Interview with Shachi Kurl, executive director of the Angus Reid Institute, about a new study that shows that most Canadians are much less hostile toward religion than declining church attendances might imply.

Malala Yousafzai receives a standing ovation from Canadian politicians and visitors in the public gallery

Prof. Dawn Bowdish says her study on mice suggests gut microbes change with aging leading to inflammation and declining health.

“The children are victims, they are not perpetrators, and that’s a very important fact to remember,” said Thierry Delvigne-Jean of UNICEF. “The children that are associated with Boko Haram have been forced to join, in most cases in dramatic circumstances. They are children that have been snatched away from their families, who have actually seen their families killed in front of them, who’ve seen their siblings killed in front of them. They are children who have seen things that no child should see.”

Amnesty’s Alex Neve says a decrease in capital punishment worldwide is cause for hope but the world’s biggest executioner remains China.

“But I think what is important to remember is that Canada is contributing more than $5 billion dollars in humanitarian assistance and international development,” International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said. “This is very significant.”

“Unless and potentially even if this government commits substantial resources to official development assistance, unfortunately this government is in a position of probably having by the end of its mandate the worst track record in the Canadian history,” said Fraser Reilly-King, senior analyst at the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC).

Paul Morralee at the Dock at Porphyry Island Lighthouse

Former Canadian diplomat Paul Heinbecker says countries will put pressure on Russia to stop its full support for Syria’s president.

Interview with Cliff Lonsdale, president and co-founder of the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma, about a new chapter on covering Indigenous mental health issues in the second edition of Mindset: Reporting on Mental Health guide.