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$Emmanuel Macron holds Mark Carney’s hand on the airport tarmac.$

$Emmanuel Macron holds Mark Carney’s hand on the airport tarmac.$

4 steps Canada must take to get its own act together before an EU associate membership

Stéphane Dion, Université de Montréal

$white smoke emitted from smoke stakes with a blue sky n the background$

$white smoke emitted from smoke stakes with a blue sky n the background$

Two new reports show that Canada needs to do much more to tackle climate change

H. Damon Matthews, Concordia University

$A woman sitting on a sofa rubbing her lower leg$

$A woman sitting on a sofa rubbing her lower leg$

Leg pain can warn of a serious condition: Why peripheral artery disease (PAD) needs more attention

Matthew Ades, McGill University; Anthony Sandre, McMaster University, and Sonia S Anand, McMaster University

Half of new parents have unwanted, intrusive thoughts of harming their infants. Research suggests most aren’t dangerous.

Nichole Fairbrother, University of British Columbia and Christine Ou, University of Victoria

$A close-up of a woman holding a baby.$

$A close-up of a woman holding a baby.$

Living with chronic pain at work: Supportive managers can help, but they can’t solve everything

Nick Turner, University of Calgary; Duygu Biricik Gulseren, York University, Canada, and Fırat K Sayın, Saint Mary’s University

$A person sitting in an ergonomic chair, facing away from the camera toward a computer screen$

$A person sitting in an ergonomic chair, facing away from the camera toward a computer screen$

Families provide dementia care. Why must they also be the air traffic controllers of the system?

Saskia Sivananthan, McGill University; Alexandra Whate, University of Waterloo, and Larry Chambers, McMaster University

$A woman in a white coat shakes hands with another woman seated beside an older man$

$A woman in a white coat shakes hands with another woman seated beside an older man$

Making mental health chatbots more culturally sensitive won’t necessarily make them safer

Maya Low, McGill University

$A woman in a green shirt resting her head on her hand as she looks at a laptop screen$

$A woman in a green shirt resting her head on her hand as she looks at a laptop screen$

$Fresh snack counter in a store, with Grab and Go written above$

$Fresh snack counter in a store, with Grab and Go written above$

Snack names influence how filling we imagine they will be — new research

David Sidhu, Carleton University; Johanna Peetz, Carleton University, and Rachel Burns, Carleton University

$Three dried mushrooms with yellowish heads and grey stems.$

$Three dried mushrooms with yellowish heads and grey stems.$

Psilocybin may help the brain recover from concussion, new study shows

Argel Aguilar Valles, Carleton University

$A still from a TV show showing two hockey players during a face-off$

$A still from a TV show showing two hockey players during a face-off$

How Heated Rivalry, Off Campus and Shoresy are challenging hockey’s old ideas

Clementine Oberst, McMaster University

Canada’s proposed labour reforms could shift power away from workers in major disputes

Larry Savage, Brock University

$A line of people holding protest signs walks past the entrance to an airport$

$A line of people holding protest signs walks past the entrance to an airport$

Canada says proposed labour rules will reduce strike interventions. History suggests a more complicated picture

Gerard Di Trolio, McMaster University

$People walk back and forth carrying signs that say 'Teamsters Rail'$

$People walk back and forth carrying signs that say 'Teamsters Rail'$

$A slender man with short grey hair speaks at a lectern in front of the EU flag.$

$A slender man with short grey hair speaks at a lectern in front of the EU flag.$

What Canada could gain from joining the EU’s Erasmus+ program, and what’s unresolved

Dale Kirby, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Why Carney and Macron met in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Paco Milhiet, Institut catholique de Paris (ICP)

$A man with short grey hair and a man with short dark hair clasp hands standing front of the Canadian and French flags on a sunny day.$

$A man with short grey hair and a man with short dark hair clasp hands standing front of the Canadian and French flags on a sunny day.$