By Ivona Hideg, York University, Canada; Samantha Hancock, Western University, and Winny Shen, York University, Canada Immigrants are critical to the Canadian economy, but their talents are under-utilized due to…
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Improved employment policies can encourage fathers to be more involved at home
By Kim de Laat, University of Waterloo; Alyssa K Gerhardt, Dalhousie University, and Andrea Doucet, Brock University While the COVID-19 pandemic had many detrimental socio-economic and health impacts, one silver…
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Deliveroo judgment out of the U.K. shows how gig economy platforms and courts are eroding workers’ rights
Steve Rolf, University of Sussex and Jacqueline O’Reilly, University of Sussex The tide of employment law has continued to turn on the gig economy after the UK Supreme Court’s recent…
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
View from Australia: It can be hard to challenge workplace discrimination but the government’s new bill should make it easier
By Alysia Blackham, The University of Melbourne Alex Gutierrez worked for MUR Shipping and its predecessors for nearly 30 years. But in 2018 he was told, in line with company…
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Google’s $100 million to Canada’s news industry is a small price to pay to avoid regulation
By Alfred Hermida, University of British Columbia The deal between Google and the federal government to resolve their dispute over paying for news online will come as a relief for…
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By Francesca Farrington, University of Aberdeen and Justin Borg-Barthet, University of Aberdeen There is a growing threat to the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Europe. It manifests…
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By Nabhan Refaie, University of Guelph Over 65,000 teachers in Québec could remain on strike until Christmas if a deal isn’t reached, their union said on Sunday. The warning comes…
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Who is Sam Altman, OpenAI’s wunderkind ex-CEO – and why does it matter that he got sacked?
By Toby Walsh, UNSW Sydney On Friday, OpenAI’s high-flying chief executive Sam Altman was unexpectedly fired by the company’s board. Co-founder and chief technology officer Greg Brockman was also removed…
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Long hours and low wages: The human labour powering AI’s development
By Ben Lee Taylor, McMaster University The Finnish tech firm Metroc recently began using prison labour to train a large language model to improve artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For 1.54…
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Regina hospital allegations point to an epidemic of bullying and discrimination in health care
By Jason Walker, Adler University Foreign-trained physicians at Regina General Hospital have alleged that discriminatory practices by the hospital’s “racist, and discriminatory leadership” have led to them being targeted and…