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For you for Canada Day
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By the time you read this, you'll be well into the long weekend. For my money, Canada Day is the best long weekend of the year. Chill out, hit the BBQ, be with friends and family...and find some time to catch up on reading.
So for you, a selection of Canada Day/Long Weekend/Summer Holiday reads. And when you're done, please have a look at the final collection of some impactful stories that our editors have selected from our first year. We've put together some articles from the Culture and Society, Politics and Education file.
The team at The Conversation is taking the Canada Day weekend off, so we'll be back in your Inbox on Tuesday. And I'm taking an extra week off, so you'll be hearing from my colleagues in my absence.
All the best,
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Canada Day Reads
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Do you sometimes feel you need a vacation from your vacation?
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Jamie Gruman, University of Guelph
How can you ensure you have a successful summer vacation and don't return more tired and stressed than when you left? Follow a few simple tips.
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The Canada 150 Sequencing Initiative will sequence the genomes of 150 organisms important to Canadians, publishing the results in public databases.
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Stephen W. Scherer, University of Toronto
By sequencing the genomes of other species, we can better understand our place in natural history.
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Excess screen time for children and adolescents is linked to many negative outcomes such as obesity, language delays and antisocial behaviour.
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Lisa Tang, University of Guelph; Jess Haines, University of Guelph
School is out and screens make tempting babysitters. Follow these recommendations to allow your child some screen time without compromising their health and development.
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Get out of your routine and do something different, like taking a hot-air balloon ride, on your long weekend. It will help you feel fully recharged.
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Jamie Gruman, University of Guelph
A long weekend approaches. Here's how to make it feel like a vacation, and return to work feeling fully recharged.
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The Canada jay recently had its name restored, but Canada still doesn’t have a national bird.
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David Bird, McGill University; Ryan Norris, University of Guelph
Until very recently the Canada jay was called the gray jay. How did the bird lose its original name in the 1950s, and gain it back again, just in time for Canada Day?
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Roberta K. Timothy, York University, Canada
A health and human rights researcher, therapist and professor explains why racial justice is a public health issue.
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David MacDonald, University of Guelph
It's time for an overhaul of the justice system in Canada: How juries are selected, how Indigenous victims are treated and to challenge embedded racism within police forces and courts.
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Yasmin Jiwani, Concordia University
Montreal resident Lucy Francineth Granados was deported to Guatemala last week. Media representations play an important role in these situations and exert much power over how we imagine our nation.
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Norma Dunning, University of Alberta
The use of the word Eskimos for a Canadian football team needs to end. It signals negative stereotypes and is considered by most Inuit to be a racial slur.
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Kimberly Lenters, University of Calgary
In the elementary classroom, improv can nurture a collaborative and creative climate in which even reticent kids want to participate.
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Lynda Colgan, Queen's University, Ontario
You may not know it, but the elementary math wars are raging. Our expert explains the 'new math' - why it works for kids, and how to do it.
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Dwayne Brown, York University, Canada
Black youth need programs that develop emotional intelligence -- to combat institutional racism, social exclusion and white supremacy. The government's promised $19 million is not enough.
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Robert Huish, Dalhousie University; Patrick Balazo, Dalhousie University
Facebook is unwittingly helping fuel a genocide against the Rohingya people in Myanmar. Does Cuba’s internet model provide lessons to manage social media amid political chaos?
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Glenn Hanna, University of Guelph-Humber
The Toronto cop who apprehended the van attack suspect is being lauded internationally for refraining from using deadly force as he apprehended him. Here's how everything went right for the constable.
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Henry Giroux, McMaster University
Donald Trump seems to have a passion for cruelty, often publicly celebrating his investment in violence as a source of pleasure. Those tendencies represent symptoms of a broader American sickness.
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Meadow Schroeder, University of Calgary
Assessment scales for ADHD have been developed using mostly male research samples. As a result, the behaviours indicating ADHD in girls may not be what you expect.
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Gonzalo R. Quintana Zunino, Concordia University; Conall Eoghan Mac Cionnaith, Concordia University
Women report one orgasm for every three from men. Part of the problem might lie in what happens in the bedroom.
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