In 2022, 184 women and girls were killed by violence in Canada. This number has steadily increased in each of the past three years; 148 women and girls were killed in 2019, 172 in 2020 and 177 in 2021.
Social Sciences
Nov 27, 2023
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ESG standards (Environment, Social and Governance) are metrics designed to guide responsible investing. The "S" in ESG has evolved into the financial innovation of social impact investing (SII), which promotes social benefits ...
Economics & Business
Nov 27, 2023
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Millions of people in the UK are unable to meet their most basic physical needs: to stay warm, dry, clean and fed. This is known as destitution.
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2023
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Steady employment has long been the assumed standard associated with the American man, especially by the Baby Boomer generation. New research is pushing back on the archetype and shedding light on the potential consequences ...
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2023
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Most food banks, homeless shelters and other social services nonprofits constantly face hard decisions about how to use their limited funds. Should they spend as much as possible on meeting the immediate needs of people who ...
Economics & Business
Oct 18, 2023
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A RUDN University economist has developed a new typology of theoretical approaches to innovations study, expanding theoretical knowledge in this field of science. Based on the new typology, the scientist named the most promising ...
Other
Oct 13, 2023
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The promise to "get tough on youth crime" is a New Zealand election perennial. This year, parties on both the left and right have pledged to crack down on young offenders—despite a lot of evidence that such approaches do ...
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2023
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Australia's public service is no stranger to reform. In the past nine years, it has undergone three significant reviews of its policy advising capabilities, all of which broadly agreed that its policy advice tends towards ...
Economics & Business
Sep 26, 2023
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Large-scale energy generation projects depend on economics and politics as much as they do on the availability of natural resources and raw materials. Power plant output also extends far beyond electricity, producing a variety ...
Education
Sep 6, 2023
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Busy writing texts, programming software or developing logos, crowdworkers have emerged as a small but growing part of the modern labor market. Task-oriented freelancers offer their services on online platforms. They usually ...
Economics & Business
Sep 5, 2023
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