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It’s hard enough to keep New Year’s fitness resolutions, but for many people in Canada, there’s the extra challenge of winter. If you’re trying to be more active, don’t let the weather get in the way.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Iris Lesser, Amanda Wurz and Cynthia Thomson of the University of the Fraser Valley offer nine tips for staying (or getting!) active during a Canadian winter.
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Thick snow covers tree branches as people walk along a street in Ottawa after a snowstorm.
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Iris Lesser, University of The Fraser Valley; Amanda Wurz, University of The Fraser Valley; Cynthia Thomson, University of The Fraser Valley
Taking your physical activity outside comes with added benefits. Here are ways to pursue your fitness goals outdoors, even in the middle of a Canadian winter.
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Tax season is soon upon us, making it an opportune time to make Canada’s taxation system more democratic.
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Paul Emiljanowicz, McMaster University; Jean-Paul Gagnon, University of Canberra; Nick Vlahos, University of Canberra
Tax season is fast approaching, but there are limited opportunities for Canadians to influence how their taxes are spent. Here’s how a new innovation could lead to a more democratic tax system.
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An electric bus charging on the side of a street in Montréal. Funding public transit is a good way to reduce greenhouse emissions while ensuring economic equality in moving to clean transportation.
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Robert Parsons, University of Manitoba; Chueh-Ching (Janet) Chen, University of Manitoba; Rohan Shanker, University of Manitoba
Rather than promoting individual electric vehicles for lower-income consumers, governments should fund electric public transit instead.
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Learning to transform, not only criticize, circumstances is an important part of humanities education.
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Robert Danisch, University of Waterloo
To address declining humanities enrolments, these programs should ensure they offer more than critical theory for identifying and analyzing problems.
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Des manifestants portent des masques des milliardaires Bill Gates et Jeff Bezos lors de la COP15 sur la biodiversité, le 15 décembre 2022, à Montréal. Pour la première fois dans une COP, les grandes entreprises, présentes en grand nombre, avaient leur propre agenda.
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Lynda Hubert Ta, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Lors de la COP15, les entreprises ont réclamé un engagement politique fort, avec l’adoption d’un cadre ambitieux, aux objectifs mesurables. Mais leur engagement n’est pas sans soulever des questions.
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Culture + Society
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Pauline Maclaran, Royal Holloway University of London
The drama around the revelations in Harry’s book are just the latest episode in the royal soap.
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Environment + Energy
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Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine
Mudslides start with destabilized land, often from wildfires, and then rain drives the cascading disaster.
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Politics
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Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
What are classified documents? Who gets to see them? What happens if they are released? A former State Department and Department of Defense staffer who had top secret clearance provides the answers.
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