Expert: Technology and gender-based violence
European non-profit AI Forensics听published听a report听this week on how massive, organized听user听networks are spreading and monetizing non-consensual intimate images, including child sexual abuse material, on听a听popular听private messaging app.听The report, which听focused听on听cross-border听networks in Italy and Spain,听also notes tha
Experts: Iran, the oil crisis and its economic impacts
The war in Iran and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz have disrupted the international oil trade, resulting in a dramatic increase in fuel prices worldwide and energy crises in several African and Asian countries. Broader economic impacts are also being felt.
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Expert : Bill 21
The Supreme Court of Canada has begun hearing arguments on Quebec鈥檚 secularism law, Bill 21.
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Expert: Quebec鈥檚 Digital Health Record
As Quebec seeks to implement its Digital Health Record (DSN) project, concerns are emerging about translation errors and inefficiencies in the platform, resulting in ballooning costs and potentially severe delays to patient care.
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Expert: World Happiness Report 2026
World Happiness Report 2026, released Thursday, ranks countries based on survey data of self-reported life satisfaction. Canada, once in the Top 10, has fallen to 25th, extending a decade-long decline. The report also links heavy social media use to a marked drop in well-being among young people, particularly among teenage girls.
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Experts: Quebec budget
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard is presenting his 2026-2027 budget today, March 18.
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Julian Karaguesian, Faculty Lecturer, Department of Economics, can speak about budgetary issues, as well as wider fiscal and economic policy issues.
Experts: Declining functional health among Canadian adults听
The functional health of Canadian adults has declined over the past decade, according to听a new听Statistics Canada听report.听Since 2015, the number of Canadians reporting听very good听to perfec
Expert: Canada鈥檚 unemployment rate
The Canadian economy lost 84,000 jobs last month as the national unemployment rate rose to 6.7 per cent, according to Statistics Canada.
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Fabian Lange, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, specializes in labour economics, earnings inequality and health and population economics.
Experts: The future of Air Transat
A special meeting of Air Transat shareholders, scheduled for Tuesday, March 10, will determine the future leadership of the company. Pierre Karl P茅ladeau鈥檚 investment firm, Financi猫re Outremont, is the airline鈥檚 largest shareholder; he is calling for a smaller board of directors.
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Experts: War in Iran
Since the joint U.S. and Israeli attacks began Feb. 28, the situation in Iran and in the region has evolved rapidly. U.S. President Donald Trump has said his objective is regime change in Iran.
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Experts: AI governance and mental health
Six months before the killings in Tumbler Ridge, Open AI suspended a ChatGPT account owned by the shooter. However, it failed to alert Canadian authorities of its contents. In the wake of Bill C-27鈥檚 death on the order paper in January 2025, there remains no binding federal regulation of artificial intelligence in Canada. These 海角社区 experts can comment:
Experts: Violence in Mexico follows killing of drug lord
The killing on Sunday of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as 鈥淓l Mencho,鈥� the leader of a powerful drug cartel, has triggered violence between security forces and criminal gangs in at least 20 of Mexico鈥檚 32 states. Canadian airlines have suspended flights in and out of Puerto Vallarta and tourists in the popular resort destination are sheltering in place.
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Expert: Munich Security Conference
The Munich Security Conference, which opened today and runs until Feb. 15, is a leading forum for discussions on international security. It is attended by heads of state and ministers of defence and foreign affairs from around the world.
Expert: Mental health impacts of gun violence
Following a deadly mass shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. and a murder-suicide in Kitigan Zibi Anishin膩beg, Que. this week, a 海角社区 expert is available to speak about the psychological toll of gun violence.
Tina Montreuil, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at 海角社区 is available to comment on the following topics:
Experts: AI and the future of work
A new report by the Institut de la statistique du Qu茅bec estimates that, in 2024, 59 per cent of Quebec workers held a job with 鈥渉igh exposure to artificial intelligence (AI).鈥�
Exposure to AI means occupations where AI can play a beneficial complementary role or occupations where tasks could be transformed or workers be replaced by AI.
