Alberta’s proposed Fairness and Safety in Sport Act is anything but fair

The Alberta government, led by Premier Danielle Smith, recently tabled three bills that, if passed, could restrict the rights of transgender people in the province. These proposed policies are not...

Canada must turn its impressive biodiversity protection goals into real actions

With biodiversity declining at unprecedented rates worldwide, Canada stands at an important crossroads. Earlier this year, Canada was one of the first nations to submit its plan to implement the...

Why the ‘language of loopholes’ should be avoided if Trump cracks down on the...

Refugee advocates on both sides of the Canada-United States border are already gearing up for the next round of battle regarding the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA). With the re-election...

Anti-whistleblower “ag-gag” laws help global pandemics grow and spread

A teen in British Columbia recently became critically ill after becoming infected with H5N1. H5N1 is a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu. Outbreaks of avian influenza (bird flu) in...

Giller Prize controversy spotlights tensions between politics and literary prizes

Canada’s Giller Prize was recently awarded to novelist and poet Anne Michaels for her novel Held amid controversy. The Giller Prize is Canada’s most lucrative literary award, with a prize...