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One of the most difficult moments in anyone’s life comes when a loved one must enter a nursing home. Picking the right facility can also be difficult. Today in The Conversation Canada, Pat Armstrong of York University says there are two things to look for: the clothes that nursing home residents are wearing and the state of the laundry in the facility. Prof. Armstrong’s research on nursing homes explains why these two basic things are so important.
Hun Sen has been ruling Cambodia since 1985, making him one of the world’s longest-serving prime ministers. His regime was recently re-elected and Netina Tan and Cassandra Preece of McMaster University look at the problems cited by international observers about how the Cambodian election was conducted.
New research has been published into habitat loss and how more space is needed to protect species from extinction. But providing more space would impact agriculture. The researchers – including Zia Mehrabi and Navin Ramankutty of the University of British Columbia – have summarized their work on how we need to rethink both agriculture and conservation practices.
And finally…why is it that a man can get a vasectomy without any problems but a woman who requests voluntary sterilization faces many challenges from medical professionals? Dianne Lalonde of Western University has looked into the issue of why some people equate womanhood with motherhood.
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Clothes are central to our personal identity and our dignity. Their condition reveals the care work that has gone into their selection and maintenance.
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Pat Armstrong, York University, Canada
As the Wettlaufer inquiry wraps up for the summer, an international research team offers suggestions on how to make nursing homes as good as they can possibly be.
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Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen weaves a traditional cotton scarf In Phnom Penh in June. He won the recent Cambodia election in a landslide after literally rigging the vote by banning the main opposition party, among other tricks.
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Netina Tan, McMaster University; Cassandra Preece, McMaster University
The re-election of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen contributes to the growing global democratic crisis. Here's why.
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Terraced rice fields in northwest Vietnam.
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Zia Mehrabi, University of British Columbia; Erle C. Ellis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Navin Ramankutty, University of British Columbia
A new analysis explores what making space for nature means for our global food production systems.
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Demonstrators rally in support of women’s rights at the Women’s March on Jan. 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
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Dianne Lalonde, Western University
Women face extraordinary difficulty in seeking the birth control method of sterilization due to sexist reproductive norms.
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Culture + Society
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Nermin Allam, Rutgers University Newark
Saudi Arabia has arrested a number of feminists, while bringing in reforms for women. An expert argues why this goes to show that the kingdom remains adamant on not opening space for more voices.
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Environment + Energy
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Florian Sévellec, University of Southampton
The warm period will occur even on top of regular climate change.
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Science + Technology
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Amy Chambers, Manchester Metropolitan University
Virtual assistants are often assumed to be female – perpetuating gendered assumptions in our imagined future.
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