NYC creates taskforce to address pandemic-related harassment
New York City’s human rights commission has assembled a COVID-19 response team to address a spike in pandemic-related harassment and discrimination cases. The team is currently...
New report signifies a widening digital gap that’s putting workers of colour at risk
Experts have been sounding the alarm on a widening digital knowledge gap for years, with technological advances creating a global talent divide that’s more than...
Small-scale survey suggests COVID-19 is changing opinions about economic inequality
Photo: Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France before the French Revolution, is considered a symbol of the excess of the monarchy. Courtesy: Wikipedia/Edited...
PROFILE: Mariano Molina, microbiology M.Sc. student
My name is Mariano Molina, and I am studying an M.Sc. program in Microbiology at Radboud University, the Netherlands. I was born in Santiago,...
5 expert tips for working from home in a crowded house
Written by: Brittany Harker Martin, University of Calgary With much of the globe self-isolating, many people must suddenly manage the complexities of working from...
Canadians feeling heightened anxiety due to COVID-19: Survey
Canadians are feeling a heightened sense of anxiety due to COVID-19, according to the results of a survey by Toronto-based human resources and tech...
PROFILE: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, Research Scholar in Economics & Co-Founder of The Sadie Collective
Hailing from Ghana and Maryland, my name is Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and I am currently a Research Scholar in Economics at Harvard University as...
COVID-19: Some LGBTQ individuals may be forced to isolate in unsupportive environments
This article was written for The Conversation by: Rohit K Dasgupta, Loughborough University A couple of days ago I was on the phone with Rajesh,...
Reminder: A pandemic isn’t a productivity contest
It’s been a year for the history books, mostly in a bad way, and for some people, has dredged up several anxieties. Entire communities...
PROFILE: Nidhi Menon, Ph.D. candidate, Translational Biology, Medicine & Health
My name is Nidhi Menon and I am a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Tech’s Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health program (focus areas – immunology...