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Vaccine hesitancy in the age of COVID-19

Rahman Ladak & Aly Muhammad LadakJune 17, 2021June 21, 2021

As the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to the Canadian public, a significant proportion of the population remains hesitant to get their injections. Vaccines generally have minor amounts of...

United We Stand – The Asian community in the collective fight for racial justice

James AnMarch 9, 2021

The tragic murder of George Floyd in May 2020 propelled the Black Lives Matter movement onto the global stage, fueling a wave of protests worldwide that brought to arms’ length...

A long history of human epidemics

Stephen HedrickOctober 1, 2020September 30, 2020

The present pandemic is unprecedented in recent history, it will surely upend economic stability, and cause great hardship for many of the most vulnerable of the world’s population. But it...

Diversity without intersectionality: Who is really benefiting?

Salma Sheikh-MohamedAugust 4, 2020

It has never been more important to consider the diversity of STEM disciplines for both researchers and students, but the discussion around diversity is frequently missing an intersectional lens. When...

How are you doing? – A look at mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dorota BorovskyJuly 14, 2020

It has been 109 days since I last met with my friends. Now stuck at home, we had left our schools and workplaces behind to do our part in preventing...

Blog launched!

IMMpressMay 27, 2020May 27, 2020

IMMpress Magazine is proud to announce a new dedicated blog section on its website. In this blog, you will find the latest updates and thoughts on many topics in science...

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