The Arctic Playground – Shouldn’t we do our homework before we start playing?
For some a voyage through the Canadian Arctic may be one of the most exciting and thrilling adventures one could dream of: indeed, hundreds of kilometres…
Read articleCanada’s Clean Air Act: The Solution or the Problem?
“Climate change is rapidly emerging as one of the most serious threats that humanity may ever face.” ~ Kenyan Environment Minister Kivutha Kibwana, President of the…
Read articleOur Sweet Ending: Health Consequences with High Fructose Corn Syrup Consumption
Obesity in our world The prevalence of obesity has increased in epidemic proportions in the last 30 years (1). The World Heath Organization estimates that there…
Read articleTHE LAST CANARY IN THE COAL MINE: SMALL, YELLOW, AND OMINOUSLY SILENT
Over the past fifty years, anomalies have occurred within Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Some of these have caught the attention of scientists and environmentalists only,…
Read articleTHEORIZING TRANSGENDER FAMILY JURISPRUDENCE
Transgender [1] parents or parents-to-be occupy a uniquely precarious legal position in many Western democracies. A vindictive ex-partner may litigate for exclusive custody; employers may, according…
Read articleDEATH ON TRIAL – FACES LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Death, age indeterminate, is accused of various criminal charges including blackmail, extortion, bribery, discrimination, harassment, fraud, tax evasion, and “contributing to global instability”, a crime which…
Read articleDISCOVERING ETHNOCENTRISM
It’s hot. I’m dirty. I stink. Despite my low level of hygiene, I feel good. I’ve just successfully crossed the Cambodian boarder into Vietnam. I’ve been…
Read articleTHE BIG ONE: UNDERSTANDING WHY THE BIG EARTHQUAKE IS PREDICTED FOR VANCOUVER
This morning, the front page of the national newspaper reads “BC put on alert for huge quake.” Yet again. So do I hop on a plane…
Read articleIMF SETTLEMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY: HOW THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND HAS REPLACED COLONIAL POWER IN AFRICA
Every school of thought is like a man who has talked to himself for a hundred years and is delighted with his own mind, however stupid…
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ALL CHANGE IS NOT EVOLUTIONARY
By Veronica Lo,
What is evolution? Who was Darwin? What do the words Darwinism, natural selection, or survival of the fittest really mean? These words and phrases have been…
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