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Wind turbines are controversial. Yes, they generate green power. But many times, land owners fight against proposals to erect the giant towers near their homes. Today in The Conversation Canada, Richard Vyn of the University of Guelph writes about his research into whether property values are impacted by wind turbines. The answer may surprise you.
Victoria Handford is an education researcher at Thompson Rivers University. Haiying Li was one her students and a former “education agent” – a person who helps international students get established in Canada. They explain how the work of education agents have benefitted both Canada and China.
How do you get individual city dwellers to give up their cars as part of the country’s climate strategy? Markus Moos of the University of Waterloo believes the philosophy of existentialism might be the key “for why people should care about the collective in an age of growing individualism.”
And finally…there was a major victory for social justice on Monday. Cyntoia Brown was granted clemency for killing a man in 2014 when she was just 16 years old and forced into the sex trade. Jerry Flores of the University of Toronto tells us Brown’s clemency is long overdue and further justice is needed for other women who receive harsh prison penalties for defending themselves.
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Areas with greater opposition to wind energy development may be more likely to experience negative impacts on property values.
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Richard Vyn, University of Guelph
Research has found that wind turbines decrease property values in Ontario, but only when the community is opposed to their presence.
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From the perspective of international students’ parents, working with the education agent is reassuring because the agent can understand both context and language and thus help navigate a huge emotional and financial decision.
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Victoria Handford, Thompson Rivers University; Haiying Li, Thompson Rivers University
Education agents play a significant role in the fact that China is the number one source country of international students who study in Canada.
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When it comes to urban planning, the question is not so much how to physically plan our cities differently. Rather, the question is how to convince both the public and our politicians to implement change.
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Markus Moos, University of Waterloo
City planners and politicians have pitched carbon emission reduction as an individual choice but this leads to green gentrification and fails to make broad changes. We need a new guiding philosophy.
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La myopie est un facteur de risque important de pathologies oculaires graves. Elle est devenue épidémique chez les enfants, notamment en raison de leur grand usage des appareils électroniques.
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Langis Michaud, Université de Montréal
La myopie est un facteur de risque important de pathologies oculaires graves. Il faut donc prendre au sérieux l'épidémie qui sévit chez les jeunes et revoir leur utilisation des appareils électroniques.
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Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley
While the euro's survival for two decades is evidence of its success, it was born with fundamental problems that have weakened it, leading to near-constant crisis.
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Health + Medicine
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Liza Morton, University of Strathclyde ; Emmanouil Georgiadis, University of Suffolk; Nicola Cogan, University of Strathclyde
Do we really need to wear an embarrassing, backless gown in hospital?
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Science + Technology
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Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University
Manufacturing errors, undetected by inexpert consumers, may be more dangerous than other threats from 3D-printed guns.
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