Many of us have used Airbnb to book vacation accommodations or while looking for a short-term rental, but did you know that urban housing markets are being seriously affected by the U.S. company? The University of Toronto’s Mariana Valverde has a hard-hitting piece in today’s The Conversation Canada calling for Canadian cities like Toronto to crack down on Airbnb, arguing it pushes up rental prices and contributes to poverty.

The Unist’ot’en crisis playing out in northern British Columbia proves the time has come for Canada to support Indigenous land-based relationships and governance structures, according to Brian Budd of the University of Guelph and Liam Midzain-Gobin of McMaster University. They argue that Canada should engage with Indigenous people through the governance systems built prior to European settlement.

Ontario’s Doug Ford government is reportedly pondering a two-tiered, profit-driven health-care system. Three academics – Sarah Giles of the University of Ottawa, Danyaal Raza of the University of Toronto and Rupinder Brar of UBC – explain why that’s such a bad solution to the province’s health-care woes and those of the nation as a whole.

Finally, the gender gap in science extends even to the monetary value of the scientific prizes handed out around the world. Viviane Callier of the University of Toronto writes that women scientists are under-represented in science awards with large monetary value, but over-represented in the less lucrative service awards.

Four compelling stories as you kick off your week. We’ll be back in your inbox tomorrow.