It’s something virtually every Canadian has experienced – a significant delay to get access to some aspect of the health care system, be it waiting months to have an MRI or to see a specialist. Today in The Conversation Canada, Chris Simpson of the Queen’s University has some ideas on how to fix the wait time problem – including establishing a national strategy to deal with seniors’ health issues.

There was more violence in the Middle East on Monday – dozens of Palestinians were killed during protests about the relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. (See the story from The Conversation UK below.) It’s a controversial foreign policy decision by U.S. President Donald Trump, as was last week’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. Howard Adelman of York University takes a hard look at the Iran deal and says Trump’s high-stakes gamble could work.

Louis Volante of Brock University and two international professors report on their new research about how immigrant students perform in their new countries – and how some Canadian provinces are doing a great job at accommodating new students.

And finally, communities in British Columbia and New Brunswick are still dealing with serious flooding this week. Michael Drescher of the University of Waterloo looks at the vulnerability of urban areas to flash floods as climate change has brought on more intense rainfall.

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