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Toronto police partner with Ryerson University for lessons in ‘bias avoidance’
The program is part of a broader initiative to modernize policing in Toronto, police say.
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Laurentian University rules out smoking ban
Lakehead University tried banned smoking from campus in 2004, but has since gone to designated smoking areas.
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How art is helping doctors and caregivers better understand dementia patients
Mark Gilbert, a researcher and artist, is creating portraits of patients at Halifax’s memory clinic.
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Lawyers slam ‘de facto expulsion’ of student guilty of sexual interference
The Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association is criticizing what it calls the de-facto expulsion of a University of Calgary student convicted of a sexual offence.
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Carleton University art installation addresses rape myths
As a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week, Carleton University is featuring a “What Were You Wearing?” survivor art installation.
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