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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New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, in partnership with the University of Greenwich, has found that there is a direct socioeconomic impact of loneliness ...
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2024
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Social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube collectively derived nearly $11 billion in advertising revenue from U.S.-based users younger than 18 in 2022, according to a ...
Social Sciences
Dec 27, 2023
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In this digital age, children are exposed to overwhelming amounts of information online, some of it unverified and increasingly generated by non-human sources, such as AI-driven language models. As children grow older, the ...
Social Sciences
Dec 22, 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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Earth is warming and the signs of climate change are everywhere. We've seen it in the past few weeks as temperatures hit record highs around the world—both in the Northern Hemisphere and the warm Australian winter.
Environment
Aug 15, 2023
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To most of us, a dog showing its teeth is a pretty clear signal of threat. In 1872, Charles Darwin first suggested animals showed emotions similar to ours in their body language, and we might be able to use this to better ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2023
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Generation X women experience age in seven different ways according to a new study by Nottingham Business School (NBS), part of Nottingham Trent University.
Social Sciences
May 29, 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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As one of three co-teachers of a Stanford Graduate School of Business course on the rapidly growing importance of older consumers and workers, Rob Chess likes to say that his colleague Laura Carstensen, the founding director ...
Social Sciences
May 2, 2023
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