Archive for February 2020
It’s not the same old story: Canada’s aging population is on the rise, but we don’t have the resources to match
The world’s population is aging, and so is ours. This decade, Canada is projected to join the ranks of other superaged countries such as Italy and Japan; by 2026, more than 20 per cent of our population is estimated to be 65 years and older, the majority of whom will be women. Aging affects all of us.…
Read MoreAnti-Semitic violence will always be shocking, but the perpetrator never will be
Tragedies are never as simple as we want them to be. For the sake of digesting their meaning and working through the grief, we prefer when they follow from distinct causes and uncomplicated perpetrators. In that way, an anti-Semitic attack by a #Nazi skinhead is far easier to accept than one by a lone black…
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