When I lived in Washington, D.C., I was spoiled by the many delicious Vermont cheddars that could be had for well under $5 a pound. I suffered serious sticker shock when I moved back to Canada and was greeted with $13 pricetags for similarly sized packages of Canadian cheddar. In today’s The Conversation Canada, Hugh Stephens of the University of Calgary takes a critical look at Canada’s supply management system – the catalyst behind high dairy prices in Canada. Stephens argues the system not only lines the pockets of dairy farmers at the expense of Canada's consumers and food manufacturers, it's now put the entire Canadian economy in Donald Trump’s volatile crosshairs.

We’ve all wondered if a “mid-life crisis” is to blame when someone we know begins acting erratically in middle age. But is it actually Alzheimer’s? Carmela Tartaglia of the University of Toronto says that early-onset forms of the disease are often dismissed or misdiagnosed as depression or mid-life crises.

Now that the kids are back to school, are you noticing them struggling with their math homework? Edward R. Rowe of Thompson Rivers University is calling for math teachers to get more creative by teaching kids how and why mathematics is used in the real world.

Finally, vividly hued poison frogs in South and Central America are coveted by trophy collectors. Jose Andres of the University of Saskatchewan explores whether naming the many species of these showy amphibians will help protect them or put them at greater risk.

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