Women don't speak up over workplace harassment because no one hears them if they do

Dec 15, 2018 10:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

There are good reasons why those experiencing sexual harassment particularly in the workplace dont report it at the time it occurs. To do so is likely to result in ostracism, exclusion, career suicide or a direct threat...

What puts children in Ethiopia more at risk of being injured

Dec 08, 2018 17:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Children in poorer countries are far more at risk of death and disability from injuries than their developed-world peers. These injuries include; road traffic injuries, drownings, poisoning, falls, burns and intentional...

The double juggle: how working parents manage school holidays and their jobs

Dec 08, 2018 17:29 pm UTC| Life

The countdown is on towards the summer school holidays a time many working parents approach with a mix of anticipation and trepidation. School holidays are important for children as they offer a break from the routine...

The 1989 Polytechnique Massacre was an act of terrorism against all women

Dec 08, 2018 17:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Late on the afternoon of Dec. 6, 1989, 25-year-old Marc Lépine entered École Polytechnique de Montréal armed with a semi-automatic weapon. He went into a classroom and ordered the men to leave....

Why universities need homerooms

Dec 08, 2018 17:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

What kind of education can give us hope for the future? As an experiential educator for the past 20 years who focused my doctoral research on school exclusion, this is a question close to my heart. Over 20 years ago,...

Wizard of Oz: why this extraordinary movie has been so influential

Dec 04, 2018 16:37 pm UTC| Life

Film director Joel Coen one half of the famed Coen Brothers once quipped that every movie ever made is an attempt to remake The Wizard of Oz and while, strictly speaking, theres a bit of artistic licence in this...

Why UNESCO was right to add reggae to its cultural heritage list

Dec 04, 2018 16:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

When UNESCO announced that the reggae music of Jamaica had been added to its list of cultural products considered worthy of recognition, it was a reflection on the fact that reggae, which grew from its roots in the...