A new study has found stark differences in the dementia care received by people in richer and poorer neighbourhoods in Quebec, despite the universal health-care system.

The research was led by Dr. Claire Godard-Sebillotte, a Professor in McGill University’s Division of Geriatrics and a researcher at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. It is the first large-scale study in Quebec to track how social conditions relate to dementia care.

What if democratic principles are undermined such that the basis for a community of states like the EU is eroded? A team of researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz finds: A large majority of EU citizens supports using sanctions to protect democracy. The study was just published in the Journal of European Public Policy.

From cut flowers to felled timber, and from caught fish to butchered meat, we value nature most when it’s dead. But if we can change economic systems and mindsets in support of nature, our planet may start to recover – this is the message from a global team of experts.