Factory-built modular and prefab housing could help build housing faster and cheaper

How Canada can turn tariff tensions into a global affordable housing alliance

Protein is having its moment: From grocery store shelves to Instagram feeds, high-protein foods are everywhere. Food labels shout their protein content in bold, oversized fonts, while social media overflows with recipes promising to pack more protein into your favourite dishes.

An excellent source of protein: Health, hype and hard truths

The Microbiome Master Key co-author offers tips on how to leverage the microorganisms in your body to promote healthy living and aging.

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The rise of technology in the workplace, labour market deregulation and the decline in union representation have all significantly impacted the occupational health and safety field.

Gig platform workers need better health and well being protections

Kamala Harris was clearly very well prepared for the September 10, 2024 debate, coming to the stage with a plan and an arsenal of points to be made.

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Three early reports by settler Canadians documented abuse and attempted genocide, yet the Residential School system persisted.

How the truth about Indian Residential Schools in Canada was suppressed

As the intensity of storms increases, Canadian cities need to re-think water drainage systems.

Urban flooding calls for new stormwater infrastructure in Canadian cities

In 1948, the founder of information theory, Claude Shannon, proposed modelling language in terms of the probability of the next word in a sentence given the previous words. These types of probabilistic language models were largely derided, most famously by linguist Noam Chomsky: “The notion of ‘probability of a sentence’ is an entirely useless one.”

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Lessons from the past can help us understand our future, but only to a point.

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Why eating protein matters for your muscles—especially if you aim to age well

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With this year’s annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29) summit set to take place in a little over a month in Azerbaijan, the world’s attention once again turns to climate change, resource security and the goals of sustainable development.

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How Canada can turn tariff tensions into a global affordable housing alliance

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