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War often seems like a terrible game, involving both strategy and chance but with grim real-life consequences for the innocent civilians on the playing field.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Anton Oleinik of Memorial University of Newfoundland writes about how Vladimir Putin has often been considered among the most powerful leaders in the world. But is that due to the luck of his circumstances? He has at his disposal the military manpower, including a nuclear arsenal, deemed to be the second most potent in the world, as well as a country rich in the natural resources that Ukraine’s western allies need. But is he also a brilliant military strategist, combining luck with power?
Oleinik suggests he’s not, and that luck — just like in any game — can only take someone so far. A combination of luck and skills is necessary, and Oleinik points out that Ukrainians may possess a secret weapon that Russia and the West have under-estimated: the will to fight.
Also today:
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Lee-Anne Goodman
Politics, Business + Economics Editor
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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russia’s commissioner for entrepreneurs’ rights during a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow on May 26, 2022.
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Anton Oleinik, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Russia’s war in Ukraine calls for drawing a line between power and luck. Putin, who was widely considered among the most powerful people in the world, may have been simply lucky.
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In some global fishing communities, women influence decisions, resulting in stronger claims to area-based fishing rights, improved economic returns and greater women’s empowerment.
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Madu Galappaththi, University of Waterloo; Andrea M. Collins, University of Waterloo; Derek Armitage, University of Waterloo
Creating opportunities to meaningfully engage women in governance and decision-making is necessary to achieve gender equality in small-scale fisheries.
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Game jams are powerful spaces for galvanizing creativity in disenfranchised communities.
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Sandra Danilovic, Wilfrid Laurier University
Game making is an art form that many aren’t intimately familiar with. Unlike other creative practices, game makers must create the rules and laws that govern and shape player behaviours.
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In the last three decades, the world has made considerable progress in reducing child malnutrition, but there is still work to do.
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Tina Moffat, McMaster University
Child malnutrition is no stranger to high-income countries. In Canada and the U.S., food insecurity affects one in six children under 18, but policies to address the issue are still lacking.
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Holberg Inlet, along the north shore of Vancouver Island, is a rich site for Cretaceous flora.
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Az (Ashley A.) Klymiuk, University of Manitoba
How flowering plants evolved has been a mystery, but a new fossil discovery hints at the unknown complexity of ancient plant diversity.
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Activists defending women’s rights to choose abortion dress up as characters from Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ at the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, in October 2020.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sharon Engbrecht, University of British Columbia
Before and after abortion was decriminalized in Canada in 1969, fiction has explored how abortion intersects with cultural imaginings about women’s bodies and humanity’s future.
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La Conversation Canada
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Alors que la violence misogyne continue, les chercheurs et les journalistes devront prendre garde quant au traitement à accorder à la sous-culture du célibat involontaire (Incel).
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Luc Cousineau, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Donner trop de temps et d’énergie à l’idéologie incel finit par la perpétuer, au lieu de l’arrêter.
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La formation en ligne « Le point sur le TDAH : comprendre, soutenir et accompagner les jeunes » vise à mieux outiller le personnel enseignant.
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Marie-Pier Duchaine, Université Laval; Nancy Gaudreau, Université Laval
Considérant que le développement professionnel des enseignants est associé à un mieux-être au travail, il convient d’envisager des activités de formation continue adaptées à la profession enseignante.
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Ukraine Invasion
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Susanne Sternthal, Texas State University
As Russia’s assault slogs on in Ukraine, one of Vladimir Putin’s long-standing friends has considerable influence over the Russian president. His name is Nicolai Patrushev.
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Terrence Guay, Penn State
Weapons manufacturers in China are likely to benefit most from Russia’s losses, while US companies will also see a boon.
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Arts
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Charne Lavery, University of Pretoria
The work of the authors reveals a world that is outward-looking, full of movement, border-crossing and south-south interconnection.
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Business + Economy
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John Colley, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
With customers and workers both being squeezed, what does the future look like?
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Environment + Energy
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Karin Gerhardt, James Cook University; Jon C. Day, James Cook University; Larissa Hale; Scott F. Heron, James Cook University
Australia’s Traditional Owners have survived climate shifts before. Bringing traditional ecological knowledge in contact with western climate scientists could help First Nations survive this one.
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