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BEYOND LOCAL: What sound can teach us about history

BEYOND LOCAL: What sound can teach us about history

Sound is an effective way to access forbidden and forgotten pasts
COVID-19: Students need safe places to socialize, not party bans, prof says

COVID-19: Students need safe places to socialize, not party bans, prof says

COVID-19 has not influenced a change in some students’ partying behaviors
BEYOND LOCAL: What old men's hockey can teach young players

BEYOND LOCAL: What old men's hockey can teach young players

Men in a league of senior hockey players show more concern about each other than the score of the game
COVID-19: Are local shutdowns effective, or should lockdowns be in lockstep province-wide?

COVID-19: Are local shutdowns effective, or should lockdowns be in lockstep province-wide?

Travellers could spread the virus out from large cities, which were hotspots of travel and COVID-19 cases
COVID-19: What coronavirus reinfection actually means

COVID-19: What coronavirus reinfection actually means

Nearly nine months after the first infection with the novel coronavirus, we have very poor evidence for reinfection
BEYOND LOCAL: How clinical trials test COVID-19 vaccines

BEYOND LOCAL: How clinical trials test COVID-19 vaccines

Vaccine development can be thought of as the process of separating the parts of an infectious agent that make us sick, from those that induce an immune response and protect us from future infection
COVID-19: Pandemic isolation could worsen symptoms of depression, dementia

COVID-19: Pandemic isolation could worsen symptoms of depression, dementia

If the depression remains untreated, the associated memory and cognitive problems worsen for those suffering with dementia
CANADA: Fewer services for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder amid COVID-19

CANADA: Fewer services for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder amid COVID-19

Canadians with disabilities have drawn attention to their exclusion from COVID-19 messaging, as well to program cancellations and experiences of social isolation
CANADA: Liberals revamp rent relief for businesses hit by COVID-19

CANADA: Liberals revamp rent relief for businesses hit by COVID-19

Revamped commercial rent-relief program will cover up to 65 per cent of eligible expenses, and up to 90 per cent for those subject to localized lockdowns
BEYOND LOCAL: Is recycling enough?

BEYOND LOCAL: Is recycling enough?

Expert argues there are also uneven health impacts when it comes to plastics pollution and the communities that it predominantly affects