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Sustainability has become the latest consumer trend. But how many of us are making consumer choices that are truly sustainable. Today in The Conversation Canada, David Hardisty, Katherine White and Rishad Habib of the University of British Columbia offer five ways to SHIFT consumers towards sustainable choices: Social influence, Habits, Individual self, Feelings and cognitions and Tangibility.
We’ve published another excellent explainer on the Indian government’s move on Kashmir, two scholars offer a differing view on a recent Atlantic article which said academia needs a new discipline called “progress studies” and – cough, cough – we learn that dozens of schools in China have been built and supported by the country’s powerful state-owned tobacco industry.
We’re just weeks away from the formal launch of the federal election. There’s been much debate on how much Canada’s Christian right will help Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. Political scientist Jonathan Malloy of Carleton University suggests the impact of evangelical Canadians as a political force has largely been overstated – in contrast to the American Christian right, which is powerful and dominates politics in some parts of the United States.
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Consumers want to embrace sustainability, but still need some guidance.
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David J. Hardisty, University of British Columbia; Katherine White, University of British Columbia; Rishad Habib, University of British Columbia
There's a buzz around sustainability, but consumers still struggle to develop new habits. Here's how to change that.
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Paramilitary soldiers walk past Rapid Action Force (RAF) soldiers standing guard during security lockdown in Jammu, India, Aug. 9, 2019. The restrictions on public movement throughout Kashmir have forced people to stay indoors. All communications and the internet have been cut off.
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Reeta Tremblay, University of Victoria
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he's ushering in a 'new India.' But this new era is of ethnic majoritarianism and erases differences, dissent and the rights of minorities.
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Proposing ‘progress studies’ as a new academic field of study ignores history.
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Shannon Dea, University of Waterloo; Ted McCormick, Concordia University
A recent article in The Atlantic called for a "new science of progress" - this is dangerous and ignores the academic study of the history of human development.
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Reports suggest there are more than 100 tobacco-sponsored schools in China, a country with more than 300 million smokers.
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Jennifer Fang, Simon Fraser University
The Chinese National Tobacco Corporation is expanding its international markets through subsidiaries. Is the world ready for tobacco companies sponsoring or supporting schools?
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Canada’s Christian right is largely isolated, and has little of the clout of evangelicals south of the border.
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Jonathan Malloy, Carleton University
While they're not going away, evangelicals and social conservatives in Canada are distinctly different from the American Christian right.
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Le célèbre sexologue Alfred Kinsey a dit un jour que le seul acte sexuel non naturel est un acte qui ne peut être exécuté.
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Gonzalo R. Quintana Zunino, Concordia University; Conall Eoghan Mac Cionnaith, Concordia University
Alors que les Nord-Américains célèbrent la Fierté cet été, nous devrions la prendre comme un rappel de notre diversité sexuelle, et aussi des infinies façons d'avoir des relations sexuelles.
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Politics
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Asif Hameed, University of Southampton
If MPs aren't sitting in parliament to block no-deal Brexit, can it go ahead anyway?
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Culture + Society
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Alainna Liloia, University of Arizona
Saudi women may now travel without a man's permission, easing one of the most repressive aspects of the country's 'guardianship' system. Women in Saudi Arabia gained the right to drive last year.
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Science + Technology
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Sreekanth Chalasani, University of California San Diego
Some treatments for neurodegenerative diseases involve inserting wires into the brain and zapping certain brain cells with electricity. But what if you could do the same thing using sound waves?
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