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Canada is warming at an accelerating rate as temperatures rise around the globe. However, much of the country lacks effective, and enforced, health and safety standards to protect workers from extreme heat and climate disasters. This lack of protections is felt particularly acutely in Canada’s food service sector from agricultural workers to restaurant staff.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Jen Kostuchuk and Anelyse Weiler of the University of Victoria discuss the ongoing challenges facing food service workers in Canada's notoriously gendered and racialized restaurant industry, where unionization is all but unheard of — arguing that "in a warming world it is essential that labour protections and climate justice go hand in hand."
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An employee at Chiang Rai Thai Cuisine scrubs a wok on April 30, 2024, in Troutdale, Ore.
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Jen Kostuchuk, University of Victoria; Anelyse Weiler, University of Victoria
Global climates are changing and the world is rapidly warming. Canada’s labour laws must keep pace with the rate of change to protect workers.
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A pair of male mule deer captured by camera trap in Cathedral Provincial Park, B.C.
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Cole Burton, University of British Columbia
The proliferation of camera traps provided a rich source of observational information about animal behaviour during the pandemic.
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Canada has a Victims Bill of Rights to protect victims of crime. But its scope and powers are insufficient.
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Alain-Guy Sipowo, Université de Montréal
The Victims Bill of Rights merely lists a series of guidelines that those in the criminal justice system should take into account, as they see fit. It does not compel them to do so.
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Women CEOs are becoming increasingly disaffected by the patriarchal hierarchy and biases of the organizations they work for.
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Jennifer Walinga, Royal Roads University; Nancy Coldham, Royal Roads University
With women still underrepresented in leadership globally, why aren’t organizations and investors doing more to realize the benefits that diversity brings? Perhaps it’s the C-suite that needs changing.
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La victoire de Bassirou Diomaye Faye aux dernières élections sénégalaises marque une consolidation de la démocratie au pays.
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Julio César Dongmo, Université de Montréal
La dernière présidentielle sénégalaise, malgré quelques heurts, atteste que la démocratie est fermement installée dans ce pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest.
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Education
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John J. Sloan III, University of Alabama at Birmingham
While most colleges and universities have their own police units, some schools, like Columbia University, have only private security − and then can call in outside police when they feel it is needed.
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Environment + Energy
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Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University; Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder
Mountain tourism brings revenues to Nepal but leaves a mess behind. Local and international groups are offering new cleanup strategies.
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Health
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Christina von Roemeling, University of Florida; John Ligon, University of Florida
Cancer vaccines have gained much interest among scientists but face a number of hurdles. A new mRNA vaccine for glioma offers a step forward in training the immune system to fight cancer.
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