The more medals Canadian athletes win, the fewer Canadians participate in organized sport
President and CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee David Shoemaker recently called for an additional $104 million in government funding for Olympic athletes.
President and CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee David Shoemaker recently called for an additional $104 million in government funding for Olympic athletes.
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2024
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For young children, taking the first step towards reading can feel like an uphill task. This is because a child might find it easy to recognize individual letters but combining them into sentences can be overwhelming in the ...
Education
Jun 26, 2024
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There is always a downside. Even for loan guarantee programs for small businesses, launched during financial crises to stave off the drying up of credit, particularly likely in periods of recession. It turns out these programs ...
Economics & Business
Jun 25, 2024
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More than 4 million Ukrainians were forced to flee following the invasion of their homeland by Russian forces in February 2022, with the vast majority heading to neighboring countries and other European nations.
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2024
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While there is an increasing consensus among humans that corporal discipline of children does more harm than good, fish may disagree.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2024
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The postal code where you were born and raised does more than facilitate mail delivery; it can also tell us about your odds of becoming a leader. Understanding this can help us understand the early roots of leadership and ...
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2024
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Boys are good at math, girls not so much? A study from the University of Zurich has analyzed the social mechanisms that contribute to the gender gap in math confidence. While peer comparisons seem to play a crucial role for ...
Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2024
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The way we make decisions in a social context can be explained by psychological, social, and political factors. But what if other forces were at work? Hilke Plassmann and her colleagues from the Paris Brain Institute and ...
Cell & Microbiology
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A recent study out of Michigan State University found large gaps between people's career interests and U.S. job demands. These gaps indicate that the interest demands of the U.S. labor market differ drastically from the supply ...
Social Sciences
May 10, 2024
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Wild chimpanzees have been studied for more than 60 years, but they continue to delight and surprise observers, as we found during the summer of 2017 in Kibale National Park in Uganda.
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2024
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