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A university is not its buildings, and it doesn’t exist to serve private-sector interests. It is about the pursuit of knowledge. 

An LNG future for Fermeuse? 

Proposal for massive liquefied natural gas hub exhumed on Newfoundland’s Southern Shore

Thinking beyond the crisis in journalism

There are many legitimate reasons for concern, but news media have an unprecedented opportunity to innovate and create a new era of journalism

Why taxpayer subsidies for Big Oil won’t create more jobs

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National housing report misses the mark on real human impacts in N.L.

Newfoundland and Labrador’s B+ on its progress to increase housing supply doesn’t paint an accurate picture of residents’ lived realities in the province

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It’s time for equity consultants and community organizers to ditch AI

Tools are never neutral, and artificial intelligence has no place in social justice work