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Atlantic Canada differs from the rest of the country in many ways: its population is older, it has a low birth rate and some provinces are losing population. Today in The Conversation Canada, Kelly Toughill of the University of King’s College in Halifax looks at how all four Atlantic provinces are trying to boost immigration to offset their demographic challenges. But Prof. Toughhill points out: “Deciding to transform your society with new blood is easier than actually doing it.”
We have two stories about Israel: Howard Adelman of York University explains how thousands of Sudanese and Eritreans refugees live in Israel with no rights or status. Houssem Ben Lazreg at the University of Alberta and Tesbih Habbal of the University of Chicago look at the “colonization and appropriation of Palestinian land” by the Isreaeli government and liken it to the colonization of Indigenous lands in North America.
And finally…Artificial Intelligence is becoming an everyday feature of our lives. Joshua Gans of the University of Toronto writes about how governments are navigating the so-called “AI maze” so that their countries are best positioned to benefit from advances in AI.
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It took Anna Tselichtchev two years to love Atlantic Canada. This tree helped.
Kelly Toughill
Kelly Toughill, University of King's College
Immigrants in Atlantic Canada have higher employment levels, higher wages and face less discrimination than other Canadian immigrants, yet the region has the lowest retention rates in the country.
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A Palestinian boy burns tires during Land Day protests in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 30, 2018.
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Houssem Ben Lazreg, University of Alberta; Tesbih Habbal, University of Chicago
Like the colonization of Indigenous lands in North America and the squeezing of Indigenous peoples into "reserves," the colonization and appropriation of Palestinian land is unrelenting.
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In this 2012 file photo, African refugees sit on the ground behind a border fence after they attempted to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel as Israeli soldiers stand guard near the border with Egypt, in southern Israel.
(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
Howard Adelman, York University, Canada
As many as 38,000 refugees live in Israel with no rights or status. Israel's government and international communities need to come up with a viable solution.
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Finding the optimal route to benefiting from AI is like navigating a maze for most governments.
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Joshua Gans, University of Toronto
Most businesses are only just starting to figure out how to put artificial intelligence to work. But governments are also increasing their focus on this prediction enabling technology.
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Business + Economy
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Nicki Lisa Cole, University of York
Despite the prevalence of Fairtrade sugar in UK society, the sugarcane industry remains deeply troubled.
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Politics
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Benjamin Habib, La Trobe University
There was much that was agreed to at the Korean summit - but still a lot yet to be worked out. The will now shift to the hotly-anticipated meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
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Culture + Society
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Lindsey Blumell, City, University of London
The women who overcame heavy opposition to fight for justice in the Cosby rape case.
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