Notes on Framing: How Language Shapes Facts, Politics and Weight Loss
Shaping opinion and response through language, with up-to-date insights on the “backfire effect,” motivated reasoning, and how to communicate…
From Promises to Proof: Vancouver’s Social Outcomes
Vancouver’s 2010 bid‑era promises to protect low‑income residents, prevent displacement, and deliver an affordable housing legacy were…
Truth in Weight‑Loss Ads: The Human Billboard Effect
Advertising today is best understood as a paid, nonpersonal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods, or services by an identified sponsor,…
Evidence on Homelessness, Health and Weight Management
A one‑night Homeless Count conducted in Greater Victoria on January 15, 2005 produced the region’s first comprehensive profile of local…
When Corrections Fail. Myths, Backfire and Health
People often don’t just lack facts; they can be confidently wrong, holding beliefs that contradict robust evidence and expert consensus, and…