Here’s a statistic that may surprise you: violence-related injuries at work are on the rise across Canada. What isn’t surprising is that women are four times more likely than men to experience sexual assault or unwanted touching on the job. Today in The Conversation Canada, Peter Smith of the University of Toronto writes about new research by the Institute for Work and Health that reveals some surprising findings about workplace violence.

Thomas Hughes of Queen’s University tells us about a recent NATO exercise called Trident Juncture 18 in which Russia responded with missile testing. In these “war games” it’s necessary for both Russia and NATO to live up to transparency agreements to avoid the potential of real conflict breaking out.

The health of Pacific salmon is important to the ecosystem of Canada’s West Coast. Andrea Jane Reid and Steven Cooke of Carleton University have looked at the impact that freshwater plays on the salmon, who at the end of their life cycle leave the sea to lay eggs in the freshwater streams where they were born.

And finally… Frank Klaassen of the University of Saskatchewan teaches a class on medieval masculinity. He challenged his class to create a game that modelled the medieval “game” of male honour and to “create something that would teach others about the medieval world both through factual content and also through ‘played’ experience.” The result is “Virtus” and we’ve got instructions on how you can download your own version of the game!

(We’ve also updated our recent analysis of the movie Roma, which has been nominated for 10 Oscars.)

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