Written by guest bloggers Brad Seward, Beth Dhuey, and Annie Pan. If you have children (or know someone who does) I won’t need to convince you that the cost of childcare is no small expense. In the past these costs could be so prohibitively expensive that some parents would need to weigh the financial trade-offs […]

Written by guest blogger Zoltan A. Simon My paper in the Cartographica journal (Volume 57, Issue 1 2022) is a summary of a forty-six-year long research on the historical Robinson Crusoe, his real island, and a true history in Costa Rica. Between the lines, it is challenging the scholarly consensus that assumes the identity of […]

Rural communities loom large in the Canadian imaginary. As our great green places and the frozen north, rural and remote Canada is vast and diverse. Unfortunately, this imagined rural fails to capture the true diversity and dynamism across rural Canada. Colonial perceptions of vast, uninhabited space or a false urban bias of rural decline shape […]

Musculoskeletal conditions are very common in Canada and are the leading cause of disability. They result in limited mobility, disrupted work productivity, and reduced participation in society. Yet, in-person physiotherapy for musculoskeletal conditions is not universally accessible, especially for people living in rural and remote regions or with time-intensive occupational or caring responsibilities. Reduced access […]