It’s a disturbing and shocking statistic: for the last 40 years, a woman or girl has been killed in Canada every other day. Today in The Conversation Canada, Myrna Dawson of the University of Guelph looks at the long-term impacts of violence against women and the “systemic and cultural transformation” that’s needed to address the issue.

Detention expert Stephanie Silverman of the University of Toronto takes a deep look into the policies used by the Trump administration to handle asylum seekers. “The American immigration detention system must be called what it is: Abusive, racist, sexist and haphazardly implemented,” she writes.

Does free speech guarantee the right for people to make controversial and politically incorrect statements? Yes says Richard Moon of the University of Windsor, but too often freedom of expression is degraded when “we see it as simply the right to offend or the right to say whatever we feel like saying, regardless of the impact on others.”

And finally, it’s a question every parent has struggled with: how do I get my kids to eat more vegetables and less junk food? Obidimma Ezezika of the University of Toronto tells us about her research into how using games has led to better food choices among some young people in Nigeria.

Regards,