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We’ve addressed some serious issues this week – why ill-informed opinions on topics like vaccines and breast feeding can still trump evidence based medicine and the need for a national food policy. But it’s the weekend and here at The Conversation Canada, we’re all about shipping the kids off to camp for a month and kicking back with some good books.
If you’d like to do the same thing, read our two top stories. And while you’re relaxing, we’ve selected some of the best of the past week from our global partners.
Enjoy…and we’ll see you Monday.
All the best,
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Great Weekend Reads
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Clayton Childress, University of Toronto
When picking books to read this summer, reach out for the unknown. Here are five expert recommendations for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, for which deserved attention is just starting to shine.
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Troy D. Glover, University of Waterloo
With summer in full swing and kids flocking to camps across Canada, how do you assess whether your child's having a good experience? Some suggestions on how to evaluate what will work for your child.
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Yvane Wiart, Université Paris Descartes – USPC
Deux chercheurs américains attribuent la majorité des cancers à des erreurs de copie de l’ADN lors du renouvellement naturel de nos cellules. Retour sur cette polémique autour de la notion du hasard.
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Joel Carpenter, Calvin College
Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the hot spots of Christian higher education growth worldwide, a trend that can be observed across the continent.
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Ronald W. Pies, Tufts University
What sort of beliefs made a mass movement succeed?
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Katherine Livingstone, Deakin University
A survey of Australians found most (70%) thought that a plant-based diet would prevent disease. But what does the literature say? And is meat really bad that for you?
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Philip Seargeant, The Open University; Caroline Tagg, The Open University
Our research shows we keep going back to social media even when it infuriates us.
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Michelle Mielly, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
The term "meme" was coined in 1976. Today, these cultural artefacts have gone viral, and are redrawing the boundaries of acceptable political discourse.
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