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Share this article Share this article OTTAWA, ON, April 13, 2021 /CNW/ - Just over a year ago, Experiences Canada was recalling or cancelling travel for more than 2000 exchange participants as the pandemic took hold across the country. Since then the national youth charity that typically travels more than 5000 youth each year within Canada has shifted its programming online, offering workshops, webinars, and learning resources that continue to help young Canadians explore Canada in ways they may never have seen it before. As Covid-19 cases are once again on the rise, and schools are returnin...

Underfunding our own cleverness has a price We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 14, 2021 — 12.01am Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. VACCINE Underfunding our own cleverness has a price As a veteran observer of the ups and downs of federal commitment to funding worthy research, it seems that Australia was in a strong position to develop a vaccine that would have been sought after by the rest of the world. The consequences of the delays in vaccine rollout directl...

We controlled the spread, but failed the rollouts We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 10, 2021 — 12.02am Normal text size Credit:Illustration: Andrew Dyson To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. COVID-19 We controlled the spread, but failed the rollouts Australia’s vaccination rate at 3per cent lags behind many developed countries. In contrast to New Zealand with its large stores of Pfizer and three other vaccines, we are primarily reliant on AstraZeneca whic...

We all need to stand up and call out misconduct We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss February 22, 2021 — 10.00pm Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. WORKPLACE CULTURE Brittany Higgins’ story is sadly still far too common (“Confronting the toxic culture in Canberra”, The Age, 18/2). We still see it across many settings – sporting clubs, businesses, care institutions, churches, schools, medical and law precincts. You are not a team player if you speak up in defen...

Lightbulb moment on gay conversion laws fails to match a real need February 3, 2021 — 10.00pm Save Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. GAY CONVERSION LAWS There’s an old joke among therapists. How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb? None, because the lightbulb has to want to change itself. The truth contained within this joke is patients are often motivated by wanting to change aspects of themselves or understand themselves better. When it comes to sexual orientation or gender identity, which ...