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Illustration of a computer monitor. There are circles in the monitor and out of one of them is a purple hand reaching out to another hand on the bottom right of the screen.

The AI revolution is here. Can we harness it for good?

Some are embracing its immense potential, but one of the 'godfathers of AI' is worried about the 'existential risk' it poses

A Finnish teacher teaches a group of students. The teacher is wearing black-framed glasses and has a bowl cut with short brown hair and bangs. She is wearing a paisley button-up shirt and pointing at a book. Next to her is a blond boy with black-framed glasses, wearing a grey sweatshirt. Next to him is a brown-skinned girl with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a purple headband. She has on a white t-shirt and is holding up a mobile phone with an image of an acorn. Beside her is a brown-skinned girl with long brown hair. She is wearing a white shirt and looking at the book.

Why Finland is leading the way in fighting fake news

by Steve Moore

Finnish youths are taught from a young age how to discern fact from fiction. What would it take for Canada to do

Colourful illustration of various people. From left to right, there is a Black woman in a colourful dress and necklace holding a megaphone. Next to her is a white man in a brown suit, vest and brown bowtie holding a thermometer. He has grey hair and a grey mustache. Next to him is a brown woman with brown hair tied back, glasses, in a green button-up shirt and white lab coat. She is holding a book that says 1.5 degree celcius report. Next to her is a young girl with brown hair and glasses holding up a sign that says There is No Planet B on top of an image of the earth on fire. Behind the girl is a white man in safety goggles, white hard hat and orange safety vest. Beside him is a white woman hiker in a striped white and pink shirt with a yellow backpack and blue jeans. She is pointing at something and talking to a brown man with a beard. He has an orange and green trucker hat on and in a grey shirt and orange shorts. In the background are money bills floating around, an airplane flying in the sky, a white bird, green leaves, an ant, flowers.On the bottom of the image is an oil refinery, an orange dump truck, a polar bear floating on an small ice glacier, a cow on top of a floating house in a flood, and several cars parked on a street. There are also wind turbines and chimneys emitting grey smoke.

We’re halfway through a 12-year deadline to keep Earth habitable. Can we get there?

by Lesley Evans Ogden

The groundbreaking 1.5 report warned that a failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 would result in disastrous consequences. We're way

Lost records, found roots: How a Métis genealogist helps people uncover their Indigenous ancestry

by Hannah Carty

Anne Anderson has spent a lifetime trying to piece together the past

An illustration of a brown-skinned woman with brown curly hair walking. She is holding a megaphone, wearing a teal and peach striped shirt with a yellow, green, pink and mint-coloured scarf. Her pants are teal. She is walking and below her legs is a river with three kinds of fish floating, as well as a half-submerged house with teal-coloured windows. A small black and white cow is on top of the brown roof. IN the background is a multi-coloured sky (mint, peach, grey and dark brown).

Using Indigenous wisdom to save the Martuwarra River

by Lesley Evans Ogden

Investing in collective wisdom, along with science and technology, is the key to responding to climate chaos, says Indigenous leader

A man with olive skin, black hair and a goatee wearing a purple button-up shirt stands with his right arm resting on a counter.

What’s the secret to a more sustainable future?

by Alison Tedford Seaweed

This University of British Columbia professor is optimistic about climate action and believes the answer lies in the power of community

Image of a near total solar eclipse. A black circle (the moon) is backlit with a ring of light (the sun) against a black background.

Making sense of solar eclipses through ancient superstitions

by Anne Thériault

How a pope’s celestial showdown shaped the church’s stance on the cosmos

More United Church clergy are feeling targeted by congregational bullies

by Christopher White

"This minister says he now expects to be bullied wherever he goes," writes Christopher White

How Easter makes me rethink the Church’s role in justice

by Carmen Lansdowne

It's a time for radically inclusive discipleship, writes United Church Moderator Rt. Rev. Carmen Lansdowne

How this knitter and preacher’s kid fosters interfaith conversations through art

by Julie McGonegal

From tapestries to plays and a podcast, Kirk Dunn finds common threads among faith traditions

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The AI revolution is here. Can we harness it for good?

Why Finland is leading the way in fighting fake news

We’re halfway through a 12-year deadline to keep Earth habitable. Can we get there?

Lost records, found roots: How a Métis genealogist helps people uncover their Indigenous ancestry

Using Indigenous wisdom to save the Martuwarra River

What’s the secret to a more sustainable future?

Making sense of solar eclipses through ancient superstitions

More United Church clergy are feeling targeted by congregational bullies

How Easter makes me rethink the Church’s role in justice

How this knitter and preacher’s kid fosters interfaith conversations through art

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