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Federal science cuts may have ripple effect on universities
Departmental belt-tightening in Budget 2025 adds to a long history of government reductions in scientific research.
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Touchdown for a designed-in-Montreal helmet
How two École de technologie supérieure researchers played a key role in developing a new helmet prototype.
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Conference childcare for scientists is starting to show signs of improvement
Things are progressing, but there is still work to be done.
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U of Calgary satellite still orbiting after 10 years
‘It has taken on a new project we didn't envision. We have repurposed it so it’s turned into a space object hunter.’
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Podcasting goes to school
Academia has been slow to embrace podcasting, but these shows and their hosts are proving the form has much to offer.
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SFU honours architect of city’s harm-reduction drug policies
An advocate for legalizing and regulating drugs, Donald MacPherson is the winner of this year’s Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy at Simon Fraser University.
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In defense of doodling
Those absent-minded scribbles may actually help you to process information and tap into your creativity.
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Identifying the needs and best practices for supporting translational research
Jonathan Thon recently had the opportunity to participate in a working group that reviewed the National Institutes of Health’s foray into translational research funding.
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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.
