By Marta M. Elvira, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra) and Godechot Olivier, Sciences Po Nike’s current CEO, Elliott Hill, began his career at the global footwear giant as an …
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By Stephan Manning, University of Sussex and Vassiliki Bamiatzi, University of Sussex Russia’s war against Ukraine has changed how global firms respond to geopolitical events. Whereas in the past foreign …
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Opinion/Commentary
Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and health care expenses
By Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, University of Pittsburgh Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, raising concerns that fatigue impaired their judgment. Similarly, …
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ImmigrationOpinion/Commentary
Canada’s immigration process is increasingly digitized, but that can make if difficult to navigate
By Ashika Niraula, Toronto Metropolitan University Many countries are engaged in a global race to attract skilled and talented workers from around the world. But Canada is at risk of …
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By François Larocque, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Stéphanie Chouinard, Queen’s University, Ontario, and Yan Campagnolo, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Influential voices in the Canadian public sphere have been criticizing the …
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Opinion/Commentary
Trump’s moves to strip employment protections from federal workers threaten to make government function worse – not better
By James L. Perry, Indiana University On top of efforts to fire potentially tens of thousands of federal workers, an early executive order from President Donald Trump’s second term seeks …
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Opinion/Commentary
Is AI making us stupider? Maybe, according to one of the world’s biggest AI companies
By Deborah Brown, The University of Queensland and Peter Ellerton, The University of Queensland There is only so much thinking most of us can do in our heads. Try dividing …
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Québec’s religious symbols law: Appealing to the Supreme Court for real rights under the Charter
By Natasha Bakht, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Lynda Collins, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa The Supreme Court of Canada has announced that it will hear a challenge to Québec’s secularism …
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California depends on prison labour to deal with climate disasters — Canada must avoid a similar model
By Jordan House, Brock University and Lydia Dobson, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling …
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Opinion/Commentary
Canada’s claim that it champions human rights is at odds with its mining practices
By Véronique Plouffe, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Canada presents itself as a gender equality and human rights champion both at home and abroad. But it’s also a global leader in …