Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Will Stone discusses what’s still a limited state of knowledge around long COVID even as it continues to strike – and cause devastating…
Housing
Save the date: London (UK) in May 2024
I’m pleased to share a ‘save the date’ for study tour: London (UK) in May 2024. Here’s the link: https://cihcanada.ca/calendar-by-month/calendar-by-list/ For this particular event, there will be two components: a…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Star’s editorial board writes that there’s still every reason to take precautions to avoid the spread of COVID-19, while Frances Ryan points…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sascha Pare reports on the growing recognition that methane emissions could trigger “termination” events which see tundra turn into tropical savannah. And Robson…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Michelle Gamage and Katie Hyslop report on the grassroots push for better anti-COVID-19 planning in British Columbia schools. And in case there’s…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Apoora Mandavilli writes that cleaner air is essential to avoid the spread of COVID-19 in schools. Elizabeth Hlavinka discusses the severe impact of…
Homelessness among Indigenous peoples
I’m writing an open access textbook on homelessness and have just released Chapter 6, which focuses on homelessness experienced by Indigenous peoples—especially in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. A ‘top…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The Associated Press reports on how the climate breakdown is producing every form of extreme weather everywhere all at once, while E.M. Fischer…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Madeline Holcomb reports on new research showing that COVID-19 boosters are more effective when delivered to the same arm as previous vaccine doses.…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Joseph Choi reports on new research showing that updated COVID-19 vaccines help build immunity against the Eris strain. And Keenan Sorokan reports on…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Margaret Walton-Roberts and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault highlight how plans to poach workers from abroad are bound to fall short of meeting our…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Andrew Dessler writes about the non-linear nature of the environmental effects of carbon pollution – with the result that we’re seeing cascading effects…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Neil Shaw reports on the demands by Scottish doctors that their government reinstate COVID -19protections in health care facilities. And Tia Ewing reports…
Homelessness in New York City
I recently helped organize a homelessness study tour of New York City. Our group consisted of 30 Canadians from the non-profit sector, government, law enforcement and academia. We toured six…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Nippon.com discusses a new survey indicating that a large majority of people in Japan continue to mask regularly to protect their own…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Eyal Press writes about the problems with the U.S.’ health care system which forces medical workers to subordinate the health of their patients…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Matthew Cunningham-Cook and Andrew Perez highlight how Suncor and other dirty energy giants have poured loads of windfall profits into stock buybacks…