/channels/taxonomy/term/6670/all en /channels/channels/news/global-news-coronavirus-pandemic-exposing-health-inequities-among-canadians-experts-say-322361 <p>The ongoing coronavirus crisis is exposing health inequities that have long existed in Canada. As well, Canadian charities and agencies are busy trying to meet the increased need brought on by the pandemic.</p> Tue, 26 May 2020 17:40:19 +0000 webfull 160904 at /channels /channels/news/2015-world-economic-forum-davos-241169 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:21:34 +0000 webfull 107607 at /channels /channels/news/new-book-reveals-hidden-biases-can-creep-data-science-models-262549 <p>Yesterday (September 6, 2016) saw the launch of a new book by Cathy O'Neil with the provactive title <em>Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy</em>. O'Neil holds a Ph.D. from Harvard in Math and was a tenure-track math professor until 2007, when she quit academia to join Wall Street. That fledging second career came to an end just a year later with the Financial Crisis, after which O'Neil again changed careers and became a data scientist.</p> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 15:27:40 +0000 webfull 121047 at /channels /channels/event/inequalities-first-nations-children-225263 <p>Cindy Blackstock is Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta.</p> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:24:59 +0000 webfull 95010 at /channels