Canada & the World

The moment highlights that Canada is not adjacent to the Americas — it is part of it, and Latin American and Latinx people are active participants in shaping the cultural, linguistic and political lives of this country, write Rodrigo Narro Pérez and Stacy Creech de Castro.

Other countries should have presented a united front in retaliating to steep U.S. tariffs, economist Pau Pujolas’ research shows.

As a new Netflix documentary and the 2026 Winter Olympics draw attention to athlete mobility, McMaster anthropologist Karen McGarry explains how nationality, opportunity and fandom intersect in elite sport.

We asked economist Colin Mang why most Games lose money and how taxpayers usually end up footing the bill. 

Women affected by poverty, racism, trauma, caregiving stress or unstable housing often lack primary health care. They wind up in walk-in clinics or emergency with late-stage serious illnesses, experts say.

By cutting internet access during uprisings, the Iranian regime turns connectivity itself into a mechanism of control, writes expert Niloofar Hooman.

Adopting policies that have worked in the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Finland will help Canada rapidly develop more affordable housing, says expert Jim Dunn.

Recent Maori ward plebiscites indicate that while institutional reforms for Indigenous representation are vital, meaningful change isn’t possible without broad public understanding and trust, writes expert Karen Bird.

Professor Bonny Ibhawoh, chair of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, will share recommendations from a study conducted with the support of McMaster students and researchers. 

The cautious, conditional endorsements from Canada and the U.K. reflect the workings of a dated international system that governs the birth of states, writes Catherine Frost.

The Indigenous undergraduate research program has built a solid foundation in community connections and interdisciplinary research

Public Development Banks provide affordable financing, direct resources where urgently needed and align funding with long-term development strategies, writes Alicja Paulina Krubnik.