the risk of systemic collapse.
A dynamic deal-maker? Or compromised by his antipathy towards Ukraine for the role it played in his first impeachment? U.S. President Donald Trump at a reception at the White House on March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump’s purported ‘Art of the Deal’ negotiating skills aren’t likely to end the Russia-Ukraine war

Donald Trump’s supposed negotiating skills are probably not enough to broker sustainable peace between Russia and Ukraine given the protagonists’ enmity and his own history.
Left is Netherlands leader, Geert Wilders, whose Party for Freedom won national elections last year and who argues that immigrants are ‘pampered.’ On the right is U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently signed anti-immigration legislation. (CP PHOTOS/college by TC)

Politicians’ attacks on immigrants lack solid evidence: New data set the record straight

Many political debates about immigration and the welfare of immigrants are not accompanied by facts. A new data set can help with that.
Fans watch play during a TGL match between Jupiter Links Golf Club and Boston Common Golf, Jan. 27, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. TGL features six teams of four players competing against each other in a tech-infused arena the size of a football field. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

The TGL golf league might signal that indoor sport is the future, for better or worse

More indoor sports competitions may emerge in the years to come as organizers seek to attract new audiences and respond to the impacts of climate change.
Older people often miss or ignore signs that their own mobility is waning, because it typically happens gradually. (Shutterstock)

Maintaining mobility with aging means planning ahead

Mobility matters because it allows us to live independently and participate fully in our everyday activities for as long as possible.
AI Overviews offers Google users AI-generated answers by sourcing and summarizing information from different websites. (Shutterstock)

Google’s AI-generated search feature hasn’t yet changed how users interact with search results

Critics worry AI search features could decrease traffic to their websites if users rely on them too heavily and ignore the website links displayed in the search results.
If the H5N1 avian flu virus learns to spread efficiently from person to person, it could pose an imminent threat to humanity. (CDC and NIAID)

Heeding the lessons of COVID-19 in the face of avian influenza

COVID-19 exposed the many ways in which we were ill-prepared to prevent and respond to pandemics. Are we applying those lessons to prevent a bird flu pandemic?
Aspirations transform migration from mere physical movement into a deeply personal conviction, reshaping how individuals see themselves and their futures. (NEOM/Unsplash)

How dreams, prophecies and intuitions can impact the decision to migrate

Not everyone who wants to migrate will ultimately do so, but their aspirations matter. Migration aspirations shape education, career choices, family formation and even political engagement.
Workers install a large Canadian flag on the front of the Manitoba legislative building in Winnipeg on Mar. 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Lambert

Facing annexation threats, should Canadians lament for a nation — like George Grant did in 1963?

In his book ‘Lament for a Nation,’ Canadian political philosopher George Grant wrote that Canada’s original death knell was acquiescence to American demands that it accept their nuclear weapons in Canada.
People are silhouetted while having a conversation in a restaurant on English Bay in Vancouver in 2020. The ongoing federal election campaign may involve difficult conversations with loved ones about misinformation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

How to have conversations with people who fall for misinformation this election campaign

Knowing how to talk about misinformation can help preserve relationships with friends and loved ones that can be frayed during high-stakes election campaigns.