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One year ago today, The Conversation Canada published its very first articles. It’s been quite a year. Today, I’ve written an essay that looks how the media landscape has changed in the 12 months since we started and how that’s created a unique opportunity for new media startups like The Conversation. Later in the week, we’ll be highlighting some of the stories that have made an impact on our staff (and, we hope, our readers) over the last year. And before moving on to talk about our articles for today, I wanted to thank all of you who have signed up for this little newsletter we do six days a week. We love connecting with our readers and we wouldn’t be here without you. …
The fallout from Donald Trump’s crackdown on asylum seekers didn’t die down on the weekend. Mike Sosteric of Athabasca University talks about Toxic Socialization – the impact of violence and neglect on children and young adults.
Trump is still in the midst of a trade war – and not just with Canada. Hoa Trinh of the University of Toronto gives us a detailed explanation on how the U.S. trade deficits have grown over the years, but how they’ve actually fueled the American economy.
And finally…David Edward Tabachnick of Nipissing University looks at today’s “free speech warriors” and notes how the politics of these warriors have shifted over the years. At one time, most free speech advocates were from the left; today they’re from the right.
Regards,
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The Conversation Canada celebrates its first anniversary on June 25, 2018.
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Scott White, The Conversation
The Conversation Canada has reached an important milestone. In its first year, The Conversation Canada built an audience of millions eager to read research-based articles from Canadian academics.
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An immigrant child from Guatemala is seen at a facility in Texas on June 21, 2018. President Donald Trump’s policy to separate children from their parents at the U.S. border is an example of an incident that could result in toxic socialization.
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Mike Sosteric, Athabasca University
We must work to protect our children from Toxic Socialization, violent experiences in their lives that do lifelong damage.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, seen here in a February 2018 photo, has a beef with trade deficits. Yet running trade deficits with Asian countries has long spurred American spending and consumption.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Hoa Trinh, University of Toronto
Donald Trump's obsession with trade deficits, and his subsequent wielding of the tariff big guns, is the absolute wrong approach for the U.S. economy.
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The recent crop of so-called free speech warriors. From left to right: Gad Saad, Ben Shapiro, Lindsay Shepherd and Jordan Peterson.
From left to right: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz/AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli/Lindsay Shepherd, still from YouTube video/THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)
David Edward Tabachnick, Nipissing University
Though the cultural origins of free speech are progressive, there is nothing actually liberal about the current crop of free speech warriors in the Canada and the United States.
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Business + Economy
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Martin Hvidt, University of Southern Denmark
Allowing women to drive could boost the Saudi economy: by bringing more women into the workorce and making men more productive.
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Health + Medicine
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Clare Collins, University of Newcastle; Rebecca Williams, University of Newcastle
For some people, self-weighing could be the key to losing or keeping weight off; while for others, it may do harm.
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Politics
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Resat Kasaba, University of Washington
Turkey's snap election is on Sunday. One fact is clear: The candidates and electorate are both nationalist and pious. That's in contrast to the strict secularism of 20th century politics.
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