Category Archives: Student Blog

Sterilized Without Consent: Indigenous Women in Canada Fight for their Bodily Autonomy

By: Ashley Saul In November of 2018, attorney Alisa Lombard of Maurice Law brought a class-action lawsuit against the Saskatchewan Province Health System on behalf of 60 Indigenous women in Canada.  The basis of the suit arose from various Indigenous women who reported to Lombard that they had gone into a publicly funded administered hospital […]

A War on Children: A Global Look at the Criminal Sentencing of Juveniles

By: Octavious Buiey Criminal punishment in the United States can serve four purposes: rehabilitation, retribution, deterrence, or incapacitation. Whether a punishment is effective and justifiable should be judged based on whether or not the punishment fits within one of these aforementioned purposes. Understanding this is important to understanding the flaws that are present in America’s […]

Rapidly Growing Elderly Population: An Examination of The United States & Japan

By: Madeleine Elser Providing long-term-care services for the world’s elderly population will soon become one of the world’s largest and most crucial health care policy issues. The increasing number of aging individuals will soon affect many countries in areas such as providing these long-term-care services as well as a decreasing work force. As of 2015, […]

The Rise of FinTech in Latin America

By: Patrick Phelan Financial technology, otherwise known as FinTech, is revolutionizing the way through which individuals partake in financial engagements—without dealing with a traditional bank. “FinTech companies are businesses that leverage new technology to create new and better financial services for both consumers and businesses. It includes companies of all kinds that may operate in […]