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BY MICHAEL SMITH | December 06 2017

Academics, industry and government have joined together, setting the stage for Canada to become a research and development powerhouse in AI.

BY SAMIA MADWAR | December 05 2017

The site’s readership and content have expanded over the years, now reaching an average of 40,000 visits per month.

BY NATALIE SAMSON | November 01 2017

Academia has been slow to embrace podcasting, but these shows and their hosts are proving the form has much to offer.

BY ANQI SHEN | October 10 2017

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.

BY TARA SIEBARTH | October 06 2017

Those absent-minded scribbles may actually help you to process information and tap into your creativity.

BY JONATHAN THON | October 03 2017

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.

BY ANQI SHEN | September 27 2017

Mona Nemer, biochemistry professor and recent vice-president of research at the University of Ottawa, takes the helm.

BY JONATHAN THON | September 26 2017

Does starting up your own company hurt your academic career? Jonathan Thon says no, it actually has the opposite effect.

BY BRIAN OWENS | September 22 2017

The city’s two universities create new research chairs related to cannabis.

BY HANNAH HOAG | September 19 2017

The new station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, will study Arctic issues including climate change.

BY BART DE BAERE & ELICIA MAINE | September 18 2017

We advocate for a harmonized intellectual property policy based on the creator-owned model.

BY MARK CARDWELL | September 13 2017

The project aims to attract companies devoted to green technologies and renewable resources.

BY PAT RICH | August 09 2017

The U of Ottawa biophysicist, whose daring research has attracted worldwide attention, values creativity above all else.

BY MARTHA CRAGO | June 02 2017

“We need to believe in ourselves and what we do, and convince others of its importance.”

BY MICHAEL SINATRA | May 02 2017

The recently announced awards from the Trans-Atlantic Platform support projects across the disciplinary spectrum.

BY PASCALE CASTONGUAY | April 26 2017

Quebec’s chief scientist, Rémi Quirion, talks about the effect of knowledge on society and his role as a “cheerleader” for research.

BY RICHARD HARRISON | March 21 2017

A funny thing happened when four writers were tasked with creating poems on demand at a higher-ed conference in Ottawa.

BY MARK CARDWELL | February 06 2017

Looking at ways to stop Canadians from becoming radicalized.

BY ADAM CRYMBLE | January 23 2017

An expat explains how a temporary leave to study in the U.K. turned into a life abroad – and what the government could do to bring him back.

BY PAT RICH | January 09 2017

Researchers are discovering that the microbes in the human gut don’t just aid digestion, but likely play important roles in the development and regulation of many diseases.