The Conversation

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

By David C Baldridge, Oregon State University; Brent John Lyons, York University, Canada; Camellia Bryan, University of Toronto, and Liu-Qin Yang, Portland State University Hearing loss is a critical diversity, …

By Oludolapo Makinde, University of British Columbia While white women may speak of breaking through the “glass ceiling,” for many Black women, it’s more like a “concrete ceiling.” Black women …