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Montreal professor Gilles Brassard’s boundary-pushing work in quantum physics wins world’s largest science prize
Gilles Brassard, a University of Montreal computer scientist who made seminal contributions to the field of quantum cryptography, has been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in fundamental physics.
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Labour group uses social media, protests to recoup $250K in unpaid wages to international students
The international student from India says he was out more than $4,000 after his employer allegedly never paid his wages and vacation pay.
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100-year-old University of Alberta building to become model of smart energy use
Researchers at the University of Alberta are hoping to make a 100-year-old building on campus a lot smarter by reducing energy use, emissions and operating costs.
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Child-care spaces at Capilano University to double with new $18M facility, province says
The province announced the groundbreaking of a new centre for childhood studies on Thursday.
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University of Waterloo marks new commitment to truth and reconciliation with ceremony
A first-of-its-kind ceremony was held Thursday at the University of Waterloo as members of the local Indigenous community invited the school to make a full commitment to reconciliation, indigenization and decolonization.
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