Technology & Society
This handheld device has become both a tool for connection and a symbol of digital dependency.
What is a smartphone?
Note to be confused with the Group of Seven, this economic organization brings together the world's richest democracies to coordinate global policy.
What is the G7?
This protest tactic involves refusing to buy products from companies that act unethically.
What is a boycott?
This generation, born roughly between 1997 and 2012, is the first to grow up entirely online.
Who are Gen Z?
This Canadian Prime Minister faced declining approval towards the end of his term, amid debates over affordability and immigration.
Who is Justin Trudeau?
This billionaire launched SpaceX and Tesla, making him one of the most influential figures in modern tech.
Who is Elon Musk?
The term used to describe when wealthy people buy property in poorer areas, raising prices and displacing locals.
What is gentrification?
This branch of feminism focuses on overlapping systems of race, gender, and class oppression.
What is intersectional feminism?
This is the economic term for rising prices of consumer goods, which, combined with stagnant wages, has many Canadians facing financial hardships.
What is inflation?
The phrase "fake news" became globally known after the election of this US president.
Who is Donald Trump?
Social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram use this invisible process to determine what content users see.
What is an algorithm?
This UN initiative set 17 international goals to reduce poverty and inequality by 2030.
What are the Sustainable Development Goals?
Led by this type of worker, these 2022 Canadian protests shut down major cities as they "honked" their disapproval.
What are truckers?
Many companies now offer this flexible work model that mixes remote and in-person days.
What is hybrid work?
This Canadian broadcasting network is often debated in politics for its government funding and perceived bias.
What is CBC?
The use of robots and AI in factories that replaces human workers is an example of this process.
What is automation?
The gap between rich and poor nations is often referred to by this geographic metaphor.
What is the Global North and Global South?
This 2010s youth-led movement focuses on climate change and was sparked by Greta Thunberg.
What is Fridays for Future?
This term arose in recent years to refer to people purposefully doing the bare minimum at work or disengaging from overwork.
What is quiet quitting?
When users spread false or misleading information online, often unintentionally, it's known as this.
What is misinformation?
Sociologists worry that targeted ads and curated feeds create this, where people only see information that confirms their existing beliefs?
What is an echo chamber or social media bubble?
The migration of skilled workers from poorer countries to wealthier ones is known by this term.
What is brain drain?
In the 1960s and early 1970s this Quebec separatist movement sometimes used violent tactics to achieve their goals.
What is the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ)?
This social media hashtag drew global attention to Britney Spears’ exploitative conservatorship.
What is #FreeBritney?
Independent journalists and commentators who are news via social media are part of this new media landscape.
What is citizen journalism or alternative media?