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To address anti-vaccine sentiment, we need to listen to parents’ concerns and make it easy for them to get their children vaccinated. (Shutterstock)

March 19, 2025

Combatting the measles threat means examining the reasons for declining vaccination rates

Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph and Kathryn Hughes, University of Guelph

Anti-vaccination sentiment can be seen as part of a larger societal trend towards individualism.

Protestors attend a 2013 rally at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax to express concerns over a chant that promoted rape culture. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

December 5, 2021

The long fight against sexual assault and harassment at universities

Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph and Kathryn Hughes, University of Guelph

The struggle against sexual harassment and sexual assault at Ontario universities goes back to the 1970s.

By 1980, all U.S. states required immunization for school attendance. Ontario followed suit in 1982. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

August 5, 2021

Mandatory COVID‑19 vaccination in schools this fall? Ontario’s 1982 legislation spurred organized opposition

Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph; Curtis Fraser, University of Guelph, and Kathryn Hughes, University of Guelph

The effects of Ontario’s compulsory school immunization show there are advantages and disadvantages of requiring vaccination.

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