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Robert Washburn

@rwash

Journalist, academic and professor at Loyalist College

 Canada
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Joined February 2009
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Ontario has increased the threshold dictating when drivers are required to report a collision to police. kitchener.ctvnews.ca/new-thr…
New threshold for reporting collisions in Ontario

New threshold for reporting collisions in Ontario

Ontario has increased the threshold dictating when drivers are required to report a collision to police.

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Millbrook First Nation members can get mortgages on-reserve for the first time, thanks to pilot...

Millbrook First Nation members can get mortgages on-reserve for the first time, thanks to pilot...

A partnership between Millbrook First Nation and the Royal Bank of Canada is allowing some band members to receive a mortgage and build their own home on reserve land. Previously, getting a mortgage...

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Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality theconversation.com/canadian…
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality

Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality

The perception of a worsening cost of living, combined with seeing Canada as significantly more unequal, is creating a perfect storm for a deteriorating sense of control in everyday life.

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Vladimir Putin’s gold strategy explains why sanctions against Russia have failed theconversation.com/vladimir…
Vladimir Putin’s gold strategy explains why sanctions against Russia have failed

Vladimir Putin’s gold strategy explains why sanctions against Russia have failed

Russia has tied its currency to gold to evade sanctions. Shifting the ruble away from a pegged value and into the gold standard itself is aimed at making it a credible gold substitute at a fixed rate.

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Canada Post strike highlights labour struggle over gig economy and precarious work theconversation.com/canada-p…
Canada Post strike highlights labour struggle over gig economy and precarious work

Canada Post strike highlights labour struggle over gig economy and precarious work

The key issue at the heart of the Canada Post strike is the growth of gig work and other forms of precarious labour across the private delivery sector.

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U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and those in his corner continue to send out strong messages about Canada. ctvnews.ca/world/dismiss-tru…
Dismiss Trump taunts, expert says after 'churlish' social media posts about Canada

Dismiss Trump taunts, expert says after 'churlish' social media posts about Canada

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and those in his corner continue to send out strong messages about Canada.

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Palestinian Christians call on western churches to ‘humanize’ the children of Gaza theconversation.com/palestin…
Palestinian Christians call on western churches to ‘humanize’ the children of Gaza

Palestinian Christians call on western churches to ‘humanize’ the children of Gaza

Churches cannot repent for their long-standing history of anti-Judaism and antisemitism by remaining silent on Zionist ethnonationalism and the oppression of Palestinians.

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Ontario's little-known team of taxpayer-funded animal cruelty investigators recently issued its first-ever news release, years after launching in 2020. toronto.ctvnews.ca/after-sus…
After sustained pressure on Marineland probe, Ontario animal welfare body opens up

After sustained pressure on Marineland probe, Ontario animal welfare body opens up

Ontario's little-known team of taxpayer-funded animal cruelty investigators recently issued its first-ever news release, years after launching in 2020.

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Changing the narrative about athlete mothers’ comeback stories theconversation.com/changing…
Changing the narrative about athlete mothers’ comeback stories

Changing the narrative about athlete mothers’ comeback stories

Portraying athlete mothers as super moms and their successes as surprising ignores the difficulties of balancing motherhood and sport without support.

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Is university worth it? Yes, for both students and society theconversation.com/is-unive…
Is university worth it? Yes, for both students and society

Is university worth it? Yes, for both students and society

A university degree brings a host of benefits to the graduate and society. We must broaden access to ensure that every Canadian who chooses to go to university can.

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Walking into stress in 2025? Take steps now to prepare theconversation.com/walking-…
Walking into stress this year? Take steps now to prepare

Walking into stress this year? Take steps now to prepare

A Walk and Learn workshop series for educators struggling with burnout combines education about compassion fatigue and burnout with walking together outside of Calgary, Alberta.

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Percentage of early childhood educators in Ontario child care declining, despite goal

Percentage of early childhood educators in Ontario child care declining, despite goal

Advocates and some operators have said that not only do the wages need to be higher, but there needs to be a wage grid as well as pensions and benefits

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This tenant negotiated a $200 rent reduction with her landlord. Here’s how you can do it, too

This tenant negotiated a $200 rent reduction with her landlord. Here’s how you can do it, too

Toronto rent prices have been dropping for months. If you got into the market around the peak, this might be the time to ask for a decrease.

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Women having surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse don’t always need a hysterectomy theconversation.com/women-ha…
Women having surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse don’t always need a hysterectomy

Women having surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse don’t always need a hysterectomy

Women in Canada who are affected by pelvic organ prolapse should have access to two treatment options: both hysterectomy and uterine-preserving surgeries.

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Businesses must stop caving to political pressure and abandoning their EDI commitments theconversation.com/business…
Businesses must stop caving to political pressure and abandoning their EDI commitments

Businesses must stop caving to political pressure and abandoning their EDI commitments

Over the past year, several major corporations have scaled back their equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives amid shifting political pressures.

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Australia is banning social media for teens. Should Canada do the same? theconversation.com/australi…
Australia is banning social media for teens. Should Canada do the same?

Australia is banning social media for teens. Should Canada do the same?

As Canada’s Online Harms Act is being debated, MPs may look to other countries, like Australia, for guidance on protecting youth from online harms.

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Bottlenose dolphins smile at each other when they play – new study reveals how and why theconversation.com/bottleno…
Bottlenose dolphins smile at each other when they play – new study reveals how and why

Bottlenose dolphins smile at each other when they play – new study reveals how and why

Dolphins smile at each other and at other species when playing, and mimic others’ smiles.

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Friday essay: ‘rape is civil war’ – the unfinished business of #MeToo opens radical conversations about consent theconversation.com/friday-e…
Friday essay: ‘rape is civil war’ – the unfinished business of #MeToo opens radical conversations...

Friday essay: ‘rape is civil war’ – the unfinished business of #MeToo opens radical conversations...

With the re-election of Donald Trump, the sex-trafficking allegations against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and the Gisele Pelicot case, #MeToo is in the news. Three new books reflect its key themes.

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Gisèle Pelicot is a non-stereotypical rape survivor – her case could make a real difference to others theconversation.com/gisele-p…
Gisèle Pelicot is a non-stereotypical rape survivor – her case could make a real difference to...

Gisèle Pelicot is a non-stereotypical rape survivor – her case could make a real difference to...

Pelicot was victimised in her own home by her former husband.

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Rape survivors like Gisèle Pelicot are choosing to speak out, refuting the idea that they should feel shame theconversation.com/rape-sur…
Rape survivors like Gisèle Pelicot are choosing to speak out, refuting the idea that they should...

Rape survivors like Gisèle Pelicot are choosing to speak out, refuting the idea that they should...

The high-profile rape case of Gisele Pelicot in France speaks to a possible shift following the rise of the #MeToo movement

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