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Pierre Poilievre’s recent 100-minute interview with controversial media commentator, Jordan Peterson, provided some clues about the Conservative leader’s political ideology.
Since launching online gambling, the Ontario government, which gains significant tax revenue from gambling, has announced no funding for independent research to monitor the impact on problem gambling.
La médecine personnalisée est prometteuse pour les cancers récurrents et les superbactéries, mais elle demande beaucoup de travail et d’argent. Les approbations réglementaires demeurent compliquées.
Canadians want policies that address their needs but instead are served political gimmicks. To reconnect public interest with public policy, we need to develop new democratic practices.
Early clinical trials suggest that people who lose weight with drugs like Ozempic lose lean mass as well as fat, which could have consequences for older adults at risk of muscle loss.
To identify threats to the health of mothers and children, birth cohort studies look at groups of moms and their babies from birth or even earlier and follow them for many years.
Clear guidelines for communicators’ use of generative AI, will help avoid an explosion of misleading information, the erosion of public trust and the misuse of personal data on an unprecedented scale.
For healthy aging, it’s crucial to distinguish between lifespan and healthspan: the amount of time for which a person is healthy within their lifespan. Maintaining muscle is key to a longer healthspan.
Most people would prefer to die at home than in hospital. If dying at home could be made more feasible and well resourced, both the dying and the living would benefit.
Centring climate justice in our global efforts against climate change could bring myriad benefits for us all. COP29 in Baku must make this dream a reality.
C-65 would help political parties exploit Canadians’ data without real limits, transparency or consent. This could undermine privacy, engagement and confidence in political parties.
L’alimentation joue un rôle important pour se maintenir en santé. Les personnes souffrant de maladies gastro-intestinales peuvent avoir une relation complexe avec la nourriture.
Diet plays an important role in human health, but how it does so — especially among those with gastrointestinal diseases — becomes complicated by the emotional and psychological aspects of eating.
The Liberals’ return to power in New Brunswick could be attributed to a referendum on Premier Blaine Higgs. But it was also a rejection of a grievance politics that favours anger over substance.
Rabbis married to non-Jews exist within Humanist, Reform, Jewish Renewal and Reconstructionist Jewish movements, although not within Conservative and Orthodox streams.
If trust in government matters to Canadians, then ethics issues must be kept in public view and political parties pressured to offer meaningful reform ideas in their campaign and party platforms.
For much of Canadian history, hockey has been viewed as a symbol of national pride and identity. But with dramatic changes in Canadian society over the years, is this still the case?
There are five ways governments can draw on scientific evidence to deal with multiple crises.
Parents are dealing with the traditional stresses of raising children, as well as new challenges like technology use. Governments, workplaces, friends and family can all help parents cope with stress.
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Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Media Arts, McMaster University
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Professor of History and Global Human Rights, McMaster University
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Master's student in the Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization program, McMaster University
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Professor, Faculty of Humanities, HOPE Chair in Peace & Health, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, McMaster University
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Professor of Biocchemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University
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Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, McMaster University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Global Health, McMaster University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, McMaster University
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Associate Vice-President Global Health, McMaster University
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Professor, Kinesiology, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health, McMaster University
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Graduate Director and Associate Professor, Master of Communications Management Program, McMaster University
