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La recherche ne se demande plus si on peut vivre plus longtemps, mais si on est prêts à investir – sérieusement, équitablement – dans ce qui nous fera vivre mieux.
Mutations that occurred tens of thousands of years ago made humans uniquely sensitive to particulate air pollution.
Some Canadians may agree with Gad Saad’s portrayal of Canada a leftist, woke hellscape. But many don’t, making him a highly unreliable narrator on Canada as he moves to the U.S.
As Canada develops new nuclear projects, some might worry that hotter weather could undermine nuclear reliability. However, France’s experience this summer suggests otherwise.
Le vieillissement de la population canadienne est une réussite, pas une crise. Reste à bâtir la meilleure société au monde pour bien vieillir.
If your organization is in crisis, your values are your lifeline. Identifying them collaboratively helps build consensus and guide action.
Research has moved past the question of whether we can live longer. The new question is whether we’re willing to invest — seriously, equitably and early — in the things that will help us live better.
Lower inflation does not mean prices will return to where they were before. Inflation measures the average change in prices over time, not which specific prices are rising or falling.
Math achievement gaps begin in kindergarten and persist through Grade 9, highlighting the importance of investing in children’s early development.
Judging this version against an apparent ‘original’ misunderstands both the ancient poem and how myth actually works.
Québec’s Bill 9 demands the public sphere be free of visible religion, even when expressions of religion take are obligations its adherents cannot set aside.
Researchers found that some bodies of water have become highly acidic within only a few years.
Permafrost holds an extraordinary molecular record of ancient life — and we are only now learning to read it, just as warming begins to erase it.
An ethics process must not become so preoccupied with the potential harm of participation that it overlooks the certain harm of exclusion.
Scientific and engineering breakthroughs are allowing us to make ammonia from pollution rather than fossil fuels.
Canada’ aging population is a marker of national success, not a crisis. The question is whether we will seize this moment to build the strongest aging society in the world.
Resilient urban mobility can be created by giving people options that ensure they can still move around when a shock affects one form of transportation.
Canada supports the first international treaty protecting platform workers. The same government is weighing a proposal that could make it difficult to legally strike in the rail and marine sectors.
A peace deal has reopened the Strait of Hormuz, but insurance premiums, mine clearance and a container shortage across two continents suggest the disruption is far from over.
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PhD, School of Earth, Environment & Society, McMaster University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, McMaster University
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Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
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Associate Profesor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Leadership Chair, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, McMaster University
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PhD Candidate in Religious Studies, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Gynaecological Surgeon and Sonologist, McMaster University; Adelaide University
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Professor and Department Chair, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University
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Researcher in Energy Policy, McMaster University; Columbia University
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Clinical Research Assistant, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Oncology, McMaster University
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Professor of Sociology, McMaster University
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Scientific Director, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University
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Professor, Kinesiology, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health, McMaster University
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Scientist, Ancient DNA Lab (Biodiversity Genomics division) at the Hakai Institute and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology, McMaster University
