Financial Post
‘Rejected by the mainstream’: Geoffrey Hinton’s Nobel win product of persevering amid doubters
TORONTO — The research that won Geoffrey Hinton a Nobel Prize for physics was the product of plenty of work carried out before artificial intelligence was the buzzword it is today.
Global News
Enrolment cap on Quebec English junior colleges questioned in official languages report
Canada’s official languages commissioner is expressing concern over Quebec’s decision to cap the number of students who can enrol in the province’s English-language junior colleges.
Global News
Ontario councillor went to Dubai to meet a company already partnered with a local university
In the spring of 2023, a councillor and city staffer set off on a brief trip from Ontario to the United Arab Emirates to try to attract a company, already partnered with a local university, to invest further in their city.
The Globe and Mail
Canada ‘a sweet spot’ for growing quantum computing industry, expert says
In 2022, Toronto’s Xanadu set itself apart in the global quantum computing race by achieving quantum supremacy, a feat previously accomplished only by Google and China’s University of Science and Technology.
The Gazette
How nursing students struggle to access placements
At 5 a.m., Paula Umeh wakes up and puts on the scrubs she laid out the night before. She waits for her Uber in the dark. It will be dark again when she returns home at 8 p.m..