When Is a Senior No Longer Capable of Making Their Own Decisions?
How our medical systems strip elders of their autonomy
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Anatomy of a Pandemic
Like major contagions throughout history, the new coronavirus causes fear as well as illness. The remedy for both, it turns out, is the same
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The Biased Ways We Praise “Smart Kids”
When we prioritize certain interests as being “better” or “smarter,” we’re failing children whose talents lie in other areas
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The Need to Protect Free Speech on First Nations Reserves
It’s unclear if the Charter applies to First Nations governments. This leaves band members extremely vulnerable
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How a Good Scam Can Bypass Our Defences
Cons exploit our cognitive biases. I learned the hard way that some of us are more vulnerable than others
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How Universal Health Care Fails Queer Communities
A lack of data from LGBTQ Canadians creates holes in our medical system
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What Black Lives Matter Taught Me about Protesting
Freedom fighting doesn’t happen by some twist of fate. It’s a spark lit by daily indignities and humiliations
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Canada’s Greatest Playground and Its Visionary Designer
Fifty years ago, he transformed a children’s park into a social utopia
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