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Expert: World Happiness Report 2026

webfull — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:24:14 +0000

World Happiness Report 2026, released Thursday, ranks countries based on survey data of self-reported life satisfaction. Canada, once in the Top 10, has fallen to 25th, extending a decade-long decline. The report also links heavy social media use to a marked drop in well-being among young people, particularly among teenage girls.

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Published: 19 March 2026

Experts: Methane pollution

webfull — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:47:39 +0000

The Canadian federal government has announced new measures to reduce methane pollution.

The greenhouse gas, which is primarily emitted through fossil fuel extraction and by landfills, has 80 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide.

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Published: 17 December 2025

Expert: World Happiness Report 2025

webfull — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:57:43 +0000

World Happiness Report 2025, released Thursday, ranks countries based on survey data measuring people's self-reported life satisfaction. Canada, once among the top 10, has dropped from 6th place in 2013 to 18th in 2025, mirroring a wider decline among industrial nations.

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Published: 20 March 2025

Expert: World Happiness Report 2024

webfull — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:29:00 +0000

The World Happiness Report reflects a worldwide demand for more attention to happiness and well-being as criteria for government policy. It reviews the state of happiness in the world today and shows how the science of happiness explains personal and national variations in happiness. The report’s release aligns with the United Nation’s International Day of Happiness, March 20, 2024. (World Happiness Report)

Published: 20 March 2024

Europe dominated the happiest countries in the world list. What about the United States? - USA Today, March 21, 2022

webfull — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:03:44 +0000

Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Associate Professor at the Institute for Health and Social Policy, is quoted by USA Today.

"The World Happiness Report is changing the conversation about progress and wellbeing. It provides important snapshots of how people around the world feel about the overall quality of their lives," Christopher Barrington-Leigh, professor at 91�� in Quebec and a researcher involved in the report, said in a statement."

Published: 23 March 2022

Amid war and disease, World Happiness Report shows bright spot

webfull — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:35:04 +0000

In this troubled time of war and pandemic, the World Happiness Report 2022 shows a bright light in dark times. According to the team of international researchers, including 91�� Professor Christopher Barrington-Leigh, the pandemic brought not only pain and suffering but also an increase in social support and benevolence.

Published: 18 March 2022

Experts: COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference

webfull — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:19:27 +0000

The twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be hosted by the United Kingdom, in partnership with Italy. The summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC. More than 190 world leaders will participate, along with tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for twelve days of talks. (United Nations)

Published: 1 November 2021

Feeling blue? Try forcing yourself to laugh - CBC News, March 27, 2021

webfull — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:00:23 +0000

Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Associate Professor at the Institute for Health and Social Policy, is quoted by CBC News.

"…"Canada is one of the happiest places in the world, but it has been a little bit up and down. Now, it starts to look like it's a somewhat steady downward trend for about five years," said Christopher Barrington-Leigh, a happiness economist and associate professor at 91��'s Institute for Health and Social Policy and the Bieler School of Environment."

Published: 29 March 2021

Expert: Canada ranks 15th in latest World Happiness Report

webfull — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:41:16 +0000

While happiness may have felt far off as the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the globe, the latest World Happiness Report (WHR) has ranked Canadians in 15th place, slipping down from the 10th position the previous year. The report is released annually by a team of independent researchers and weighs six variables: income, freedom, trust in government, healthy life expectancy, social support, and generosity. (CTV News)

Published: 19 March 2021

Happiness really does come for free

webfull — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:22:45 +0000

Economic growth is often prescribed as a sure way of increasing the well-being of people in low-income countries, but a study led by 91�� and the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) suggests that there may be good reason to question this assumption. The researchers set out to find out how people rate their subjective well-being in societies where money plays a minimal role, and which are not usually included in global happiness surveys.

Published: 8 February 2021

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