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Locked out of the ivory tower: how universities keep women from rising to the top
Being a woman in a profession filled with men comes with hurdles that make reaching the top difficult, including hurdles people don’t always consider.
Toronto Star
Scientists are missing in politics and this needs to change
The events of the past 15 months have revealed deep cracks in our way of making decisions and opened the door to a new way of doing business. It is time for science and scientists to have a more prominent role in our political landscape.
Globe and Mail
Whereabouts of two scientists fired from Winnipeg virus lab for possible national-security issues shrouded in mystery
The whereabouts of two scientists at the centre of a parliamentary showdown over alleged national-security breaches at a high-security laboratory remain unknown, as Ottawa’s explanation for their firing has shifted.
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Ottawa scientists racing to come up with tests for new COVID variants
Ottawa researchers are racing to create tests that will track the latest COVID-19 variants of concern in wastewater, part of an expanding effort to better understand how the virus that causes COVID-19 is changing over time.
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Headlines for February 27, 2025
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Headlines for February 26, 2025
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