Category: Analysis
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High-profile sex assault cases — and their verdicts — have consequences for survivors seeking help
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Lisa Boucher, Assistant Professor, Gender & Social Justice, Trent University Five former Canada world junior hockey players have been acquitted of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room in 2018 after Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia said the Crown failed to prove its case…
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Hockey Canada sex assault verdict: Sports culture should have also been on trial
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Laura Misener, Professor & Director, School of Kinesiology, Western University The verdict is in on the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team — all five have been acquitted. Each player was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in…
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Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Brendan Cantwell, Associate Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University Students at Columbia University in New York City on April 14, 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images Columbia University agreed on July 23, 2025, to pay a US$200 million fine to the…
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We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jennifer Raynor, Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison A school of bigeye trevally swims near Bikar Atoll. Enric Sala/National Geographic Pristine Seas Marine protected areas cover more than 8% of the world’s oceans today, but they can get a bad rap as…
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Caught on the jumbotron: How literature helps us understand modern-day public shaming
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jason Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University The scene at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on July 16 was steeped in irony. During Coldplay’s “jumbotron song” — the concert segment where cameras pan over the crowd — the big screen landed…
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Could the copper in your diet help prevent memory loss, as new study suggests?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Eef Hogervorst, Professor of Biological Psychology, Loughborough University Oysters are rich in copper. Vershinin89/Shutterstock.com More and more research suggests that the copper in your diet could play a bigger role in brain health than we once believed. A recent study found that older Americans who ate…
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Could climate anxiety be a form of pre-traumatic stress disorder? A psychologist explains the research
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Geoff Beattie, Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University Malchevska/Shutterstock We are living in an age of anxiety. People face multiple existential crises such as climate change and conflicts that could potentially escalate into nuclear war. So how do people cope with competing threats like this? And…
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Online Safety Act: what are the new measures to protect children on social media?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jess Scott-Lewis, PhD Candidate, Sheffield Institute of Social Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University MNStudio/Shutterstock Technology platforms operating in the UK now have a legal duty to protect young people from some of the more dangerous forms of online content. This includes pornography, content that encourages, promotes, or…
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Always on, always tired, sometimes rude – how to avoid the ‘triple-peak trap’ of modern work
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marc Fullman, Docotoral Researcher in Organisational Behaviour, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex A groaning inbox by 6am? Nanci Santos Iglesias/Shutterstock If your first task of the day is triaging a bulging inbox at 6am, you are not alone. A recent Microsoft report headlined…
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Porn websites now require age verification in the UK – the privacy and security risks are numerous
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Eerke Boiten, Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University As of July 25 2025, people in the UK accessing web services with pornographic content will have to prove they are over 18 years of age. This development has been…