Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Simon Blanchette, Lecturer, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University Artificial intelligence is fascinating, transformative and increasingly woven into how we learn, work and make decisions. But for every example of innovation and efficiency — such as the custom AI assistant recently developed by an accounting professor…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By George S. Rigakos, Professor of the Political Economy of Policing, Carleton University Baseball in Canada is thriving, from the grassroots to the professional level. Recent Toronto Blue Jays viewership numbers have been extraordinary, youth participation continues to climb, elite player showcasing and recruiting is expanding —…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Juliano Palacios Abrantes, Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia Animals on the seafloor, such as corals and crinoids, take carbon into their bodies. When they die, this carbon is taken into seafloor sediments, where it is stored for hundreds and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Richard G. Cowden, Research Scientist, Harvard University A celebration at the Twelve Apostles Church in Christ International. Faith helps South Africans flourish, according to a global survey. GCIS/Flickr, CC BY-ND South Africa is often portrayed in the media as a country struggling with inequality, corruption, crime,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Kwasi Konadu, Professor in Africana & Latin American Studies, Colgate University African American singer Ciara received citizenship from the Republic of Benin in 2025 as a descendant of enslaved Africans. The images of her ceremony at Ouidah’s slave route memorial site, “Door of No Return”, were…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Regan Lipes, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and English, MacEwan University As an assistant professor of comparative literature, when I ask undergraduate students how they define “Canadian literature,” I get half-hearted answers about it encompassing anything inherently Canadian. They don’t, however, specify which language, if any,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Nelson Phillips, Distinguished Professor of Technology Management, University of California, Santa Barbara Does AI that monitors and supports worker emotions improve or degrade the workplace? Marta Sher/iStock via Getty Images As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT become an increasingly popular avenue for people seeking personal therapy…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Nancy Forster-Holt, Clinical Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Rhode Island By now, Americans know the strange math of minting: Each penny costs about 4 cents to make. Chances are you have some in a jar, or scattered among pockets, purses and car…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ryan Travia, Associate Vice President for Student Success, Babson College Some schools have started experimenting with preventive strategies to promote the mental health of their student body. Flashvector/iStock/Getty Images Plus Many high school seniors across the country are in the throes of college applications –…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jodie Childers, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia Hollywood screenwriter Samuel Ornitz speaks before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 29, 1947. UPI/Bettmann Archive via Getty Images As the United States faces increasing incidents of book banning and threats of governmental…