/newsroom/taxonomy/term/12073/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-canada-ranks-15th-latest-world-happiness-report-329763 <p>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. (<a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/canada-ranks-15th-in-latest-world-happiness-report-finland-takes-top-spot-1.5354134" target="_blank">CTV News</a>)</p> Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:41:16 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256832 at /newsroom /newsroom/christopher-barrington-leigh Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:19:36 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 199146 at /newsroom