Food waste is a global issue, with the estimated value of wasted food totaling $230 billion CAD in 2023. In Canada, estimates suggest half of the food wasted occurs at the household level, which roughly equals $1,000 CAD ...
Education
Feb 6, 2024
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Intimidation at school is a widespread and worrying phenomenon being examined through psychology and genomics.
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2024
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Amid her calls for governments to act on climate change, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has spoken openly about her Asperger's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. She is not the only environmental campaigner to speak ...
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2023
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If you have concerns your child is having trouble reading, new research shows it's likely something that needs attention. As children across the country head back to class this week, a new study from Western University researchers ...
Social Sciences
Sep 5, 2023
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Disadvantaged teenagers are at greater risk of email scams and need better protection, according to an international study published in the British Journal of Educational Studies.
Social Sciences
Sep 1, 2023
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We all know that talking and listening in large, noisy spaces (like restaurants, shopping centers or concert venues) is tough. Trying to piece together snippets of conversation with background noise is frustrating, exhausting ...
Education
Aug 9, 2023
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Two pieces of landmark federal legislation intended to lessen the gender pay gap have long been deemed by many scholars to have been ineffectual. Despite the passage of the 1963 Equal Pay Act, signed into law 60 years ago ...
Economics & Business
Jun 15, 2023
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More than 7 million school-age children, or 16% of the student population, in the United States are missing at least 15 days of school during an academic year—an issue known as chronic absenteeism.
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2023
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Education systems need major reform in the light of lessons learned from COVID, according to a leading education academic.
Education
May 17, 2023
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In Japan, many municipalities have suffered from population decline due to low birth rates and an aging population. In 2022, the Japanese population over the age of 65 was 36.21 million, accounting for 28.9% of the total ...
Economics & Business
Apr 25, 2023
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