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It’s World Water Day and today in The Conversation Canada, Kevin Quigley of Dalhousie University looks at the water situation in Canada. Dr. Quigley notes Canada has seven per cent of the world’s renewable freshwater supply, but that our freshwater systems “are under strain from threats of aging infrastructure, climate change causing floods and droughts, cyberattacks, transboundary conflicts with the U.S., contamination due to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and the sale of water to foreign markets.”
Simon Springer of the University of Victoria writes about becoming a target of Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente over the ongoing debate over free speech versus hate speech at universities. Prof. Springer responds: “For speech to be free, it must be aligned to freedom itself.”
And finally, we all remember the horrendous event five years ago when more than 1,100 garment workers were killed in Bangladesh after a factory collapsed. Canadian researcher Mary Hanlon, currently at the University of Edinburgh, gives insight into how the global responsible fashion and apparel movement has evolved since the 2013 tragedy.
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A new report finds concerns about water infrastructure tops the list for Canada’s water providers.
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Dr. Kevin Quigley, Dalhousie University
World Water Day shines a light on the importance of safe, clean drinking water, but a new report finds Canada's freshwater systems are under stress.
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The free speech wars rage on but there is an essential difference between free speech and hate speech. Words shape the way we think about the world.
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Simon Springer, University of Victoria
Most Canadians are more than happy to support free speech, believing it to be the foundation of democracy. But for speech to be free it must be aligned to freedom itself.
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Vancouver’s Eco Fashion Week closed its doors this January partly due to a lack of government funding. Here, the 2015 runway: Abel collection.
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Mary Hanlon, University of Edinburgh
If the Government of Canada is serious about protecting workers' rights in Canadian global enterprises, it needs to also support local initiatives designed to transform consumer behaviour.
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Business + Economy
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Michael Wade, IMD Business School
How data-driven behavioural sciences are being road tested in the political sphere.
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Culture + Society
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Abby Day, Goldsmiths, University of London
Putin and Trump both invoke a kind of religion that emphasises a past golden age, rather than shared practices of church attendance and piety.
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Science + Technology
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William H. Dutton, Michigan State University
The Cambridge Analytica scandal wasn't a data breach – it was a violation of academic ethics. Maybe it's universities, not social networks, that need to update their privacy settings.
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