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Most Canadian kids will be heading back to school in a couple of weeks. It’s the time of year when parents and their children head out to buy supplies and maybe some new clothes. But are their rules about what students can wear? Today in The Conversation Canada, Dianne Gereluk of the University of Calgary looks at the emotional debate around school dress code policies.
There’s still a lot of discussion about whether the new Ontario government did the right thing by shutting down an experiment which provided a basic income to a select group of people across the province. James Mulvale of University of Manitoba says the “moral and ethical implications of scrapping the program” are serious and should be a concern all researchers.
And finally, Larry Hughes of Dalhousie University has a different take on the ongoing diplomatic showdown between Canada and Saudi Arabia: what is the potential impact on Canadian refineries that handle Saudi crude oil?
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Girls are often the target of ‘moral’ dress codes, like no tank tops or ‘no bra straps.’
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Dianne Gereluk, University of Calgary
Dress codes in schools can mask a lot of inequality issues around gender, race and religion. Why not go with a simple policy that applies to everyone equally and discuss the underlying issues instead?
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Khalid Al-Falih Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, has said the diplomatic dispute won’t affect oil exports to Canada.
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Larry Hughes, Dalhousie University
Saudi Arabia has said it won't curb the flow of oil to Canada, but the Maritimes should think more seriously about replacing the Saudi supply with crude from more trusted sources.
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In this November 2017 photo, unemployed Dave Cherkewski discusses how he was helped by Ontario’s basic income pilot project.
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James Mulvale, University of Manitoba
The cancellation of Ontario’s basic income pilot not only violates our ethical obligations to participants. It also means forfeiting a valuable research opportunity on income security.
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Business + Economy
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Dimitrios Syrrakos, Manchester Metropolitan University
The strict nature, implementation and dramatic social costs of the EU bailouts prompt questions about their effectiveness.
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Culture + Society
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Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
In 1980, 60 percent of 12th graders said they read a book, newspaper or magazine every day for pleasure. By 2016, only 16 percent did.
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Science + Technology
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Holly Betts, University of Bristol
Genetic data has helped scientists develop new estimates for the origin and evolution of life on Earth.
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