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Better digital literacy could help reduce climate and disaster conspiracy theories
In recent years, the proliferation of conspiracy theories amid escalating climate disasters and their aftermath has become an alarming trend. During the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season in the United St
January 24, 2025 | 1:43 pm
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An unnecessary Ontario election won’t help Canada deal with Donald Trump
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been dropping hints for some time about the possibility of a provincial election this spring, if not sooner. Those hints are being reinforced by the pending arrival of $2
January 23, 2025 | 4:12 pm
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Doug Ford response to Trump’s tariff threat lacks credibility
Professor Mark Winfield of the Faculty of Environment and Urban Change writes about Doug Ford's response in an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail and on his blog. Read the piece in the Globe and Mail
January 20, 2025 | 10:18 am
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What does Trump have in store for the world in his second term? History provides some clues
Donald Trump is on the eve of becoming only the second United States president to begin a non-consecutive term. Grover Cleveland, more than a century ago, was the other. Non-consecutive terms have occ
January 20, 2025 | 10:12 am
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Cyberattack affecting school boards spotlights the need for better EdTech regulation in Ontario and beyond
Issues surrounding students’ data and schools’ use of educational technology (EdTech) are in the spotlight as school boards in six provinces respond to a “significant cyberattack” on an administration
January 14, 2025 | 10:04 am