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Companies Need to Get Off the Defensive When it Comes to Cancel Culture, Researcher Says
Today’s cancel culture has corporations of all sizes reacting quickly to avoid online controversy of any kind. But if they cast their net too wide – implementing broad, defensive policies and regulations designed to protect their brand at all costs –...
Amid Growing Concern over Learning Loss Due to the Pandemic, Researchers Say it’s Time for Kids to Be Teachers and Teachers to be Learners
As concern over learning loss among Canadian students mounts due to unprecedented time away from school, there is one lesson we can all take away from the events of the past year: given the chance to use technology with proper guidance, kids can do...
Kids Care about Their Online Privacy as Much as Adults Do and Want it Protected, Researcher Says
Contrary to popular belief, youth value their privacy and are disturbed that online platform providers collect their information and steer them towards specific digital content. That’s the finding of a recent study led by Kara Brisson-Boivin...
Robots Aren’t Replacing Instructors – Yet, But AI Does Have an Important Role to Play in Post-Secondary Education, says Expert
There’s a new generation of ‘instructor’ making its way into post-secondary education that’s available 24 hours a day, answers questions in an instant and can provide real-time guidance on assignments: artificial intelligence. Instead of fearing the...
Lack of Digital Supervision is Leaving Kids Vulnerable to a Growing Group of Online Predators – Their Peers
A rising number of Canadian children – some as young as four years old – are becoming desensitized to porn and violence online and being victimized by their peers, and if adults don’t take action now to boost their digital supervision, the problem...
Events held during pandemic get creative
Amid COVID-19, a new business category has arisen – virtual events. When the pandemic hit, organizations that typically hold annual – or more frequent – networking, educational or trade show events found themselves cancelling them one after the other...
Embracing Econferences: a step toward limiting the negative effects of conference culture
One of the largest gatherings of scholars in the country will be moving online this year. Thousands of Congress 2021 attendees will not be flying or driving across Canada to the University of Alberta. Instead, they’ll be gathering virtually. Our...
Dr. Danielle Peers – Congress 2021
Danielle Peers is a community organizer, artist, and Canada Research Chair in Disability and Movement Cultures and Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta. Danielle uses critical disability theories to...
Dr. Shirley-Anne Tate – Congress 2021
We asked Professor Shirley Tate, Canada Research Chair in Feminism and Intersectionality at the University of Alberta, about her hopes for Congress 2021. Professor Tate's feminist approach to the critical analysis of race, power, and dispossession...