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As AI reshapes workplaces, its benefits and risks are falling unevenly across the labour market, widening existing socioeconomic divides. (Getty Images/Unsplash+)

AI promises efficiency, but it’s also amplifying labour inequality

AI is creating new opportunities for some and new vulnerabilities for others, deepening the socioeconomic inequalities already embedded in the labour market.
Enthusiasm for ethical consumption often meets frustration. Consumers frequently encounter greenwashing, performative allyship and corporate backpedalling. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Why Gen Z and millennial consumers feel disillusioned — and how they can drive real change

Political consumerism — the act of buying or boycotting products for political or ethical reasons — is on the rise among younger generations.
Research shows that women believe their role as mothers requires them to act as financial strategists while also making significant financial sacrifices. (Unsplash)

Motherhood changes how women spend, save and think about money

Research suggests mothers put their children’s future ahead of their own, prioritizing education savings or splurging on non-essential items they believe will make their children happy.
A busy market area in Bamako, Mali. Generating revenue from natural resources is critically important for Sub-Saharan African countries seeking to improve infrastructure and meet social development goals. (AP Photo/Aliou Sissoko)

Why Africa’s mineral‑rich countries are not reaping the rewards of their wealth

Tax avoidance and profit-shifting are leaving African countries without the resources they need to meet their development goals.
Pressure to graduate and “hit the ground running” is part of why students are involved in circus-like contortion. Lightning rips through the clouds over a circus tent in Glen Allen, Va. in 1999. (AP Photo/ Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dean Hoffmeyer)

To survive today’s economy, university students are using circus‑like tactics

Juggling, sword swallowing, contorting: What I heard in interviews and research with students studying and working to get ahead shaped using circus arts metaphors to understand and analyze their experiences.
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds up a copy of the budget as he and Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne make their way to the House of Commons for the tabling of the federal budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Nov. 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Why the 2025 federal budget won’t really make Canada strong

How Ottawa responds through its fiscal strategy will determine whether Canada can navigate this new geopolitical and economic reality.
Running a business and successfully transferring ownership are two very different skill sets. Without thoughtful policy support, Canada risks losing not just businesses, but the jobs and community investments they sustain. (Martin Baron/Unsplash)

Budget 2025 ignores the looming succession crisis facing Canada’s family businesses

Budget 2025 failed to provide any measures to support and equip entrepreneurs and family business owners for generational transitions.
Workers who make university-branded apparel often receive low wages, face gender-based violence and harassment, experience retaliation for union involvement and work in unsafe buildings. (Frank van Hulst/Unsplash+)

Canadian universities must do more to ensure their branded clothing isn’t made in sweatshops

Canadian universities must take action to ensure decent work for garment factory workers who make their students’ hoodies. They can do this by affiliating with the Worker Rights Consortium.
The scale of devastation in Gaza is staggering after two years. Palestinians walk through the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Gaza City, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Lasting peace and recovery in Gaza depends on local participation, not just ceasefires

History teaches us that Gaza’s reconstruction will only be successful if its people actively participate in shaping a safe, peaceful and prosperous future for themselves.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre walks into the House of Commons with newly elected MP Jamil Jivani in April 2024 in Ottawa. Both have called for an end to DEI measures. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Why DEI needs depth, not death

The future of equity in Canada depends on moving beyond simply counting racialized people in power and instead examining how power works, upholds injustice and can be transformed.
Toronto Blue Jay Addison Barger hits a grand slam against the Los Angeles Dodgers during sixth inning World Series playoff MLB baseball action in Toronto on Oct. 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Do mega‑sporting events like the World Series pay off? Here’s the economic reality behind them

What are the actual impacts of mega sporting events like the World Series and FIFA World Cup?
Canada once boasted world-class biomanufacturing capacity, particularly in vaccine production. A dose of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination awaits the next patient during a vaccine clinic at Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas, Ont., on March 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins

Why Canada’s next big infrastructure investment should be in biomanufacturing

As Canada faces renewed trade tensions with the United States, investing in domestic biomanufacturing could strengthen both national security and economic independence.
The EA Sports logo is seen on a soccer pitch at the Electronic Arts office and studio complex, in Burnaby, B.C., on Sept. 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

What the US$55 billion Electronic Arts takeover means for video game workers and the industry

The acquisition of EA for US$55 billion is a continuation of similar consolidation trends that have been seen across the creative sector, including music, film and television.