Reading Time: 4 minutes Social isolation has become a defining feature of modern Western societies and there’s a growing concern about its effects
Tag: University of Alberta
Replacements for banned CFCs polluting Arctic: study
Reading Time: 2 minutes Researchers find degraded, toxic compounds from CFC replacements in ice core sample from summit of Devon Ice Cap
COVID-19 could reduce wildfire risk this season: expert
Reading Time: 3 minutes Humans account for up to 80% of Alberta’s wildfires in May but that’s likely to change this year as health measures keep people at home
Chernobyl disaster’s legacy still resonates
Reading Time: 5 minutes New interest in Chernobyl as the result of an HBO miniseries prompts U of A historian to reflect on 1986 nuclear disaster
Radical, inhuman ideology endangers oil patch
Reading Time: 3 minutes The authors of a letter to Trudeau say most aid should be expedited but for oil companies, which need to be trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare
Growing number of seniors lack support of family, friends
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unbefriended,’ these isolated seniors require more help to safeguard their access to basic daily needs, including companionship, and improve their quality of life
Marijuana’s medical attributes vastly overstated
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pot’s benefits have been overstated by political advocates and scientists, whose bias may have tainted research results
Stripping religion from the public square in the name of diversity
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s universities once proudly proclaimed links to faith. But their mottos and intentions have been dangerously watered down
Who’s caring for the nursing home carers?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Nursing home care aides are burning out but measures can be taken to improve their work conditions. And that will result in better care for their patients
Did Canada expel Russian diplomats for a false reason?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland plays fast and loose with the facts if she believes her grandfather wasn’t a Nazi collaborator