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York University, Canada

York University is a modern, multi-campus, urban university located in Toronto, Ontario. Backed by a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, alumni and partners, we bring a uniquely global perspective to help solve societal challenges, drive positive change and prepare our students for success. York’s fully bilingual Glendon Campus is home to Southern Ontario’s Centre of Excellence for French Language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education. York’s campuses in Costa Rica and India offer students exceptional transnational learning opportunities and innovative programs. Together, we can make things right for our communities, our planet, and our future.

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Despite the benefits migrant grandparents provide, sponsored grandparents are consistently suspected of taking advantage of Canada’s health care and social welfare systems. (Jonathan Castaneda/Unsplash)

Here’s why Canada’s parents and grandparents reunification program is problematic

International conventions dictate that families have a right to be together. But Canada’s current parent and grandparent reunification program makes that difficult.
Cognitive labour significantly impacts women’s workplace experiences and career outcomes, which ultimately undermines gender equity. (Unsplash+)

All women — not just mothers — could benefit from more workplace flexibility

New research highlights that the career outcomes of both women with and without children are negatively impacted by engaging in unpaid labour.
New guidelines for the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board are set to take effect Jan. 1, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Canada’s new drug pricing guidelines are industry-friendly

The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board’s mandate is to make sure that drug prices are not excessive. However, new guidelines that change criteria for assessing prices may lead to higher prices.
Protesters stand off against California National Guard soldiers at the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles during a “No Kings” protest on June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Appeals court ruling grants Donald Trump broad powers to deploy troops to American cities

There are few guardrails in place to prevent a rogue president from misusing the military in domestic civilian affairs as Donald Trump seemingly manufactures false emergencies
Abortion rights activists and Women’s March leaders protest as part of a national day of strike actions outside the Supreme Court on June 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Misogyny has become a political strategy — here’s how the pandemic helped make it happen

Online misogyny isn’t just fringe — it’s baked into the architecture of the internet itself and, increasingly, serves as a powerful political tool.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford dons a toque following a press conference with Chief Sonny Gagnon of Aroland First Nation at Queens Park, the provincial legislature, in Toronto on Jan. 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

‘Canada is not for sale’ — but new Ontario law prioritizes profits over environmental and Indigenous rights

Bill 5 and C-5 threaten to bypass environmental safeguards and the duty to consult with Indigenous communities for the sake of short-term profits.
The last image transmitted by the camera on board the Madleen of its crew and passengers. (Freedom Flotilla Coalition/Telegram account)

Is Israel’s interception of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla legal?

Israel says it enforced a lawful blockade in the international waters where it seized a flotilla carrying aid and activists bound for Gaza. But the seizure likely violates international laws.
Condo buildings tower above older two and three-storey walk-up apartment buildings in Burnaby, B.C., in December 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Why Canada should apply labour protections to the rental housing sector

Canadian landlords are able negotiate from a position of structural dominance as tenants confront systemic harms — rent hikes, unsafe conditions and evictions — all on their own.
Students march as part of the Fridays for Future climate movement protest in Vienna, Austria in September 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

Kids care deeply about our planet, so adults need to start listening

A recent survey finds that many kids understand that individual action alone is not enough, and most recognize that systemic accountability is necessary to tackle the climate crisis.
Des personnes déplacées par les combats entre le M23 et les soldats gouvernementaux se préparent à quitter leur campement suite à une instruction donnée par le groupe armé à Goma, en République démocratique du Congo, le 11 février 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Les combats dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo aggravent la violence sexiste à l’égard des femmes

Alors que les violences continuent de provoquer des déplacements de population dans l’est de la RDC, les femmes sont exposées à un risque accru de violences sexuelles et sexistes.
People displaced by the fighting between M23 and government soldiers prepare to leave their camp following an instruction by the armed group in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo on Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is worsening gender-based violence against women

As violence continues to displace people in the eastern DRC, women face a heightened risk of sexual and gender-based violence.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward the Oval Office after signing an executive order at an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

How Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten Canadians’ access to prescription drugs

U.S. tariffs present not only a risk of Canadian job losses — and loss of access to employer-sponsored drug plans — but also the risk of higher prescription drug prices.
Vancouver police look over a black SUV involved in the attack at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver on April 26, 2025, that killed at least 11 people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam

Vancouver SUV attack exposes crowd management falldowns and casts a pall on Canada’s election

At least 11 people died in a Vancouver SUV attack deemed to have a ‘low threat level’ by police. What goes into making that calculation, and is a public event ever truly low-risk?

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