Taking a test is never fun. But what if the results of a single test determine how the rest of your life might play out? Today in The Conversation Canada, Liying Cheng of Queen’s University explains how language test scores are used – and often misused – by policy makers when it comes to determining how many international students are admitted to universities or, when it comes to immigration, who makes the grade for admission to Canada.

Walid Hejazi of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto says the court-ordered delay in the Trans Mountain project provides an important message: if Canada continues to shut Indigenous communities out of the modern economy, critical infrastructure projects will be delayed and the country’s natural resources will remain untapped.

There is a growing research that suggests psychedelic drugs hold incredible promise for treating mental health ailments ranging from depression and anxiety to PTSD. But to prove that, says Thomas Anderson of the University of Toronto and Rotem Petranker of York University, researchers should commit to sharing their data to promote an “open science” approach.

And finally… In the current debate about Ontario’s sex education curriculum, it’s often assumed that religious groups are opposed to a more modern approach to the subject. But Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich of Carleton University and Valerie Michaelson, Colleen M. Davison and Pamela Dickey Young of Queen’s University say many religions are in favour of comprehensive sex ed to help young people make smart decisions about their bodies and their lives.

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