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Today in The Conversation Canada, we have two analyses about the troubling developments in Kashmir. Ayesha Ray of King’s College in Pennsylvania explains how Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suspended Kashmir’s state government in what she calls a “a stunningly dangerous, undemocratic and secretive move.” Binish Ahmed of Ryerson University writes that Kashmiris “are an Indigenous people living under colonial occupation” and what’s happening to them fits the legal definition of genocide.
We also weigh in on why there’s no research to back up the claim being made by many people that video games are to blame for the mass shootings in El Paso and recent murders in Canada and how it's possible there may be an increase in religious bullying in Québec schools this year that could be attributed to the province’s controversial Bill 21.
There’s been a lot of bad news this week, so as an antidote to all things terrible, I urge you to read Elena Merenda’s wonderful story about The Lion King. The assistant program head of early childhood studies of the University of Guelph-Humber explains why the movie helps us understand how children grieve.
A correction from yesterday’s newsletter: I misidentified the authors of the story on people’s perceptions about baby names. The article was written by Penny Pexman and David Sidhu of the University of Calgary.
Regards,
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Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard on a deserted street during curfew in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aug. 8, 2019.
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Ayesha Ray, King's College
Violence, rebellion, dark days and a war with Pakistan are likely on the horizon as a result of India's latest move against Kashmiris.
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An Indian paramilitary soldier checks the bag of a Kashmiri man during curfew in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. The lives of millions in India’s only Muslim-majority region have been upended recently.
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Binish Ahmed, Ryerson University
While the world avoids calling the crime by its name, Kashmiris are facing an ongoing genocide.
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President Donald Trump visits the El Paso Regional Communications Center after meeting with people affected by the El Paso mass shooting, Aug. 7, 2019.
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Richard Lachman, Ryerson University
Stop blaming video games for violent acts, a digital culture expert says. Instead, look to the link with public health to help us deal with a complicated culture of violence.
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Members of the National Council of Canadian Muslims Mustafa Farooq, left, and Bochra Manaï, right, speak during a news conference in Montréal, June 17, 2019, where plans were outlined to lawfully challenge Québec’s Bill 21.
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W. Y. Alice Chan, McGill University
Québec schools must consider Bill 21's potential impact on students. Bullying researchers have found links between publicly permitted behaviour and personal expression.
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It’s important to help children understand that death is part of life. Here, the father, Mufasa, voiced by James Earl Jones, and his son, Simba, voiced by JD McCrary, in a scene from ‘The Lion King.’
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Elena Merenda, University of Guelph-Humber
'The Lion King' illustrates of how a child moves through five stages of grief with the support of loving friends, family and community.
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Une baleine plonge dans la baie de Disko, au large de la côte ouest du Groenland, là où le squelette hybride d’un crâne de béluga croisé avec celui d’un narval a été découvert.
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Paul Szpak, Trent University
Il a été prouvé qu'un crâne trouvé dans l'ouest du Groenland est la progéniture mâle de première génération d'une femelle narval et d'un mâle béluga.
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Politics
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Mariano Sana, Vanderbilt University
Americans have never felt warmer toward immigrants, nor have they ever been more supportive of immigration.
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Environment + Energy
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Adrienne Marshall, University of Idaho
New research forecasts that climate change will make multiyear stretches with low snow levels more common across western North America – bad news for water managers, farmers, foresters and skiers.
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Science + Technology
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Kimberley E.J. Chapelle, University of the Witwatersrand
The more we know about the animals that lived during this time, the more we can start to comprehend how species react and recover after an extinction event.
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