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When the city of Victoria recently removed a statue of John A. Macdonald, it re-ignited a controversy about how Canada’s first prime minister should be remembered. Nation builder or architect of a genocide of Indigenous people? Today in The Conversation Canada, Indigenous scholar Robert Alexander Innes of the University of Saskatchewan says Macdonald’s legacy should not be forgotten, but that doesn’t mean he should be honoured with statues.
We’ve got another interesting take on the ongoing Saudi-Canada diplomatic dispute. Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor of the University of Guelph looks at what research tells us about how trade suffers when diplomacy fails.
And finally…like many big cities, there’s a daily war that takes place in Toronto between cars, cyclists and pedestrians. Phillip Gordon Mackintosh of Brock University looks at the history of how cities like Toronto have always put the needs of automobiles ahead of people when it comes to designing streets.
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The decision by the city of Victoria to take down a statue of John A. Macdonald has renewed debate about how historical figures should be remembered. This photo from 2015, taken at Wilfrid Laurier University, shows people protesting Macdonald’s treatment of Métis and First Nations during his time as Canada’s first prime minister.
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Robert Alexander Innes, University of Saskatchewan
Should statues of historical figures be removed or replaced? That debate has been rekindled in Canada after Victoria took down a statue of John A. Macdonald, the country's first prime minister.
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In this 2015 photo, Ensaf Haidar, wife of the jailed Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi, shows a portrait of her husband in France. The arrest of Badawi’s sister is at the heart of a diplomatic spat between Canada and Saudi Arabia that will significantly affect trade between the two countries.
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Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor, University of Guelph
The diplomatic spat between Canada and Saudi Arabia spat could have serious economic ramifications as well. When diplomatic ties are cut, research shows trade suffers significantly.
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Look both ways! Public education was the only thing policy makers did to help the rising number of pedestrians killed by cars. Staged image from Ontario Safety League 1923 safety campaign.
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Phillip Gordon Mackintosh, Brock University
Torontonians have been experiencing pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities since the advent of the automobile. The one way to stop the deaths is to ban cars but since that won't happen, what can be done?
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Politics
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Emre Tarim, Lancaster University
President Erdoğan is accusing the West of striving to destabilise Turkey.
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Business + Economy
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Mary Tate, Queensland University of Technology
Everyday routines help individuals and organisations work efficiently, but can also be one of the biggest obstacles to innovation. Here's a five-point plan for implementing innovations.
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Culture + Society
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Abdullah Yusuf, University of Dundee
One of the world's worst refugee crises is still unfolding, and conditions on the ground have barely improved.
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