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In Quebec, immigrants are more likely to be injured at work than people born in the province. Yet the hardest part for immigrant workers often starts after the accident, when they have to navigate a […]

When you think of the English seaside, what probably springs to mind are childhood summer holidays, donkey rides on the beach and scenic clifftop walks. The reality for young people growing up on the coast […]

Gaps are emerging in the provision of local news across Australia, but embracing community-driven content could be key to improving the viability of local news.This post was originally published on this site

Australians have been shocked by the news two police officers were killed in rural Victoria when a 56-year-old man allegedly shot them before fleeing into the bush.This post was originally published on this site

The Queensland government will this week table legislation creating Australia’s first public child sex offender register.This post was originally published on this site

University of Texas at Arlington researcher Kathleen Preble is expanding her human trafficking research from Missouri to Texas, aiming to create a blueprint other states can use to address this growing problem.This post was originally […]

Professionals working in education, policing and safeguarding are often falling back on narrow, behavior-focused definitions of “harmful sexual behavior” that ignore the real-life social pressures young people face, according to new research from the University […]

Researchers from the University of Southampton have found that people with emotional insecurities are more affected than others when their partners choose their phone over them.This post was originally published on this site

Spending time in nature helps people to identify what is meaningful in their lives, shows a new Finnish study conducted at the University of Turku. The research article has been published in the journal People […]

What constitutes a life well-lived? A new Michigan State University-led study is turning to a common cultural artifact to find out: the obituary.This post was originally published on this site