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CANADA: Prof says Canada's COVID Alert app is a case of tech-driven bad policy design

CANADA: Prof says Canada's COVID Alert app is a case of tech-driven bad policy design

All the privacy guarantees in the world are meaningless if the app doesn’t actually help to reduce the spread of COVID-19, Associate Professor of poli sci states
COVID-19: Back to school plans focus on outcomes, not childhood well-being, researcher suggests

COVID-19: Back to school plans focus on outcomes, not childhood well-being, researcher suggests

Should children be given the opportunity to weigh in?
ONTARIO: Long-term care home residents now permitted day trips, overnight stays

ONTARIO: Long-term care home residents now permitted day trips, overnight stays

Those who leave for overnight stays will be required to self-isolate for 14 days when they return to the home
Residential school sports photos may not tell the true story, historian warns

Residential school sports photos may not tell the true story, historian warns

It’s important to consider what the audience is meant to see, or perhaps not see, from certain photos, says Western U sociology professor
COVID-19: Prof says coronavirus has revealed stigma, neglect of people living with dementia

COVID-19: Prof says coronavirus has revealed stigma, neglect of people living with dementia

Cultural narratives, ableism and ageism dehumanize people with dementia, and present their lives as disposable, U of T prof says
BEYOND LOCAL: How COVID-19 could impact travel for years to come

BEYOND LOCAL: How COVID-19 could impact travel for years to come

There will likely be a number of current initiatives in passenger and facility hygiene and sanitation that will stay in place post-pandemic
COVID-19: Parents brace for school, work disruptions ahead of uncertain school year

COVID-19: Parents brace for school, work disruptions ahead of uncertain school year

The province has announced 625 more nurses to monitor school risk, but parents still have concerns
BEYOND LOCAL: Is Canada due for an update of online privacy rules?

BEYOND LOCAL: Is Canada due for an update of online privacy rules?

The regulation of user privacy must consider potential future applications of any collected data, expert says
BEYOND LOCAL: Three ways to study better, according to cognitive research

BEYOND LOCAL: Three ways to study better, according to cognitive research

The key to long-term retention of information is to practise retrieving that information, kinesiology prof says
CANADA: Tories ask speaking agency to release records on WE's payments to Trudeau family

CANADA: Tories ask speaking agency to release records on WE's payments to Trudeau family

Agency was asked to produce the documents last month, ethics critic says