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const title = “Weekly Quiz: Investigations, International Students and Artificial Intelligence Innovation”; const date = “October 25, 2025”; constant data = [
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image: “https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/Roy_SwarmDEC25_1200.jpg”,
title: “Why Did a Group of Teenage Girls Kill a Man in a Downtown Toronto Parkette?”,
url: “https://thewalrus.ca/why-did-a-group-of-teenage-girls-kill-a-man-in-a-downtown-toronto-parkette/”,
question: “In December 2022, eight teenage girls were charged in the swarming death of fifty-nine-year-old Kenneth Lee in a Toronto parkette. Two of the girls appeared in court this past February where much of the proceedings involved examining blurry security footage. What key component of the crime was the Crown hoping the video would clarify?”,
options: [
“Whether the fight started over a bottle of alcohol or money”,
“What the murder weapon was and who had been carrying it”,
“How many suspects were present at the scene of the crime”,
“Which of the suspects initiated the fight”,
]answer: “What was the murder weapon and who was carrying it” correct: “In February, at the University Avenue courthouse in downtown Toronto, journalist Inori Roy attended the trial of the girl accused of stabbing Lee and another girl charged with second-degree murder. There were only a few witnesses, and the trial spent a lot of time piecing together the events of that night from hours of CCTV footage and short cell phone videos recovered from the girls' phones, watched on repeat. The Crown hoped the footage would reveal whether the girl accused of stabbing Lee had a knife. This was one of the two main questions of the case: what was the murder weapon and who carried it? incorrect: “In February, at the University Avenue courthouse in downtown Toronto, journalist Inori Roy attended the trial of the girl accused of stabbing Lee and another girl. is charged with second degree murder. There were only a handful of witnesses and much time was spent in court piecing together the events of that night based on hours of CCTV footage and short videos taken from the girls' phones and watched on repeat. The Crown hoped the footage would reveal whether the girl accused of stabbing Lee had a knife. This was one of the two main questions of the case: what was the murder weapon and who was carrying it?”, }, { title: “Canada kept the door open to international students. Then slammed it in their faces”, url: “https://thewalrus.ca/canada-held-the-door-open-for-international-students-then-slammed-it-in-their-face/”, question: “For decades, Canada has consciously recruited international students to help support its economy and higher education institutions. Which program was a key part of Canada's strategy to attract international students and employ them?”, options: [
“The Temporary Foreign Worker Program”,
“The Express Entry Program”,
“The Post-Graduate Work Permit Program”,
“The Curricular Practical Training Program”,
]answer: “Postgraduate Work Permit Program”, correct: “The feds introduced the Postgraduate Work Permit Program as a pilot program in the Prairies and Atlantic Canada in 2003 and then expanded it nationally in 2008.” Instead of leaving Canada after graduation, the new program allowed full-time international students to apply for an open work permit to stay and work in Canada for anywhere from eight months to three years, depending on the length of the postgraduate program. there was a PGWP study. the goal was to lure international students to Canada and integrate them into our skilled workforce upon completion of their studies. The strategy worked. Enrollment of migrant students in Canadian institutions increased in subsequent years.”, incorrect: “The feds introduced the Postgraduate Work Permit Program as a pilot program in the Prairies and Atlantic Canada in 2003, and then expanded it nationally in 2008. Instead of leaving Canada after graduation, the new program allowed full-time international students to apply. for an open work permit to stay and work in Canada for a period of eight months to three years, depending on the length of the graduate's program of study. The goal of the PGWP was to lure international students to Canada and integrate them into our skilled workforce upon completion of their studies. The strategy worked. In subsequent years, the enrollment of migrant students in Canadian educational institutions increased.”, }, { image: “https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/Eliot_AIJobs_1800.jpg”, title: “Your job will soon become economically worthless”, url: “https://thewalrus.ca/will-ai-take-your-job-you-better-believe-it/”, question: “Automation proponents often argue that technological advances will inevitably create new jobs, but this is unlikely to happen in the case of AI. What about AI makes it especially destructive to our work?”, options: [
“It operates completely independently of human input”,
“It undermines the role data plays in corporate decision-making”,
“It disproportionately eliminates manual labour roles”,
“It is “general purpose technology” that can be applied across multiple industries”,
]answer: “It is a “general purpose technology” that can be applied to many industries” Correct: “AI is not a one-dimensional technology. It's not even a separate technology. It is a set of technologies and methods for collecting and processing data that can be used in many ways. engine. This gives AI the ability to disrupt countless industries at once. While improvements in efficiency in one area might at one point lead to the creation of new jobs in another, it is now possible that another area will see the same efficiency thanks to AI. Therefore, they may create some new jobs, but will also eliminate others.”, incorrect: “AI is not a one-dimensional technology. It's not even a separate technology. It is a collection of technologies and methods for collecting and processing data that can be applied in a variety of ways. It is not contained in one application. This is what is known as general purpose technology, other examples of which include the Internet, computers and, most notably, the steam engine. This gives AI the ability to disrupt countless industries at once. If improved efficiency in one area at one time could lead to the creation of new jobs in another, it is now possible that another area will experience the same efficiency thanks to AI. So they may create some new jobs, but they will cut others.”, }, { title: “Mark Carney's Recession Problem”, url: “https://thewalrus.ca/are-we-in-a-recession/”, question: “In the US, fears of stagflation are growing, which arise when prices continue to rise, even when economic growth slows. What Is this one of the reasons why similar concerns may migrate across the border into Canada?”, options: [
“Canada sends approximately 75 percent of all its exports to the US”,
“Roughly 40 percent of Canadian consumer spending is tied to US retail trends”,
“Canada relies heavily on US tourism to prop up its economy”,
“The Bank of Canada always matches the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate”,
]answer: “Canada sends approximately 75 percent of all its exports to the United States,” correct: “Fears of stagflation should not be overstated, but they are worth taking seriously. Stagflation will mean higher costs and weaker wages, fewer jobs and less investment, and more families falling behind on their mortgages. Is Canada moving in this direction? It may not seem like it now, but this is precisely the prospect facing the United States. As the old saying goes, when America sneezes, the world catches a cold. And who will get sick first? The one who is closer. Canada, which has a trade relationship with the United States worth about $1 trillion a year and where we send about 75 percent of our exports, fits the bill.”, incorrect: “Fears of stagflation should not be overstated, but they should be taken seriously. Stagflation will mean higher costs and lower wages, fewer jobs and less investment, and more families falling behind on their mortgages. Is Canada moving in this direction? It may not seem like it now, but this is precisely the prospect facing the United States. As the old saying goes, when America sneezes, the world catches a cold. And who will get sick first? The one who is closer. Canada, which has about $1 trillion a year in trade with the United States and where we send about 75 percent of our exports, matches this figure. check.”, }, ];
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