Recently, many of us have been inspired by the hopeful activism of our youth. Today in The Conversation Canada, Greig de Peuter of Wilfrid Laurier University, Nicole Cohen of the University of Toronto and Kate Oakley of the University of Leeds write about the way youth labour movements have helped change perceptions about unpaid internships. These unpaid gigs can block people of diverse economic backgrounds from opportunities. Thousands of young people who have marched under the banner “exploitation is not a vocation” are influencing the dialogue.
In another story about the future of our youth, Anna Moro, Associate Dean of Humanities for McMaster University, says we shouldn’t worry so much about the number of students graduating with humanities degrees since they’re learning the essential and adaptable skills we’ll need for our new economies. She writes: “We won’t need as many coders, but we will need people with digital literacy. Many STEM jobs will be automated. A disruptive culture needs people who can adapt.”
And finally, in less than a decade, young people have also changed the realm of professional sport, which has been taken by storm by the rise of eSports, or competitive video game events. Today, Louis-Etienne Dubois and Laurel Walzak of Ryerson University explain that these new “video game events now compete with — and in some cases outperform — traditional sports leagues for live viewership and advertising dollars.”
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Unpaid interns protests in Geneva in 2016. Activism has played a big part in how unpaid internships are now being regarded with disdain.
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Greig de Peuter, Wilfrid Laurier University; Kate Oakley, University of Leeds; Nicole Cohen, University of Toronto
Global activism has played a big role in outlawing unpaid internships. Here's how protests and social media shaming spurred negative media coverage of unpaid internships.
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A recent report from RBC Royal Bank predicts increasing workplace demand for foundational skills such as critical thinking, coordination, social perceptiveness, active listening and complex problem solving. Here graduands attend spring convocation at the University of British Columbia in 2015.
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Anna Moro, McMaster University
A report from RBC Royal Bank reaffirms what thought leaders keep insisting -- there will be more and more demand for a liberal arts education in our increasingly digital world.
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The Finnish R6 eSports proleague team, winners of Rainbow Six Pro League Championship in Sao Paulo.
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Louis-Etienne Dubois, Ryerson University; Laurel Walzak, Ryerson University
Media giants like ESPN may have thought that eSports was a fad but not anymore. Revenue from eSports video games are set to take over traditional sports leagues.
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Environment + Energy
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Dave McGarvie, The Open University; Rebecca Williams, University of Hull
Pyroclastic flows are biggest danger in these eruptions.
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Health + Medicine
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Kathomi Gatwiri, Southern Cross University
Each year an estimated 100 000 women have complications during childbirth which leave them with obstetric vaginal fistula.
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Politics
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David Mednicoff, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The rule of law can take on different meanings depending whom you ask and where you are – but in the US it pretty much means one thing.
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