Black graduations are optional celebrations complementary to faculty-based convocation ceremonies, and they remind graduates they are powerfully supported.
An oil refinery is silhouetted against the sky at sunset, in March 2025, in El Dorado, Kan.
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How can the ostensibly evangelical Pete Hegseth place Quentin Tarantino on the same footing as the word of God? An example from the early 11th century provides clues.
In almost all legal systems, animals are regarded as “property.”
Although some laws now recognize animals as sentient beings, they’re still treated as property. This contradiction is a societal choice. Has the time come to challenge it?
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie in 2020, after drilling a rock sample from a spot nicknamed “Mary Anning.” After years of extensive analysis, the sample has revealed the greatest diversity of organic molecules ever found on Mars.
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Study of extreme environments on Earth, along with exploration of the lifeless surface of the moon, can help us understand what life on Mars might look like.
Beyond physical functioning, erectile difficulties can impact sexual confidence, self-esteem, relationship satisfaction and quality-of-life.
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Erectile dysfunction treatment has long relied on self-reporting and a narrow set of treatment options. Advances support an increasingly personalized, data-driven and patient-centred care model.
A recent report from Canada’s auditor general finds that reforms to the International Student Program failed to meaningfully improve oversight and program integrity.
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A transactional approach to including international students risks Canadians never getting to know the people who come to study with their full and complex lives.
A positive emoji appended to a positive or neutral message is fine, but using one to sugarcoat bad news may detract from competence.
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Your emojis need to match the tone of your message if you wish to appear competent, according to new research.
A Ukrainian serviceman stands on a drone training field in eastern Ukraine in November 2025. Recent Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure is proving effective.
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Increased and effective Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure have prevented Russia from effectively exploiting higher oil prices.
Entrepreneurship is widely celebrated, but its hidden costs are often borne at home by partners whose labour and well-being go uncounted.
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Researchers followed hundreds of British couples for three decades to ask: What happens to the spouse who doesn’t choose startup life, but has to live it anyway?
The monument dedicated to the victims of the Chernobyl disaster stands in front of a large dome installed over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Chernobyl, Ukraine.
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The nuclear incident at Chernobyl spread radiation across Europe and led to political changes that played a role in the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Sedentary activities are those of very little or no movement and include sitting, lying down and standing. Standing for long periods has a similar effect on metabolism as sitting.
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From a biological perspective, being inactive is more than the opposite of being active. Being sedentary results in unique physiological changes that can lead to a variety of health risks.
More often than not, parenting is framed as a choice between fixed styles, but evidence from both human and primate research suggests effective parenting is flexible and responsive to context.
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For effective child-rearing outcomes, parenting should not be seen as fixed styles — authoritative or permissive — but as a flexible, adaptive process shaped by environment.
Péter Magyar speaks to the media in Budapest, Hungary, after his party’s victory over Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s party in the April 13 general election.
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The victory of the Tisza party in Hungary marks a major political turning point, but the European and geopolitical implications of this remain unclear.
Prime Minister Mark Carney walks with Liberal MPs Tatiana Auguste, left, Danielle Martin and Doly Begum as they make their way to a meeting of the Liberal caucus in Ottawa on April 15, 2026.
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Canadians should push for more than immediate byelections after floor crossings to strengthen the country’s democracy — they should turn their attention once again to broader electoral reform.
Cognitive psychologists have known for decades that negation doesn’t work. When someone tells you what something isn’t, your brain doesn’t skip to the alternative.
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Negation-based language is cognitively ineffective. And when amplified by AI-generated writing it distorts how people engage with ideas.
Canada already has targeted tools for food affordability. A public grocery chain would be a far more expensive way to help far fewer people.
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The idea of government-run grocery stores is gaining traction in Canada and the United States. But evidence suggests the costs would be steep and the benefits poorly targeted.
The sounds of cars, airplanes, boats and industrial activities in urban areas produce a steady roar that impacts birds, such as this great tit.
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Paris is three decibels quieter than it was 10 years ago, thanks to an effective noise pollution campaign. But traffic noise still forces birds to sing at a higher pitch.
New expectations lack substance and leave gaps.
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Canada helped build local government capacity in Ukraine before the war. The Council of Europe’s Congress has now called on the world to do so again. Canada should answer the call.
The pandemic created a real-world stress test for schools. Students in an elementary school get ready for class in Montréal in January 2022.
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Lessons from the pandemic show resilience requires targeted learning support, mental health investment, strong data systems and thoughtful digital strategies.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks about introducing three new bills to do with transgender issues in Edmonton, on Oct. 31, 2024.
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As Alberta shields its ban on youth gender-affirming care from legal challenge, new research raises urgent questions about the real-world consequences of restricting access.
For Canadians in long-term care, dignity is shaped by moments that acknowledge their humanity.
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Long-term care is not strictly a medical service; it’s also a home and social environment. To ensure Canadians can age with dignity, we need ways to assess dignity in our health systems.
Sunset along the northern shores of Boundary Bay in Delta, B.C., home to nutrient-rich mudflats that provide vital energy for marine life, in September, 2025.
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