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After three years of COVID-19, hearing that another virus is spreading quickly across Canada and the world is worrisome — even if it’s spreading among birds.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Sameer Elsayed of Western University answers common questions about the H5N1 avian influenza — or “bird flu” — that is infecting domestic flocks of chickens and turkeys, as well as wild fowl. That includes what it is, potential dangers for humans and what “H5N1” means.
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Avian influenza (‘bird flu’) is a highly transmissible and usually mild disease that affects wild birds such as geese, swans, seagulls, shorebirds, and also domestic birds such as chickens and turkeys.
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Sameer Elsayed, Western University
Avian influenza — commonly known as ‘bird flu’ — is infecting domestic and wild birds in Canada and around the world.
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Iranian women protesting the death of Mahsa Amini gather outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on Oct. 17, 2022.
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Roodabeh Dehghani, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Narratives that pit secular protesters against a religious regime do not necessarily explain the protests in Iran or what they are calling for.
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Early play-based learning helps children develop skills and knowledge before elementary school, and provides an essential foundation for learning in later years.
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Jeanne Sinclair, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Magdalena Janus, McMaster University; Scott Davies, University of Toronto
A study following Ontario students between 2004 and 2012 can help policymakers ensure all students get the supports they need when they need them.
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What does student feedback about technology reveal about the changing nature of post-secondary education and equitably supporting student development?
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Alpha Abebe, McMaster University; Fenella Amarasinghe, York University, Canada
Post-secondary student input about ChatGPT and other AI matters not only for accountability, but also as a savvy way to strategize about the future of higher education.
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Les drones ont changé la façon dont les scientifiques étudient les baleines et les dauphins. Pour le meilleur et pour le pire.
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Jaclyn A. Aubin, University of Windsor
Les drones sont une nouvelle technologie qui permet aux chercheurs d’observer et d’enregistrer le comportement des baleines à distance. Mais si les drones volent trop bas, ils modifient le comportement des baleines.
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Business + Economy
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Konstantinos Lagos, Sheffield Hallam University
While most of the focus is on the here and now, here’s what the medium term could look like.
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Environment + Energy
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Darcy Watchorn, Deakin University
A chance discovery of an albino bush rat in Victoria’s Otway Ranges inspired a search for more fair beauties. Here’s what the survey of Aussie ecologists, museums and newspaper clippings revealed.
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Politics
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Paul Whiteley, University of Essex
The SNP’s new leader only just squeaked over the line against his rivals, which is a bad sign for his ambition to take Scotland out of the U.K.
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