Transportation paved the way for colonization — it can also support reconciliation
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. As Canada marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, individuals and institutions are being urged to acknowledge the colonial origins of this country, which are rooted in the persecution and genocide of Indigenous nations….
Interest rates: Monetary policy is always political as central banks opt to back the financial sector
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. As the Bank of Canada prepared to announce its decision on interest rates in early September, Tiff Macklem, the bank’s governor, received imploring letters from premiers spanning both the country and the political spectrum. New Democrat David Eby…
why climate change is defeating our political system
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition. When I was first asked to write an opening piece in The Conversation’s series on climate change and the energy transition,…
Will AI kill our creativity? It could – if we don’t start to value and protect the traits that make us human
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. There’s no doubt generative AI’s ability to rapidly produce new texts, images and audio is shaking up creative jobs. In the long-running Writers Guild of America strike, a central sticking point has been the guild’s demand that AI…
Extreme heat, extreme inequality: Addressing climate justice in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The hottest summer ever recorded in the northern hemisphere is a stark reminder of the immediacy of the climate crisis. And the hardest hit by climate impacts, such as residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, are often those with…
How to create a college internship where students actually learn − and don’t want to quit
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. When Angelica landed a prestigious internship with a major corporation just outside of Houston, she was ecstatic about the opportunity to launch her career in finance. Such optimism was warranted, as research shows that students with internships are…
The green energy surge still isn’t enough for 1.5 degrees. We’ll have to overshoot, adapt and soak up carbon dioxide
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. It was a rare bit of good news on climate. The International Energy Agency this week released its latest net zero roadmap, showing it was still just possible to hold global heating to 1.5℃. In the last two…
4 ways to support someone with dementia during extreme heat
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Our ability to adapt our behaviour to changes in temperature takes a significant amount of thought and decision making. For example, we need to identify suitable clothing, increase our fluid intake, and understand how to best keep the…
The fight for 2% − how residuals became a sticking point for striking actors
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Streaming disrupted the entire entertainment industry, upending the DVD-purchasing, film-renting, moviegoing model of decades past. That shift has also changed how actors get paid. And some of the gains actors made through prior labor struggles – particularly through…
No, the RBA review won’t mean handing the bank’s decisions to part-time outsiders
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Misinformation is circulating about recommendations concerning the Reserve Bank board made by the RBA Review, of which I was a member. Among the claims are that the new monetary policy board we have proposed would “weaken” incoming governor…