Stories
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The New Economy
Real-World Investment Lessons
Financial markets are a complicated puzzle, shaped by uncertainty and risk and the behavioural biases that can influence investment decisions. Determining whether it's prudent...
Social Innovation
When Hate Goes Viral
Conspiracy theories aren't new. For centuries, they've been used to target groups cast as outsiders, from anti-Semitic myths in Europe to misogynistic and xenophobic...
Social Innovation
Confronting the Financialization of Housing
Access to housing is a fundamental human right in Canada, yet roughly 1.7 million households do not have an affordable or safe place to...
Sustainability
Protecting People from Earthquakes
Earthquakes are among the most destructive natural disasters on the planet. They typically happen when the tectonic plates that form the Earth’s outer shell,...
Health and Wellness
A Clearer Picture for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Every single day, an average of 14 men in Canada die of prostate cancer. This startling number has driven researchers to do something about...
Health and Wellness
Protecting Canadians from Mosquito-Borne Diseases
It's a sound Canadians know all too well: the high-pitch whine of a mosquito buzzing past your ear. Beyond annoyance and itchy bites, the...
Health and Wellness
Wildfires in Canada
More than 6,000 wildfires burned across Canada in 2023, torching an area larger than England — the country's most destructive fire season ever. In...
Health and Wellness
Prescribing Innovation
Visiting a health-care clinic brings the strains on Canada's medical system into sharp focus: crowded waiting rooms, busy physicians and nurses who have limited...
Health and Wellness
Beyond Words
Bilingualism offers many cognitive and social advantages, including enhanced complex mental skills such as problem solving and improved multitasking. In today's interconnected world, being...
Social Innovation
Investigating Cold Cases: University Students Work to Solve Decades-Old Disappearance
In the summer of 1973, two teenagers vanished while hitchhiking to a concert in Upstate New York. More than five decades later, the disappearance...
Social Innovation
Creating Vibrant Public Space
Over the past few decades, the prevalence of free, accessible public spaces has been declining in cities around the world. Neither home nor work,...
Health and Wellness
The Future of Food
About one in six people suffer from dysphagia, a medical term that means difficulty swallowing. Symptoms can include pain, gagging and an inability or...