There is a persistent gap between institutional commitments to equity and diversity and the realities students encounter in Canadian higher education.
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As TikTok invests in short-form scripted series, it’s leaning into the same storytelling, advertising and viewing habits that defined television.
The Andersen tales to read this Christmas, according to the Danish experts who know him best.
Folklorists created a through line from the Celtic pagan festival of Samhain to Halloween. But the Halloween we know today has more to do with the English, a 9th century pope and American consumerism.
Whether sharing online about health topics or chatting about the weather, you communicate about science. Borrowing a tactic from antiscience advocates can help make your stories more persuasive.
Humans have always been fascinated by the moon and before we could really get there we travelled to it in our stories.
The framing of these stories of murder and mayhem have remained remarkably consistent since the invention of the printing press – and may reveal our own hidden fears and desires.
How you tell the story of a momentous event can help you make sense of what happened. Research finds new moms’ and dads’ narratives around childbirth held clues about their transition to parenthood.
Bloody games where there can be only winner critique the ‘winner takes all’ mentality fostered under capitalism.
There was once a time when you could simply put old photos and love letters out of sight and out of mind. Editing your ex out of your digital life is a lot trickier.
Much of his work was imbued with a sense of the end, so it is fitting to look back at three of his best works to mark the illustrator’s passing
We need to value the recognition of great Canadian comic writing and ensure it’s judged equitably.
Storytelling can be a powerful tool to communicate complicated crises like climate change. Telling relatable and local stories can help motivate people to action.
Considering our relationships to stories about the past and looking at learning as a process of encounter can help Canadians to become better treaty partners.
On Father’s Day, a scholar of ancient Greek poetry explains how he came to understand the father-son relationship and his journey of loss and yearning through reading the epics.
Brittany Higgins’ forthcoming memoir will allow her to tell her story in her own words. She’ll join a group of strong women who’ve done just that.
Mermaids are not real, but are meaningful to people around the world.
Leaked curriculum drafts in Alberta show a desire to revive old colonial myths. To face today’s challenges, we need stories that teach how humans are related to each other and to all life forms.
During the ‘love glut,’ roughly 1 in 5 of all comic books were romance comics, as publishers scrambled to appease readers’ appetites for scandalous storylines.
Authors sometimes put deeper meanings into their stories, but really, it’s the reader who decides.
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Professor of Communication, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Language and Literacy Education, Georgia State University
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Reader Department of Media Arts, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London
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Instructor, Columbus College of Art & Design
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Senior Lecturer in French, University of York
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Associate Lecturer in Medieval Literature, University of York
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Associate Professor at The Hans Christian Andersen Centre, University of Southern Denmark
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Associate Professor at The Hans Christian Andersen Centre, Principal Investigator of "Fairy Tales and Stories – The Digital Manuscript Edition", University of Southern Denmark
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Postdoctoral Researcher at The Hans Christian Andersen Centre, University of Southern Denmark
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Professor of Secondary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta