Research & Ideas

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Lost Words

Dozens of Indigenous languages in Canada are in danger of disappearing. What will it take to save them? Read More

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Woke

The term emerges from African-American vernacular as a call to action, says U of T prof Cassandra Lord Read More

Two photos shot in a studio against a light grey background: Kinnon MacKinnon (left), in a white and grey-polka-dotted short-sleeved, button-up shirt and black-framed glasses with a tattoo on his left bicep, and Cassandra Williams, in a black T-shirt with a white print illustration, wearing a lip ring and her long brown hair draped over one shoulder.

Generation T

For trans students at U of T, the fight for rights and equality is about much more than just washrooms Read More

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Loving the Aliebn

Jonathan Sun tweets funny, heartfelt – and often misspelt – observations about what it means to be a 21st-century human Read More

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Mx

New honorific is for people who don't want to reveal their gender Read More

A man surveys the rubble in Guangzhou, China

Cities in Ruins

Prof. Tong Lam's photographs depict urban decay in Asia, and the parallels between security and surveillance in east and west Read More

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High Time?

When it comes to legalizing marijuana, drug and public health experts caution that “the devil is in the details” Read More

Cisgender

Applies to someone who is not transgender, and is often used to signal awareness of gender politics Read More