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Editorial coverage from the Prince Edward Island Canada Wire newsroom.

• How families can support children’s early mathematics learning at home

  For parents whose children have just entered kindergarten or Grade 1, new fall routines can bring excitement — and some anxiety.

  SyndicatedOzlem Cankaya, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Curriculum Studies, MacEwan UniversitySep 22, 20264 min read

• How Heated Rivalry, ‘Off Campus’ and ‘Shoresy’ are challenging hockey’s old ideas

  Hockey has made it big on the small screen. TV’s buzziest show, Heated Rivalry, debuted in late 2025, with Off Campus following in 2026. They join beloved Canadian show Shoresy, which has a sixth season going into production this fall.

  SyndicatedClementine Oberst, Sessional instrucutor in Communication Studies, McMaster UniversitySep 22, 20265 min read

• Canada says proposed labour rules will reduce strike interventions. History suggests a more complicated picture

  The Canadian government has introduced legislation that would change how labour disputes are handled in federally regulated industries, including proposed changes to the Canada Labour Code that are intended to help unions and employers reac…

  SyndicatedGerard Di Trolio, PhD candidate, Labour Studies, McMaster UniversitySep 21, 20266 min read

• 5 ways teachers can respond to residential school denialism in the classroom

  Residential school denialism is entering or circulating within school communities across Canada in worrisome ways.

  SyndicatedLindsay Gibson, Assistant Professor, Social Studies and History Education, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, University of British ColumbiaSep 21, 20265 min read

• Brazil has made gains against Amazon deforestation, but lasting protection is a challenge

  Recent drops in Brazil’s deforestation have been celebrated as a historic achievement. Forest loss in the Amazon fell by 23.5 per cent in 2025 compared to the previous year.

  SyndicatedLucas Barros da Rosa, PhD Candidate in Resources, Environment and Sustainability / Research Assistant, University of British ColumbiaSep 21, 20264 min read

• Making mental health chatbots more culturally sensitive won’t necessarily make them safer

  Demand for mental health care in Canada has risen sharply. In a health-care system already short of publicly funded specialists, Canadians often wait months for support.

  SyndicatedMaya Low, PhD Candidate and Lecturer, Cultural Psychiatry, McGill UniversitySep 21, 20265 min read

• Families provide dementia care. Why must they also be the air traffic controllers of the system?

  Canada’s dementia strategies emphasize helping people live well at home for as long as possible. But for many people living with dementia, remaining at home relies almost entirely on the unpaid labour, financial sacrifices and persistence o…

  SyndicatedSaskia Sivananthan, Affiliate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill UniversitySep 21, 20265 min read

• From French outpost to Euro-Canadian corridor? Why Carney and Macron met in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney did not need to cross the Atlantic to meet Emmanuel Macron on French soil over the weekend. Instead, he joined the French president in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, just 25 kilometres off Newfoundland.

  SyndicatedPaco Milhiet, Rechercheur associé, Relations internationales, Institut catholique de Paris (ICP)Sep 21, 20264 min read

• Alberta’s education reforms tell students public life is safest when differences are hidden

  In May 2026, the Alberta government enacted Bill 25, an An Act to Remove Politics and Ideology from Classrooms.

  SyndicatedTeresa Anne Fowler, Adjunct assistant professor, Werklund School of Education, University of CalgarySep 20, 20265 min read

• Living with chronic pain at work: Supportive managers can help, but they can’t solve everything

  “I don’t want the pain to define me. I want me to define me.”

  SyndicatedNick Turner, Professor and Ken Croft Chair in Management, Haskayne School of Business, University of CalgarySep 20, 20264 min read

• How to tackle persistent drought: Lessons from British Columbia

  British Columbia has endured another extreme drought with damaging impacts seen across the province: a watershed emergency declared by the Syilx Okanagan Nation, 70 per cent water use reductions for agricultural producers in Vernon, regulat…

  SyndicatedRosie Simms, Director of Place-Based Projects, POLIS Water Sustainability Project, University of VictoriaSep 20, 20264 min read

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  Nepal could show the world how to recover sustainably from a major disaster

  With chances of further sensational hydropower tunnel rescues dimming, the devastating ice-rock avalanche in August at the Nepal-Tibet border and catastrophic floods downstream are no longer making global headlines.

  SyndicatedSara Shneiderman, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs; Ivan Head South-North IDRC Chair, University of British ColumbiaSep 20, 20265 min read