Author: Nick Kossovan

Over 40 million Kurds remain the largest ethnic group without a country of their own. Nick Kossovan asks why Western outrage rallies for Palestinian statehood but stays silent on Kurdistan.

The Kurds and their allies did the fighting that defeated ISIS. Nick Kossovan argues the West then traded them away for political convenience.

Hiring runs on the ‘similar-to-me’ effect. Nick Kossovan explains how job seekers can manage the signals they send and the biases they meet.

At Tuesday’s inaugural Canada Investment Summit, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a masterclass in political sleight of hand, unveiling…

If you’re like most job seekers, you’re tossing your resume into portals and watching it vanish like a penny dropped…

Opinion: columnist Nick Kossovan argues Canadian politicians and media keep falling for Donald Trump’s “strategic distraction” — from the 51st-state taunt to the executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” — and that every outraged response costs Ottawa leverage while trade, energy and supply-chain files go unaddressed. His prescription, quoting Carleton University’s Fen Osler Hampson: “Lay out your position, then shut up.”

When Canada’s trade talks with the US broke down on August 22nd, I did what any reasonable person with an…

Imagine a cluttered desk in a dimly lit office, with a view of a bustling, noisy packaging floor. It’s 4:15…

Increasingly, hiring managers and recruiters are dealing with a persistent headache. Applicants breeze through virtual screenings on the strength of…

Opinion: Substack CEO Chris Best has partnered with AI-detection tool Pangram to let users flag AI-generated posts, a move this column argues functions as surveillance and public shaming rather than protecting “writer authenticity.”