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AI bots push beauty stereotypes
U of T study finds image generators perpetuate idealized body types, facial features.
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How work has changed for university vaccine researchers
COVID-19 led to new opportunities and challenges.
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New research initiative to advance child health knowledge in Canada
One Child Every Child brings together researchers from diverse disciplines, organizations and countries to examine the biological and social determinants of health affecting the well-being of children.
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No one prepares us for the trauma of coming home from fieldwork
Readying novice field researchers to cope with potential feelings of dislocation on their return should be part of their training toolkit too.
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U of Ottawa cardiac researcher named Canada’s new chief science advisor
Mona Nemer, biochemistry professor and recent vice-president of research at the University of Ottawa, takes the helm.
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Q&A on translating your science – Part 2
Does starting up your own company hurt your academic career? Jonathan Thon says no, it actually has the opposite effect.
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A budding cannabis research cluster in Fredericton
The city’s two universities create new research chairs related to cannabis.
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Canada’s new Arctic research station readies for its grand opening
The new station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, will study Arctic issues including climate change.
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Canada needs a national overhaul of university IP policies
We advocate for a harmonized intellectual property policy based on the creator-owned model.
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Trent’s new research park has this small university thinking big
The project aims to attract companies devoted to green technologies and renewable resources.
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Andrew Pelling challenges conventions in science and academia
The U of Ottawa biophysicist, whose daring research has attracted worldwide attention, values creativity above all else.
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Making the case for discovery research
“We need to believe in ourselves and what we do, and convince others of its importance.”
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Big data research awards show the potential of international collaboration
The recently announced awards from the Trans-Atlantic Platform support projects across the disciplinary spectrum.
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The relationship between science and society under the microscope
Quebec’s chief scientist, Rémi Quirion, talks about the effect of knowledge on society and his role as a “cheerleader” for research.
