Author Archives
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GIS: A Tool for Visualizing Data with a Geographic Element (Location Matters!)
Reading Time: 7 minutes (Disponible en français: Les systèmes d’information géographique (SIG) : des outils de visualisation de données associées à un emplacement géographique (la localisation, c’est important!)) “…if some countries have too much history, we have too much geography”: Former Prime Minister William… Read More ›
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Resistance to Antibiotics: A Global Threat to Public Health
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français: La résistance aux antibiotiques : une menace pour la santé publique de portée mondiale) Halting the spread of resistance to antibiotics is becoming one of the major global health challenges of the 21st Century. The most recent… Read More ›
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Parliament Remembers
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Le Parlement se souvient) On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Canadians will pause for a moment of silence to honour the more than 118,000 men and women who have made… Read More ›
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Update – Ratifying and Implementing Trade and Investment Treaties in Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Mise à jour : Ratification et mise en œuvre des traités de commerce et d’investissement au Canada) Under Canada’s constitutional system, the conduct of foreign affairs is a royal prerogative power of the federal Crown. Consequently,… Read More ›
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Unreasonable Delays in Criminal Trials: New Legal Framework
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Délais déraisonnables lors des procès criminels : un nouveau cadre d’analyse) Many criminal proceedings have been stayed as a result of unreasonable delays arising during trials. According to section 11(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and… Read More ›
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Climate Change: Implications for Canadian Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Changements climatiques : impacts sur les pêches maritimes et l’aquaculture canadiennes) Climate change is increasingly challenging the sustainability of Canada’s $3.5-billion marine fisheries and aquaculture, two industries of particular economic and social importance to communities on… Read More ›
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Canada’s Gold Reserves Reach Historic Low
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Creux historique pour les réserves d’or du Canada) Canada’s gold reserves have fallen to almost zero. As of 29 April 2016, the nation’s official gold reserves stood at a record low 55 ounces, valued at US$70,711…. Read More ›
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The State of Broadband Internet in Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes Note: This publication was updated in May, 2020: The State of Broadband Internet in Canada (Disponible en français : Internet à large bande au Canada : portrait de la situation) Canadians are among the highest Internet users in the world,… Read More ›
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The Counter-Terrorism Framework in Canada
Reading Time: 9 minutes (Disponible en français : Cadre de lutte antiterroriste du Canada) Canada is not immune to terrorism. According to Global Affairs Canada, a number of international and domestic terrorist groups are present in Canada. Some are engaged in terrorist activity here,… Read More ›
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Diversity in Canada: Evolving patterns in immigration
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : La diversité au Canada : évolution des tendances en matière d’immigration) Immigration has played an increasingly critical role in the shaping of Canada’s population. A variety of factors, including policy developments, have led to important changes… Read More ›