|
Many people across the country are facing serious housing problems and students are among them. Today in The Conversation Canada, Alexander Wray of Western University and Nick Revington of Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) write about municipalities’ roles regulating student housing.
In their study of 15 Ontario municipalities, they found that only Waterloo had adopted plans designed to accommodate student housing near campuses.
“Students in Canada and their communities urgently need solutions,” they write. “Amid finger-pointing at the federal government, individual institutions and the provinces, which fund higher education and set development standards, municipal governments have been largely absent from the discussion. Yet municipal planning has been hostile to student housing for decades.”
Also today:
|
Researchers examined 15 Ontario municipalities with a major university campus, and found only one (Waterloo) had adopted plans designed to accommodate student housing near the campus. Student-oriented housing under construction in Waterloo, Ont., in 2016.
(Evelyn Hofmann)
Alexander Wray, Western University; Nick Revington, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
Local governments have far too often been let off the hook for approaches that discreetly limit where students may live.
|
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to journalists at the Ontario legislature in Toronto in August 2023, amid the growing Greenbelt scandal.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Mark Winfield, York University, Canada
The Greenbelt scandal is among the most serious of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s years in office. So why is he pressuring developers to accelerate construction on Greenbelt lands?
|
Under a pharmacare plan, a single bargaining agent negotiates for lower prices from drug companies.
(Shutterstock)
Joel Lexchin, York University, Canada
Pharmaceutical and insurance industries that could lose profit through lower drug prices are not happy that a pharmacare bill is planned for fall. They are speaking out and mobilizing their allies.
|
People pass a decorated wall during the Pride Parade at English Bay in Vancouver, B.C, Aug. 6, 2023.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Kristopher Wells, MacEwan University
While Canadians are supportive of 2SLGBTQ+ communities, relatively few see themselves as active allies. Here are five steps people can take to be better allies.
|
What hides behind the entertaining nature of your favourite talk shows?
(Shutterstock)
Sylvie Genest, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Believed to be mere entertainment, talk shows can become human dignity-crushing machines. The consequences of the degrading techniques used can be devastating for the victims.
|
Le président chinois Xi Jinping et son homologue russe Vladimir Poutine portent un toast lors de leur dîner au Kremlin, à Moscou, en mars 2023.
(Pavel Byrkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Kyle Matthews, Concordia University
Deux membres du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies – la Chine et la Russie – sont soupçonnés d’avoir perpétré de graves atrocités. Voici comment la communauté internationale doit agir.
|
Environment + Energy
|
-
Thora Tenbrink, Bangor University
People living in rural areas perceive the threat of climate change to be lower than people in cities.
|
|
Health
|
-
Josephine Chau, Macquarie University
Many workplaces have adopted sit-stand desks, which allow you to sit down or stand up with the push of a button, to reduce the risks of prolonged sitting. But is standing better for your health?
|
|
Science + Tech
|
-
José A. Peláez Montilla, Universidad de Jaén
Earthquakes cannot be predicted; the best tools to mitigate the impact are seismic hazard studies.
|
|
