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People at a protest, one carries a placard reading: tourist go home

How overcrowding impacts the world’s tourism hotspots

Joe Pavelka, Mount Royal University

A man and woman embrace and lean in for a kiss
Quarter Life

Age-gap relationships between Millennial women and Gen Z men are on the rise

Treena Orchard, Western University

A group of people wearing red tracksuits wave Cuban flags from the prow of a white boat

Cuba’s Olympic delegation is the smallest in decades — and it reveals the country’s socioeconomic crisis

Robert Huish, Dalhousie University

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Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation; Dannielle Piper, The Conversation; Ateqah Khaki, The Conversation, and Jennifer Moroz, The Conversation

How drums tell the story of Black Arab heritage

Amir Al-Azraki, University of Waterloo

Men sit in a row playing drums
Disney’s new disability access policy risks excluding some disabled visitors

Susan Cape, McMaster University

people walk near Cinderella's Castle at Disney world
International review of the Canadian Human Rights Commission can provide limited gains for anti-racism advocacy

Nicole De Silva, Concordia University

International review of the Canadian Human Rights Commission can provide limited gains for anti-racism advocacy
Paris Olympics: Canada’s soccer drone scandal highlights the need for ethics education

Lianne Foti, University of Guelph and Kathleen Rodenburg, University of Guelph

A woman in a red jersey kicks a ball while another in white attempts to deflect it
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Indigenous

The blue Métis flag flying next to a Canadian flag

Underfunded and unstudied: The need for Red River Métis health research funding

Alexandra Nychuk, McMaster University

The Blueberry River First Nations’ oil and gas dispute is a failure of colonial-imposed governance

Giuseppe Amatulli, Carleton University

Flames rise out of a smokestack in a gas plant.
The Haida-B.C. agreement was a landmark deal, but where was Canada?

Ted Palys, Simon Fraser University and Michaela M. McGuire, Simon Fraser University

A scenic view of a green landscape from a mountain summit with a sea shore in the distance.
Amazon deforestation cut by 83% in places protected by Indigenous communities – new research

Johan Oldekop, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, University of Sheffield, and Marina Schmoeller, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

aerial shot of rainforest with logs on ground in centre
Looking for Indigenous history? ‘Shekon Neechie’ website recentres Indigenous perspectives

Mary Jane Logan McCallum, University of Winnipeg; Robert Alexander Innes, McMaster University, and Susan M. Hill, University of Toronto

A belt woven with six rows of bead.
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LGBTQI+

Colorado is home to the longest-running gay rodeo in the world

Rebecca Scofield, University of Idaho and Elyssa Ford, Northwest Missouri State University

A man wearing a colorful outfit holds an icepack to his eye
5 ways anti-diversity laws affect LGBTQ+ people and research in higher ed

Abbie E. Goldberg, Clark University

A professor wearing a plaid shirt and sweater holds a piece of chalk while a piece of tape covers his mouth. Math equations are on a blackboard in the background.
10 ways to support 2SLGBTQIA+ youth this Pride Month

Leah Hamilton, Mount Royal University and Corinne L. Mason, Mount Royal University

A school bus at a pride parade. People abord wave rainbow flags out the window. writing on the bus reads; some people are gay, get over it.
What is allyship? A brief history, present and future

Wendy Marie Cumming-Potvin, Murdoch University

Friends with a rainbow flag
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Racialized communities

A smiling dark-haired woman raises her hands while speaking in front of a crowd, a row of American flags behind her.

Race, gender and politics: Is the United States ready for a Black woman president?

Terri Givens, University of British Columbia

Portraits of dementia in Indian cinema raise important conversations about the condition

Navjot Gill-Chawla, University of Waterloo

An elderly couple holding hands.
How racialized women can tackle backlash when advocating for change

Karine Coen-Sanchez, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

A Black woman speaks into a microphone in front of a crowd.
American slavery wasn’t just a white man’s business − new research shows how white women profited, too

Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University

A colorized engraving depicting the sale of slaves in the United States during the 19th century.
How Trump’s appeal to nostalgia deliberately evokes America’s more-racist, more-sexist past

Spencer Goidel, Auburn University

A man in a suit and a red hat signals 'thumbs-up' in front of a row of American flags.
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Quarter Life

Understanding ‘underconsumption core’: How a new trend is challenging consumer culture

Omar H. Fares, Toronto Metropolitan University and Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee, Toronto Metropolitan University

A young woman holding a reusable coffee cup while using a smartphone
High hemlines and maximum thigh exposure: a brief history of men’s shorts

Naomi Braithwaite, Nottingham Trent University

John Travolta in the film perfect, Paul Mescal at a Gucci fashion show and Tom Selleck in Magnum PI.
Struggling to discuss climate change with older relatives? These 3 scenarios can help

Crystal Chokshi, Mount Royal University

A man and a young girl are pictured in front of a monument.
Young investors: Here’s some tips for getting into the market

Sorin Rizeanu, University of Victoria

A young woman looking at stock information on a laptop
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Sport

Simone Biles and her US team celebrate after winning gold in Paris.

From ‘teenage pixies’ to a grown woman’s domain – Olympic gymnastics is finally evolving for the better

Brigid McCarthy, La Trobe University

Transgender athletes face an uncertain future at the Olympics as reactionary policies gain ground

Travers, Simon Fraser University

The five Olympic rights, coloured blue, black, red, yellow and green, are seen through green foliage
Paris 2024 reaches gender parity among athletes, but sport has always policed women’s bodies

Olatz González Abrisketa, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

Paris 2024 reaches gender parity among athletes, but sport has always policed women’s bodies
Nude athletes and fights to the death: what really happened at the ancient Olympics

Konstantine Panegyres, The University of Melbourne

A replica of an ancient statue is seen in front of the Acropolis Parthenon in Greece
Soccer and religion have more in common than you might think

Hanna Tervanotko, McMaster University

An elderly woman in a blue jacket sits with her hands clasped in front of her
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ICYMI

Operation Legacy: How Britain covered up its colonial crimes

Audra Diptée, Carleton University

A black and white photo of two white men in uniform carrying guns standing in front of a group of black men seated on the ground. Other men are seen standing in the background.
Residential school denialism is an attack on the truth

Crystal Gail Fraser, University of Alberta

Residential school denialism is an attack on the truth
Divorce rates are falling: Are Canadians too poor to break up?

Sorin Rizeanu, University of Victoria

A young man and woman sit at a kitchen counter looking over papers
Think tech killed penmanship? Messy handwriting was a problem centuries before smartphones

Misha Teramura, University of Toronto

The bottom half of a page of a letter in the handwriting of Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth’s signature is visible in the bottom right corner of the letter. The paper, now tan colored, is inscribed in brown ink. The text gets increasingly compressed towards the bottom of the letter. There are several creases on the page, suggesting how the letter may have been folded when originally sent.