Op-Ed

Public grocery stores won’t fix Canada’s food affordability crisis

There are better ways to deal with this crisis than trying to put together public infrastructure from scratch.

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Why ‘safe spaces’ at work fail – and how to fix it

Fostering belonging isn’t difficult, but it does take some understanding of how people’s brains work and how we are likely to interact with each other.

What compassion looks like in Sudan’s humanitarian crisis

“We have so much, they have so little, yet that woman shared her care for humanity by giving her very best.”

Alberta MLA’s AI claims misrepresent how Canada’s charities actually work
Volunteers sort donations at Harvest Manitoba. (Shannon VanRaes/Future of Good)
Food prices are already high in Canada. Will the Iran war make them worse?

Oil‑driven cost pressures may ripple through Canada’s food system — but not as sharply as past global shocks.

Diaspora communities carry the burden of watching war from afar

How “split belonging” shapes the daily lives of immigrants navigating crises from afar

Ontario is closing its supervised consumption sites, calling them a failure. So what counts as ‘success?’

Ontario’s plan to replace supervised consumption sites with recovery‑focused hubs ignores evidence about who these services keep alive.

Where’s the beef?
The crisis of youth aging out of care is why Canada needs a children and youth commissioner

Canada’s child welfare system leaves care‑experienced youth behind — a national commissioner could finally change that

Do you love sleeping with your pet? Science reveals there’s a tricky trade‑off

Why sharing a bed with your pet feels good — even when it quietly disrupts your sleep

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